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Nov 10
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Inspiring Celestial Suspension Lights By Bastien Carre | Apartment Therapy Unplugged The grown-up version of glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars?  Someday, LED constellations will grace my ceiling.  These ones are very elegantly done.

Inspiring Celestial Suspension Lights By Bastien Carre | Apartment Therapy Unplugged

The grown-up version of glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars?  Someday, LED constellations will grace my ceiling.  These ones are very elegantly done.

Nov 08
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“ If you decide you want to push a dump truck out of a window, this is the place to do it.
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How Do You Put the Dump Into Dump Truck? Push It Off the Fourth Floor - WSJ.com

That might be one of the best descriptions of Detroit that I’ve ever heard.

The link above includes video of the aforementioned dump truck being pushed off the fourth floor of the Packard Plant.  I know the Packard Plant well; it was just down the street from my dad’s office building, which is an abandoned building itself these days.

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Revolver - Get Around Town

Nov 07
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Tonight, I went to the opening night of Salomé at the Opera Bastille.

Tonight, I went to the opening night of Salomé at the Opera Bastille.

Nov 05
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Afternoon spent writing postcards.

Afternoon spent writing postcards.

Nov 02
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New Favorite Joke

Why did the ghost go into the bar?

For the boos!

(Thanks, Christa.)

Oct 30
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Place de la Concorde (via lacpunker) More photos here.

Place de la Concorde (via lacpunker)

More photos here.

Oct 28
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Vroom vroom

My baby brother’s going to drive from London to Mongolia this summer.  In a used Michigan state trooper car.

Here’s their facebook group if you want to keep apprised of their planning or wish them luck.  And if you feel so inclined, please support their fund-raising efforts for Mercy Corps.

Oct 26
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Le Grand Tour d’Angkor Heritage Watch and Mouth to Source have created a map of the Angkor Archaeological Park with 360-degree photographic views.  It’s pretty darn cool.  For those unfamiliar with Angkor, check out: Banteay Srei, Ta Prohm, or the Bayon.  (Note: ‘control’ zooms out.)

Le Grand Tour d’Angkor

Heritage Watch and Mouth to Source have created a map of the Angkor Archaeological Park with 360-degree photographic views.  It’s pretty darn cool.  For those unfamiliar with Angkor, check out: Banteay Srei, Ta Prohm, or the Bayon.  (Note: ‘control’ zooms out.)

Oct 25
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Kodama Gentarō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Today, I bought an original stereoscopic photo of this man, a famed Japanese General in the Russo-Japanese War, taken in 1904, two years before he died.  In the photo, he is standing next to General Terauchi, the Japanese Minister of War at the time (who went on to become the Prime Minister of Japan several years later). I spent today searching the Clingancourt Flea Market for stereoscope slides, and found some truly extraordinary ones.  My favorite one that I bought today is this one, of which another version exists in the State Library of Victoria.  It’s of the deck of H.M. Battleship Revolution, assembled with the rest of the British fleet for the Coronation Naval Review.  (It doesn’t look it in that image, but the photo is very high quality, excellent condition with incredible detail— you can see all sorts of details on the boats in the distance, even.) My other favorites that I bought today are a series of Prince Henry of Prussia’s visit to the White House on February 4, 1902.  In one, he is sitting in his carriage and facing the camera (and wearing a ridiculous hat, I might add), and another shows the highly adorned state dinner (complete with a 45-star flag). Those are just a few highlights.  In all, I bought 24 slides today.  I can’t wait to take a look at them through the stereoscope when I get back to the US.

Kodama Gentarō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Today, I bought an original stereoscopic photo of this man, a famed Japanese General in the Russo-Japanese War, taken in 1904, two years before he died.  In the photo, he is standing next to General Terauchi, the Japanese Minister of War at the time (who went on to become the Prime Minister of Japan several years later).

I spent today searching the Clingancourt Flea Market for stereoscope slides, and found some truly extraordinary ones.  My favorite one that I bought today is this one, of which another version exists in the State Library of Victoria.  It’s of the deck of H.M. Battleship Revolution, assembled with the rest of the British fleet for the Coronation Naval Review.  (It doesn’t look it in that image, but the photo is very high quality, excellent condition with incredible detail— you can see all sorts of details on the boats in the distance, even.)

My other favorites that I bought today are a series of Prince Henry of Prussia’s visit to the White House on February 4, 1902.  In one, he is sitting in his carriage and facing the camera (and wearing a ridiculous hat, I might add), and another shows the highly adorned state dinner (complete with a 45-star flag).

Those are just a few highlights.  In all, I bought 24 slides today.  I can’t wait to take a look at them through the stereoscope when I get back to the US.