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Tumblephoto December 18, 2008


Baby And Baby Ape

I wouldn’t let my baby play with an ape, but it’s still pretty cute. Full story here.

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Tumblephoto December 10, 2008

45 Adapters

45 Adapters by Glen Mullaly.

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Tumblephoto December 10, 2008


Penguin Covers

Lovely covers.

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Tumblephoto December 5, 2008

japanese matchbox label

japanese matchbox label by maraid.

More Japanese matchbox covers, and some Eastern European examples.

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Tumblephoto December 3, 2008


SHEEEEEEEIT

SHEEEEEEEIT by dunkr.

Also, this is the 500th post at Tumble. Sheeeeeeit.

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Tumblephoto November 16, 2008


Burroughs at his writing machine

Burroughs at his writing machine

As seen at Naked Lunch @ 50.

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Tumblephoto October 31, 2008


Golden Calf

They have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it.

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Tumblephoto October 16, 2008

SE/30 System & Newton 2100

SE/30 System & Newton 2100 by jd_wages.

Click through and read the description: it’s a whizz-bang setup.

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Tumblephoto October 8, 2008


In time of civil unrest...

Via Wooster Collective

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Tumblephoto October 1, 2008


Analog Digital Photo Frame

A wonderful photo frame (for real photos, not digital) by Irina Block.

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Tumblephoto September 24, 2008

Beolit 500

The Beolit 500 radio. Gorgeous.

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Tumblephoto September 3, 2008


It’s a radio. Lift to increase volume, twist to tune. Brilliant. Via monoscope.

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Tumblephoto September 2, 2008

Tilt Shift Bolt

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Tumblephoto July 8, 2008

Mon Stir [Close-up]

Mon Stir [Close-up] by Lizette Greco.

This couple turn their kids’ drawings into soft toys.

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Tumblephoto May 29, 2008


Armstrong Collage

More of Louis Armstrong’s collages at The Paris Review

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Tumblephoto May 23, 2008

Bear

Bear by fflparis.

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Tumblephoto May 23, 2008


Pinnochio Sex

From Blonde Zombies.

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Tumblephoto May 20, 2008


OMG

From No Regrets.

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Tumblephoto May 7, 2008

Saturday Night!

Saturday Night! by brian cors.

Yeah, I know this is being posted everywhere. But it is a great photograph.

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Tumblephoto April 25, 2008


Cowbot

In Vestimentis Ursum. There’s a robot beneath the fluff.

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Tumblephoto April 18, 2008


Fooligan

I’m going to see Al Seed‘s latest show, The Fooligan tonight. Based on this image alone, I can’t wait!

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Tumblephoto April 1, 2008


Sweatshirt

I’m slightly disturbed by how happy wearing this sweatshirt makes me! I got it from Blue In Green, who come highly recommended.

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Tumblephoto March 31, 2008

LPM II

LPM II by Mot.

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Tumblephoto March 18, 2008


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By Harry White.

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Tumblephoto March 15, 2008

Baby Car

From a series by David & Peter Turnley.

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Tumblephoto March 15, 2008

YOU JUST GOT "FLICK ROLLED"

YOU JUST GOT "FLICK ROLLED" by boyshapedbox.

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Tumblephoto March 14, 2008

Sunbed

Sunbed by Mot.

I’ll be sitting here next week. Can’t wait.

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Tumblephoto March 12, 2008


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Perfect sweatshirt.

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Tumblephoto March 7, 2008


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By Laurence Willmott. (A concept rather than a product, as far as I can tell.)

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Tumblephoto March 7, 2008

Figures Standing by Nick Evans at Inverleith House

Figures Standing by Nick Evans at Inverleith House by Mot.

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Tumblephoto March 6, 2008


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Primary School headmistress hides children from paedophile menace, using smiley faces.

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Tumblephoto March 6, 2008


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One of many Photoshop Disasters.

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Tumblephoto March 5, 2008

fascism

fascism by illegalphotos. A response to this idiotic poster campaign by the Metropolitan Police.

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Tumblephoto February 25, 2008


garfield.jpg

From Garfield Minus Garfield.

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Tumblephoto February 22, 2008


Google Maps suggests there’s not much on the Isle of Man.

