On a Train Going North
(Sunset.jpg uploaded by brownpau.) (Trenton.jpg uploaded by brownpau.) I’m up in NJ for the long weekend. Check my Flickr photostream for mobile updates. Happy Labor Day.
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Spammers, Stickers, Shirts
Spamhuntress points to a Guardian story about an unapologetic referrer spammer. The last quote is absolutely precious: “Why would it be unethical, any more than it is unethical to wear a highly visible company logo on a piece of clothing?” My response is in the comments: “Someone tell him to make highly visible red and […]
On Tachmonites
Update: “Why the Westboro Baptist Church is a Scam” — interesting insight from a SomethingAwful Forums thread, surmising that the “Church” is actually a litigatory racket whose modus operandi is provocation aimed at collecting income from free speech settlements. Most people assume that Fred Phelps (of Westboro Baptist Church/”God Hates Fags” infamy) is an over-zealous […]
Found Tables
Above: a bunch of tables I found by the building dumpster last month. People throw out some of the most amazing things. See that last one? It’s a vintage typewriter stand from Metalstand, an old Philadelphia furniture company which used to manufacture aluminum furniture in the 1950s. This piece might just be that old, judging […]
Di Ka Nag-iisa + 22
I’m over a week late for this, but August 21st was the twenty-second anniversary of the assassination of Ninoy Aquino, the Filipino politician who stood up to the Marcos dictatorship and faced death in his imprisonment by Marcos and on his return from exile, because he believed that “the Filipino is worth dying for.” Ninoy’s […]
To Think They Call What You’re Sitting In a Car
(CarAd.jpg uploaded by brownpau.) This is a subway billboard at Metro Center. I often comment to myself about how car companies pay ad agencies thousands of dollars to implicitly insult the public’s intelligence with unsubtle condescension, but this BMW campaign takes it a step further by insulting the target audience outright. “OH YOU POOR IDIOTS, […]
Firetrucks at Hotel George
(Firetrucks at Hotel George uploaded by brownpau.) I was not quite asleep yet when the smell of burning rubber filled the apartment building, and a fire alarm sounded from a few buildings down. I peeked out the window to see people streaming out of the Hotel George, so I got my camera and trotted down […]
Google Talk
(Google Talk uploaded by brownpau.) Google Talk, Google’s new instant messaging and voice chat service. Sadly, the Google client is Windows only, but Adium X on Mac OS X 10.2.8 is hooking up to Google’s Jabber server just fine, so I’ve at least been able to message other eager early adopters. (Screenshot is of my […]
Google Earth Updates, Unblurs
Looks like Google Earth has updated a few locations. The US Capitol and White House are now unblurred, and Mount Everest looks exquisite! (google-earth-capitol uploaded by brownpau.) (google-earth-whitehouse uploaded by brownpau.) (google-earth-everest uploaded by brownpau.) Also check out this fun “Cliffs of Insanity” effect, which happens when you scroll across the terrain faster than the […]
Sign and Sunset at Seaside Heights
(Signs and Sunset at Seaside Heights uploaded by brownpau.) After a hard-but-fun 105°F day of choppy upwind kayaking on the lovely brown waters of Barnegat Bay, I snapped this photo of a sunset shining through the clear, unblemished skies of New Jersey. More photos from this weekend here. And by the way, the broiled and […]