Archives for February, 2004
2004.02.28 (Sat)
Letterbox Man
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Came across this scene in Shibuya a month or so ago. No idea what was going on — nothing…
The broadband revolution was slow breaching the walls of this old house, but what may have been the last bastion of ISDN connectivity in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area fell yesterday…
2004.02.26 (Thu)
Like a man
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Be sure to take a look at like a man, as a man, 16 eerie, poignant, and captivating Polaroid photographs by James Luckett.
2004.02.23 (Mon)
Weather of Mass Destruction
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This is a tough one. Who are you supposed to invade when you find out climate change is a greater threat than terrorism?
Greening the sky
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Parrots visiting the neighbourhood are quite a welcome change from crows.
2004.02.21 (Sat)
Roof, Minami Azabu
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View of a temple roof from a friend’s apartment in Minami Azabu
2004.02.20 (Fri)
Picture enhancement that works…?
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Dave Etchells, The Imaging Resource: Every year after the PMA show, people always ask me what I thought was the most interesting/exciting product I saw there. This year, the easy answer is DO Labs’ DxO Photo Pro software, an amazingly powerful tool/technology for correcting optical distortion and artifacts in digicam images.
2004.02.17 (Tue)
Sun and wind (without Christo redux)
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This is from a few days ago, but I’m quite taken with the great late-afternoon light we get here this time of year in case you can’t tell. Here it is shining off construction scaffolding in Shinjuku.
A 28-gram load, No. 6 shot farewell
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From the Sydney Morning Herald: “An English widow has honoured the memory of her gun-loving husband by having his ashes loaded into cartridges for use by his close friends in the last shoot of the season.”
2004.02.15 (Sun)
Excellent favelets list
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Sean Willson provides a great list of browser favelets that’s worth taking a look at.
World Press Photo Contest
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If you haven’t seen these already, take a look at the World Press Photo winners for 2003.
2004.02.11 (Wed)
I used to think silhouettes were a bit cheesy but at last I may be beginning to see the point of them. They really do inflict a rigorous simplicity: you get two colours and a bunch of shapes. Deal with it.
2004.02.10 (Tue)
L is for smoky
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I was struck with a powerful hankering for whisky
Web Standards Awards
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I’m for anything that helps spread the good word of standards compliancy.
2004.02.08 (Sun)
Blue Doors
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What kind of blue would you say those doors are?
2004.02.07 (Sat)
The Fujinox
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While we’re on the subject of Fuji, I should point out that today was the Fujinox — the day when the sun sets directly behind Fuji.
Fuji Desktops
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No responsibility taken for damage or loss of eyesight through use of a bright orange desktop picture.
Titigation
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It’s America, so someone has to sue and, like clockwork, here comes the lawsuit.
2004.02.06 (Fri)
“Profits Pending” - book on gene patents
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Matthew Albright’s book on gene patents, Profits Pending
People are remarkable. You’ve probably seen this: US man fined for shipping himself.
2004.02.04 (Wed)
Cloud on the summit of Mt. Fuji at sunset
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I sat in front of the computer all day today and still didn’t get anything done. How can this be? At sunset, having seen my daughter off to her art class, I went for a walk so that I could say I had at least accomplished something.
2004.02.03 (Tue)
Life Balance
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I’m leaving a little Post-It to myself to check it out more thoroughly later, just as soon as I deal with these other things I’ve got to do over here.
2004.02.01 (Sun)
Cemetery Sunset
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Another picture from Aoyama Cemetery around sunset. Strolling around, I was struck by how routine it was that people died young, expiring in their forties and fifties (from things, I imagined, like ague and scarlet fever and acute ennui).
Roppongi Hills from Aoyama Cemetery
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Not a sunset that caused this building to really glow, unfortunately, but you take what you’re given with sunsets. Aoyama Cemetery, by the way, is a charming place from which to observe them as you reflect on the happy thought that you have a considerably better chance of seeing the next one than most of those around you.
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