Photo property of National Geographic

What kid didn’t dream up floating away on a bunch of balloons. Okay, for some of us it was more a nightmare, but a dream all the same.

The folks at National Geographic decided to realize Disney’s take on a childhood fantasy and recreate the house from Disney’s UP. Wow, I can’t begin to imagine how cool it would be to work on a project like this one. First of all, I just love building cool stuff. Then, somebody get to photograph this it. I have long envied the assignments, and talent, of National Geographic photographers. More so now. Add to that creating a life sized version of something from one of Disney’s films and you have the makings of a dream gig.

Read the article over at My Modern Met, if you think the ensuing envy won’t drive you nuts.

I can’t help but wonder just what the government is going to do with his collection. While I am sure that there are numerous geeks working for the government who are holding this bust under the nose of the their wise-cracking colleges as proof that comic book collecting is indeed a worthwhile endeavor, I highly doubt that the government is going to do anything useful with it. Like say, auction it off and use the proceeds to whittle away at the national debt. Or distribute them to less advantaged geeks. I doubt we’ll be able to follow this case and find out, but we can speculate on what should happen.

What do you think they should be doing with the collection?

I know I am not the worlds best wedding photographer. There are a lot of things I will do differently, if I ever shoot another wedding. I, however, never fell in the water. Even with the ceremony was across the pool. At least his assistant was on top of it, and went for the camera first.

Laughing Squid ran a piece on this Luftansa flight today. Why, oh why can my flights not be more like this one.

Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl from Brandon Bloch on Vimeo.

Wow. There is no respect left for the venerable camera. They will cram one into anything these days. As you can see, there is still no comparison for a good high quality camera. Looks like Barbie will need to step up her game if she wants to play in the big leagues. Thanks to Brandon Bloch for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Be sure to check out his other videos.

Maybe Canon should make a Barbie themed 7D.

On their two and a half month mission they completed a circuitous route around the United Sates and did as much learning about race relations, education, and workplace issues as they did correcting of typos.

They have since written a book and launched a second tour of the country, this time to promote their book. I wonder how much correcting they’ll be doing this time? They’ll be in San Francisco in September, maybe I can ask them my self.

What crazy typos have you seen out there? Send me a picture, the best one will win a prize. A typo free prize. Winner will be chosen the first week of  September.

Peach pie anyone?

Over at Hack A Day they have all kinds of camera hacks. My only regret is that I can’t try them all. Oh cruel fate, why have you stricken me with such little time. This most recent pressure triggered rig looks like a lot of fun and is a great addition to all the stop-motion rigs out there. I’m just afraid I would hit my camera instead of the peach. As you can see, if you can aim you chunk of rebar in the dark, you are in store for some awesome stop-motion pictures. Eadweard Muybridge would be proud.  Check out their post, and let me know if you get a chance to try it.

I am always somewhat inspired by Shakespeare in the Park and usually find myself making my own study of whatever masterpiece they are offering. This year will be no different, I just have not gotten around to it. I typical learn something about Shakespeare and his work from this process, but this year I discovered something unexpected.  Shakespeare tried to hide it, I guess he doesn’t want it well known, but I caught it. Lucky for you I am will to share. According to master William, love is, in fact, a potato. That’s right. He says it plain as day in Two Gentlemen of Verona. See for yourself: Act II, Scene iv, Line 91. Valentine informs Sylvia that, “Why, lady, Love hath twenty pair of eyes.” The only thing I have ever seen with twenty pair of eyes is, a potato.

He could not be more correct. Love is never clean. We often have to dig deep for love and trudge through the mud to find and feed love. And then my friends, just when we think we have love figured out, that we can let it rest, our in attention allows unwanted growths to sprout from our love, and, if they are not addressed, will render love unpalatable.

So there you have it. Love = Potato

Be sure to tell that special someone, “I potato you.” often.