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A few of the Bacon Blogs I have discovered recently include Sizzology (by Denver blogger Joe), Royal Bacon Society, and Bacon Unwraped.
I’m hungry.
#Gavin Brock has created a cool website that uses Google street view to “walk around” random streets and boulevards in NY, LA, SF and Boston (more cities to come when the Google API improves). When combined with Gavin’s WebSaver application, this could make a cool screensaver for your OS-X based machine.
#Photographer Richard Renaldi released a cool new project today called “Touching Strangers”. The collection consists of street portraits of, you guessed it, strangers touching. In an interview with Jörg Colberg, Richard explains:
It is rather awkward to approach someone and ask them if they are interested in touching another stranger for a photograph. I think maybe my nervous, slightly pleading voice kicks in, combined with a little charm. I generally give them my spiel about being a photographer working on a project, and I try to have my book, Figure and Ground, to show to them. It was never easy - though most everyone who agreed to participate was a good sport. Most people eventually grasped the concept, and often it seemed to be a pleasant distraction from their day.
Images from the project can be found after the jump. Also worth browsing through are Richards other photographic collections my favorite being “Bus Travelers”, “Fresno”, “Madison Avenue”, and “Great Plains“.
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A live feed of a box of puppies. If this doesn’t make your day feel just a little bit better, you have no soul. After going through a time change, an emotional presidential election, an 800-point-two-day drop in the Dow, and Halloween all in one week, it feels nice to know that these guys didn’t even notice.
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Read the rest of this entry »Mark Newman has updated his famous election maps page with last night’s presidential voting results. He went ahead and made NC blue despite it not being officially called yet. I like that kind of optimism.
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My most popular post “Affectionate Cute Pet Nicknames” hit the 200 comment mark today. This definitely isn’t one of my favorite posts, but the folks out there in internet land sure seem to like it.
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For The Win
Missy, over at Cocktail Hour, is one of the best, most consistent, Colorado photobloggers out there. Last Friday she held a contest for her one year blogerversary. And today I won!
Photo courtesy of Cocktail Hour.
I can’t wait to get my photos of Kenosha Pass. Thanks so much Missy. I look forward to another year of your photos.
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For further research: Impact Of Wet Underwear On Thermoregulatory Responses And Thermal Comfort In The Cold.
#In the wet condition 175 g of water was distributed in the underwear prior to the experiment. The test was done on eight men (Ta = 10°C, RH = 85%, Va < 01 m/s), and comprised a 60min resting period. Skin temperature, rectal temperature, and weight loss were recorded during the test. Total changes in body and clothing weight were measured separately. Furthermore, subjective ratings on thermal comfort and sensation were collected. The tests demonstrated the significant cooling effect of wet underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort. Further, the tests showed that textile construction of underwear in a two-layer clothing ensemble has an effect on the evaporation rate from clothing during rest in the cold resulting in a significant difference in mean skin temperature. The thickness of the underwear has more of an influence on the thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort, than the types of fibres tested.
Upsidedowndogs.com is nothing but pictures of upside down dogs. And I’ll be damned if they’re not cute as can be.
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