Bits by Guy Schmidt

For some reason I thought war re-enactments was an American thing. I was wrong. Photos 13 & 14...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:28:19 -0400

For some reason I thought war re-enactments was an American thing. I was wrong. Photos 13 & 14 are great, btw.

15 seconds after this photo was taken the sun was completely gone.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:24:13 -0400

15 seconds after this photo was taken the sun was completely gone.

Line Topography 08 by Mike Creighton. I see, what about you?...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:35:29 -0400

Line Topography 08 by Mike Creighton. I see, what about you? /via robertogreco

Oliphants.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:28:16 -0400

Oliphants.

"It’s only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:27:00 -0400

“It’s only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That’s all it is.”

- Kanye West on his fight for rightness.

Weather report.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:13:09 -0400

Weather report.

I don’t think I will ever get tired of long exposure shots of fireflies.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:09:16 -0400

I don’t think I will ever get tired of long exposure shots of fireflies.

Today on Twitter by Kevin Fanning, a kind of choose your own adventure.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:07:48 -0400

Today on Twitter by Kevin Fanning, a kind of choose your own adventure.

Robin Sloan on RSS: “One of RSS’s weaknesses in its early days—its chaotic decentralized...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:06:00 -0400

Robin Sloan on RSS:

“One of RSS’s weaknesses in its early days—its chaotic decentralized weirdness—has become, in its dotage, a surprising strength. RSS doesn’t route through a single leviathan’s servers. It lacks a kill switch. I’ve got 72 feeds now in my Reader (my… Feedly?), down from a peak of three hundred, and many seem pretty derelict. But who knows? As long as the URL resolves, a feed can still surprise you. RSS is the true web: a loose net of dark filaments. These faint tendrils of connection are almost invisible when quiescent, but then out of nowhere—hello!—they light up again. I am happy to have them.”

Emphasis mine.

Ryan Bateman lives on a houseboat of suspect construction: “The boat was built in 1974. It is 50ft...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:02:00 -0400

Ryan Bateman lives on a houseboat of suspect construction:

“The boat was built in 1974. It is 50ft long and 10ft wide, with every square foot replete in only the finest in late 70’s wood-panelling. Its heart is a marinised BMC engine - the same kind that used to be found in black London taxis - and, like most of those who partied hard through the 70’s, it has a tendency to occasionally forget who it is and what it’s doing, and to suddenly and violently require a bit of a lie-down. This usually involves loud noises and, occasionally, smoke. (When I purchased the boat from an elderly widower, she gave me a ‘Good Luck’ card instead of a ‘Thank You’ card. In retrospect this should have been something of a clue.)”

Often licked never beaten.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:17:11 -0400

Often licked never beaten.

Guy Batey makes some wonderfully creepy photos.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:06:58 -0400

Guy Batey makes some wonderfully creepy photos.

Surviving the Plague

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:23:50 -0400

Surviving the Plague:

I was off and on life support over the course of the next month. The organs had sucked all the blood out of my extremities and turned my fingers and toes into something like hard plastic. Originally, the doctors said they were going to cut off my hands and feet, but then they decided to wait for self-amputation because I was getting gangrene.

From the top of the Ocean City Ferris wheel.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:19:31 -0400

From the top of the Ocean City Ferris wheel.

At the beach

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:09:00 -0400

At the beach

Facebook is just fine

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:25:43 -0400

Facebook is just fine:

That’s crazy, right? I mean, Facebook is just a personal data farm, isn’t it? It’s just a not-too-coy set of dopamine-optimized actions to trick you into dumping information about yourself into the magic Zucker Woodchipper? And do you know what comes out of the Zucker Woodchipper? Gold nuggets. Made of advertising. And then leprechauns dump those gold nuggets into political lobbying — ha ha!

My Son and the Bear

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:54:14 -0400

My Son and the Bear:

I glanced down at James. He had the bear spray pointed back in his own face. Damn that I hadn’t made him practice! I’d assumed that today would be a normal day, that we really wouldn’t need the bear spray, like we’d never needed it before. The bear scanned its head side to side but didn’t take its eyes off us. I thought of telling James to run, but the grizzly could run down a deer. I stood still. And the bear stood still. The cubs huddled at her feet.

Airport watchers.

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:00:17 -0400

Airport watchers.

Photo

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0400

So I was driving to soccer on Sunday. I had just pulled out of...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:34:18 -0400

So I was driving to soccer on Sunday. I had just pulled out of my parking space when this little birdy flies in my car window. He proceeds to shit his brains out as I chase him around the car, trying to get him out.

I finally scare him off and am able to tally the devastation:

Shit on my soccer socks (say that 6 times fast)
Shit on my after game t-shirt
Shit on the floor
Shit on passenger seat
Even some shit in the backseat

I did not know something that small could contain so much shit.