My wife found this somewhere: the most amazing car accident ever. Damn. I’m just speechless.
Category: Imagery
Thongs
When I was growing up, thongs were the semi-sandals that you wore on your feet, pictured to the right. Nowadays, they’re called “flipflops” and if you call them “thongs” in public, you get sharp looks and people think you’re having a stroke when you try to explain what you were talking about. Sigh. The times,… Continue reading Thongs
Mt. Hood and the Moon
Tim Bray has posted an amazing photo of Mount Hood that he took from a plane—his description is “Mount Hood paying its respects to the moon” and I think that’s entirely appropriate. Worth a look.
Flowers
Here are some pictures of various flowers in my yard that I took today at lunchtime. No particular reason, other than I like them and since we’re moving soon, I figure I’d better get pictures while I can. They’re not the best quality pictures out there; it was awfully bright when I was taking them,… Continue reading Flowers
Piri Reis Map
Here’s a link to a good image of the Piri Reis map. For all you mystery-history buffs out there.
Bayer
Here’s an interesting bit of trivia I unearthed last week: in trying to prove to somebody at work that aspirin is a coal tar derivative, I found out that Bayer developed and registered the drug as a trademark in 1899. By itself, that’s not so interesting, I know. However, it turns out Bayer also discovered,… Continue reading Bayer
Button Trendsetter
After I last posted about the buttons (see “Button Sites” from March 14) on Web sites, and the button maker, I’ve noticed that others are taking notice, and it’s popping up elsewhere: Wil Wheaton: stay all day if you want to (March 23) Jeremy Zawodny: Politically Incorrect Blog Buttons (March 22) Boing Boing: Fun Web… Continue reading Button Trendsetter
Those small web buttons…
I’ve been noticing recently the proliferation (mostly on blog sites) of those small image files that are 80 pixels wide by 15 pixels high, are generally two-tone in color and use a simple old-school-looking font. Like these: And I’m wondering, what’s the story? What are they called, exactly? (I’m thinking either “buttons” or “badges.”) Who’s… Continue reading Those small web buttons…
Trap
I snapped this picture today because I found it morbidly funny. (Click the image to view the full 768×1024 version.) The view is from the end of the deck, looking at the back door that leads to the garage, which right now is our main access to the trash can. I’m now wondering how many… Continue reading Trap
More Snow
Over the New Year holiday we ended up with even more snow—I measured 13 inches total today, and I’m sure when these photos were taken (on Thursday, the first) it was deeper than that (before it melted down). This is looking into my front yard from the driveway (it’s diagonal, though, so the house you… Continue reading More Snow