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Tumblephoto February 21, 2008


Keming

A new typography term, coined by David Friedman. Brilliant.

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Tumblephoto February 20, 2008


Punch card

More here. My sister and I used to do drawings on unused punch cards my Dad bought home from work.

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Tumblephoto February 20, 2008



One of many homemade instruments on YouTube.

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Tumblephoto February 20, 2008


duty_calls.pngxkcd, spot on as per.

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Tumblephoto January 22, 2008

Google Reader Skinned

Jon Hicks’ skin for Google Reader looks nice on the Eee PC (and seems to speed up the thing, too, oddly enough).

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Tumblephoto January 13, 2008


Blank World Map

A detail from one of many gorgeous blank world maps.

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Tumblephoto January 13, 2008

Retirement

Retirement by Laura Mary. The people are paper cut outs slotted into the back of a Holga. Clever.

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Tumblephoto January 12, 2008


Treehouse One of the Top 8 Most Amazing Tree Houses

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Tumblephoto December 21, 2007


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King Weave by YMC. You just poke the buckle bit through the weave, so for the first time in my life, I didn’t have to get a cobbler to punch extra holes in a new belt. I have a lot of YMC stuff. A key part of my ’1950s geography teacher with a shady past’ look! See also: MHL.

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Tumblephoto December 19, 2007

IVY_img.jpg IVY is an external hard disk which shows the content of the hard disk on its skin.

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Tumblephoto December 13, 2007


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From a brilliant game of ‘guess the album from an MS Paint version‘ at Optimo (Echatio).

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Tumblephoto December 12, 2007


Jack, Holga box and Janet

Jack, Holga box and Janet by Donovan Hide.

Dig my ‘thieving junkie’ look.

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Tumblephoto December 12, 2007

Alan Currell

Alan Currell by Sculpture and Environmental Art.

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Tumblephoto December 12, 2007


Canoe

This canoe man business is just so silly.

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Tumblephoto December 6, 2007

twin peaks terror frames 39

twin peaks terror frames 39 by biotron.

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Tumblephoto December 6, 2007


Chart

That’s a chart of my name, made using the Google Chart API. It can do much more useful things, obviously!

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Tumblephoto December 4, 2007


Bel-Air

Bel-Air, a plant-powered air purifier by Matheiu Lehanneur. (Via BLDGBLG.)

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Tumblephoto December 3, 2007


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More glitching at Glitching.

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Tumblephoto December 1, 2007

Archers

I love the Powell & Pressburger logo. This post by Momus on Morrisey reminded me.

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Tumblephoto November 21, 2007

Sofa Portrait

Colin Pantall takes great photos of his daughter watching telly. (Via MetaFilter)

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Tumblephoto November 21, 2007

Beardcap

By Vik Prjónsdóttir. (Via Kitsune Noir)

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Tumblephoto November 1, 2007

optimo espookio 66

optimo espookio 66 by biotron.

Terrifying Little Edie accuracy from Janet.

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Tumblephoto October 24, 2007

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From Leonhart Fuchs’ De historia stirpium commentarii insignes.

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Tumblephoto September 26, 2007

Venus

The late Venus Xtravaganza. Interview here.

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Tumblephoto September 5, 2007

A couple of lovely pencils

One of many glorious images available at Bob Truby’s Brand Name Pencils. Via Plasticbag

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Tumblephoto August 28, 2007

big dee brothers 11

big dee brothers 11 by biotron.

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Tumblephoto August 10, 2007

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Kunstformen by EricGjerde.

More Kunst-Formen der Natur.

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Tumblephoto August 9, 2007

eye

I got a serious case of the giggles when I saw this snap over at Future Perfect (a reliably fascinating weblog).

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Tumblephoto July 25, 2007

Ewok

I have no idea how this ended up on my computer, nor why I am now sharing it with the world.

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Tumblephoto July 24, 2007

Blake Job

From William Blake’s Book of Job

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Tumblephoto July 19, 2007

Worst Unsafe

A close-up view of an experimental instrument by Phil Archer (No relation). Via Get LoFi.

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Tumblephoto July 17, 2007

Big Chain

From Groceteria.

