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I present a design drawing from the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1917-18, taking dazzle camouflage to the next level. Official caption: Battleship camouflaged as “an island.” Canvas screens, painted approximately, would be used, as in some...
Scientific naming has a strong cultural component. I don’t mean Latin names that reference Hamlet or Der Ring des Nibelungenas or Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (although those exist). Instead, I mean that the kinds of names scientists...
We were watching a tv series the other night, where one crucial scene involved an approach to the UK Prime Minister. He was spoken of, and treated as a hallowed figure, and… it just doesn’t work now.Of course, the media present the PM as...
A friend had a career success that flowed from an exit that happened quickly. Her reflection was that she was at the right place at the right time. Another friend recently did a panel with a couple of successful folks. One of them went...
"A Day In the Life" by The Beatles Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song from an album you think has great cover art. - A Day in the Life by The Beatles View Lou Plummer's Crucial Tracks profile
Read the full post at - 6+ Favorite Lawrence Osborne’s Asian Fiction (So Far!) A Roundup of My Favorite Lawrence Osbornes Asian Fiction...so far.
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Alvin shared this post on Mastodon and I couldn’t agree more with Brine, the author of this little love letter. You can read it here: Discover: A Love Letter To...
10 years after you registered a trademark in Germany, you have to renew it, if you want, otherwise the copyright ends after the period you paid for. Well, next to the “Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) other people want to make money of...
I was low on 35mm film so I ordered 10 rolls of Tri-X from B&H. I usually shoot HP5 but Tri-X was significantly cheaper for some reason. Still, film costs around $10/roll or more. Film is expensive, and shopping for it isn't fun.The high
Everything is clickbait these days in marketing.