Ryan's "Power"

This is part of Omaha Steel's plant. Somewhere deep inside is a 5 ton capacity electric arc furnace, along with 4 smaller induction furnaces. This place consumes some power....

Last night they were doing a pour, I think. When the furnaces are running you can smell the plant though the entire neighborhood. Tonight it was dark and less offensive smelling.



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Craig's Power

In switching from the IBM PowerPC architecture to the Intel x86 architecture, Apple made what was probably a very good business move. However, it pretty much necessitated that they move away from one of the best computer naming schemes they'd had.

MacBook and Mac Pro don't have nearly the same ring as PowerBook and Power Mac.

Cory's Power

The last two years of my time at Argonne have been spent keeping a giant computer running. We keep it hidden away in a secret lair on the scary side of the lab, back where they used to dump radioactive stuff on the ground when they were done with it. Our machine room is built inside of a giant warehouse-type building that once housed parts of the Star Wars program, but today is mostly used for storage and weird science experiments. It is also prejudiced against hydrogen.

Beneath the building is a series of tunnels that were used to keep the intense pulsed neutron source running, but are now mostly empty. It was down there that I found this great still life of power equipment. I'm especially intrigued by that can - it looks like it has been sitting right there since the mid 60s.

Mike's "Power"

Every morning, on the way to work, I can see a plume of smoke and steam coming from this coal fire plant across the river from 156th & Giles Road.

I decided to go over there and get a closer picture. It's a monster. The only one I have possibly seen bigger is the "Gerald Gentleman Station" in Sutherland, NE.

My cheap UV filter was not enough to cut through the haze, as I was still a good half mile away, and the cooling towers to the right were adding to the atmospheric distortions.

Next week: "Art"

"Power" is due tomorrow.

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Craig's Texture

Sorry I'm late. I got sick. This is Count Chocula having a drink. Just look at the texture of that tongue. Cat tongues are awesome. Because cats are awesome.

I'm reposting this because I cropped the original and it broke the blogger post.

Q's texture

I made some block print cards the other week, which makes for some pretty neat textures.

Ryan's "Texture"

Tattoos show the skin's texture very well. (Click to enbiggen)





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Cory's Texture

Cheerios!

(Enlarged to show texture)

Mike's "Texture"

Partially this is a poke at my brother who used to send me random pics of TP dispensers with his Crackberry.
Having the proper texture in toilet paper is quite important, however, even more so than the age old question of "roll to the front or back". Not enough texture and it just does not do its intended job. Too much and you may as well be using corn cobs like the settlers did.

Can you tell me which planet toilet paper can be found on besides Earth?

Next Week "Power"

"Texture" due Sunday Night!

-mvm

Craig's Isolation

As you can see, I'm all alone.

Mike's "Isolation"

I'm guessing if I were a horse, I would be feeling a bit isolated this winter.
Few rides, cold, snow and wind. The only thing I have to live for is my whole grain diet.

Ryan's "Isolation"

Wee little Ducky has been naughty, and is in isolation.

Sorry folks... it's been a busy couple of weeks. Maybe next week I will take a decent photo.

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Cory's Ice Elation

Downtown Downers Grove has an ice sculpture exhibition each February, and this is one of the many that are down there this year. This particular one was sponsored by one of the restaurants down there and, as you can see, is off on its own in an alleyway. So it even kind of matches the real subject for this week.

Next week: "Texture"

"Isolation" due tomorrow!

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Ryan's "Hiding"

Kind of a stretch here, and crappy photo, too. Just about everything I have written over the past 5 years or so has been with this fountain pen, a Parker 51 made in early 1945. I snagged it off ebay for $12 or so. It has what is called a "hooded" nib, with the nib hiding underneath the shell of the pen. Right now it's studying Discrete Math.




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Q's hiding

My amaryllis bloom is hiding at present.

Cory's Hiding

This might be stretching the rules a little but, but since it could be done in a darkroom I think it's fine. I remember seeing a live-action version of this on Sesame Street (or something similar) when I was young, so I had been looking forward to this topic for a while so I could do my own. I also took two other versions to make sure I got something good.

Mikes "Hiding"

I took a picture of this orb shaped thing hiding up behind some clouds. I'm not certain what it is.

Next Week: "Isolation"

"Hiding" due tomorrow.

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Q's candy

Craig's Candy

The Jesus, The Stranger, Donny, and Brak would like to offer you a candy cane.