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Tumblephoto July 10, 2007

Festival Plan

Hannah reveals the secrets of festival planning.

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Tumblephoto June 28, 2007

Jena Six (1 of 3)

Jena Six (1 of 3) by whileseated.

“In September 2006, a group of African American high school students in Jena, Louisiana, asked the school for permission to sit beneath a “whites only” shade tree… The next day, students arrived at school to see three nooses (in school colors) hanging from the tree.”

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Tumblephoto June 28, 2007

Wee Need (Via Future Perfect.)

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Tumblephoto June 13, 2007

Lolclaat

It’s a LOLCLAAT. Geddit?!

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Tumblephoto June 11, 2007

Ralph Viking

For the love of God, of course he’s dreaming about being a Viking.

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Tumblephoto June 7, 2007

What The World Eats

What the World Eats.

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Tumblephoto June 6, 2007

Schrodinger's lolcat

Schrodinger’s lolcat by dantekgeek.

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Tumblephoto May 27, 2007

Tigh Beg on Loch Feochan, Argyll

Tigh Beg on Loch Feochan, Argyll by Ned Trifle.

(I’m spending a few days at this place next week with my Aunty, Uncle and Cousin. Can’t wait!)

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Tumblephoto May 27, 2007

Stasi Room

From STASI – Secret Rooms by Daniel & Geo Fuchs. More here.

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Tumblephoto May 25, 2007

Bulb Lamp

As seen on Street Use, a superb weblog devoted to improvised technologies.

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

Neilson

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

Shipman

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

West

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

John

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

Sutcliffe

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Tumblephoto May 22, 2007

LOLZMURDER
I IZ HELL GOING NOW.

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Tumblephoto May 12, 2007

BTTF Timeline

More Back To The Future analysis.

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Tumblephoto April 18, 2007

Johnston

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Tumblephoto April 6, 2007

Wonderwoman

One of the Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels

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Tumblephoto April 1, 2007

Unabomber Pistol

Ted Kaczynski’s homemade ‘homicide weapon’.

From here, via here.

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Tumblephoto February 27, 2007

Pan blaster

Pan blaster by Gerard.

Galactic gargle not shown.

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Tumblephoto February 23, 2007

Rubik Kubrick

More Rubikism

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Tumblephoto February 18, 2007

Spit on me

By Gunnar Green. More info here.

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Tumblephoto February 17, 2007

War Carpet

From English Russia

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Tumblephoto February 17, 2007

Manuale Typographicum

From Herman Zapf’s Manuale Typographicum

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Tumblephoto February 13, 2007

Peoploids

Much more here. Via Rob

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Tumblephoto February 9, 2007

Barbed Wire

Available to buy from the Antique Barbed Wire Society.

Via newthings.

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Tumblephoto February 9, 2007

Dazzle

More on dazzle camouflage here.

Via del.icio.us/cityofsound.

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Tumblephoto February 1, 2007

Snail Like

Snail Like by TenAtronic.

A detail from St. Peter’s Seminary at Cardross.

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Tumblephoto January 29, 2007

Clearances Pisser

Clearances Pisser by Mot.

This is one of the urinals in The Lismore pub, each is inscribed with the name of a figure in the Clearances for you to aim your piss at. Keen sense of history, the Scottish.

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Tumblephoto January 24, 2007

Oscillon

By Ben F. Laposky

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Tumblephoto January 23, 2007

Steve Bell cartoon

By Steve Bell.

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Tumblephoto January 17, 2007


Funny Pilot

Peculiar response to child-growth by returning pilot. Click on the thumbnail to view full-size.

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Tumblephoto January 17, 2007

Mass Art

Painters compete during a facsimile match in Dafen Village. More than 110 contestants make facsimile of portrait or scenery oil painting in the timed match.

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Tumblephoto January 14, 2007

Black Holes

Les trous noirs du web

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Tumblephoto January 12, 2007

The Panda Centre

The Panda Centre by Dazzababes.

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Tumblephoto January 10, 2007

fisheye james (fayou bob)

fisheye james (fayou bob) by Le Patron.

Podger, Hunty and Siân. This photo makes me want a fisheye Lomo.

