I tried some old black and white medium format film with the Holga camera while in Europe last year. There must have been a slight problem with the loading/unloading, because I’m getting a weird triangle across all my photographs. Here are two examples:
The picture above was taken in Nice at a beach. The beaches there are very rocky and the stones are called “gallets”. It made for a beautiful picture.
I took this in a random town that we stopped in south-central France. We were on the way to Mont Ventoux to see the tour.
Also, I very quickly scanned in the first of the 35mm roll I took. I plan on using GIMP with a bunch of these images and then posting them to Darjix at some point. I think the photograph below might have been from Switzerland, but I need to double-check.
I am in Singapore this week for business. Because of my limited access to the Internet, I will not be able to blog consistently.
We parked in one of the many car parks in the city today, and I noticed that the parking structure had a sensor above each spot. The sensor allows the car park to know what spots are open. Open spots have green LEDs. In addition, a board announces the number of open spots on each level.
I noticed this when I was in Europe too. It strikes me as odd that I have never seen this type of system in the US. There may be a few in the US that have this system, but it it isn’t that common.
My friend Jay Gaffney is leaving on a long-distance scooter trip. He is driving a Stella (Indian-made) scooter with an external fuel tank. He will be quoting extensively from Pirsig and thinking about Allen Ginsberg for the entirety of the trip. I’m looking forward to following him on his blog.
I have no bed, little furniture, most of my clothes in big bags to be donated.
Smaller, yet substantial, piles exist. These piles needs to be packed into bags for the scooter. Pile of tools and parts, pile of clothes, pile of camping stuff, pile of other stuff.
Acting on a suggestion from Tracey’s friend, we decided to go check out Teos Family Restaurant in Pittsfield, MA.
As you can see from the picture, the hot dogs come covered with chili. They are about 1/2 or 3/4 sized, so you can eat a lot of them. Also, they are very reasonably priced at around a dollar a piece.
Tracey and I both had full meals, including beer, and our bill came to under 15 bucks. That’s “family-friendly”.
It looks like they might offer window service at times. This place is located in the middle of a very industrial area and the area seems pretty sketchy. However, I have to say that they were some of the best hot dogs I have had, and I’ve tried New York and Chicago hot dogs.
I was at the Marriott in Pearl River, NJ for the last two weeks. For some reason I was booked in without my status, so I had to stay with the plebes on a non-concierge floor.
I didn’t mind giving up some luxury because of the clock that was in the room. I usually do not rely on hotel clocks because they are usually impossible to figure out. However, I made an exception in this case because this is minimalist and simple to understand.
The only thing I had to worry about was the battery. At any rate, seeing this clock made me think that I should ditch my 80s clock radio for something similar to this.
I apologize in advance to any vegans looking at this page. You may not want to read any further.
I have gained a ton of weight while working in Arkansas. Ok, maybe it is not quite a ton, but definitely >10 lbs. This is probably the result of eating too many “Cheddar Bombs.” I have blogged about this before. But in case you didn’t see my earlier post, a Cheddar Bomb is a 1/3 pound of hamburger covered with 1/4 – 1/2 lb of cheese.
(11:53:59 AM) Sal Darji: How much cheese is on a cheddar bomb?
(11:54:02 AM) Sal Darji: 1/4 lb?
(11:55:07 AM) Aaron Gresko: Probably
(11:55:24 AM) Aaron Gresko: It is so nasty
(11:55:28 AM) Aaron Gresko: and delicious
I’m not sure about the total amount of cheese, but it overflows the burger and covers an entire plate. You have to cut up the cheese and stack it on top of the burger, like Ralph Schaffner has done below.
I snapped a few photographs of airplane mechanics on my way to Northwest Arkansas this week. It did not really occur to me until after my flight that they were working on the engine immediately before the flight. I really hope that it was a routine repair, and not something unusual.
In the photograph above, you can see two mechanics working on something. The way they are sitting is sort of interesting. It almost looks like they are having lunch. The photo below is my favorite though, because it reminds me of Dr. Strangelove.
I find it sort of funny, in a cynical and depressing way, that the Boston Globe has a special section about the gentrification of the South Boston Waterfront. The section has the tagline “Coverage of the Fort Point Channel’s revival.” The real revival of that area occurred in the 1980s when the artists took it over.
I guess that area now is home to the ICA which I hope to go see in the coming weeks.
I’m going on a staycation for two weeks, starting on August 4th. It comes at a weird time on our project. We’re just about to start up a new line of work and everything is kicking into high gear.
One day I’d like to do a retrospective on my time in Arkansas. I may create a series of posts of lessons learned, similar to what Ben Menoza did with his Lessons Learned on a Project in Paradise. I’m not sure what I’ll call my take on this project. As much as I hate flying out to Northwest Arkansas, I can’t really say that this place is Hell. There are too many redeeming qualities.
Here is an Earlimart video that is completely unrelated to the rest of this post.
I don’t print out my boarding pass ahead of time because I’m lazy. Unfortunately, the airport on Monday morning was busy. There was a long line and it looked like there was a half hour wait. I’ve done this trip dozens of times so I know that there are some additional kiosks a short walk away. When I got to those kiosks I found that they were free.
Clearly, I was the beneficiary of an asymmetry of information. If everyone knew what I know everyone would have gone to the empty kiosks erasing my advantage.
It’s good to know that I can find an advantage at 5 AM Monday morning at Logan. I was beginning to doubt if I could find a good value situation to save my life.
