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Weekly roundup of activity

// January 3rd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Interesting

A round-up of my online (and offline) activity between 27 December 2009 and 3 January 2010.
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Indescribable

// April 14th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Interesting

For the last day or two I noticed a link floating around the web with the caption “Holy sh*t we’re small“. Finally my curiosity got the better of me and I opened the link, expecting to see some minature-scale lego city or something opening up.

Surprisingly it was a depiction of how small the earth is in relation to the planets in our galaxy and beyond. This reminded me of the Louie Giglio, Indescribable talk from 2007.

The DVD takes you on an image-rich journey through the universe, showcasing the magnitude of God’s amazing greatness and grace. The billions and billions of stars above remind us how big God is and how small we really are. Yet He knows each star and He calls each person by name. A powerful message indeed.

Check out the updated e-card for a glimpse of what Louie Giglio’s, Indescribable talk is all about.

If you still haven’t seen it, then pop over to CUM Books or buy it directly from the 268store.

No matter what your religious beliefs are, the science of it all is absolutely astounding.

Develop film using coffee & vitamin C

// March 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Interesting, Photos

When I read the post on how to use coffee, vitamin C and some washing soda to develop your film I thought it was crazy, but on further inspection this might actually work.

Okay, first things first: using coffee to develop film is not something Ansel Adams would do. But it works, it gives your film a distinctive look, and it has a certain MacGuyver-ish flair. Think of it like using a plastic camera- it’s more about having fun than getting technically flawless results.

With most film types, the results will be more contrasty and grainy than regular developer. If you do this with color film (negatives or transparencies), you’ll end up with black-and-white negatives.

The steps seem quite easy and you could have your own coffee ~~infused~~ developed film in 12 minutes. If Tom Overton’s caffenol experiments and the Caffenol Flickr pool are anything to go by, the I’d like to try this for myself. Will keep you posted when I find all the material.

And if it doesn’t work out? Well there’s always coffee and donuts.

While we’re on the topic of photography. Do you want some vintage goodness for your iPhone? Then check out the Shorpy Vintange iPhone wallpaper gallery. All free for your downloading pleasure.