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Examples of pictures from dozens of vintage cameras. [via A Photo Editor]
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Make any photo look like it was taken during Japan's Edo period. [via MeFi] Here's what one of my photos looks like after being sent back in time:
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"Figure out how much each Netflix rental is costing you." I don't want to know.
Posts from June 2008
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Nice photo of rain in Pittsburgh.
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Short-wave radio is still around and growing. Funny that China still expends effort blocking short-wave signals.
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The soviet photos and false intro are heavy handed, but archive integrity is an important subject. They quote Rebecca Blood's Weblog Ethics:
History can be rewritten, but it cannot be undone. Changing or deleting words is possible on the Web, but possibility does not always make good policy. Think before you publish and stand behind what you write. If you later decide you were wrong about something, make a note of it and move on.
[via Fimoculous]
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[via magnetbox]
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Lots of trails around Corvallis I didn't know about. I have my work cut out for me this summer.
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"In this paper, EFF offers some suggestions, both legal and technical, for best practices that balance the needs of OSPs and their users' privacy and civil liberties."
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"Start expressing fuel efficiency as gallons per mile (gpm) for some standard (meaningful) distance. We prefer gallons per 10,000 miles because it makes clear that seemingly small mpg improvements are valuable."
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A collection of tips for preserving your digital materials by The Library of Congress. [via Long Views]
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"[McCain] is not only 'breaking his word' he's breaking the law."
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"The campaign...includes television and online ads and 'phone and in-person conversations with influential mommy bloggers.'" Beware mommy bloggers praising corn syrup.
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The mullet strategy for naming a startup: one part business, one part party. [via magnetbox]
Alsea Falls Sounds
Alsea Falls is a small waterfall about 30 miles southwest of Corvallis. Today we took some back roads we hadn't been on before to get there, and then we took a nice walk around the falls. Here's what the falls sounded like:
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Firefox 3 has built-in color profile support, but it's not enabled by default. [via nelson]
Famers' Market Sounds
Corvallis has a great Farmers' Market and we try to go every Saturday. They block off 1st street by the river (view from above) and a few city blocks are filled with local vendors selling food.
Here's what walking through the farmer's market sounded like yesterday:
If you listen you can hear a guy playing a didgeridoo, kids screaming as they run through a fountain, a few guys playing jazz, dogs panting, and lots of snippets of conversations. The best reason to go to the Farmers' Market right now? Oregon Hood strawberries are in season. We made this fantastic strawberry shortcake with Hood berries from the market:
Best. Strawberries. Ever.
Here's what walking through the farmer's market sounded like yesterday:
If you listen you can hear a guy playing a didgeridoo, kids screaming as they run through a fountain, a few guys playing jazz, dogs panting, and lots of snippets of conversations. The best reason to go to the Farmers' Market right now? Oregon Hood strawberries are in season. We made this fantastic strawberry shortcake with Hood berries from the market:
Best. Strawberries. Ever.
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I want one of these orchard ladders for cherry-picking in a couple weeks.
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Looks like a good place to find information and ask questions about fruit trees.
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from wikipedia
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Andy Baio interviews Alan Taylor about his amazing new blog The Big Picture. I'm surprised there wasn't more resistance at The Globe.
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This Yahoo! Stencil Kit looks like a good way to mock up iPhone apps in Illustrator. [via CreativeTechs Tips]
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"Buying a new home, rearranging your room, or moving into a new office? You can save time and have more fun if you lay out your ideas ahead of time." Looks like nifty web app.
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tl;dr
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A web comic about branding. [via Brand New]
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The Web's favorite tinsmith resigns his post with the Yahoo Web Trust for a more pastoral way. [via waxy]
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Some clever CSS/JavaScript hacking that determines which sites on a list someone has visited. Used for questionable good here, but could be a privacy nightmare. [via hackszine]
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"...good practices of pagination design as well as some examples of when and how the pagination is usually implemented." [via swissmiss]
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Good thoughts for feed reader designers.
Chip Ross Sounds
You're probably wondering what Chip Ross Park (view from above) sounds like in the afternoon. I can finally answer that for you.