As many of you heard, the famously jammed 405 highway in Los Angeles was shut down last weekend for repairs/construction. During what I’m sure was mayhem, a few adventurous friends, including Jesse Glucksman, decided to have an impromptu dinner (sans actual food) on the abandoned roadway. The picture above is the result.
I’m not sure why, but these photos of sand at a magnification of about 250 times their real size are fascinating to me. As you can tell, each grain of sand is unique, just like snowflakes. View more here.
The iPhone SLR Mount ($190-$249) gives your iPhone access to Nikon or Canon lenses for supposedly great quality photos. I’m not so sure this doesn’t defeat the purpose of having a portable camera that fits in your pocket. Nonetheless, the set includes an aluminum case, a fairly thick lens adapter, and a UV filter, all of which connect to the iPhone to create your own SLR. Check it out here!
Over the course of 30 years, space shuttles Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour flew over 100 missions. Take a look at this short video compiled by NPR, which highlights some of those flights.
Credit: Andrew Prince, Maggie Starbard, Marina Dominguez/NPR
Special thanks go out to Lisa Smith for turning us onto the Storm King Art Center, a lush 500+ acre landscape in lower Hudson Valley, New York, which features more than 100 sculptures by some of the most acclaimed artists of our time. We want to visit!
A new app sponsored by Neenah paper has come out, featuring a digital interactive letterpress, and I’m all over it. Lettermpress allows you to pick the tools, colors, etc. to create your letterpress work of art, which when completed can be shared via email, social networking, or printed.
Via Dexigner:
The app brings every step of the traditional letterpress printing process to the iPad screen, from selecting and assembling vintage wood type, and mixing colors, to selecting paper, and hand-cranking the virtual letterpress.
Thanks Blakeley!
