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Zack Sultan: My dad photographs the windmills he helps build in...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:05 +0000

My dad photographs the windmills he helps build in various parts of the world. Pictured, Criterion — in the hills of western Maryland near Oakland.

That’s nice, that.

Pawel Lisiak (via)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:05 +0000

Pawel Lisiak (via)

courtenaybird: Fifty years ago, the four most valuable U.S....

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:07:05 +0000

courtenaybird:

Fifty years ago, the four most valuable U.S. companies employed an average of 430,000 people with an average market cap of $180 billion. This year, the four largest U.S. companies employ an average 120,000 people with an average market cap of $334 billion. The titans of 2011 have twice the the value of their 1964 counterparts with a quarter of the employees.

(via The Atlantic)

I’m not sure why people think the tech industry is a panacea for job creation. Wealth creation? Perhaps. Jobs? Not so much.

yearoftheglitch: 012 of 366 From a prepared Kodak DC215 1...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:12:05 +0000

yearoftheglitch:

012 of 366

From a prepared Kodak DC215 1 megapixel digital camera.

’56. What makes good glitch art good is that, amidst a seemingly endless flood of images, it maintains a sense of the wilderness within the computer.’ — Hugh S. Manon and Daniel Temkin, Notes on Glitch (via)

wreckandsalvage: This will tell you something about my day...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:21:00 +0000

wreckandsalvage:

This will tell you something about my day job. I now recognize “ums” in waveform. I don’t need to hear it, I only need to see this shape. This is the shape of an “um” or an “uh”.

I want to remove it from every ones speech patterns, including mine.

(via notational)

theartofgooglebooks: Printed plate left folded through...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:15:47 +0000

theartofgooglebooks:

Printed plate left folded through digitization.

From p.539 of Elements of Technology by Jacob Bigelow (1831).

Glitchy steam engines.

theartofgooglebooks: Map left folded through digitization. From...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:06 +0000

theartofgooglebooks:

Map left folded through digitization.

From the front matter of Chicago and the Great Conflagration, by Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin (1871). [Here]

theartofgooglebooks: Card folder reads “Do not remove or...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:06:05 +0000

theartofgooglebooks:

Card folder reads “Do not remove or mutilate card.” Card removed (and potentially mutilated).

From the back matter of The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs (1921).

hammerandcode: Self-portrait by photographer Paolo...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:17:06 +0000

hammerandcode:

Self-portrait by photographer Paolo Roversi.

Everybody loves an SX-70.

(via visivo)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:28:06 +0000

(via visivo)