Insert Assortment.
Found this collection of cassette inserts on Flckr.
Search Life.
LIFE and Google have made ninety-seven percent of the Life Magazine’s photo collection, which stretches from 1860 to today, available online.
Albert Neal.
This week, thanks to Facebook, I was able to reconnect with my college friend, photographer Albert Neal. Al’s beautiful black & white photographs can be found in many private, corporate and public collections, such as the Neuberger Museum at Purchase College and The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture.
His Harlem Series and Vernacular Visions are created traditionally, with film negatives printed in a darkroom in limited editions, number and signed.
Problem Solved.
I have been told that whenever the planet Mercury goes retrograde so do the tools of communication like phones and computers. When it comes to astrology, I’ve always been a little skeptical. I’ll be the first to admit I only believe in the zodiac when it works to my benefit, which I suppose, is very Capricorn of me. After my latest rash of technical problems with email, texts and phones, I’m starting think there may be something to it.
Whether you believe in the Mercury in retro thing or not you take this Capricorn’s practical advice and back it up. When it comes to important files get in the habit of backing up to an external hard drive, burning them to DVD or syncing them to an online service. For online I use Dropbox, also check out Backblaze. Those of you on a Mac who’d like keep track of Mercury can add this widget to your Dashboard.
As for the planet Mercury itself, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft most recent flyby yielded these amazing photographs.
You have three months to get ready, the next retrograde will be from May 6th – May 30th.