Panel
Panel, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Just a detail from around the door of the Freemasons Hall on Bridge Street.
Monthly archives: July 2013
Panel, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Roadkill
Despite everything, I still watch Top Gear. But I’d rather see something more like this than their increasingly dumb (and always destined to fail in clumsily foreshadowed ways) challenges. Let’s see people who know what they’re doing, doing things they’re certain they shouldn’t.
Pink door
Pink door, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Just around the corner from the big door of a few days ago.
Big door
If you look closely at the grill on the left, you should be able to see a pigeon giving me a dirty look.
Daily Blog 07/21/2013
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3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents – Quartz
Here’s what’s holding back 3D printing, the technology that’s supposed to revolutionize manufacturing and countless other industries: patents. In February 2014, key patents that currently prevent competition in the market for the most advanced and functional 3D printers will expire, says Duann Scott, design evangelist at 3D printing company Shapeways.
These patents cover a technology known as “laser sintering,” the lowest-cost 3D printing technology. Because of its high resolution in all three dimensions, laser sintering can produce goods that can be sold as finished products.
Hot bug on bug action
Hot bug on bug action, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Insect porn!
Clouds
Clouds, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I had almost forgotten what these looked like. It’s still very hot, though.
If it does rain it’ll be quite pleasant.
Black Friar
Black Friar, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Interesting looking pub. I doubt it’s as old as the ornamentation suggests.
Looks like it’s in the wrong spot too, I can’t remember whether I’ve ever
seen it not boarded up.
Daily Blog 07/17/2013
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Welcome to the ‘dark web,’ a haven for illegal trafficking – Technology & Science – CBC News
The so-called “dark web,” a shadowy part of the internet you haven’t likely visited and won’t find using Google, has become an online haven for anyone looking to buy or sell drugs, weapons or other illegal goods. And it’s leaving law enforcement stumped.
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In wartime, technology is driven by our shared weakness for violence. In 1939, the RAF was still sending biplanes into battle. By 1945 we had jets. Spitfires and stealth bombers are beautiful things because more design man-hours have been devoted to the technology of killing than into any other field of endeavour.
But in peacetime, sex is technology’s primary driver. Even when the pornographers don’t innovate they’re early adopters. The first known fruity movie was made two years after the first moving pictures of any kind. It’s been suggested that it was the greater availability of porn on VHS formats that helped it to win the video format wars over Betamax. And there’s a reason why Polaroid’s innovative camera that eliminated embarrassing trips to the chemist was called the Swinger.
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Nico Ditch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nico Ditch (occasionally Mickle Ditch or Nikker) is a six mile (9.7 km) long linear earthwork running between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stretford in Greater Manchester, England. It may have been dug as a defensive fortification, or possibly a boundary marker. It was constructed some time between the 5th and 11th centuries AD.
The ditch is still visible in short sections, such as a 300-metre stretch in Denton golf course. In the parts which survive, the ditch is 3–4 metres wide and up to 1.5 metres deep. Part of the earthwork is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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The 15 Most Ludicrous Superhero Vehicles
What superheroes have in high morals and immense powers, they often lack in common sense, at least as regards to vehicles. That’s the only way to explain the plethora of weird, garish or outright idiotic superhero cars, jets and other nonsense clogging our nation’s highways and airspace. Here are 15 vehicles that were wrecks long before they hit the road.
Woody
Woody, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I’d quite like a Morris Minor. Spotted this near work yesterday, and was then passed by it on my ride home.
Follow the Flock
Follow the Flock, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
This was outside a McDonalds, appropriately enough.
MG in the weeds
MG in the weeds, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
After seeing all those lovingly tended classics yesterday, it was a bit of
a shame to find this sad sight this morning.
Didsbury Car Show
Didsbury Car Show, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Last time I attended this, two years ago, it poured down. This is more like it.
Daily Blog 07/13/2013
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The Five Most Insane Nuclear Delivery Systems
Let’s put this out there, right off the bat. Nuclear weapons are insane. Loony. Absolutely nuts. Usually though, someone somewhere can make an argument for their theoretical use that would involve maximum harm to the enemy with minimal damage to yourself. Sometimes, though, that equation goes wrong.
Another fire in the Northern Quarter
Another fire in the Northern Quarter, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
This one is in The Twisted Wheel (aka Moho Live? I can’t remember). I can’t be the only person suspicious that this is the third in as many months.
Update The fire actually started in Paul’s Hair world, on the other side of the building from this pictue. One fireman died fighting the fire, and two teenage girls have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
Process
Process, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
This should solve most problems.
Human powered helicopter
Awesome.
Strawberries
Strawberries, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I’ve been watching these get ever redder over the last week or so. It’s a shame I don’t really like strawberries.
Skull
Skull, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
I like the way everything but the eyes is formed from a single line.
Daily Blog 07/10/2013
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Incredible 500,000-Piece Lego Recreation of Famous World War II Battle
This 24-foot long diorama created by Brickmania, depicts the WWII Battle of Peleliu, complete with a 10-foot long USS LST-325 ship, tanks, Marines, sailors, bunkers, ambulances and supply trucks. The model is filled with so many amazing details and features, including a shark waiting in the waters for doomed minifig men.