I saw him at Bradley’s many times.
Listen to Hank Jones on Marian McPartland ‘s Piano Jazz with guest host Bill Charlap:
Archive for the ‘Link’ Category
Zorki Rangefinder Converted to Digital
On May - 13 - 2010
Someone stuck a Sony DSC-WX1 10.2 MP digital camera inside a Russian Zorki rangefinder (a Leica II copy) – a melding of a 1950′s classic film camera with a modern digital camera.
The original site is in Japanese. (English Google translation) There are detailed build photos; the body was re-covered and even the rangefinder’s shutter release works the digital camera’s shutter. It is a beautiful hack. I wish I had the patience to do something like this.
Dragonfly DF1 Personal Rocket Powered Helicopter
On March - 16 - 2010
From Popular Science: Helicopter with Rocket-Powered Rotors Could Go on Sale This Year
The line starts at Swisscopters America.
Moon Jellies
On February - 5 - 2010
Moon Jellies, from the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
“These alien-looking creatures are named for their translucent, moonlike circular bells. Instead of long, trailing tentacles, moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edges of the bells. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it.”
Nikon D70, 18-55 f3.5-f5.6, 18mm, f5.6, 1/4 sec, ISO 400. 2-25-10, 3:17:19 PM PDT.
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
On May - 7 - 2009
Mine.
On April - 13 - 2009
My first issue of Mine. came today. It’s Time Inc’s experiment at a personalized magazine.
I had a choice of five titles out of the available eight: Travel & Leisure, Golf, InStyle, Money, Real Simple, Time, Sports Illustrated and Food & Wine.
After I chose Time, Sports Illustrated and Food & Wine, I had to think about my last two choices. I realized I’d be reading them online if I were interested in them.
Time Inc and Lexus got marketing information from me. That Lexus is involved, immediately moves me out of the target audience. I’m old and Mine looks to me to be an old person’s idea. A handful of stories every two weeks? Have they seen RSS?
In my first 36 page issue, I got a helpful article from t+l Journal, “How to Look Out an Airplane Window”. Step number 1, “Choose a Window Seat.”
My RSS feeds are not in danger of being unread. My Google Reader Trends:
“From your 91 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 16,414 items, starred 44 items, shared 79 items, and emailed 6 items.“
World’s Top 15 Race Courses, As Seen By Google Earth
On March - 1 - 2009
netgeek06 over at digg writes, “As we stand waiting at the starter tree of the 2009 motorsports season, we’ve let our minds wander across the infinite expanses of Google Earth, finding these shots of the world’s top 15 race courses.”
Number 7 is Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, near my house.
