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The essence of liberalism? Maybe so, but any rate, quite a speech from a ballplayer, one I can’t imagine hearing today.
Month: December 2006
Ted’s Creamy Root Beer
Another I just dug out of the archives (can you tell I am waiting for the children to fall asleep here on Christmas Eve?). There are a few shots with other signs for Ted’s Creamy Root Beer on Flickr, as it turns out.
I was also reminded that a lot of these were taken with a camera we lost in a restaurant 2 years ago this month: someone at Anthony’s Home Port in Kirkland got an early Christmas present of a Nikon 4300 with a carrying case.
Horse team, Picardo P-Patch
Just found a batch of images in the family photo archive tonight. Here’s one of a team of horse working across the road from us, turning over the community garden.
I don’t think this would be as effective if it were sharp. I like the sense of movement that the blur conveys. I won’t say I was trying to do this: I just lucked out, I expect. Some of the other shots are sharp, but I think they were made with flash. I didn’t want to use a strobe with the horses, so I got lucky with these.
Holiday Mix 2006
Yeah, a real timely one this year.
check it out online.
quote of the day
When Resolve Turns Reckless – washingtonpost.com:
» John F. Kerry: There’s something much worse than being accused of “flip-flopping”: refusing to flip when it’s obvious that your course of action is a flop.
it’s that time of year
Guardian | The 102nd King William’s College Quiz:
Where did feline combat end in a draw? What is Hydrargy rum? Who was nicknamed Toddy? That’s right, it’s as hard as ever …
Let me know how you do . . .
links for 2006-12-24
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What was she thinking?
links for 2006-12-23
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“WebKit now supports stroking of text via CSS.” Interesting, especially this: “This effect works with the ::first-letter and ::first-line pseudo-elements as well.”
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I have always tried to work this in to my observations of the day as well. But have been remiss in recent years. Time to take it up again.
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“As a small holiday gift, we’re pleased to offer updated versions of some classic Christmas stories.”
what’ll they think of next?
Cool Tool: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen:
Leave it to the Japanese to create a brush pen.
I got one of these today, a Pilot, from the Kinokinuya Bookshop in Uwajimaya (we went there for lunch today). It’s a lot of fun to play with. You can make thin hairline strokes, broad strokes, great splashes of ink, all with same tool and you don’t have to dip it. I’ll try to remember to post up some stuff when I come up with anything coherent. There are Flickr groups that are all about photos of drawings, especially in precious Moleskines. Feh (to the preciousity of the medium, not the idea of drawings on Flickr).
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Pinhole exchange
I signed up for the annual pinhole print exchange and then promptly forgot that I had done so. My first one arrived Dec 1, and the sender quickly brought me up to speed 😉
I just printed out the ones I’ll be sending (this is the image I chose) and should get them in time to make the deadline of Dec 31. This was made on Forte Pan 100 film, with my first pinhole camera, a converted Foldex-20, f/295, and developed in D-76 1:1 for whatever the tables at DigitalTruth said to use (11 minutes, I think).
File under: note to self.