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/fff195e4ce9e7fa8d713d513752f8451/tumblr_mkw0shSYp91qz4yloo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.stevenmorgana.com/how-much-does-your-building-weigh.html">Steven Morgana</a>’s “How Much Does Your Building Weigh”, via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/47363455127/via-steven-morgana">iamdanw</a>.</p> <p>Oddly I saw this being installed at a Shoreditch gallery when I was in London last May, and took a photo specifically to send to Dan. More than likely I never got around to posting it, but he seems to have found it anyway, which is good. Serendipity! Internet! &c</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/47418491939http://notes.husk.org/post/47418491939Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:12:51 +0100imagereblogartsculpturegeodesic domesteven morganahow much does your building weighlondonexhibition<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m926wivtgq1qzk7t0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thingsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/29829470382/raf-fylingdales-north-yorkshire-from-cold-war">thingsmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>RAF Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1873592817/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1873592817&linkCode=as2&tag=thingsmagazin-21">Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-89</a></p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/30413956615http://notes.husk.org/post/30413956615Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:54:00 +0100imagegeodesic domeradarfylingdalesraf fylingdalesusafnsasurveillanceisometric<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2qms5XV0i1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205018749">Aerial view of RAF Fylingdales</a>, 16 September 1963 (via)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/21457515471http://notes.husk.org/post/21457515471Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:55:29 +0100fylingdalesimagedomegeodesic domeradomerafusafnsa1960saerial photographyiwm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2spy7W2BW1qz4vjro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2spy7W2BW1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.gregwhite.tv/html/portfolio/1x_pfolio_05a.html">Two</a> <a href="http://www.gregwhite.tv/html/technology/1x_Tech_04.html">photographs</a> by Greg White from his <a href="http://www.gregwhite.tv/">excellent portfolio</a>. I could spend all day going through (and probably reposting) from here.</p> <p><a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/18969229741/jodrell-bank-by-greg-white">previously</a>; <a href="http://found.husk.org/tagged/original%3Adomain%3Dwww.gregwhite.tv">previously</a> on ffffound.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/21450768087http://notes.husk.org/post/21450768087Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:51:59 +0100imageimagesgreg whitephotographysvalbardradarradomewhitegeodesic dome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1q8zorTYZ1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/231658/enlarge">RAF Fylingdales</a>, showing both the original 1960s radomes and the replacement early-1990s phased array radar building. The radomes were demolished once the newer radar was completed, around 1994.</p> <p>More library photographs of Fylingdales (which I won’t post as they’re watermarked, I’ve posted quite enough radomes today, and because I’ve been cheeky with images already):</p> <ul><li>Video and stills from <a href="http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675039559_three-massive-radomes_Ballistic-Missile-Early-Warning-System-tracking-radar-site">Critical Past</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&VBID=2K1HZOFQ4TXNI&CT=Search&DT=Image">David Hurn</a>’s <a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/image/C.aspx?VP3=TranslateURL&OriginalURLForRewriting=image/C.aspx&VP3=TranslateURL&OriginalURLForRewriting=image/LON73030.html">photograph for Magnum</a></li> <li>A look <a href="http://richardbaker.photoshelter.com/image/I0000f17xkqnr9MQ">inside the radome</a> from <a href="http://richardbaker.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=fylingdales&_ACT=search">Richard Baker</a></li> </ul>http://notes.husk.org/post/20205852468http://notes.husk.org/post/20205852468Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:04:05 +0100imageraf fylingdalesradomegeodesic domephased array radarbmewsmilitaryuk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1q8jmHCP61qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The three radomes at RAF Fylingdales, Yorkshire. Taken from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bollops/4879141258/in/photostream/">this Flickr post</a> based on a page in Jonathan Glancey’s <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/lost-buildings-review" title='"Lost Buildings: Demolished, Destroyed, Imagined, Reborn"'>Lost Buildings</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20203530520http://notes.husk.org/post/20203530520Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:24:05 +0100imageraf fylingdalesradomegeodesic domeradarmilitaryyorkshireaerial photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1q8grN8mG1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An RAF officer in front of a completed radome at RAF Fylingdales.</p> <p>Taken from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bollops/4878533139/in/photostream/">this Flickr post</a> of a page of Jonathan Glancey’s <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/lost-buildings-review" title='"Lost Buildings: Demolished, Destroyed, Imagined, Reborn"'>Lost Buildings</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20202949236http://notes.husk.org/post/20202949236Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:14:06 +0100imageradomepersonscalegeodesic domeraf fylingdalesmilitary1960sfutureretro<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1q8cuduFh1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the radomes at RAF Flylingdales under construction. Edited from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bollops/4879141498/in/photostream/">this Flickr post</a> of a page of Jonathan Glancey’s book, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/dec/20/lost-buildings-review">Lost Buildings</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20202303503http://notes.husk.org/post/20202303503Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:02:53 +0100imageraf fylingdalesradomegeodesic domeconstructioncranescaffoldingyorkshireukmilitaryblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1pgcbNSiz1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Phantoms over the three US-operated geodesic radomes at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fylingdales">RAF Fylingdales</a> (<a href="http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t31387.html">via</a>). (More Fylingdales later, perhaps.)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20172931391http://notes.husk.org/post/20172931391Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:57:47 +0100imagefylingdalesraf fylingdalesphantomaircraftradomeradargeodesic domesurveillance1980s