Yep I think this is one of my favorites. I leave it as the last post for this year Its stuff is here I hope this next year is a great one and good luck in all you do. See you next year. James
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year Folks From Me And A Bottle Of Old Scotch
Yep I think this is one of my favorites. I leave it as the last post for this year Its stuff is here I hope this next year is a great one and good luck in all you do. See you next year. James
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james leese,
new year,
scotch
Haruki and Harutu Cojoined Twins From Canada Looking For A Place To Live
Although they share no organs these two have no intention of splitting up. Haruki would also like it added that he's not stoned; he's sewn that way. I came across them on Etsy and they can be found here
In 2001 Alien Cells Rained On Earth And Its Not Common Knowledge
In 2001 in India over the span of two months sporadic red rains fell. The color was caused by single celled organisms which reproduce at extremely high temperatures, Do not contain any DNA, and fluoresce in a way unlike any life on earth does. I have been following this story since sometime in 2002...
Peter Chins Amazing Photo's Of Animal Babies In The Womb
Check these out! I found them on a blog titled This Blog Rules and after seeing these pics you'll most likely agree. I love the baby penguin.
Labels:
Baby Animals,
photos,
wow
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Cliff Pickover's Math Book Half Price On Amazon
Martin Gardner, author of The Colossal Book of Mathematics Said
"Clifford Pickover, prolific writer and undisputed polymath, has put together a marvelous reference work. Its 250 short entries provide a veritable history of mathematics by focusing on its greatest theorems and the geniuses who discovered them. Topics are chronological, starting with the calculating abilities of ants 150 million years B.C. and...
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Cliff Pickover,
math book
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Goat Fail The Yermit Is Mine!
While browsing the wares of some of my favorite plush toy designers I came across this great little gem considered by her creator to be flawed. I disagree, it is beautiful because its a fail. Only a failure can reveal the highest aspirations of its maker. I propose that everyone who creates has to in a small way enjoy the moment of failure....
Someone Did The Math At Blog L’esprit D’escalier
Here submitted for your approval is a fascinating article written by "the Falconesse" on the various types of scam publishing out there. While its about "the romance novel" this article will be found informative to anyone seeking to publish any kind of work.
Article is here and the blog is here http://www.falconesse.com/
Article is here and the blog is here http://www.falconesse.com/
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falconesse,
Publishing
Another Beauty By Artist Corinna Wagner
I love this piece. if you haven't been to her site since I last posted on her its time to go back. The link can be found to the right. and a link to a previous post can be found here.
Labels:
abstract,
art,
color,
Corinna Wagner
Kathy Keknek and Janet Aglukkaq Inuit Throat Singers
It is rare that I find something I haven't seen for a while almost immediately upon searching for it. Well it just happened, so that you may experience the haunting and beautiful tones created by these two women. Its something which is truly amazing and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Labels:
inuit,
Janet Aglukkaq,
Kathy Keknek,
Throat singing
Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal, 3D Topologist Porn
Wiki of course
Steve Wolframs Mathworld
and for the even more technically inclined the Calabi-Yau Home page
Also an artist who creates them Bathsheba Grossman
Also an artist who creates them Bathsheba Grossman
Labels:
art,
bathsheba grossman,
Calabi-Yau,
math. cubes,
sculpture
Monday, December 28, 2009
A Problem For Blogger
Everyone who blogs tries to do what they can to gain more readers and you would think that the host for your blog is also doing what it can can to bring you more readers. They often try to convince us to pay for services which attempt to provide that. Heres the bomb, I believe that blogger is not doing all that they can for their paying customers...
Right At This Moment, This Is The Greatest Thing There Is!!
Prints For New Fields I&II Now Available From PICreative (and now Olive I&II as well)
I'm happy to announce the availability of two new prints available from PICreative (formerly Posters International). They are called New Fields I&II, and links to them can be found to right of this post. James Leese
Labels:
abstract,
art,
design,
james leese,
picreative,
rectilinear
Dipper!
This had to be the new greatest thing for right now, at this moment. I had to show him to you all. His name is Dipper and he's looking for a good home and can be found at www.adopt-a-bot.com so look into your hearts...
Another Title Image Bites The Dust (its not that its not a great image)
Labels:
abstract,
art,
explorer,
good rug,
james leese,
prints,
rectlinear
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
One Hundred Posts (now one hundred and two)
Labels:
abstract,
art,
james leese,
prints,
rectilinear
Robert Anton Wilson Simply Explains Quantum Mechanics On Demand
The late Great Robert Anton Wilson is asked to give a simple explaination for Quantum Mechanics and succeeds.
