Ampersand Pattern on Sale (1)
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It’s a few hours short of Monday, but the Ampersand shirts are now up for sale on the Turn Nocturnal store. They feature a large white italic ampersand printed on top of an oversized soft black print of a pattern made up of even more ampersands. You can look at the photos on the store for the details. You’ll notice Helvetica and Baskerville featured, amongst others. We decided to focus in on the large Garamond ...
Bichain Fixed/Free Bicyle Drive System (1)
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From the Sheldon Brown archives comes this crazy hack. Just looking at it blows my mind. Bruce Ingle is the brains behind the operation and states: I got the idea for a bichain drive from “The Dancing Chain ” a while ago, finally had some time to get it working on Friday and took it out for an 80-mile ride Sunday…so now I have a working bike with 37″ freewheel, 70″ fixed and 94″ fixed ...
Bike Helmet: Make it Your Own (1)
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Last week I posted an article about helmet covers. We got a couple of great comments on the post and I followed up with “bibliogrrl” who had commented that her helmet has horns. Sure enough, it does as this picture makes clear. Great sticker by the way too! Not only does her helmet have steeze, she is carting around flowers on her bike. Now if that does not make you feel all warm and fuzzy ...
DIY Cycle Computer Sensor (2)
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I am constantly amazed by bike hackers out there. I get all excited when I think of an idea like tying an old sock to my rack so I have a rag to wipe my hands on and then there are readers like Stephen who submit hacks that involve some higher level synaptic activity. Like any good hacker Stephen gets annoyed at high priced parts and so he sent along the following. It reminds me ...
1,000 Uses for the Inner Tube (1)
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Over on Instructables someone started a post on uses for old bicycle inner tubes. He made it up to twenty, but we just know there have to be more. The hacked inner tube made its debut on Bikehacks with windproof shoe covers. A follow up was using inner tubes to wrap your frame in the Ugly Your Ride initial entry, followed up by the Ugly Your Ride case study. If have inner tube hacks, send ...
New Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-S? Other Primes? (1)
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We’re starting to see more and more reports of new Nikon AF-S (AFS) primes coming, maybe August 27th. Trying to predict dates that Nikon will do anything is starting to be a fool’s game though, so I wouldn’t place any money on it. Here’s an example: It is unsubstantiated, but in conversations at fred miranda from apparently two separate sources, there are reports of a listing of a new nikkor 50 f1.4 AFS Glad I ...
[VIDEO] Deerhoof: “The Tears and Music of Love” (1)
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A 36:1 ratio is actually pretty good. (33)
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Labor Day recently passed. That means you may have received a shared photo album from a friend or relative. You know the type: It’s usually dozens (or hundreds) of shots of vacation fun. But you’re not into it. Now, it’s not that you don’t care; It’s fun to peek in and see what happened. But who wants to sort through a glut of 200 photos of someone else’s vacation (or baby photos or whatever)? What ...
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jessmartin said:
Thank you Matt, for making me feel a lot better about my photography. I'll be doing good if I can get one good photo out of thirty-six.
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phillprice said:
...if you get one good shot on a roll of 36, you were doing good. That’s the ratio: 36:1. When you edit ruthlessly like that, you come out with great results. People think you’re better than you are. It’s not that you became a brilliant photographer, it’s just that you started exercising taste and restraint
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Ranvir said:
This explains the logic driving Lil'Grams
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cec said:
Yes! Yes!!! I wish more people would adhere to this rule. I'm tired of wading through dozens, if not hundreds, of horrible shots on Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa. Only the best should be posted. You won't see me uploading all the shots I take straight into Facebook. I filter. Unfortunately, some friends of mine don't have that filter, and some not so flattering shots of my family and myself get on Facebook!
Presidential Forecast - 9/4 - bouncing back (1)
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Obama leads 296-242, an increase of 3 5 more EVs from our last forecast. Obama pitched a shutout, with McCain not picking up any movement in any state in any forecast. The biggest movement was in Minnesota, with 4 projections moving in Obama's direction, and Iowa, which is now consistently in Obama's favor for the first time in the forecast. Also, Alaska and North Dakota are now 4-category states, ranging from McCain-Strong to Obama-Lean,Please also ...
How I’m Saving My Freelance Career (1)
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When I made the jump back into freelance work in March of this year, I didn’t have much time to get my plan of attack in order. As a matter of fact, I pretty much just started taking on clients again without really giving it a second thought. I had only been out of the game for a year after all. But a lot can happen in a year when you’re talking technology and the ...
Martha Stewart on WP (3)
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“As my blog has grown in popularity, we realized we were ready to switch to a platform offering more programming options. After careful research, that new platform will be Wordpress, which we hope to launch tomorrow with an exciting photo gallery from my most recent trip to Mexico.” — Martha Stewart. Ms. Stewart was previously on Typepad. Hat tip: Joe Clark.
What the heck are we up to? (2)
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So it’s been a little while since we announced the acquisition…and most likely, you might be wondering to yourself what is going on with SocialThing. Well, first off you might have noticed that I didn’t type a “!” there after “SocialThing” but I’ll get to that in a bit… Since the acquisition we’ve been busy, very busy. There’s a lot planned for SocialThing and that’s most of why I wanted to come in here and ...
Unitasker Wednesday: USB mini fridge (3)
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Keeping your drink cold could be a problem in a relatively warm office space. What better way to keep that can of Coke cold than with this USB Mini Fridge?! This mini fridge plugs into any open USB port and cools your beverage to a chilling 45 degrees. Wow! Now you don’t have to use ice or quickly drink your beverage with the fear it will lose its cool. You can simply store it in ...
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must... have... one...B-).
Preaching to the choir is a waste of time (25)
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Activist, poet, and musician Saul Williams is catching gruff from fans for allowing Nike to use his song “List of Demands” in commercials. Williams wrote an open letter defending the use of the song. I received a lot of questions from some about why I would allow my song ‘List of Demands’ to be used in a Nike campaign. Ironically, half of the people now reading this post never heard of me until that commercial ...
The Daily Show and Sarah Palin agree (1)
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You can see this leaving the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Airport:and here's what Sarah Palin has to say on the subject:Q: Back to the running-mate question. Say the Democratic ticket is Clinton-Obama, a woman and a black man. You can see why the party might approach you.Sarah Palin: That’s diversity right there, isn’t it? Wow! And who do the Republicans have? Good old rich white boys. - Politico
Cycle Computer Bracket Hack (1)
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Yesterday’s post on a DIY computer sensor reminded me of a major problem I have with just about every device that is attached to the handlebars on my commuter mule. Whether it be a light or computer, I always end up breaking the tab on the brackets meant to hold the device in place. The main reason is that I lock my bike to a lot of poles in the city. When the bike moves ...
The RZA: Beyond Shaolin | XLR8R Magazine | Matthew Newton (1)
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It’s mid-afternoon in Los Angeles on an unusually cool Saturday in June. Robert Diggs, the RZA, is darting around town, cell phone pressed to his ear, running numerous errands before he sets off next week on a North American tour that will take him through 20 cities in about as many days. The tall and wiry MC/producer, whose lauded and often-imitated production style helped to redefine hip-hop in the early 1990s, has overseen the Wu-Tang ...
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I’m still tearing into Deerhoof’s Offend Maggie, but was glad to see this video pop up on Pitchfork just now. Love, love, love Deerhoof.Shared by hikikomori (69)Contribute comment
