May 2008
31 posts
Uncle Glynn and a Trout
This is my Great Uncle Glynn catching a large brown trout on the River Dun last weekend. I’m in the distant background, not having quite so much luck. It was the most beautiful spot, and as the afternoon wore on there was an astonishing prolific mayfly hatch, which got the trout really rising madly.
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socko, int., a., n.
slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). A. int. An interjection imitative of the sound of a violent blow.1924 Dialect Notes V. 258 Sock-o (blow). 1931 E. LINKLATER Juan in Amer. II. i. 63 He hung a lullaby on the Frog’s chinsocko! 1936 WODEHOUSELaughing Gas xxi. 226 And then, as she stood there with the love-light shining in her eyes…socko! 1966 L. COHEN Beautiful Losers I. 71 We’re...
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Looks like a cold blooded killer
Hare’s Ear Parachute - fly & photo by Ginseng Sullivan - League MVP season after season, no glitz, all lunchpail. It just works and it’s a thing of beauty. ALL HAIL!
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Looks like a cold blooded killer
Hare’s Ear Parachute - fly & photo by Ginseng Sullivan - League MVP season after season, no glitz, all lunchpail. It just works and it’s a thing…
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I think you’ll find this is still a highly effective technique for titling a scientific paper.
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Nike SB “Concepts Lobster” Dunk - Special Edition →
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This makes no sense. Why did anyone think Nike x lobsters was a good crossover?
Concepts will be releasing their collaborative Nike SB “Lobster” Dunk on Saturday, May 31st….
Soft Shell Crabs in May →
This is without question, one of the best soft shell dishes that we’ve ever created. It is incredibly simple, a cleaned soft shell, gently sauteed in butter paired with a terrine of yellow…
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Jurassic Park sequel →
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Jurassic Park sequel haz lower budget
if u needz a stunt kitteh, i noe wun.
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder….
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LA's most reclusive graffiti gallery
Really nice 360 degree scrolling panorama to illustrate this piece about graffiti in LA’s storm drains: ”This is some of the best graffiti in town, only nobody will see it. The location of the work seems counterintuitive, considering the visibility and attention graffiti artists crave.That doesn’t matter as much to these artists, who care more about the unlimited canvas and all the...
McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express...
Minimal buzz about this snappily titled new book from David Foster Wallace. There’s some speculation that it’s essentially a rehash of this eBook, which is itself a retread of this 2000 Rolling Stone article.
fretchard
Obs. A fretful or peevish person. a1640 W. FENNER Sacrifice Faithf. (1648) 15 The angrie fretchard praies for patience and meeknesse and yet sets downe without it. (source)
Old blog / new blog
After a month of suffering the vagaries of bloggers habitual ftp problems, I’ve switched to tumblr. I’ve probably lost all my old rss followers, but you can subscribe to the new reformatted feed here. One side effect of the switch is that this blog now looks almost exactly like it used to in 2003. Hopefully thanks to the change I’ll also get back to posting as frequently as I...
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Photos of TV →
I approve of Photos of TV. Very much.
18 Years →
Eighteen years of daily photos till the day of his death. It floored me. Via Glass.
Olbermann: Mr. President, the war isn't about... →
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Just brilliant
Olbermann reacts to President Bush’s recent interview with Politico.com and online users of Yahoo.
Marital Rating Scale →
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My wedding speech is now totally sorted after finding this.
Marital Rating Scale from 1939.
MacJesusX →
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This is going straight to the top of my osx.iusethis.com app feed.
the very blasphemous Mac app from 1992 was ported to OS X with new features
eBoy for Christian Aid
I am ideologically opposed to religious charities, but I am ideologically in favour of eBoy, so this animation gets my approval. Higher res version here.
Choosing a Leader →
In this podcast Tom tells you everything you need to know about leaders. What does 6x mean? How long should your leader be? What’s better; nylon or flourocarbon?
If you have a suggestion for a…
The Gegenschein over Chile →
Lovely, The Gegenschein over Chile.
Eye-Fi →
I am a dermatologist and often take clinical photos of my patients with a digicam to add to their electronic medial records. With the Eye-Fi, a wireless 2GB SD memory card, I can take a photo…
Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market →
For years, city dwellers have raised fruits and vegetables to feed their families, but now more and more of them are growing food to sell to a wider market.
KOOL Film →
I know this has been circulating for a while, but if you haven’t seen or heard anything about it, you must check it out. The trailer reminds me of something Kubrick would have done. Amazing.
Rem…