But freyou, surely?

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Tumblephoto January 9, 2007

iPhone!

iPhone! by Mot.

Looks pretty sodding amazing. More details.

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Tumblephoto January 8, 2007

DUNDEE

DUNDEE by Mot.

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Tumblephoto August 9, 2006

Tangled cables

please untangle by Biotron

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Tumblephoto August 8, 2006

A small boy with a guitar, wearing flippers, is framed between the wheels of two Monster Trucks

Outtake by Janet.

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Tumblephoto August 4, 2006

Spam architecture

The images from the Spam Architecture series are generated by a computer program that accepts as input, junk email. Various patterns, keywords and rhythms found in the text are translated into three-dimensional modeling gestures.

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Tumblephoto August 4, 2006

Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting

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Tumblephoto August 3, 2006

Scary brain bugs

These bugs are controlling our brains, and the cats are to blame.

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Tumblephoto August 2, 2006

Whale song wavelet

Pictures of whales singing

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Tumblephoto August 2, 2006

Egg

Self-Timing Egg, uploaded by Mot

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Tumblephoto July 28, 2006

Fox Is Sad About Discrimination Against Gay People, uploaded by Mot.

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Tumblephoto July 19, 2006

Doozer Tower, by Mot.

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Tumblephoto July 13, 2006

Brocante., by Janet.

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Tumblephoto July 13, 2006

From a wonderful gallery of BBC Radiophonic Workshop snaps, many never before seen. It’s a shame they’re mostly of very poor quality (bad scanning, bad compression or both).

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Tumblephoto July 9, 2006

Making CheapsterPDA, by pigpogm.

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Tumblephoto July 7, 2006

Still From Laddy And The Lady, by Henry Coombes, uploaded by Mot.

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Tumblephoto June 25, 2006

Picture(2), by Farquar Geddes.

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Tumblephoto June 12, 2006

Tumble As A Graph, by Mot.See also: all photos tagged with websitesasgraphs.

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Tumblephoto May 29, 2006

Meta, by Mot.

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Tumblephoto May 15, 2006

air so thick with particles, i can’t breathe, by glowingstar.

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Tumblephoto April 28, 2006

Das Orgien Mysterien Theater, by Mot.

Here’s a torrent for video from Day 3 of Mr. Nitsch’s bloody extravaganza.

(Via Grey Lodge)

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Tumblephoto April 27, 2006

New bridge over the Clyde, by grrrrrr.

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Tumblephoto April 24, 2006

opening03, by Janet.

Briony danced outside a pub to mark the opening of the Anderson Magee show at Limousine Bull, Aberdeen.

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Tumblephoto April 18, 2006

Personal Synth, by krakow81.

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Tumblephoto April 15, 2006

Rain Slicker, by stripper_polaroids.

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Tumblephoto April 13, 2006

Ryugyong Hotel, by Mot.

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Tumblephoto April 7, 2006

Mong doll, by robmanuel.

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Tumblephoto April 6, 2006

Drawing by Robert Horvitz

Drawings by Robert Horvitz.

Since 1970, all of my drawings have been made with just one kind of mark. I put the pen on the paper and flick it… Most of my drawings contain thousands of marks.

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Tumblephoto April 5, 2006

Morse Video, by Mot.

This is a still from a video by Andres Ramirez Gaviria that “uses Morse code to visualize and sonify a section of the index from the book, Point and Line to Plane, written by Wassily Kandinsky in 1926.”

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Tumblephoto February 18, 2006

without my mask on, by honey drips.

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Tumblephoto February 17, 2006

Contact Sheet, by Mot.

These photographs by Janet are for the book we’re working on with art duo Anderson & Macgee.

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Tumblephoto February 15, 2006

Glasgow- The Changing City!, by mysterio!.

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Tumblephoto February 11, 2006

Draped Croft #2, by Mot.

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Tumblephoto February 9, 2006

Maothowie

Maothowie by optovox. The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion, of criticism, of persuasion and education, and not by the method of coercion or repression. — Chairman Mao, not talking about MetaTalk.

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Tumblephoto February 8, 2006

TG10, by Mot.

From a 1955 photo essay by Ken Russell on Teddy Girls.

