Category Archives: Notes

Random notes, miscellaneous ramblings, etc.

Hanging for the Homeless

It was a collision of sorts. My favorite digital information-not-necessarily-news feed, Coudal Partners, posted a link about 450 stolen kegs of beer in Dublin followed by my brother sending me the linked story. (Really, did you think I wouldn’t notice the ripple effect in the Force?) To the thieves it probably seemed like a good [...]

Strandbeests

I am hopelessly enamored with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests. For the last two days I have been talking about them and googling for other images or any video where I can hear the clickety-clack of these spindly creatures as they walk the beach.

STOL

My neighbor is a competitor in short takeoffs and landings. We are having sunshine instead of the predicted showers and he is out practicing. For a full year I have not seen him take off — from my perch you can’t hear his engine at idle and by the time I do hear him take [...]

Books are beautiful

… including books that are old, discarded, moldy, or wet: Cara Barer Photographer