Monthly Archives: June 2009

Watching The World Go By

Posted on 28 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

Like a lot of other people, I first ran across DISH Earth as a mysterious channel next to NASA TV. OK – it’s a picture of the Earth from space. Sure the timecode was changing every 15 seconds, but not … Continue reading →

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Sky Saxon

Posted on 26 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

R.I.P. Say hi to YaHoWha for me when you meet him at the gate.

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links for 2009-06-25

Posted on 25 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

Schöpfer Yachts Does It Again: Meet The Infinitas It's all in the cgi stage right now, but if there's anything that should belong to a traditional Bond villain it's one of these. (tags: design boat) Stoned wallabies make crop circles … Continue reading →

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Metatext shoutout – you heard it here first!

Posted on 24 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

Before we go any further here let’s just agree that complaining about Michael Bay is like trying to punch out the wind. Even if he’s the noisier little brother of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, his movies almost always … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-06-24

Posted on 24 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me, by Trevor Paglen Full text and photos of the book documenting the patches and emblems of black budget Pentagon projects. (tags: design military high.weirdness)

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Right in front of you and not at all

Posted on 24 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

I’ve seen Double Indemnity probably a dozen or more times over the years and until now I had no idea that was Raymond Chandler sitting there in the hallway while Fred MacMurray walks intently past him. I wonder what he’s … Continue reading →

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The Church at The Roxy

Posted on 23 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

I was killing time out in front of the club, watching people be interviewed for a documentary on the band’s tour when the interviewer said to me “you look like someone who would be a fan, care to say a … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-06-21

Posted on 21 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

Weekly World News – Google Books Every issue of the Weekly World News ever (tags: weekly.world.news google)

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links for 2009-06-19

Posted on 19 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

MarineTraffic.com – Live Ships Map Live map of ship traffic worldwide (tags: google maps visualization boat shipping)

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104 E. Providencia, Burbank

Posted on 15 June 2009 by Chris Barrus

What it looked like in 1964: And what it looked like today in 2009: Hemmings Auto Blog has the rundown on the sports car and dune buggy connections to the original U.S.S. Enterprise.

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