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Tumblephoto February 3, 2006

blind-cab, by eversion.

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Tumblephoto January 27, 2006

Lovely plates

Gio Ponti Plates, by Mot.

They match the colour scheme of this place rather well, no?

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Tumblephoto January 23, 2006

lock, by biotron.

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Tumblephoto January 22, 2006

Ann Fixing Hem, by stephenstills.

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Tumblephoto January 21, 2006

by ardub.

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Tumblephoto January 13, 2006

petitmarais, by Janet.

That’s me.

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Tumblephoto January 12, 2006

Children, by Govan. (I’ve been meaning to photograph this for ages myself)

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Tumblephoto January 12, 2006

Taskwatch whiteboard

The TaskWatch whiteboard. Fantastic.

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Tumblephoto January 4, 2006

Still from the Zapruder film of JFK's assasination

WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog is hosting a stabilised version of the Zapruder film. (A torrent is also available.)

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Tumblephoto December 27, 2005

prescription windscreen, by c0NZ.

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Tumblephoto December 13, 2005

Ian Dury and the blockheads, by uground1 (better known as Andy Rosen).

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Tumblephoto December 8, 2005

Cathy Wilkes Installation, Selective Memory, SNGOMA #7, by Mot.

The Selective Memory show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is one part mince, one part brilliant, and one part truly great. This is a little detail from the truly great part.

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Tumblephoto December 7, 2005

russiantattoo-d, uploaded by Mot. More tattoos, and a review of the book from whence they come.

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Tumblephoto December 5, 2005

Plan Of Glasgow International Exhibition, by Mot.

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Tumblephoto December 2, 2005

Bad signageObscure visual sign of the week (8) at London Mink.

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Tumblephoto November 16, 2005

A Wee Girl With Her Unhappy Goose Friend, By Hannah, photo by Mot.

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Tumblephoto November 15, 2005

sunday walk 27 – petzl tree, by biotron.

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Tumblephoto November 12, 2005

Masked loonyCantankerous sound almost as good as they look

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Tumblephoto November 10, 2005

Liverpool Road (Angel end), by Donovan Hide.

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Tumblephoto November 8, 2005

Gerard Removers, originally uploaded by Gerard.

This is very funny indeed if you have a friend called Gerard. Though it gives him the fear.

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Tumblephoto November 8, 2005

Woke Up This Morning, Diddley Bow At My Door, by Mot.

Woke up this morning, diddley bow at my door. Also woke up this morning with no discernable musical talent, but, hey, it’s fun twanging away noisily! Must resist urge to buy distortion pedal…

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Tumblephoto November 2, 2005

Wee boy looks at telly
A still (I think) from Cathy Wilkes’ new film piece, Most Women Never Experience. (Read me gushing about her most recent show in Glasgow.)

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Tumblephoto November 2, 2005

A police car, a rock and the text Recruiting!
The poster component of Coptalk, by Chris Evans

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Tumblephoto November 1, 2005


espookio 11 – ben and frank booth, by biotron.

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Tumblephoto October 29, 2005

From the heads of dead teletubbies, by loosejoints.

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Tumblephoto October 29, 2005

One of “three projects investigating what constitutes the self… the relationship between self-perception (a passive concept of the self) and active construction of identity” with regard to Flickr.

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Tumblephoto October 29, 2005

(via Space & Culture)

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Tumblephoto October 29, 2005

noma @ glasgow implodes, originally uploaded by biotron.

Off to see him again tonight. Gives good drone.

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Tumblephoto October 28, 2005

Royalty, originally uploaded by Finiky.

Ducks are such smug gits. (I’m just testing posting from Flickr, in case that wasn’t obvious.)

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Tumblephoto October 28, 2005

Originally uploaded by mimbrava. Proof that the Intelligent Designer was actually quite high on the job.

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Tumblephoto October 28, 2005

Geek and avatarPhotojournalist Robbie Cooper captured images of gamers and their real-life selves. Here are their stories.

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Tumblephoto October 28, 2005

Fucking Big Bit Of Cheese (Sunglasses For Scale)

Thirty-nine Euros-worth of delicious cheese, courtesy of Wilson.

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