You guys, you might have heard that we’re getting a bit of snow here in the Northeastern US. I read in the New York Times today about all the precautionary measures being taken in Manhattan. First of all, that the Times is reporting at length on weather before it happens is fairly significant. Furthermore, the article mentioned that emergency crews had filled 1,000 potholes. Let me say that agin. 1,000 potholes. Well, NOW we’re talking serious. That said, let me get on with things here before any thundersnow knocks me off the grid…
- First up, something truly adorable, functional AND affordable. The Nessie Ladle. {via Smashley}
- Next, I bring you yet more retail awesomeness. Two super geeky and super cool area rugs: The Millenium Falcon and The USS Enterprise.
- How Man Ray Made Art of Math and Shakespeare. {via Jennifer O.}
- So this happened: King Tut’s Burial Mask Has Been “Irreversibly Damaged” in a botched cleaning incident that involved one snafu after another. I mean this was a total Jerry Lewis clusterhump.
- HOLD ON! This just in: Experts Say King Tut’s Busted Burial Mask May Be Repairable.
- Here’s a downloadable treat: Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy Explain’d for the Use of the Ladies: In Six Dialogues on Light and Colours. {via Ryan C.}
- Artist Melissa Jay Craig created (S)Edition, an installation of 99 mushroom books modeled after the Amanita Muscaria mushrooms.
- Attention Makers: Chris Hackett [along with some PopSci editors] has written The Big Book of Maker Skills 200 pages of illustrations, color photos and hard-earned knowledge.
- A new survey of 2000 Britons reveals 21st century trends in letter writing. Why people still prefer postcards to Facebook – and the death of handwriting. Some interesting charts are included. {via @antiheroine}
- Artist Mario Klingemann designed a twitter bot Lowpoly Bot that automatically converts photos into polygonal images. The process is a slow one but the results are quite beautiful
- I can’t recall how but the internet gave me this information today. Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in Tiksi in the Russian Arctic. She is a photographer with an extraordinary eye. Click through the series Weather Man, about meteorologist Vyacheslav Korotki, which was featured in The New Yorker or the series Tiksi.
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Shane Black shot this mesmerizingly gorgeous time lapse.
Adventure is Calling
Found at Twisted Sifter
from the page
This summer, two friends and myself all left our comfortable jobs of six years to spend two months traveling across the country and teaching photography workshops along the way. We all felt that it was time to take a risk and get out of our comfort zones… adventure was calling us. It was a trip filled with endless hours cooped up in a van, exploring breathtaking landscapes, sharing stories and laughs, meeting some of the nicest people, making new friends, getting to meet old friends from around the country, and sharing our love of photography with others.
This trip was a constant test for me, as we had such short and limited time in nearly all of the spots we visited. In most cases, I’d have to hurry out of the van with all of my gear and find a decent composition in a very short amount of time as soon as we would arrive at the location. It was a constant race against the light.
During those 2 months, we traveled across 32 states , visited 13 national and state parks, and drove nearly 13,000 miles in a (somewhat) trusty old Dodge Caravan… with no cruise control. It was an adventure that gave us many memories that we will all hold onto for many years to come. I think that everybody needs to take a trip and have their eyes opened to just how beautiful this world is and how much is really out there.
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Featured image is an aerial shot of Salt Flats byJulieanne Kost.
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