Labels:
Quantum mechanics,
R.A. Wilson
Deluxe Socktopus, The Coolest Thing For Right This Moment
Deluxe Socktopus. Add this to the list of cute yet slightly disturbing stuffed animals. I love these, I allways thought the original Socktopus was a bit more disturbing They can be found at http://www.friendsofsocktopus.com/
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Netting
All I want for Christmas
Labels:
metoerites,
United nuclear
This Post Should'nt Have Even Been Written
I had a kind of a crisis a couple of weeks ago that will probably give a good indication as to who in the family reads this. It started out so faint that for a few days I wasn't even sure I could smell it at all. It was a slightly familiar odor that seemed to have no source.
Labels:
funk,
grandpa,
odor,
old people
Monday, December 14, 2009
Shazam!
This is by request, which is great because then I don't have to think about what I'm putting here its so much easier this way. Its here and a little Christmasy
Labels:
abstract,
art,
james leese,
smoke
The Coolest Thing For Today
I just found the makers blog it can be found here www.dkoss2.blogspot.com/
The Cog - The Greatest Commercial Ever Made
First off, I know many have seen this by now but the other day I was with group of folks and none of them had. So Its mainly for them, that I heft this upon you all and I swear that I will never put this up again. I Have been a fan of this film for a long time and the reasons are many, first it all really happened everything you see was done.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Updated! How Is This Done? Chinese Carved Leaves
Labels:
Carved leaves,
gift,
WTF
Awesome NOVA Episode On Fractals
Labels:
Fractals,
Mandlebrot,
Nova,
pbs
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Slow Rainy Day
Not much productive done today other than another few updated picture files and their links as needed. so for something new today, It may mean going through the older posts, at least if you want to see change, change created today. I took a nap alright, get off my back.
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Ashville Connection Has A Psychic Firewall And Thinks Your Children Are Stupid
At first I was amused by the Helter Skelter design philosophy. I was finding it pretty nuts, but then I saw Mackys Teen Club and couldn't help myself. I found a page that was apparently psychic because It carried the warning "Warning: If you are under 13 years old and you try to enter the teen club your IP address will be captured and you will be reported!"
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ashville,
james leese,
security,
stupid,
teen
The Modern Prometheus
This is primaraly the reason for my appreciation of the Internet Archive; Frankenstein all thirteen chapters of the radio play can be found here. this is the full 1938 radio performance produced by and staring George Edwards (the Austrailian Orson Welles) along with some comedic examples such as Gene Wilder and the monster performing Putting On The Ritz. p.s. yes I am aware that the picture is of Boris Karloff and he is not the monster featured in any of these recordings.
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Audio,
Frankenstein,
Internet Archive,
Radio
Dead Links?
I found one today. I hope I find no more. if you come across any please let me know. no one likes to find a corpse page. Its like when you go to the beach or a park and you find a dead guy. You have to tell someone, I'm not going to blame you or anything. I probobly killed it by accident myself, no one has to know. thanks
Some Updates
I updated another four images which required re-rendering for correct size, uploading to Redbubble, uploading to here and then linking here and there and there to here, but there is a degree of satisfaction to seeing a absurd process all the way through, you know, ritual. Which is a lot of what this blog has become for me, and so far it seems to be a good thing.
Labels:
james leese,
ritual,
update
Thursday, December 10, 2009
DSburst
Who does'nt love a good explosion! "and a Mandlebrot explosion to boot" (look carefully)
Labels:
abstract,
art,
explosion,
james leese
Severed Right Feet Mystery Solved?
Labels:
mystery,
right foot,
solved,
washed ashore
In Memory Of The Blue Screen Of Death
I can't say I've missed you BSD but like a close enemy or an evil friend I was affected by what we shared. But now let the cold stake of progress remain forever locked in your breast.
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blue screen of death,
BSD,
memorial
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Gausian Orbits
It does a wierd thing at certain resolutions where when you scroll the page up and down slowly, the smallest dots can appear to rotate around the largest dot which is only partialy in the frame. Oh and prints are here
Labels:
abstract,
art,
black and white,
Gausian Orbits,
james leese,
prints
The Ninth Of December
Today while in Santa Rosa, I ate a prickly pear right off the cactus. It was delicious. The first time I visited, while I was standing under a very old large oak tree I discovered nearly a pound of Black Truffles all in a clump. I always seem to find something good to eat growing around there.
