My friend Jon Solari kept surprising me with bright flash photography.
The camera is an old black and white film job, so no filters here.
I tried to sneak a selfie Jon would find later, but didn’t know how to work the camera, and ended up with a double exposure. Pretty cool.
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Cluck Fluckman has entered the consciousness.
The view from Astoria, NYC.
Finished reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚
No one low boils insanity like Shirley Jackson.
From Sannie Lee, writing about the value of a liberal arts education in tech.
Whether it was a history or literature class, one common thread across all my courses was thinking critically. Looking at historical events or understanding the meaning in a novel, I learned not to take things at face value.
As a “technical” tech worker, I couldn’t agree more. I credit a lot of my “how to think” skills with my liberal arts education, and think it provides perhaps a not immediately obvious, yet altogether invaluable, benefit.
You know someone’s rich when they use the phrase “coin of the realm” in casual conversation.
Today I learned that I’m old enough to be dumb.
Leaded fuel reduced the IQ of everyone born before 1990 by ~4.25%.
The whole article is an interesting take on generations. Vibe shifts in the Upper Anthropocene (Interconnected)
This is awesome.
<script src="https://micro.blog/quoteback.js"></script>This is a fantastically useful (and beautiful) mouse-interactive exploration of CSS blend modes and ways you can use them for artistic effects. I have to try redoing some of these using background layers on single elements. https://garden.bradwoods.io/notes/css/blend-modes
