- Cajon Pass: 1943 http://tinyurl.com/2qs8du #
- Has anyone else found that Lightroom won’t import CMYK images? You have to switch them to RGB in Photoshop first. #
- Stump Ranchers: 1939 http://tinyurl.com/35qyhn #
- Henry and Peter: 1911 http://tinyurl.com/3csyvx #
- Old-School: 1923 http://tinyurl.com/2cvq8s #
- Photo GPS Coming Soon http://tinyurl.com/22blng #
- How to Herd Organic Search Traffic to Your Blog http://tinyurl.com/2lqj25 #
- Working on a script for my upcoming video review of the SP560UZ. Recording the video today. #
- Monkey Boy’s three-legged race http://tinyurl.com/342snf #
- Manzanar: 1943 http://tinyurl.com/2tnvac #
- Microsoft Writes Yahoo: BoomTown Decodes the Letter, So You Don’t Have To! http://tinyurl.com/ypjfc3 #
- Penfield of Princeton: 1911 http://tinyurl.com/2a9xvn #
- Super Bowl: 1944 http://tinyurl.com/3cl54u #
I miss Collier's Weekly
I know Collier’s has been gone for a long time, but when I see stuff like this, or this or this, I can’t help but love it. Maybe we should have more drawings in our magazines, and they should be done with the same classy style and atmosphere. Things are a bit too realistic nowadays. We can always get plenty of reality. We can’t avoid it. It would be nice to open a magazine and get lost in its own little world, where the articles, drawings, photos and yes, even ads are different from all the rest.
Image Credit: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Such little thought is given these days to good cartoonists. Let’s not forget a good cartoonist made Harper’s Weekly what it was, and great artists gave Collier’s its look. Instead of getting celebrities to do provocative photo shoots on the cover — and to manipulate their looks into something completely artificial — it would be better to feature wonderful art like Collier’s did.
Image Credit: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
When we think class these days, fashion magazines come to mind. You open them up, and about 80% of those things are ads with lanky, weird-looking models sulking or posing awkwardly/provocatively. There’s very little substance, and very little interesting stuff. True class in a magazine is a style that comes through the page, and it’s about art, layout, colors, copy and yes, atmosphere. It should invite the reader to open it. While it deals with the problems of the world, it should be upbeat and entertain. Maybe I’m off the mark, but from what I’ve seen so far, I really do wish Collier’s could be resurrected, with the same style and panache of its heyday.
Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-01
- How To Get Six Pack Abs In 6 Minutes On Your Couch. This Works! http://tinyurl.com/33nrgd #
- Waimea Canyon Panoramic – Kauai, Hawaii http://tinyurl.com/2wynkt #
- #376; In which Mindy rebuffs an Entreaty http://tinyurl.com/2shx3p #
- Essential Viewing: Art Babbitt Documentary http://tinyurl.com/2hotv4 #
- Ask the Readers: I’m Not Good With Money — How Should I Handle a Windfall? http://tinyurl.com/2dbxhw #
- Microsoft makes colossal bid for Yahoo in wake of chairman’s departure http://tinyurl.com/2gso23 #
- Ordered a 20×30 print of one of my photos through Flickr last night. Curious to see how it’ll come out. #
Condensed knowledge for 2008-01-31
- Data as Pollution http://tinyurl.com/2aocxr #
- New Nikon D60 camera offers Eye-Fi wireless connectivity http://tinyurl.com/3yk5pl #
- Palooka, XL: 1914 http://tinyurl.com/2oxy79 #
- Gallaudet Basketball: 1924 http://tinyurl.com/2v2f8h #
- Storm’s Creators Face A Storm Of Their Own http://tinyurl.com/2ppcwb #
- Psychology Today: 10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong http://tinyurl.com/25cfnq #
- Sony Develops 35mm full size CMOS Image Sensor with 24.81 Effective Megapixel resolution http://tinyurl.com/ywtkh8 #
- Howto: Create Higher Dynamic Range With Bracketed Exposures http://tinyurl.com/2pkjpg #
- FBI Knows Identity of Storm Worm Writers http://tinyurl.com/2tb43q #
- I’d heard of this, but hadn’t seen it until now: http://tinyurl.com/ys4vyz #
- Roadside bomb video: http://tinyurl.com/32fno8 #
- Verizon exec: No ‘policing the Internet’ for us http://tinyurl.com/3b2chu #
- Lunchtime in Long Beach: 1942 http://tinyurl.com/2vmt7g #
- FCC 700 MHz ‘C-block’ reserve price finally met http://tinyurl.com/327jok #
- SuperDelegates.org – Learn about the DNC Super Delegates http://tinyurl.com/2ez6md #
- Leaked UK Government Document on National ID http://tinyurl.com/2n2slv #
- Fertility Doctor Loses Patient Data http://tinyurl.com/yqxqou #
- Visualize This: With So Much Video, It’s Hard Not To http://tinyurl.com/39hqxk #
Watching the skies
I count myself blessed for living where I live. Our community is a beautiful place, and even though it’s in the middle of a city, surrounded by major roads, great care has been taken in its planning and maintenance over the years. It feels more like a park than a residential community, and the fact that we’re bordered by forests on either side helps a lot. We have an open view of the horizon that looks out toward Rock Creek Park, and as a result, I get to see a lot of beautiful skies. Here are a few recent photos taken right from our terrace.
I couldn’t believe how beautiful these clouds were. They look hand-painted, don’t they?
A recent dusk featured a gorgeous light show that painted the clouds in all sorts of hues.
We had a full moon last week, and I “captured” it.
These two buildings are quite far apart, yet the long focal range compresses the distance between them, making them look as if they’re superimposed.
Planes often fly above. We get plenty of supersonic jets and military aircraft, since we’re very close to Washington, DC. Sometimes we also get these planes. I think they’re doing aerial photography that later makes it onto Google Maps.
Lots of Canadian geese choose to winter in our area. I see them in the nearly frozen water, swimming along as if it’s summer. I don’t know how they do it. I guess it’s warmer than Canada, but still… These three geese (one of them is obscured by the tree) were flying in to bed for the night.
This is my week 4 submission for the 2008 Community Challenge.
Raoul Pop 