a month of sundays

"Like meeting a rude person, what first strikes you is the lack of sensitivity of this paper. My..."

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:16:05 +1200

“Like meeting a rude person, what first strikes you is the lack of sensitivity of this paper. My other stock (Fuji Bromide, RC, graded) had exposures between 1-2s with my setup, which is why I have a darkroom timer hooked up to the bulb. With this paper I exposed for 100-150 seconds! Yes, that is very long but I found it gives me amazing precision for exposure (no fractions of seconds to worry about) and even a kitchen timer will do. The lack of sensitivity should also be beneficial for people with makeshift darkrooms that are not totally light tight (within reason). So for me this paper will become my new standard stock at least for work prints and proofing. It helped me already making better prints because of the longer exposures. You can dodge as much as you want in that time period and really look at the negative in the contact printer while thinking what to do with it. The prints themselves show a very pleasant tonality as far as I am concerned. Contrast just right for me at grade 3 (a matter of taste and how your negatives look like; I have seen last stocks of grade 2 version, but going forward it will only be made in 3). The image is crisp and blacks are rich and deep where you want them. Overall the grey is nice and neutral. This is a very user-friendly paper for contact printing and I am very pleased with it.”

- Gaslight Paper - Page 2

"As a kid, I was delighted in math class when we used graph paper. I bought a pack of it and wrote..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:15:47 +1200

“As a kid, I was delighted in math class when we used graph paper. I bought a pack of it and wrote school assignments on it because it allowed me to imprison each letter in a miniature cell.”

- JetPens Blog: Pen and Ink: Nibs Both Fine and Broad

(via Georganne Deen - “Saturn Return (Sloth)” -...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:53:36 +1200

(via Georganne Deen - “Saturn Return (Sloth)” - Boing Boing)

(via Warren Ellis » Station Ident)

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:05:59 +1200

(via Warren Ellis » Station Ident)

"Imagine having to explain this exhibition to an alien or a medieval time traveler. Bet you..."

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:18:05 +1200

“Imagine having to explain this exhibition to an alien or a medieval time traveler. Bet you can’t.”

- I’m Sick Of Pretending: I Don’t “Get” Art | VICE

(via Warren Ellis » The Mini-Jets Of The Saturnian F-Ring)

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:33:48 +1200

(via Warren Ellis » The Mini-Jets Of The Saturnian F-Ring)

(via Wondermark » Archive » True Stuff: The...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:16:42 +1200

(via Wondermark » Archive » True Stuff: The Grizzly-Bear Chair)

Ballroom Blitz

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:08:50 +1200

Ballroom Blitz

"What good is a movie poster if you have to have seen the movie already to understand it?"

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:41:43 +1200

“What good is a movie poster if you have to have seen the movie already to understand it?”

- Someone is wrong on the Internet. | jwz

The correct question is “How can I be a part of this grand...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:13:55 +1200

The correct question is “How can I be a part of this grand experiment?” The answer, my friends, is contained herein. (via How to Hypnotize a Chicken)

"Only Terror is Real"

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:59:03 +1200

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katydidnot:

theramptosilverspring:

Using makeup to make my face hideous to cis straight white men

using makeup to look like a girlmonster

#1 rule of feminist makeupping club

what is natural beauty made of even

“natural” is not a thing natural is not real only makeup is real only glamour is real only terror is real

"Invasion musical theme: Each German invasion of a foreign country had an official musical theme"

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:35:14 +1300

“Invasion musical theme: Each German invasion of a foreign country had an official musical theme”

- Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photo

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:50:07 +1300

RU: It strikes me that psychedelics are both an enhancer and distorter of

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:50:38 +1300

RU: It strikes me that psychedelics are both an enhancer and distorter of
pattern recognition. It’s like once the mind becomes too conscious and too obsessive about pattern recognition, it becomes delusional. PB: This is probably the most succinct way of putting it I have heard. It’s essentially what we see happen with Phillip K. Dick. It’s part of the reason why no matter how non-addicting psychedelics might be from a chemical point-of-view, the capacity for the human mind to compulsively search for the same connection/insight over and over again is boundless. This same phenomena can be seen with a certain kind of occultism. Hermeticism can become an exercise in endless connection making and it’s amazing how even the most thoughtful occultists can become conspiracy theorists overnight. Psychedelics, and other forms of non-ordinary consciousness, can readily show that there is more to the human mind, and possibly the universe, than we can perceive normally, but when we lose the ability to critically distance ourselves from these experiences, the danger for delusion is great

"CONCLUSION: Contrary to popular belief, the majority of ballpoint pens appear unsuitable for use as..."

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:35:26 +1300

“CONCLUSION: Contrary to popular belief, the majority of ballpoint pens appear unsuitable for use as a substitute tracheostomy tube. In this study only two pens fulfilled the criteria for use: the Baron retractable ballpoint and the BIC soft feel Jumbo.”

- NCBI ROFL: Which brand of ball point pen is best for an emergency airway puncture? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

(via Debbie Harry Blondie DZUBOKS Yugoslavian 1979 VERY RARE |...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:57:37 +1300

(via Debbie Harry Blondie DZUBOKS Yugoslavian 1979 VERY RARE | eBay)

(via The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T.)

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:21:42 +1300

(via The Free Universal Construction Kit | F.A.T.)

Photo

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:05:48 +1300

(via Forget Your Past – Timothy Allen | Photography | Film)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:51:02 +1300

(via Forget Your Past – Timothy Allen | Photography | Film)

"Focus on the snake. Don’t answer your phone with a snake in the hand, again, you’ll come..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:19:36 +1300

“Focus on the snake. Don’t answer your phone with a snake in the hand, again, you’ll come off second best.”

- How to Safely Catch a Snake