I normally wouldn’t post a commercial, but this is just great.
Nalgene lid leash hack.
Level: badass.
Washington-based artist Paula Strawn makes a living bringing joy to families everywhere by painting babies’ corrective helmets with fantastic, customized designs. The helmets are used to help infants who have flat head syndrome, a common condition in which babies’ heads appear flat. Instead of inspiring pity or worry in passersby like the plain helmets normally do, the decorated helmets help to spark conversation and interest.
2$ green chili fish tacos and the best view.
(via terrenonussbukorrek, vintagecatsandpeople)
Skibotn, 1967
Ismo Hölttö
Dr. David Livingstone improvised a treatment for malaria while seeking the source of the Nile; his “Livingstone Rousers” were marketed and sold for over 40 years.
Watch this preview of The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone, airing Wednesday, March 26 on Secrets of The Dead.
Harry Potter Characters: Book vs. Movie
Ten points deducted from the casting director for picking really attractive people.
Artist: Robin Tatlow-Lord
Classic
Back to the Sandias
Rooftop view from the Hotel Parq Central: downtown Albuquerque to the desert.
Leaving River City
When last we spoke I was in the mountains of North Carolina just returned from the South Pacific and attempting some kind surgery on my Aperture library and trying to resuscitate all of my technology after several years of hard travel.
Well the spoiled ending to that not-at-all tedious process was that nothing was salvaged.
I returned to the Navajo Nation in Arizona, then to an organic farm in the mountains outside of Asheville to apparently do absolutely no work at all on a book.
The underlying theme of the past 10 months being little to no internet which in the beginning sounds like a very nice thing but in reality is terribly annoying, isolating, and frustrating.
Flash forward to today. I’ve arrived to Albuquerque for a 3 month stint here at one of the local hospitals. I’ve walked away from Apple’s Aperture forever and have spent several months learning Lightroom which has been a joy. I’ve upgraded my essential gear and am enjoying internet and green chiles.
There is travel ahead this year with returns to China to teach scheduled and a hike of the Camino de Santiago this summer. After that big changes are in the works but I’m the last person who will know how they turn out.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. Ambassador Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll whips up a PB&J rice-cake sandwich on the old McBride farm. Fair Head, Northern Ireland. photo: Ben Ditto
Another Day Another Time: Celebrating The Music of Inside Llewyn Davis is available on iTunes now. It’s fantastic. Just waiting for the album to be released now!
The Future
Gave my grandmother an iPad: calling to see how it was going, she says she loves it. “I called the girl to find out about that murder on TV” referring to Siri.