June 28, 2010
tj: Instructions from my Nokia 2320 which boil down to “avoid holding it that way.” Not saying that the iPhone 4 is perfect, but I do hope to own one in the near future after the stock shortage ends and I don’t think I’m going to cancel my order because of the antenna issue.  I’m a bit amazed that Apple didn’t put some sort of coating on the antenna to reduce the conductivity of sweaty hands. Or perhaps they have started doing this, and that’s why only a fraction of the phones seem to be affected (those that were built before the coated parts were available).

tj:

Instructions from my Nokia 2320 which boil down to “avoid holding it that way.”

Not saying that the iPhone 4 is perfect, but I do hope to own one in the near future after the stock shortage ends and I don’t think I’m going to cancel my order because of the antenna issue.  I’m a bit amazed that Apple didn’t put some sort of coating on the antenna to reduce the conductivity of sweaty hands.

Or perhaps they have started doing this, and that’s why only a fraction of the phones seem to be affected (those that were built before the coated parts were available).

3:37pm
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June 28, 2010
I spent part of the weekend in Paris, a nice side effect of my job.  I had considered going to the Louvre, which I haven’t been to in at least 5 years, but I didn’t get up early enough to drive into Paris and make it worth the trip. I might post of few pictures of what I did do instead later, but for now, in honor of my missed trip to the Louvre, here is an accidental stereogram of the Venus de Milo, one of the Louvre’s most famous residents.

I spent part of the weekend in Paris, a nice side effect of my job.  I had considered going to the Louvre, which I haven’t been to in at least 5 years, but I didn’t get up early enough to drive into Paris and make it worth the trip.

I might post of few pictures of what I did do instead later, but for now, in honor of my missed trip to the Louvre, here is an accidental stereogram of the Venus de Milo, one of the Louvre’s most famous residents.

11:16am
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June 19, 2010
The Cat Came Back

I was reminded of this cartoon by this post.  This is one of my favorite bits of short animation that doesn’t involve a Looney Tune.

The song has a long history that is interesting as well.

2:00pm
Filed under: animation 
June 15, 2010
And here’s what’s left of Big Butter Jesus… Yeah, that thing was definitely a lightning rod. Sorry about the low resolution of the right photo.  I’ll update with a better one if I can find it.

And here’s what’s left of Big Butter Jesus… Yeah, that thing was definitely a lightning rod.

Sorry about the low resolution of the right photo.  I’ll update with a better one if I can find it.

5:20pm
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June 15, 2010
I just heard my buddy, Big Butter Jebus Jesus, bit the big one by burning badly after being blasted by a bolt (of lightning). I don’t mean to sound sacrilegious, but that thing was just weird.  I’m sure they’ll rebuild it bigger and better than ever, though. And why didn’t it occur to the anyone on the design committee that a resin-covered styrofoam statue with a steel frame might be some kind of fire hazard?  I mean really.

I just heard my buddy, Big Butter Jebus Jesus, bit the big one by burning badly after being blasted by a bolt (of lightning).

I don’t mean to sound sacrilegious, but that thing was just weird.  I’m sure they’ll rebuild it bigger and better than ever, though.

And why didn’t it occur to the anyone on the design committee that a resin-covered styrofoam statue with a steel frame might be some kind of fire hazard?  I mean really.

10:34am
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June 14, 2010
A little bit about this site

I’m a big fan of stereograms and 3D art in general.  A few years ago, I noticed that in the 10s of thousands of photographs I’ve taken in my life, there are many pairs of photos that make “accidental” stereograms — that is, the photo pairs are of the same subject but taken far enough apart in space that the subject can be seen in 3D.

The photos are filled with little flaws and imperfections like people moving in between shots and odd perspectives, but when the photos work, they are really intriguing.

I’ve since started taking more intentional stereograms when I’m out and about with my camera, but the discovery made me wonder about using the vast resources of the internet to make more of these pictures.  I mean, as a group, we’ve all been tourists everywhere there is to go, and we all go snap, snap, snap as we walk along our way.

So as I hobby, I’ve started piecing together stereograms out of the multitude of photographs of famous places that Google knows about and I’m posting the results here.

3:38pm
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June 14, 2010
The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

3:17pm
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June 14, 2010
Accidental Stereogram of the Giza pyramids (southern panorama)

Accidental Stereogram of the Giza pyramids (southern panorama)

1:32pm
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