MostlyTempleton

Lessons From Posters

2009-12-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

I stumbled across a set of WWII posters available for high quality download from the Cincinnati Library. The thing that struck me are a few things being promoted that we could use a little bit more of today regardless of weather we are at war or not. Since we are at war currently it would be cool if the government took that as an opportunity to get us to make positive changes instead of the "shop more or the terrorists win" mentality we have now. Eating healthier, and using our resources better are themes we could all live by today.

Swoon

2009-12-10T08:38:00.000-08:00

Aaron Rose's DIY America series is really awesome. The latest episode features Swoon. I had no idea Swoon was a girl. I also always wanted to do wheat pasting but never really had any ideas for images.

Back in action

2009-12-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

$50 later...

Phone

2009-12-05T07:52:00.000-08:00

As if having a tree fall on my house wasn't enough, my phone broke yesterday and I don't even know how. I think can receive calls but I can't reliably dial out.

Three Free MP3s

2009-11-25T04:46:00.000-08:00

Amazon is running a promotion where you can download three MP3s for free. Whenever I went to a record store I always forgot what bands I wanted to look for and having to pick three songs out of so many with no real sections or guides I came out with a pretty random mix. Listed below are the three songs I got in the order I got them.

C+F by Sam Prekop
Ruff Ryder's Anthem by DMX
M. E. by Gary Numan

What three songs did you get..?

to the chipper

2009-11-15T06:59:00.001-08:00

Tree getting craned out.

Timelapse set up

2009-11-15T06:54:00.001-08:00

Shooting a timelapse of the trees coming out.

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In the bathroom

2009-11-13T15:06:00.001-08:00

A tree fell on our house and this branch ended up in our bathroom.

The Morning Commute

2009-11-13T05:25:00.000-08:00

I needed to come to work this morning to train someone for a meeting they are having on Saturday, and these are the photos I took along the way. Click on them to get a better view.

This photo is terrible but if you might be able to see the floating dock above the level of the parking lot. Pretty crazy.
This is Llewellyn Ave behind Mi Hogar. Those new apartments aren't looking so hot right now.
This is Omohundro behind that bank off Granby.
This is the Stewert Center from 38th St. the flooding was across 38th, so I had to take a different route.
This is Stockley Gardens on Raleigh Ave.
Tree on cars on Graydon Ave and Colonial Ave.

Fortunately, our house is fine. We have had plenty of downed branches and the basement is flooded, but that is to be expected.

So Rad

2009-11-06T10:06:00.001-08:00

Via: Haw-Lin

Refreshments

2009-11-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

The meeting I am shooting today is also hosting a desert contest

Plastic Diet

2009-10-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

Chris Jordan is known for his powerful photography dealing with environmental issues. His new Midway series is probably his most powerful yet. Baby Albatross are fed a diet of plastic by their unknowing parents. As their starved and poisoned bodies decompose they reveal a stomach full of our trash. Via: Good Problem

The Botany Of Desire

2009-10-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

I'm a big Michael Pollen fan, so I'm psyched that his book The Botany Of Desire has been made into a two hour PBS documentary premiering October 28th on PBS. Click here to check the trailer and find out when it is playing in your area.

The Future

2009-10-09T10:30:00.000-07:00

Maybe in the future this will be me, out in a canoe with my dog an a beautiful autumn day. Found among other autumn scenes at The Big Picture.

Yard Sale Score

2009-10-03T07:27:00.001-07:00

I came up on some tools at a yard sale today. Only $10 for all this.

Lunch

2009-10-02T10:11:00.001-07:00

Sal and i share lunch

2009-09-10T13:07:00.001-07:00

Red Cross Morning

2009-09-03T06:07:00.001-07:00

Donating blood

Blocked Internet Article

2009-08-28T06:54:00.000-07:00

Those who know me know how frustrated I get with blocked internet access at work. I've even contemplated getting one of those internet anywhere USB things, but $60 a month or more just isn't worth it. I read this Slate article on Corporate IT Depts with great interest. I've been lucky, or unlucky, enough to have jobs where they do not take up the entire 8 hour day, so unhindered internet access is important to me. The below quote was particularly vindicating to me.

Indeed, there's no empirical evidence that unfettered access to the Internet turns people into slackers at work. The research shows just the opposite. Brent Corker, a professor of marketing at the University of Melbourne, recently tested how two sets of workers—one group that was blocked from using the Web and another that had free access—perform various tasks. Corker found that those who could use the Web were 9 percent more productive than those who couldn't. Why? Because we aren't robots; people with Web access took short breaks to look online while doing their work, and the distractions kept them sharper than the folks who had no choice but to keep on task.

The article goes on to discuss Results Only Work Environments and how what you get done is more important than how long you spend at work. With all our time saving technology, you would think that the 40 hour work week would be a thing of the past.

Instead of working less to make the same amount of stuff we have to work more to make more stuff then go out and buy more stuff than we need to justify all the time we waste at work making all kinds of stuff we don't need.

Costs of Calories

2009-08-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

A study in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit.

From a Time magazine article on food.

AM Session

2009-08-22T05:58:00.001-07:00

Early morning blunt slides by Neal Wood

Collection

2009-08-21T14:26:00.001-07:00

I posted this over at MostlySkateboarding but figured some of you guys might have missed it. My parents brought all my old skate videos and magazines up to my new house and I was stoked to finally have them with me. Click on the images to see them really big. While going through my old magazines I found the first and only two issues of Journal, the short lived east coast magazine and a couple of old Alien Workshop zines. Also on the shelf are some old zines from old friend and Berrics contributor Dallas Clayton and others.

Manufactured Landscapes Opening

2009-08-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is the opening of Manufactured Landscapes and it is awesome. I remember seeing this at Sundance and being blown away. You probably already know about Edward Burtynsky but if not, check him out. Via: Triumph of Bullshit.

Food and Eating

2009-08-04T10:22:00.000-07:00

Michael Pollan has an article/movie review in the New York Times Magazine about, among other things, how Americans spend more time watching cooking shows than they do cooking. There are lots of interesting statistics most striking to me was the one in the quote below.

"Already today, 80 percent of the cost of food eaten in the home goes to someone other than a farmer, which is to say to industrial cooking and packaging and marketing."

Food for thought...

2009-07-29T07:47:00.001-07:00

We started watching Lost.