The Amazing Story of Sealand

I was looking at The Big Picture yesterday and thought the Maunsell Sea Forts looked interesting so I did some research and discovered that after WWII these abandoned structures became home to pirate radio stations and in 1968 the Principality of Sealand. I'm not going to retell the story of Sealand but it is awesome. Check out the Sealand websiteand the Wikipedia entry for the full story. The Pirate Bay even tried to buy Sealand to avoid prosecution for internet piracy. 

Recent Shelf Obsession

Recently I've been really into shelves. I think the impending move and the decorating that goes along with it has me in that mind set. Plus I think of shelves as fairly easy to build and I'll actually have space to build stuff in the new house. below are some awesome shelves I've come across.

The shelf going in the corner is such a rad idea plus I like how the lower shelves are larger than the upper shelves. 
Flat shelves just look awesome. I have no idea what I'd put on these shelves though. just awesome.
Lots of little cubbie holes are cool too. You could just put one item in each hole and be super organized. This would be cool for paint. Each cubbie could be painted with the paint it contains. 

Book Shelf

I'm totally feeling this bookshelf style from Inspiration Resource. I had a similar idea. Make cubes or rectangles from old desks and book shelves, the ones made out of wood pulp with a veneer on them. So you'd have a few different wood finishes going on in one shelf and some different shapes going on. maybe something I explore when we move and I have the space and more tools to work with.

Net Booty

If you hang out online long enough someone is going to offer you some free stuff. On a few occasions I have come across posts saying the first XX many people to write in get something. Just recently Street Photographer David Solomon offered up a copy of his new book to the first five to write in and I happened to be one of the lucky five. before that I was one of the first hundred to write in and get a DVD from Element about Don Pendleton. before that I wrote in to DC Films (the short lived DC skate video site) and was one of a few hundred to get a limited edition t-shirt. Mine is number 65/100. I hope one day it will be a serious collector's item worth many thousands of dollars. In the end I'm just saying sometimes it pays to be completely internet obsessed

A Little Photographic Inspiration

Collage

We have been making a fair amount of VHS dubs at work lately so there have been a lot of VHS labels left over. I made this collage while some tapes where dubbing the other day. Nothing special, just bored.

House Hunting

With the housing market in a slump, Kellie and I decided we should help out and buy a house. It looks like we could upgrade to a house and not have to pay too much more than we pay now. WE looked at a handful of houses yesterday. They all had their weird things about them. One was a foreclosure in Ghent that had been gutted after being poorly decorated. We also looked at a nice three bedroom place in Colonial Place with a huge shed but a weird living room. The current favorite is a house on Willow Wood that is crazy spacious. Kellie is in love with it, but I still need some convincing. My problem is the lack of work space. The garage was converted into a second living room, so the only work space is a small shed in the back yard. It wouldn't be hard to build a new bigger shed so...

I know that picture is terrible, but that's what they had on the website.