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Lions beat the Wallabies by a record score, Chris Froome took the Maillot Jaune, Murray wins Wimbledon and, most importantly, the Ashes start on Wednesday. We should be playing you guys in the World Series of rounders to complete the set!
(OT) Wow...
...Andy Murray. What's it like over there in Britain this morning? Wow. Mike Original contents copyright 2013 by Michael C. Johnston and/or the bylined author. All Rights Reserved. Links in this post may be to our affiliates; sales through affiliate links may benefit this site. TOP's links! (To ...
Hate to tell you Mike but Les paul didn't actually invent the electric guitar, although he was very important to it's developement. The original electric was invented by George Beauchamp - born in Texas - who joined with Rickenbaker in California to produce them commercially. Not to do down the great Les but jus' sayin' y'know.
Open Mike: On Wisconsin
Wisconsin in red; Lake Michigan, the fifth-largest lake in the world and the only one of the Great Lakes entirely within the borders of the U.S., in blue. I live in Wisconsin. Actually I've lived here twice, from the ages of seven to 18 and from the year 2000 until now. Operating under the a...
Well I tried, I really did but the first half (or would you say the first two quarters?) didn't live up to my expectations and I fell asleep on the couch while waiting for the half-time show to start (about 1:30 am).
Looks like I missed all the good bits! And of corse because I was watching on the Beeb I missed all the adverts, good and bad.
No More Football for You
One of my football memories is watching wild celebrations in the Redskins locker room after one of their Super Bowl wins, when the camera panned around to number 65, soft-spoken defensive tackle Big Dave Butz (that's what they called him, Big Dave, because at the time he had the distinction of b...
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The first photo looks like something LS Lowry would have made if he ever went to Detroit.
Now there's a project someone could tackle: Images from Streetview that resemble the work of famous artists. (c)2012 Nathan deGargoyle
Random Excellence: Doug Rickard (?)
Doug Rickard, #82.948842, Detroit, MI. 2009. 2010 It occurred to me that I should say a few actual words about A New American Picture , the book that appeared in the footer ad on Friday. Short take: a custom-made version of this book was published in 2010, to great acclaim, in a severely limi...
Nikon's new D600, under two pounds / $2100?
That's a bloody good exchange rate!
Photokina Cornucopia
A few of the many product introductions in advance of Photokina so far. If the product name is linked, it can be pre-ordered. The links are to B&H Photo. Note that B&H closes for Rosh Hashanah early in the afternoon of the 16th. Many items can also be pre-ordered through Amazon.com (U.S.), Amazo...
I love that photo Mike. Reminds me of the work of Joseph Wright of Derby, much of whose best known work features light within the image. The Father of Ghetto Lighting before the camera was invented?
http://topofart.com/images/artists/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby/paintings/derby003.jpg
Updates
A few updates: 1. Carl Weese's great Kickstarter-fueled perambulation of the nation's western drive-in theaters is at mile 1,915 as of this morning. He's now in Houston, Missouri, having photographed 18 drive-ins. He's been pushing the pace, with, he says, "no time for anything but driving, shoo...
Enjoy the game Mike. It has to be better than yesterday's Calcutta Cup. And, by the way, Scotland wuz robbed!
This Isn't a Post
I woke up this morning thinking...there's some sort of sporting contest on today. Indy race? Horse race? The Masters? Oh yeah. That. I think I should just watch a tape of last year's. I'd know how it ends, but that would be a good thing. Meanwhile, a significant number of TOP readers (roughly 40...
So Thomas Hawk wasn't called that as a boy? It's a "nom d'internet". My surname isn't really deGargoyle but who cares.
And the "Freetards" comment reminds me of the campaign by the soon to be late News of the World against paedophiles which resulted in a paediatricians house being daubed by "Paedotards".
While I would never insult people with mental problems, particularly because I have one myself, the "tard" postscript takes part of a word that denigrates people who don't deserve it and uses it to insult people who certainly do! Why have a problem with that?
When the Internet Turns Vicious
Remember the issue we discussed a few weeks ago about Andy Baio, Jay Maisel, and their spat over "Kind of Bloop"? Well, Jeremy Nicholl of The Russian Photos Blog has posted an article that takes the research several levels deeper—and exposes a troubling level of viciousness and actual real-world...
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Posted Jun 24, 2011 at Nathan DeGargoyle's blog
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While my heart is with Andy my head goes with Jay and Ctein. Sorry Andy :(
Maybe the most equitable and sensible result would be for Jay to use his $32, 500 to buy 6,500 copies of Kind of Bloop! Principle upheld while penalty is reduced.
Kind of Blue, Kind of Bloop, Kind of Screwed
Sometimes, I decide what to write about on TOP. Sometimes, my readers decide—I get so many "tips" about one item that I almost have to link to it—in self-defense, just to stop the avalanche. (Note that I do appreciate such tips; those tipsters, especially en masse, are seldom wrong.) The latest ...
So those last two would be the fish that got away? But honest they were thiiiiiiiiiiis big! ;-)
A Print Offer with a Twist
With some trepidation (I'm a curious case...I'm quite self-centered, but not egotistical at all—so much so that the empty space where my ego should be can be a problem for me at times), I've decided to have a "minor" print sale of a picture by a photographer who definitely isn't collectible...(l...
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