It was 40 years ago today…
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The above photograph, NASA image AS8-14-2383, or Earthrise as it became known, was taken exactly 40 years ago today.
On December 24th 1968 what I believe to be one of the most important, not to mention beautiful, images ever recorded was captured on 70mm colour film with a Hasselblad camera by astronaut William Anders during the historic Apollo 8 mission, the first to send men into lunar orbit.
The beauty and wonder of the image is only tempered by the sadness that comes from knowing we haven’t been back since 1972.
Don’t set fire to yourself.
One Inch Man In Free Download Shocker!
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That’s right folks.
As of right this very moment One Inch Man’s guitarified version of the Beastie Boy’s ‘Now Get Busy’ is available for your downloading pleasure – and the best part is, it’s entirely free and gratis with no cash money required!
It can be found at last.fm, or more conveniently, right here!
This was made possible thanks to the Beastie Boys providing the song under Creative Commons license on The WIRED CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.
More info here
http://creativecommons.org/wired/
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More sad news…
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Legendary children’s TV creator Oliver Postgate has passed away aged 83.
Along with Peter Firmin he created, among others, The Clangers, Noggin The Nog and of course, Bagpuss.
He was quite simply , a legend.
www.oliverpostgate.co.uk
Oliver Postgate on Wikipedia
Dragons Friendly Society
“Even Bagpuss himself, once he was asleep, was just an old saggy cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Emily loved him.”
… and so did we all.
Good night Mr Postgate
Oliver Postgate 1925-2008
Sad news…
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I’ve been watching The Adventures of Brisco County Jr the past few nights and, after checking the interweb to see what people in the show are up to nowadays, I was shocked and deeply saddened to discover that the fabulous Julius Carry, the incomparable Lord Bowler, passed away recently.
Aside from portraying Bowler he was probably most well know for playing Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, in the cult movie The Last Dragon.
Sho’Nuff: Am I the meanest?
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: Am I the prettiest?
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: Am I the baddest mo-fo, low-down, around this town?
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: Well, who am I?
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: Who am I?
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: I can’t hear you!
Gang: Sho’Nuff!
Sho’Nuff: The Shogun of Harlem!
Damn straight.
RIP Julius J. Carry III 1952-2008 
Stormy Weather…
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I’ve barely been online of late as the seemingly never ending electrical storms have ensured my computer remained unplugged.
Last night I spent a few hours outside, catching a chill, trying to photograph the lightning.
These are probably the most dramatic of my efforts.
Don’t set fire to yourself.
NOT a subliminal message…
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Creepy videos for Halloween
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The selection is completely arbitrary and by no means complete.
Some are just creepy, while others really are kinda scary.
The Stone Temple Pilots video, while creepy and atmospheric, is included mostly because it features Sarah Michelle Gellar. 
Supergrass – Mary
Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (Long Version)
Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At?
Tool – Prison Sex
Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
Don’t set fire to yourself
Random Talk Talk Video
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One of my favourite songs, by a brilliant band
Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
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Random Photo Interlude
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Two skyscrapers that resemble a pair of feet in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Dipping my toe in the HDR waters
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As a rule, my photography is pretty much 100% Photoshop-free, or more accurately in my case, GIMP-free.
Generally speaking, my pictures are created inside the camera and I only use the GIMP to resize to more web-friendly dimensions.
Not that I’m opposed to image manipulation, it’s just not something I’ve ever really done before.
That having been said, I’ve been playing around today with the idea of HDR and tone-mapping and other fancy sounding things that I don’t really understand.
I’m liking the results so far and it definitely seems like something I can get into.
I can see me developing two separate styles of photography in the future.
Images created inside my camera and images created inside my PC.
Anywho, here’s a rather rushed example of my efforts.
The original image
The shiny new HDR-ish version
Don’t set fire to yourself
