July 4, 2009
Dalí Atomicus by Philippe Halsman, 1948. This was shot live. It took 26 tries to get it over five hours - Halsman counted to four, Dali leapt, three assistants threw the cats, one threw the water from a bucket and Halsman’s wife held the chair. (via surrealism sandyspace) I have seen this photo before and read something about it great composition and timing.

Dalí Atomicus by Philippe Halsman, 1948.

This was shot live. It took 26 tries to get it over five hours - Halsman counted to four, Dali leapt, three assistants threw the cats, one threw the water from a bucket and Halsman’s wife held the chair. (via surrealism sandyspace)

I have seen this photo before and read something about it great composition and timing.

melanyouth: (via david): Did anyone notice the crowd Palin resigned in front of? This is the one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen from a public figure in my life. Almost 7 minutes of absolutely no information, yet repeated assertions that she had explained everything. A strange sports analogy that for a layperson was as just as incomprehensible coming from a woman as a man. Attribution to her decision in part to her family, as if their feelings trumps her responsibility to fulfill her committment to the job she was elected to do. I actually listened to Part 1 to see if there was something in there that would explain the bizarreness of Part 2. Seemingly Palin is resigning because she feels that she is just spending all her time fighting frivolous ethics charges that render her unable to get any governance work done. That reason, of itself, is so ludicrous, so inappropriate, that I am astounded. What a strange and unbalanced woman, and what a frightful thought that anyone would want her in a position of leadership anywhere. Favorite line: “Only dead fish go with the flow.” Favorite comment: “I wish she’d just pose for playboy tastfully and fade into obscurity.” In fact I would say that comment almost makes up for the 19 minutes of my life I wasted watching this ‘speech’..

melanyouth:

(via david):

Did anyone notice the crowd Palin resigned in front of?

This is the one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen from a public figure in my life. Almost 7 minutes of absolutely no information, yet repeated assertions that she had explained everything. A strange sports analogy that for a layperson was as just as incomprehensible coming from a woman as a man. Attribution to her decision in part to her family, as if their feelings trumps her responsibility to fulfill her committment to the job she was elected to do.

I actually listened to Part 1 to see if there was something in there that would explain the bizarreness of Part 2. Seemingly Palin is resigning because she feels that she is just spending all her time fighting frivolous ethics charges that render her unable to get any governance work done. That reason, of itself, is so ludicrous, so inappropriate, that I am astounded.

What a strange and unbalanced woman, and what a frightful thought that anyone would want her in a position of leadership anywhere.

Favorite line: “Only dead fish go with the flow.”

Favorite comment: “I wish she’d just pose for playboy tastfully and fade into obscurity.”

In fact I would say that comment almost makes up for the 19 minutes of my life I wasted watching this ‘speech’..

July 3, 2009
“ There is certainly nothing intriguing or suspicious about announcing your resignation on the Friday before a three day holiday weekend.
Gruber on the resignation of Palin
First-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots ‘To create the model, the research team designed a virtual, three-dimensional domain that simulates an area on the Sun measuring about 31,000 miles by 62,000 miles and about 3,700 miles in depth - an expanse as long as eight times Earth’s diameter and as deep as Earth’s radius. The scientists then used a series of equations involving fundamental physical laws of energy transfer, fluid dynamics, magnetic induction and feedback, and other phenomena to simulate sunspot dynamics at 1.8 billion points within the virtual expanse, each spaced about 10 to 20 miles apart.’ (via Sunspots Revealed)

First-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots

‘To create the model, the research team designed a virtual, three-dimensional domain that simulates an area on the Sun measuring about 31,000 miles by 62,000 miles and about 3,700 miles in depth - an expanse as long as eight times Earth’s diameter and as deep as Earth’s radius. The scientists then used a series of equations involving fundamental physical laws of energy transfer, fluid dynamics, magnetic induction and feedback, and other phenomena to simulate sunspot dynamics at 1.8 billion points within the virtual expanse, each spaced about 10 to 20 miles apart.’ (via Sunspots Revealed)

Mammatus clouds over New York City (by Chris Moy via spaceweather)
Mammatus clouds over New York City (by Chris Moy via spaceweather)
stefantueshaus: doing a panograph of the münstertherme düsseldorf
stefantueshaus: doing a panograph of the münstertherme düsseldorf

Pictures of Africa 2009
July 1, 2009
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian followers and readers
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian followers and readers
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Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip

Finally Finally more than one picture ……

suitep:

staff: Introducing: Photosets

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photosets are the future of books.  Enjoy!

New theme tags are available in the Theme Docs for customization.

‘Ledge’ at Sears Skydeck opens Thursday (via tobles skyscraper)
‘Ledge’ at Sears Skydeck opens Thursday (via tobles skyscraper)
Dude, you’re doing it wrong (via yum9me)
Dude, you’re doing it wrong (via yum9me)
June 29, 2009
New Amazon HQ under construction, 2009-06-19. (via melanyouth)
New Amazon HQ under construction, 2009-06-19. (via melanyouth)
Changes to Canadian citizenship laws will lead to people losing thier Canadian citizenship

synmirror: what?? this is what politicians spend their time on while the economy falls apart??

sabine:

So, there are changes to the Canadian citizenship act. Children of Canadians born abroad are no longer granted citizenship. Now, the children must live in Canada for three years before the age of 23 and then apply for citizenship through the usual channels. While this doesn’t affect my citizenship choices, it limits my decisions when it comes to starting a family.

More fun for others: the law is retroactive, so children who were Canadians born abroad have had that citizenship stripped from them.

Children born abroad to Canadians who have been living abroad for the last 23+ years are now stripped of that Canadian citizenship. In the case of the family profiled in this article, the children are now stateless as they don’t get Austrian citizenship for being born in Austria, despite living there their entire lives.

People who are now retroactively affected by this law, but over the age of 23 and stripped of their citizenship can apply for citizenship, but they are granted a different kind of citizenship that grants them less Canadian rights than an immigrant receives. Basically, making these people second class immigrant citizen.

When Josh and I moved here, we said “18 months”. Then it was “probably two years”. Not long after that, it’s “we’re playing it year by year”. While we’re not planning on having kids soon, this is something that will now affect our decision on staying here or not. Not long ago, it was something we considered, thinking they would get dual citizenship. Now, if we do have kids here, we’ll have to consider the cost of not only moving back to Canada, but the cost of paying for all the fees, paperwork and legal costs for our kids to immigrate to a country we still call home.

Bullfuckingshit Canada.

When is the election?

Uber urban matte metal metro riders cuff bracelets. Streets, subway lines and numbers are embossed into the surface of the metal. (by Tiffany Burnette $23) (via caitlinmarie hrrrthrrr)

Uber urban matte metal metro riders cuff bracelets. Streets, subway lines and numbers are embossed into the surface of the metal. (by Tiffany Burnette $23) (via caitlinmarie hrrrthrrr)