Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2af38838835096ff0899897d9bcf2f49/tumblr_mn9zryjE1k1qz4vjro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cooper.com/journal/2013/04/announcing-the-next-cooper-parlor-wtf-evolution.html">Designing for Unnatural Selection at the next Cooper Parlor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div>Like it or not, the sixth wave of extinction is upon us. By the end of the century nearly 50% of all species on the planet will be gone. Most will perish simply because they do not have enough time to adapt to rapidly changing environmental conditions. But what if there were gadgets (or services) that would help plants and animals transcend time and make the evolutionary leap? What if there was a Whole Earth Catalog for the non- human among us (eat your heart out, Stewart Brand)?</div> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/51184692901http://notes.husk.org/post/51184692901Fri, 24 May 2013 00:55:00 +0100imagecooper parlorrabbitaugmentationsan franciscoeventillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1fa4f7e5eba237f12918dce0062029db/tumblr_mn9osxMsyL1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The final Lego Lego X-Wing, in a hangar in New Jersey before being moved to Times Square, New York City.</p> <p>It’s 42 times bigger than the <a href="http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=9493-1">set it’s based on</a>, which is big enough that the studs have the usual <a href="http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/PopSciLego-7.jpg">LEGO raised word</a> on the top.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51167408769http://notes.husk.org/post/51167408769Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:08 +0100imagelegox-wingstar warsnew jerseyhangarmodel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f1d1389d157316e4188457ec7d1c085/tumblr_mn9op2BmOq1qz4vjro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The steel infrastructure of the <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/23/the-46000-pound-x-wing-how-lego-built-the-worlds-biggest-star-wars-toy/">human-scale model of the Lego X-Wing</a> (itself made, except for this skeleton, of Lego) that’s currently on show in Times Square, New York City.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51167246756http://notes.husk.org/post/51167246756Thu, 23 May 2013 20:55:50 +0100imagediagramx-winglegomodeltimetime magazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/682087a3633f42522b45b4156b3a65ee/tumblr_mn8pvdNqw41qengi4o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.pointlineplane.co.uk/post/51135198570/polling-when-public-attention-is-limited">toffeemilkshake</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/05/22/polling-when-public-attention-is-limited-different-questions-different-results/">Polling when public attention is limited: Different questions, different results</a></p> <p>via <a href="http://twitter.com/tomewing">@tomewing</a></p> </blockquote> <p>From the Pew Research post:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>In an ideal world, understanding the impact of question wording differences on surveys is straightforward – respondents are randomly assigned to groups, each of which is asked the same question in the same context with only the language of interest modified. But in the real world, it’s rarely so simple. In the above examples, each polling organization made good-faith efforts to describe the facts of the situation as accurately as possible, but the word choices and context make it impossible to identify one particular phrase or concept that tipped the public’s thinking.</span></p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/51160139630http://notes.husk.org/post/51160139630Thu, 23 May 2013 19:03:12 +0100imagereblogpollsquestionopinionjustice deptapreporting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8eff8ca7317a5fe28f220be817a310f1/tumblr_mk4d45UKlJ1qz5f8ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://flic.kr/p/9c7Rj2">Voyager space probe</a> diagram, posted by x-ray delta one (via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://balnibarbi.tumblr.com/post/46075469454/1977-voyager-space-probe-by-x-ray-delta-one">balnibarbi</a>)<a href="http://flic.kr/p/9c7Rj2"><br/></a></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51089328900http://notes.husk.org/post/51089328900Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:24 +0100imagereblogvoyagerdiagramspace1977thermal blankets<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9aa02d1ee4d9f697509732ef677c8682/tumblr_mluuf3es7R1qj3lp2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/universe/2013/01/22/l-o-l-a-lola/">scienceblogs</a> via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chrisoshea.tumblr.com/post/48930921615/moon-landing-simulator">chrisoshea</a> via <a href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/49028831389/moon-landing-simulator">iamdanw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I LOVE this analogue <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/multimedia/project-lola.html">moon landing simulator</a>!