the phone stack / thanks niall!
We usually take a pretty hard line against phones at dinner, but a new trick just popped up that gives us hope for the future.
It’s called a phone stack, and it’s a buzzing, flashing reminder of every phone-etiquette rule the world seems to have forgotten.
It works like this: as you arrive, each person places their phone facedown in the center of the table. (If you’re feeling theatrical, you can go for a stack like this one, but it’s not required.) As the meal goes on, you’ll hear various texts and emails arriving… and you’ll do absolutely nothing. You’ll face temptation—maybe even a few involuntary reaches toward the middle of the table—but you’ll be bound by the single, all-important rule of the phone stack. Whoever picks up their phone is footing the bill.
It’s a brilliant piece of social engineering, masquerading as a bar game. It takes the phone out of the pocket—where you can sneak a glance and hope nobody notices—and places it in the center of attention at all times. Suddenly, picking up your phone is the big deal you always secretly knew it was. And more importantly, it comes with consequences. But if, after the third ring, you decide your call is more important than your lunch tab, we’re sure your friends won’t object. —R.B.
Love this idea!!!
So cool! Eirik shot this time-lapse image over one year.
He had a script written that would grab one sliver from each of 3888 photos taken over the year and assembled them into a single photo.
This is awesome!!
The iPhone doesn’t get more camera than this.
Behold Gizmon’s Realistic Camera Case for Your iPhone.
Some of the “camera” specs on this crazy case:
- Optical viewfinder
- Shutter button that works
- Mock-lens with a mirror in the center (For self-shots! Whaaaaat.)
- Tripod mount
- Faux hot shoe
- Extra lenses that actually mount
- Neck strap
Wantwantwantwant.
Sooo cool!!
Brother when you weep for me
Remember that it was meant to be
Lay me down and when you leave
Remember I’ll be at your sleeve
In every dark and choking hall
… I’ll be there as you slowly crawl
On every roof in driving snow
I’ll hold your coat and you will know
In cellars hot with searing heat
At windows where a gate you meet
In closets where young children hide
You know I’ll be there at your side
The house from which I now respond
Is overstaffed with heroes gone
Men who answered one last bell
Did the job and did it well
As firemen we understand
That death’s a card dealt in our hand
A card we hope we never play
But one we hold there anyway
That card is something we ignore
As we crawl across a weakened floor
For we know that we’re the only prayer
For anyone that might be there
So remember as you wipe your tears
The joy I knew throughout the years
As I did the job I loved to do
I pray that thought will see you through
RIP FF Jon Davies
WFD
DIY: Recycle Your Film Canisters into Holiday Lights
Turn all those film canisters you’ve saved up (or pick some up from a local lab) into a string of Holiday lights!
Because it’s just not the Holidays until you’ve added a dose of photo-geek.
Project inspired by Sarah MacFarlane
Awesome!!
Via Photojojo!
2 adorable ideas here from Renee Louise Anderson!
1) Shoot heart shaped bokeh (i.e. like with our Bokeh Kit). Christmas lights are perfect for making custom-shaped bokeh.
2) Capture your own image in an ornament.
Love this idea!!
Via Photojojo!
tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
Editing pictures I’ve recently taken
