NetNichols

Links, quotes & ramblings by Jeff Nichols

Jul 3

Jun 25
The Ultimate Modern Desert House

Just love the industrial steel canopy.

The Ultimate Modern Desert House

Just love the industrial steel canopy.


Jun 20

Jun 17
Iran’s continued election turmoil - The Big Picture
Comments on The Big Picture are often asinine gut reactions, but comment #8 from this collection really struck me as something profound.
These beautiful pictures helped me place a face on the Iranian people. No longer do I view Iran as Ahmadinejad but instead I view it as the collection of all these people pictured.
I’ve seen a few films from Iranians and a few documentaries shot in Iran, and was well aware that Iran is full of intelligent and worldly people who want nothing to do with the current theocratic regime, but the current activities do a wonderful job of making this clear to the global population.

Iran’s continued election turmoil - The Big Picture

Comments on The Big Picture are often asinine gut reactions, but comment #8 from this collection really struck me as something profound.

These beautiful pictures helped me place a face on the Iranian people. No longer do I view Iran as Ahmadinejad but instead I view it as the collection of all these people pictured.

I’ve seen a few films from Iranians and a few documentaries shot in Iran, and was well aware that Iran is full of intelligent and worldly people who want nothing to do with the current theocratic regime, but the current activities do a wonderful job of making this clear to the global population.


Jun 16
Human landscapes from above - The Big Picture
How cool would it be to have a toothpick model of this? Another great collection of photos from The Big Picture.

Human landscapes from above - The Big Picture

How cool would it be to have a toothpick model of this? Another great collection of photos from The Big Picture.


Jun 8
25 Great Calvin and Hobbes Strips.

My favorite part of visiting my maternal grandparents when I was a kid was drawing with my grandfather and reading Calvin and Hobbes books.

25 Great Calvin and Hobbes Strips.

My favorite part of visiting my maternal grandparents when I was a kid was drawing with my grandfather and reading Calvin and Hobbes books.


Jun 4
If only Tom Hanks had known Bach… Astounding version of Toccata and Fugue in D minor played on the big piano at FAO Schwarz. (via)

Jun 2

May 30
Atlantis and Hubble Solar Transit
I’m a bit late linking to this, but it’s still a great image by Thierry Legault.

Atlantis and Hubble Solar Transit

I’m a bit late linking to this, but it’s still a great image by Thierry Legault.


May 8

May 7

Apr 21
alltelleringet.com

Creative photo editing by Erik Johansson.

alltelleringet.com

Creative photo editing by Erik Johansson.


Apr 20

Apr 17
Another musical variation… - hacklab.to

Can’t really explain how awesome this is. Here’s some of the documentation for the code that controls the laser machine doohickey. (via)

It converts music in a chicken scratch format to numeric code (g-code) for controlling CNC machines. You’ll want to edit the settings at the top of lasermuzak.rb or your robot might go berzerk and start flinging router bits at you. Which reminds me, I will not be held responsible if your robot goes berzerk and starts flinging router bits at you. Seriously, this is the kind of thing that mankind was probably just not meant to do, like flying and buttsex.

Apr 12
“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs - The Guts of a New Machine (via)

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