Friday, June 24, 2005
Good Quality Video
Follow this link for a good quality video of a whale being exploded in Lane County, Oregon, circa 1970. Warning: large file and lots of bloody whale fat flying through the sky.
White Custer
I have a new favorite thing.
I'm sure all of us have seen the yellow magnetic ribbons on trucks, SUV's and other vehicles around our towns. They started showing up a year or so ago, they pretty much replaced the American flag that was in the window and ended up on the freeway somewhere.
Have you noticed that many of these ribbons are no longer yellow? They have faded, faded to a very pale yellow, almost white. The blue text remains, but surrounded by a field of white. A white flag typically represents peace or surrender, right?
We have a few ways to interpret this.
1) People are tired of the war, our troops dying or becoming tragically injured and want peace.
2) They are terribly distraught by the war and want to just give up and have their loved ones home.
3) Finally, they never really gave a damn in the first place and can't pony up the few bucks it costs to buy a magnet made in Communist China.
I don't have any interest in judging people that have these white ribbons on their vehicles. It's just a thought that came to mind when the vehicles come pretty close to me when I'm riding my bike to and from work. It also appears that Bush's approval ratings have been dropping because of not only the Iraq war but also because of domestic issues.
Is there a relationship between the white ribbons and what Americans think of their President?
I'm sure all of us have seen the yellow magnetic ribbons on trucks, SUV's and other vehicles around our towns. They started showing up a year or so ago, they pretty much replaced the American flag that was in the window and ended up on the freeway somewhere.
Have you noticed that many of these ribbons are no longer yellow? They have faded, faded to a very pale yellow, almost white. The blue text remains, but surrounded by a field of white. A white flag typically represents peace or surrender, right?
We have a few ways to interpret this.
1) People are tired of the war, our troops dying or becoming tragically injured and want peace.
2) They are terribly distraught by the war and want to just give up and have their loved ones home.
3) Finally, they never really gave a damn in the first place and can't pony up the few bucks it costs to buy a magnet made in Communist China.
I don't have any interest in judging people that have these white ribbons on their vehicles. It's just a thought that came to mind when the vehicles come pretty close to me when I'm riding my bike to and from work. It also appears that Bush's approval ratings have been dropping because of not only the Iraq war but also because of domestic issues.
Is there a relationship between the white ribbons and what Americans think of their President?
Monday, June 20, 2005
Holy Holga!
I know I usually spend my time here railing against the "Reds" and the Man in general, but since I haven't been able to get a post out in a while (my last one was eaten by my unplugged computer dying of batteryitis) I figured I'd break form and show you something else.
With all of the Tech that swirls around my life, I've found a new love for all things simple and messy. With that in mind I share with you some photos I took with a camera I bought that can only be described as "cheap". Not cheap in the sense of "Oh, I could've gone for the leather interior, but opted for vinyl" type cheap. No, we're talkin "I coulda rode the bus, but opted to tie a rope to it's bumper and drag myself there instead". I bring you... the Holga. This thing looks like it came out of a crackerjack box. It's made of cheap plastic, it has light leaks like you wouldn't believe, and the shutter springs with the least satisfying noise I've ever heard from a camera... ever. I love it.
I love it because unlike digital photos, what comes out looks like nothing you could've seen with your naked eye. It's almost always half photochemistry and half magic (with some luck thrown in for good measure).
The Exploritorium in San Francisco is one of my all time favorite buildings.
The Holga is the best way to do weird double exposures.
So, for now I'm going to embrace my photographic imperfections. The rest of my imperfections will just have to wait.
With all of the Tech that swirls around my life, I've found a new love for all things simple and messy. With that in mind I share with you some photos I took with a camera I bought that can only be described as "cheap". Not cheap in the sense of "Oh, I could've gone for the leather interior, but opted for vinyl" type cheap. No, we're talkin "I coulda rode the bus, but opted to tie a rope to it's bumper and drag myself there instead". I bring you... the Holga. This thing looks like it came out of a crackerjack box. It's made of cheap plastic, it has light leaks like you wouldn't believe, and the shutter springs with the least satisfying noise I've ever heard from a camera... ever. I love it.
I love it because unlike digital photos, what comes out looks like nothing you could've seen with your naked eye. It's almost always half photochemistry and half magic (with some luck thrown in for good measure).
The Exploritorium in San Francisco is one of my all time favorite buildings.
The Holga is the best way to do weird double exposures.
So, for now I'm going to embrace my photographic imperfections. The rest of my imperfections will just have to wait.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Giro Crash
We were talking at work today about bike racing, crashing etc. I found this video clip from stage 4 of this years Giro D'Italia. Not to be missed.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Long time gone...
I've been incredibly busy and Finx is just lazy and fat, there, that should motivate him to type something!
I've been racing. I won my Napa race. Third time I've raced it and never did too well. It was a small field, only 12 of us, but I got first. Love that race.
I've been doing the Prairie City Series, we've raced 7 of 10 races so far. I'm in first place by 20 points, you can usually only accumulate 10 points per race. Our team, Xtreme Outfitters is in first place for the team competition. That's cool for us.
Tonight we start riding the Spaulding Lake Trail. It could be painful, it will be fun.
I start a new job in about two weeks. Little scared, little excited. Not sure how that will effect my free time and therefore time to post, I guess we'll see together.
Still looking at places to get hitched. Lots of options, all very expensive and not what we are looking for, not yet.
I've been racing. I won my Napa race. Third time I've raced it and never did too well. It was a small field, only 12 of us, but I got first. Love that race.
I've been doing the Prairie City Series, we've raced 7 of 10 races so far. I'm in first place by 20 points, you can usually only accumulate 10 points per race. Our team, Xtreme Outfitters is in first place for the team competition. That's cool for us.
Tonight we start riding the Spaulding Lake Trail. It could be painful, it will be fun.
I start a new job in about two weeks. Little scared, little excited. Not sure how that will effect my free time and therefore time to post, I guess we'll see together.
Still looking at places to get hitched. Lots of options, all very expensive and not what we are looking for, not yet.
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