Here are a few of the more interesting things I’ve run across lately. Is it weird to watch a 10 minute video of bullets being fired into various [inert] substances? If so, color me weird. But there’s something fascinating about a 1 million frame per second slo-mo movie. Did you catch that? 1 MILLION FPS.… Continue reading Wandering the Web
“Black and White and Read All Over”
I have no idea why the 57th anniversary of the bar code is such a big deal, but when even Google changes its logo in honor of the observance, then we must pay heed. I suspect that this site – it allows you to generate your own bar code – got swamped today. I couldn’t… Continue reading “Black and White and Read All Over”
Wandering the Web
We spent the last few days in scenic Weatherford, Texas (if that sounds like sarcasm, you need to drive through some of the neighborhoods south of I-20 and you’ll see that I’m serious. But be sure to pack a GPS.) and thus haven’t been attending to bloggerly duties. Here’s some stuff I hope will make… Continue reading Wandering the Web
Green Heron
I spotted a bird of a type I hadn’t previously seen wading in the stream between the two ponds this morning. I took a couple dozen photos and shipped a few off to our resident wildlife expert, Burr Williams, who identified the bird as a green heron. He said they reside year-around in certain parts… Continue reading Green Heron
Wandering the Web
We went to the West Texas Food Bank’s fundraiser last night, partaking of food from a variety of restaurants (including red curry buffalo from Zucchi’s), watching (but not participating) in a sometimes listless auction of goods ranging from a rocking chair to a telescope, and listening to the current incarnation of The Lovin’ Spoonful. And… Continue reading Wandering the Web
Fascinating Animation
Amazing example of stop-action video+animation. The footage repeats itself, but it’s worth watching twice. [Via BOOOOOOOM!] COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.
Random…aw, heck…you know the drill…
Perhaps someday I’ll come up with a topic that (1) is interesting and (b) I know something about, but until that [unlikely] event occurs, here’s more random goodness from the interwebz: Don’t you just hate people who write “interwebz”? Xslimmer simultaneously intrigues and scares me to death. This Mac-only application purports to slit open the… Continue reading Random…aw, heck…you know the drill…
Random Thursday
I know…two consecutive days with posts that consist of actual words. Don’t get used to it. I started this one to test some new software – MarsEdit, if you must know – and needed to post something other than images to get a good feel for how it works. (I ended up not being too… Continue reading Random Thursday
Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition
Lotsa fascinating stuff around the web lately, to wit: For anyone who loves to read, bookshelves are a necessary evil, at least for those who haven’t yet drunk the Kindle Kool-Aid. For one thing, they take up space that might otherwise be productively employed to showcase big screen TVs. However, with a little imagination (and… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition
New Gallery Images
I’ve added a handful of images to the Gallery, including the one shown below.