April 2007
29 posts
URL stream: microscopes
http://www.google.com/search?q=vermeer+astronomer
Who is he?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astronomer_%28painting%29
“The man portrayed in this painting and The Geographer could be Anton van Leeuwenhoek.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_van_Leeuwenhoek
“Antony [1] (October 24, 1632 - August 30, 1723), full name Thonius Philips van Leeuwenhoek (pronounced...
Dan Eastwell: Copywriters, when you're considering...
Dan Eastwell: Copywriters, when you’re considering using a dash - think: would a comma be better instead? (via Twitter / Dan Eastwell)
Dan Eastwell: Copywriters - When you're thinking...
Dan Eastwell: Copywriters - When you’re thinking of using a dash - think - would a comma be better instead? (via Twitter / Dan Eastwell)
Globes with data projected on them
(via del.icio.us/maskingtape)
German Script Styles
From fraktur, to Sütterlin, an overview of script styles in German that may well be difficult to read, or illegible to those used to swiss-style fonts. (via del.icio.us/maskingtape)
Dan Eastwell: Why is sending to 40404 failing? Why...
Dan Eastwell: Why is sending to 40404 failing? Why is updating from opera mini failing? (via Twitter / Dan Eastwell)
Dan Eastwell: Bah. I can't submit to twitter via...
Dan Eastwell: Bah. I can’t submit to twitter via opera mini. What’s the deal with that? Signed in hit ‘update’, page reloads, nothing… (via Twitter / Dan Eastwell)
Tramen break url trail
Listening to Dom and Roland - Soundwall http://www.last.fm/user/mrdan/playlist/ ?action=edit&addtrack=3408712
Who is Dom and Roland? http://www.last.fm/music/ Dom%2B%2526%2BRoland/+wiki
“One of Dom’s claims to fame within drum and bass is being the inventor of the widely-used tramen break, during sessions as engineer for Trace.”
What is the tramen break?...
Prussian Blue
Prussian blue has differing chemical names, including iron (III) ferrocyanide, and its chemical formula (which was apparently hard to determine) is Fe7(CN)18(H2O)x where 14 ≤ x ≤ 16.
The Prussian blue of blueprints is the cyanide of the colour cyan, or, cyan is the blue (from the greek) in the name ferrocyanide.
Cyanide is present in almonds and apple seeds.
Not all cyanide compounds are...
ALVIN: Pete, I'd like to buy that from you.
Alvin points to a contraption used in hardware stores to grab things on high shelves. Pete sees what he's pointing to and gets a possessive jolt. He turns to Alvin.
PETE: Jeez Alvin.
ALVIN: Well?
Pete eyes the grabber. He looks down the aisle to the other end of the store where he's got another grabber hanging.
PETE: I do have two of them...I guess I could sell you that one.
ALVIN: Five bucks would seem about right.
PETE: (puzzled) Those things are hard to come by Alvin. It would take me two months to get another one on order. That's a damn good grabber. Jeez...I can't let that grabber go for less than.....jeez.....$10.00.
ALVIN: (considering, not too happy) OK. Ring her up.
Dan Eastwell: Watching David Lynch's 'Straight...
Dan Eastwell: Watching David Lynch’s ‘Straight Story’. “Watcha want a grabber for, Alvin?” “Grabbin’.” (via Twitter / Dan Eastwell)
Trevatt & Dingle
A blog for the artist curators Tom Trevatt and Rob Dingle (via del.icio.us/maskingtape)
