October 22, 2009 @ 1:49 am
Compact Living has several suggestions and solutions for people who want to make the most of their small living quarters by incorporating the use of loft beds (or lofts). Their gallery of photos is a pretty decent place to get some ideas about how to set up your own loft bed in your small apartment. [via]
August 30, 2009 @ 5:53 pm
The Earth-Rise T-shirt from Public Domain shows to astronauts standing on the moon during an Earth-rise. Collectively, the two astronauts and the Earth create an image of a skull. Haunting…and yet kind of neat too! [via]
July 20, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Says the official Hasselblad website (where you can see more cameras designed specifically for space exploration):
This is a specially designed version of the motorized 500EL intended for use on the surface of the moon, where the first lunar pictures were taken on 20 July 1969 by Neil Armstrong. The camera is equipped with a specially designed Biogon lens with a focal length of 60 mm, with a polarization filter mounted on the lens. A glass plate (Reseau-Plate), provided with reference crosses which are recorded on the film during exposure, is in contact with the film, and these crosses can be seen on all the pictures taken on the moon from 1969 to 1972. The 12 HEDC cameras used on the surface of the moon were left there. Only the film magazines were brought back.
Emphasis in the quote above is mine. I think a future moon exploration team should bring back at least a few of those cameras for memory’s sake. I wonder if they’ve held up over time in space and moon atmosphere.
July 18, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
This is the first time I’m seeing a black and white image of the Earth taken from Apollo 11 and I think it is my new favorite photo of home. Does anybody know the NASA image ID to this particular image? I’m having a hard time finding it in full-res (although The Big Picture has a slightly larger version on display).
May 7, 2009 @ 12:26 am
Ok, seriously, that paper I was talking about before…yeah…haven’t even opened Word yet. Time to get crackin’! Here’s a picture that represents how far I’ve gone in my research. The picture shows an empty space. Ahh, you see what I did there? Clever huh!
February 27, 2009 @ 9:49 am
Deskography is a website that collects photos of people’s workspaces (primarily their desks). It’s a valuable resource if you need some inspiration on physical desktop layout and space. And because the site sorts all the submitted photos by person and organization, you can check out how other people in your field of work/study organize their desk space to be most productive.
Plus, every once in a while, you actually do get some beautiful environmental photography.
The beautiful workspace above is Brian Cajuli’s of the Philippines. Can you say WOW! [via]
