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Greengrocer

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My friend Sam gave me the best food tip ever: A. Russo and Sons in Watertown, Mass. Here’s just a sample of their eggplant selection last weekend:

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Library of Dust

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

BLDGBLOG presents an introductory essay and photos from Library of Dust
There’s a spectacular new book coming out at the end of this summer called Library of Dust, by photographer David Maisel, published by Chronicle Books. . . . In 1913, Maisel explained, an Oregon state psychiatric institution began to cremate the remains of its unclaimed [...]

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Photographs with no camera lens

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Amazing Light Photography by Alan Jaras.

(A tip of the hat to The Daily Dish.)

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Want

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

On the livejournal steampunk fashion group, along came this little beauty:

Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF5.0
First developed in Germany in the 1920’s, the Rollei 6×6cm Twin Lens Reflex Camera has always been a preferred tool for serious photography, especially portraits. There cannot be, for example, a single Hollywood celebrity who has not been photographed with a Rollei. Now, [...]

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Anza-Borrego State Park

March 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

We had a nice visit of the whole family to the Anza-Borrego State Park this morning. It’s past the peak for desert wildflowers, but we still saw some colorful plants. I took some photos, and managed to crop a few on my as-yet ill-equiped Dell laptop.

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