</p> <p>“This simulator was designed to provide a pilot with a detailed visual encounter with the lunar surface; the machine consisted primarily of a cockpit, a closed-circuit TV system, and four large murals or scale models representing portions of the lunar surface as seen from various altitudes. The pilot in the cockpit moved along a track past these murals which would accustom him to the visual cues for controlling a spacecraft in the vicinity of the moon. Unfortunately, such a simulation — although great fun and quite aesthetic — was not helpful because flight in lunar orbit posed no special problems other than the rendezvous with the LEM, which the device did not simulate. Not long after the end of Apollo, the expensive machine was dismantled.”</p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/51089248784http://notes.husk.org/post/51089248784Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:17 +0100imagereblogmoonsimulationapolloanalogue<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/340fef9529598c85fb9e6d9de4052b64/tumblr_mj0e2wtlMi1qa342fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blank billboard, outer London (by <a href="http://visto-photo.tumblr.com/post/44332805025">visto-photo</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51089110686http://notes.husk.org/post/51089110686Wed, 22 May 2013 20:56:19 +0100imagereblogblank billboardwhiteouter londonlondon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c178aeac71c6fa1fbc3237b852737af3/tumblr_mmmi6qFPzM1qznvymo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://klaatu.tumblr.com/post/50151096668/superheroes-with-a-difference-l-r-noel-fisher">klaatu</a>, via <a href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/51023123717/klaatu-l-r-noel-fisher-as-michelangelo">iamdanw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>L - R: Noel Fisher as Michelangelo, Jeremy Howard as Donatello and Pete Ploszek as Leonardo on the New York set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</p> </blockquote> <p>More Sierpinski gasket mocap suits.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51023942378http://notes.husk.org/post/51023942378Wed, 22 May 2013 00:10:10 +0100imagereblogbefore vfxteenage mutant hero turtlessierpinskimotion capturespecial effects<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d3450681b5d44c4e4042f1d0a4b9016/tumblr_mjtgnaUvmv1qarjnpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Untitled, 2008 by </span><a href="http://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/david-klamen/#/images/">David Klamen</a><span></span>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://darksilenceinsuburbia.tumblr.com/post/45812788249/david-klamen-untitled-2008-oil-on-paper-45-7-x">darksilenceinsuburbia</a>, <a href="http://notational.tumblr.com/post/45816566954/darksilenceinsuburbia-david-klamen-untitled">notational</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51003828382http://notes.husk.org/post/51003828382Tue, 21 May 2013 19:40:47 +0100imagepaintingoverlaytreesgriddotsart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b6e5a3ae9a03ae94529bda3dec348ef8/tumblr_mn5vqyaVCZ1qz4vjro1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/blog/edits-worldwide-id/">Worldwide edits</a> using the new <a href="http://www.mapbox.com/blog/new-map-editor-launches-openstreetmap/">MapBox iD</a> OpenStreetMap interface.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51003708111http://notes.husk.org/post/51003708111Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:47 +0100imageanimated gifmapworldopenstreetmap<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a148071e39212c448a0563cc78986f9b/tumblr_mn5tgiFG5Q1qz4vjro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c45254057b5c495026acde2185ca7383/tumblr_mn5tgiFG5Q1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c73bb150cb2045d775215aadea9b2284/tumblr_mn5tgiFG5Q1qz4vjro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Architecture and Signing- Pictograms, from the <a href="http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/manual.htm">British Rail corporate identity manual</a>, December 1985.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51000725264http://notes.husk.org/post/51000725264Tue, 21 May 2013 18:48:18 +0100imagepictogramsdesigniconographybritish railcorporate identity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe202d81adb126561ce819ceffafabe6/tumblr_mn5tbvcgas1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Do not remove this page, from the <a href="http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/manual.htm">British Rail corporate identity manual</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/51000569514http://notes.husk.org/post/51000569514Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:29 +0100imagedo not removebritish railcorporate identitydesignred<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8fcc233d615a5d281eee12199b233c8/tumblr_mjxzqxH0y51qck4x5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Howardena Pindell, <em>Video Drawings: Baseball</em>, 1973-1977, C-print (of video screen photograph with ink overlay) (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bluecatsredsox.tumblr.com/post/45816177508/howardena-pindell-video-drawings-baseball">bluecatsredsox</a>, <a