Tom Allender — slowly discovering things you already heard about last yearTumblr (3.0; @smin)http://www.sminkybang.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vj62SQsd1qalo8mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fermat’s Spiral (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/">BlueRidgeKitties</a>)</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/838076046http://www.sminkybang.com/post/838076046Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:36:15 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5stnbNOYq1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/antenna/testing-lab.html">Apple - Antenna Design and Test Labs</a></p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/831447210http://www.sminkybang.com/post/831447210Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:42:00 +0100<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph">Skeuomorph</a>: <p><a href="http://bestofwikipedia.tumblr.com/post/829247750/skeuomorph">bestofwikipedia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A skeuomorph or skeuomorphism is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.  Skeuomorphs may be deliberately employed to make the new look comfortably old and familiar, such as copper cladding on zinc pennies or computer printed postage with circular town name and cancellation lines. (via Remy)</p> </blockquote>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/831434461http://www.sminkybang.com/post/831434461Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:37:19 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3v397NBuw1qa0uujo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/687984468http://www.sminkybang.com/post/687984468Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:07:33 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3lvnhZ2op1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Behind the scenes at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. (via <a href="http://kottke.org/10/06/a-catalog-of-nature">kottke</a>)</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/670393112http://www.sminkybang.com/post/670393112Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:35:00 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2za9n1naA1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>Back To The Future</em> couldn’t possibly get any more the greatest movie ever made? This thing you never noticed begs to differ.</p> <p>[<a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/631403977/holy-crap-of-the-day-whats-that-back-to-the">thedailywhat</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/c7u2i/my_favorite_subtlety_in_back_to_the_future_in/">reddit</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/631547010http://www.sminkybang.com/post/631547010Tue, 25 May 2010 16:43:52 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0flbex6yQ1qz7o2mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.emptyla.com">Empty L.A.</a> by Matt Logue.</p> <p>The photos were created by stitching together up to 100 exposures. (To see more photos you have to reload the website.)</p> <p><em>Via <a href="http://ckck.tumblr.com/post/500839172/empty-l-a-by-matt-logue-the-photos-were-created">ckck</a></em></p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/501003273http://www.sminkybang.com/post/501003273Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:45:58 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzsnafrMRp1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <p>Alby, the 13-year-old skateboarding barn owl, has developed a technique, which involves him swooping onto the board, using the momentum from his flight to push him along.</p> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/7479572/Pictures-of-the-day-19-March-2010.html?image=1">Pictures of the day: 19 March 2010 - Telegraph</a></p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/470425199http://www.sminkybang.com/post/470425199Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:03:51 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6wjlPsKx1qz82gvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://inothernews.tumblr.com/post/444006359/snow-trek-a-man-walked-under-an-umbrella" class="tumblr_blog">inothernews</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>SNOW TREK     </strong>A man walked under an umbrella during a heavy snowfall in Barcelona on Monday. (Photo: Josep Lago / AFP-Getty via the Wall St. Journal)</em></p></blockquote>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/445466074http://www.sminkybang.com/post/445466074Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:43:15 +0000<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sminkybang.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/428429540/tumblr_kytfvwrXbD1qz7o2i&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Nirvana - Aneurysm</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/428429540http://www.sminkybang.com/post/428429540Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:47:56 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9romFFrV1qzzps6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mini in Norway in 1970</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/409754636http://www.sminkybang.com/post/409754636Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:17:00 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky023yKZim1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Massive Attack</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/395063334http://www.sminkybang.com/post/395063334Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:59:58 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxc867SCR31qaxovpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vizualize.tumblr.com/post/371134964/back-to-the-future-i-ii-and-iii-via" class="tumblr_blog">vizualize</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Back To The Future I, II and III</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/bttfset.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com"><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com">www.slashfilm.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/372346163http://www.sminkybang.com/post/372346163Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:19 +0000<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8569187&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/366926856http://www.sminkybang.com/post/366926856Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:35:34 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgoyop6ae1qz7o2io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.weathersealed.com/2010/01/15/color-me-a-dinosaur/">Color Me A Dinosaur</a></p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/341481487http://www.sminkybang.com/post/341481487Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:28:00 +0000<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=55db0cb2bf&photo_id=4274448491" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=55db0cb2bf&photo_id=4274448491" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticbag/4274448491/">New York Timelapse</a> Tom Coates</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/335931633http://www.sminkybang.com/post/335931633Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:48:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvvy1tGqsM1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/321747343/uk-satellite">blech</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>From the <a href="http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/">MODIS Rapid Response System</a>, on 7th January at 11 :50 UTC: Snow across Great Britain. (It’s also available <a href="http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2010007-0107/GreatBritain.A2010007.1150.250m.jpg">even bigger</a>.) (<a href="https://twitter.com/russss/status/7483736395">via</a>) (<a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/77520098/iceland">previously</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/321895232http://www.sminkybang.com/post/321895232Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:46:38 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kru2r89PlG1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Might have gone too far with the polish…” (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/smin">smin</a>)</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/218439485http://www.sminkybang.com/post/218439485Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:06:43 +0100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpp3h8u3lv1qz7o2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunrise near Ivry-sur-Le-Lac</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/183527788http://www.sminkybang.com/post/183527788Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:27:07 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpbdytBnVV1qz7o2io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yes.</p>http://www.sminkybang.com/post/177434465http://www.sminkybang.com/post/177434465Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:47:17 +0100