Once I got home I continued the recovery process of my computer
Labels:
blue screen of death,
floppy disk,
hang up,
james leese,
Kaypro II,
prickly pear,
Truffles
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Help, Reader Needed!
As you can see this has turned into more than the occasional post, and I sorely need someone to clean up after me specificaly Tags and Syntax I know someone out there would love the satisfaction of pointing out my mistakes. So if you think you have what it takes to be that bastard. drop me a line.
Missy Mao Mao's Got A Brand New Bag
Check out the sweet new bags from Missy Mao Mao a talented designer from Victoria. I don't know how she has the time to even post.
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Bags,
designer,
missy mao mao
Anarchy For Plaid
A Blogging Foul, The False Start
First off in the spirit of transparency. I must confess that the last couple of posts have been edited in gmail. I recently had a computational catastrophe of William Gibson like proportions. a few hours later it left me forced to carry out a non destructive restore. Which as we know is not so non destructive if your a application which requires a registration key.
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blogging,
foul,
james leese
Time Lapse Of Mercury Attaking Aluminum
Here's a another good reason among many not to live in a home made of aluminum. This is what a small amount of mercury will do. The gas created in this chain reaction is highly poisonous. So a big do not try this at home.
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aluminum,
mercury,
time lapse
Monday, December 7, 2009
Pilland's Cute Stuffed Animals With Creepy Dead Stares
Pilland's Cute Stuffed Animals With Creepy Dead Stares
Do you know a creepy kid or one who could be helped by being bit creepier. Then these are the stuffed toy's for them. They can be found at Pillands Handicrafts
p.s. also be sure to check out her Mobius sweaters for her and what looks like a Faraday Scarf
p.s. also be sure to check out her Mobius sweaters for her and what looks like a Faraday Scarf
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creepy stare,
cute,
hops,
pilland
Calendar Recieved, Finally On Wall Where It Belongs
OK, The Undertaker has finally recieved her Calendar of my work(The one we spoke about in the post titled Why No Rectilinear Calender Yet?) which she purchased at Redbubble. They lost the first one they sent out, but once they were told about it they promptly sent another one which then arrived without a hitch. I was starting to wonder what kind of place I was running around here. Hopefully she will update the thread on the Calendar post to reflect her overwhelming joy at having recieved one of my 2010 Calendars. Whew! if not I will be content with the photo she sent me of it on the wall it was meant for!
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abstract,
art,
calendar,
james leese,
the undertaker
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
s31415 is really Samuel Monnier!!
Alright read slower if you get confused this piece was created by a flickr user named s31415 (Capitalize?) who creates some very amazing things which are all examples of generated or algorithm created art. the title of the is piece 20090313-tpat1 (see other people other me have screwed up arbitrary names) That's right s31415 is really Samuel Monnier who's own site, which is also primary evidence, can be found here at
http://www.algorithmic-worlds.net/
and here at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s31415/
Your busted Samuel, see the evidence for yourself and you will finally see why you've never seen them both at the same time and why him getting jealous over that girl who was dating him both at the same time suddenly seems even more crazy.
http://www.algorithmic-worlds.net/
and here at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s31415/
Your busted Samuel, see the evidence for yourself and you will finally see why you've never seen them both at the same time and why him getting jealous over that girl who was dating him both at the same time suddenly seems even more crazy.
Labels:
abstract,
art,
black and white,
busted,
Samual monnier,
solved
Friday, December 4, 2009
BoxoZ24
Labels:
abstract,
art,
james leese,
orange,
rectilinear
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Canary
Labels:
abstract,
art,
canary,
james leese
Wonderfully Sad Piece On a Chronicly Ill Sports Coat By William Michaelian
Found in Recently Banned Books is a sad piece that could have been written about your dog or your Grandma. I think he should send it around the country having different people trying it and photographing themselves in it. This coat won't be around forever and I know I'd like to see more of the country before I die. Just a suggestion. It can be found here at Recently Banned Books
Labels:
recently banned books,
sad,
sports coat,
william michaelian
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Planes8
Update; I think it was ice cream mmm.
Labels:
abstract,
art,
ice cream,
james leese
The Awesome Little Critters At The Bookwood Blog
I found the cuttest little crocheted animals at a blog called The Bookwood. created by a lady named Celia Marie Baker. I've asked her to make me a baby Chuthulu ,and when you see her little octopus babies you'll know why. Her blog can be found here at http://bookwood.blogspot.com/
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