href="http://notational.tumblr.com/post/45818282698/bluecatsredsox-howardena-pindell-video">notational</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50996823787http://notes.husk.org/post/50996823787Tue, 21 May 2013 17:39:00 +0100imagereblogbaseballartoverlaylinesdrawingvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d929f304a85db66d3acb18e3dd1244e/tumblr_mn5g51m2sc1qmxbm6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spum.tumblr.com/post/50986465790/see-also">spum</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography#Use_by_terrorists">See also</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50995745189http://notes.husk.org/post/50995745189Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:00 +0100imagereblogsteganographycatterrorism““There’s no such thing as Flickr Pro today because [with so many people taking photographs] there’s really no such thing as professional photographers anymore,” Mayer said”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/05/20/flickr-gets-revamp-with-1-tb-of-storage-space-free-and-yahoo-gets-new-nyc-office/">Flickr gets revamp — with 1 TB of photo storage free — and Yahoo gets new NYC office — Tech News and Analysis</a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/">iamdanw</a>)</em>http://notes.husk.org/post/50995689071http://notes.husk.org/post/50995689071Tue, 21 May 2013 17:18:40 +0100quotereblogflickrphotographymarissa meyer<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/95f6e76a212e440adf32df58f658e5db/tumblr_mn46v7fAQ31qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1441ff12c6456f9cd0d616ba5ac33b2e/tumblr_mn46v7fAQ31qz4vjro2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Left: the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54921682@N00/7589370020/">Golden Gate Bridge in London</a>, a scale comparison from <span>“Triumphs of Engineering”</span><span> (posted by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/54921682@N00/">WP Wiles</a>).</span><span><br/></span></p> <p><span>Right: a screen shot of <a href="http://mapfrappe.com/">MapFrappe</a>, a tool by </span><span>Kelvin Thompson that allows you to place outlines of one feature on another part of the world, showing the <a href="http://mapfrappe.com/?show=10389">Golden Gate Bridge in London</a>.</span></p> <p><span>If MapFrappe had a rotation feature, I’d be able to more exactly match the 1940s illustration, but that’ll have to wait for vector maps, I suppose.</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50966586015http://notes.husk.org/post/50966586015Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:21 +0100imageimageslondongolden gate bridgemapscomparisonscale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40cab4e539ef5fb388d337648f52df95/tumblr_mmvfdx3CkS1qa95wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Untitled</em><span> by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cur3es/7354115662/in/photostream">Kieron Cropper</a><span> (via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://foxesinbreeches.tumblr.com/post/50557628505/untitled-by-kieron-cropper">foxesinbreeches</a>, occasionally nsfw<span>)</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50939139040http://notes.husk.org/post/50939139040Mon, 20 May 2013 23:22:00 +0100imagefracturedgeometrytrianglesreblogoverlaywomankieron cropper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/282911b64d1a23cef15497f453e2357b/tumblr_mn43104ZhA1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.dennis-andrianopoulos.com/Composing">Composing by Dennis Andrianopoulos</a> - “<span>Poster based on morphological psychology theory” (<a href="http://objectsinspaceandtime.tumblr.com/post/45721187620">via</a>)</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50925022172http://notes.husk.org/post/50925022172Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:48 +0100imagehandoverlaygeometryreblogcolourlines<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e8d1faf0fe01941fe71ca9d2c12bdd9/tumblr_mkenrxmmiK1rsviopo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://photohab.com/photography-blog/maurizio-galimberti.html">Maurizio Galimberti</a>, Polaroid Mosaic (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eerriinnffrroosstt.tumblr.com/post/46772198607/maurizio-galimberti-polaroid-mosaic">eerriinnffrroosstt</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50924760774http://notes.husk.org/post/50924760774Mon, 20 May 2013 20:16:11 +0100imagepolaroidfracturedoverlayphotographyreblog<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/077e191473467dde30c4b33a1debf6cf/tumblr_mn1otklVpX1qb7q6fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Overlay showing the geometric composition of Napoleon Crossing the Alps by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Louis_David" title="Jacques-Louis David">Jacques-Louis David</a><span></span><span> (</span><a href="http://notational.tumblr.com/post/50912878077">via</a><span>)</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/50922276431http://notes.husk.org/post/50922276431Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:08 +0100imagepaintingjacques-louis davidgeometryoverlay