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/tumblr_lhnb3eZCAP1qgfmcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sciencecenter.tumblr.com/post/3686823887/scientists-study-the-phases-of-the-moon-on-lunar">sciencecenter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Scientists study the phases of the moon on lunar models in preparation for an eventual manned flight to moon.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Love those circles-on-globes. Photographer: <span>Fritz Goro.</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/23839041600http://notes.husk.org/post/23839041600Sun, 27 May 2012 04:11:00 +01001960sapolloengineeringimagelifemoonreblogscientistsspace1962<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzu52hTSE1qd65vgo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theeconomist.tumblr.com/post/16058779822/daily-chart-life-beyond-earth-a-new-index-scores">theeconomist</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Daily chart: life beyond Earth.</strong> A new index scores planetary bodies on their suitability for life. Unsurprisingly, Earth tops the list, but Titan, a Saturnian moon, takes <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/01/daily-chart-5">the second spot ahead of Mars.</a></p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/16072557044http://notes.husk.org/post/16072557044Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:57:05 +0000imagegraphchartsolar systemplanetsmoonslife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loni80jsnY1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Black%20Cat%20Auditions%20In%20Hollywood%20source:life&prev=/images?q=Black+Cat+Auditions+In+Hollywood+source:life&hl=en&biw=1027&bih=803&tbm=isch&imgurl=61306604070a0665">LIFE: Black Cat Auditions In Hollywood - Hosted by Google</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/15404347023http://notes.husk.org/post/15404347023Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:40:05 +0000imagelifecatpipeman1950s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2gnaof5rY1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.life.com/image/92705123">The Pilot ACE at the Science Museum</a>. Actually seen at this BBC news story about the way the machine <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8683369.stm">changed computing</a>, but the version at Life is bigger. <span>Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/600688614http://notes.husk.org/post/600688614Sat, 15 May 2010 13:13:35 +0100imagecomputerpilot acebbc newslifescience museum<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksup17n5ZM1qzsxryo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bestoflife.tumblr.com/post/238190791/berlin-wall-young-boy-girl-playing-soccer-next">bestoflife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Berlin Wall</b>. Young boy & girl playing soccer next to the Berlin wall.</p> <p>December 1962, Paul Schutzer</p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/238197696http://notes.husk.org/post/238197696Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:55 +0000imagereblogberlin wallblack and whitehistorylife<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kofgghDHNd1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=fe1f2d8fad055b48&q=First%20Family%20Record%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3DFirst%2BFamily%2BRecord%2Bsource:life%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20">First Family Record</a> by Ralph Morse, Life, 1962.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/163599069http://notes.husk.org/post/163599069Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:57:53 +0100imagelifelife magazine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkq8w92f8M4SCU2yRo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=15761e2e755c2ed0">London skyline during new building boom</a> from Life magazine, 1963, by Ralph Crane.</p> <p>In the foreground are the <a href="http://postwarbuildings.com/buildings/new-change-buildings">New Change Buildings</a>, “an office complex at the heart of the City, built at a time of great innovation, [which] managed to ignore all notions of modernism, of lightness and of structural honesty”. It was demolished two years ago and is currently a large building site.</p> <p>In the background, to the left, you can see the Route 11 / London Wall office tower cluster, including Royex House (since demolished) and City Tower (since reclad).</p> <p>This is almost certainly taken from the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, so it should be possible to more or less recreate this shot (although you’d be unlikely to get the same amount of visible smog now, and you’ll have to wait until midwinter to get the same lighting conditions when the dome’s publicly accessible.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/147457275http://notes.husk.org/post/147457275Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:37:20 +0100imagepostgooglelifelife magazinelondonst paul'snew changelondon wallarchitecture1960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkocf20caNpU0HaGmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apollo 12 astronaut <a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=00caead3231d99a9&q=astronaut+source:life&usg=__6-MzRF0Sy5PEQH8BXxSeAfMPyRU=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dastronaut%2Bsource:life%26start%3D189%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN">Charles “Pete” Conrad</a> reflected in visor of Al Bean as he stands on surface of moon (<a href="http://ffffound.com/image/e6f4e14757c951b15ef7e814a90870fb24ef2220">via</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/118419051http://notes.husk.org/post/118419051Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:27:00 +0100apolloastronautffffoundimagelens flarelifemoonspacesuitapollo 12<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkoces34cECwE4bMBo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=nasa+source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnasa%2Bsource:life%26start%3D189%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN&imgurl=1ed2882ffef1b43f">LIFE: Gemini 10 Crew</a> (<a href="http://ffffound.com/image/19210c9bf988163d4655f829e294c96f788a1d6d">via</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/118417112http://notes.husk.org/post/118417112Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:19:00 +0100antennadishffffoundgeminiimagelifespacesuitgemini 10<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkoceq9pi3TimqGdUo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=1960s+Apollo+space+source:life&imgurl=27c3ec11a08d17d1">Apollo spacesuits</a>; the pre-Apollo 7 fire one to the left, the post-fire one to the right (<a href="http://ffffound.com/image/7f36a3280538534a74e654c0998e5dd3fddf34a6">via</a>)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/118416810http://notes.husk.org/post/118416810Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:18:29 +0100imagespaceapollospacesuitgridffffoundlife