Saturday June 30, 2007

Diffraction Saturday

• History.
• This lazy kid only bothered to learn the second half of Stairway to Heaven.
• How to operate a shower curtain.
• Knife and Sharpening Steel Hardness.
• Holy crap, more annoying then real kids.
• A new American portrait.
• Sokushinbutsu: The Self-Mummified Monks of Japan. “Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the tube was removed and the tomb sealed.”
• Best Thing.
• Another thing about idiotic disclaimers: Who’s afraid of Time Inc.’s e-mail disclaimer.
• 60’s model poses decoded.
• From a conversation I had last night: How to Select the Sharpest Aperture Considering the Simultaneous Effects of Depth-of-Field and Diffraction.
• “Between 2000 and 2006 I together with writer Cia Rinne undertook travels in seven different countries with a view to gaining an insight into the life of the Roma and the conditions they face. We always tried to spend a considerable length of time among the people whom we wanted to learn about and, if possible, to live with them for a while.” The Roma Journeys.
• Cop vs. skateboarders
• Price of a gram of cocaine around the world.
• For a flash website, this is not too bad.
• Shitty flash, but amazing content: Juilliard Manuscript Collection.
• One day aboard the Space Shuttle.
• Unusual foods.
• Andy Warhol: eating a hamburger, time capsule, philosophy [Click again: loads a different page each time!], Day in the life (with fantastic Velvets backing track), the classic interview, quotes, drawings, and life. Also, possibly the most annoying thing you’ll click all day, a million thanks for Andy Warhol.
• Bloxorz. I’m up to stage 12 20 (and sort of done with it).

Tags: saturdaze

1. mkh    Sat Jun 30, 11:39 AM #  
   
   

   Hmm, that history link appears to be uncredited Milo Manara. (and checking the Flickr comments I see I’m not the only one to notice.) The poster’s “All Rights Reserved” seems a little out of place in that context. I think I have that strip on one of my Manara books, but I’m too lazy to look.

   Do you visit the Kircher site often? They have great stuff there all the time.