I’m trying to remember where I read someone’s observation that the technical limitations of an era become the touchstones that define its aesthetics. OCR-friendly text, pixelation, synth sounds, green phosphors, etc.
Kiddo has found the April Fool’s edition of Minecraft from a few years back that …
Kiddo has found the April Fool’s edition of Minecraft from a few years back that imitates the UI of 90s-era Doom & other FPSes, complete with shareware banners & adjustable borders. He’s complaining about the audio quality of the music, but we’re finding it kind of nostalgic.
covid-adjacent, pokemon, silly
I think Koffing is supposed to look like a magnified grain of dust or pollen…but it looks an awful lot like a coronavirus, too.
I don’t have a clever caption for this one, but thought it was cool that …
I don’t have a clever caption for this one, but thought it was cool that I caught the Croagunk *right there* while trying to decide what to do with the frog statue.
Incidentally, the frog statue is a Pokestop. And so is the historical cabin in the Sneasel picture.
#Pokemon
Turtwig has found a new friend
Turtwig has found a new friend.
#Pokemon
(I had such a hard time trying to get it to face the right direction, which is why it’s still a little bit off. At least I didn’t need to worry about the real turtle wandering away while I set up the shot.)
Sneasel is disappointed that the museum is closed.
Canada Goose and Gosling
Two adult geese and two younger geese were walking around the grass feeding. One of the adults was staying close to the juveniles.
Fox Squirrel
9YO has discovered that almost any short phrase can be set to the strings from …
9YO has discovered that almost any short phrase can be set to the strings from “Bittersweet Symphony” and repeated f o r e v e r.
Why, Windows? Why would you even OFFER to eject the system disk?
Got a shipping notice from “UPS Quantum View ” – I assume this means that …
Got a shipping notice from “UPS Quantum View ” – I assume this means that when you track the package, you can only look up how far away it is or how soon it’s arriving, but not both.
Hey, maybe that’s why so many online stores don’t seem to know what their inventory actually is and offer to sell me things they don’t actually have.
Hamilton literally gives two “fucks” to get a PG-13 rating so it can run on …
Hamilton literally gives two “fucks” to get a PG-13 rating so it can run on Disney+.
And yeah, kind of amused over the one they left in.
Gulf Fritillary
Should I be concerned that this strategy sort of makes sense?
Should I be concerned that this strategy sort of makes sense?
Interesting idea on vowel-heavy vs consonant-heavy languages and dialects being shaped by the *acoustics* of …
Interesting idea on vowel-heavy vs consonant-heavy languages and dialects being shaped by the *acoustics* of the landscape: humidity, temperature, tree types and cover, etc. and how they impact how clearly you can hear words with different types of sounds.
#linguistics
https://nautil.us/how-a-countrys-land-shapes-its-language-235852/
House Sparrow
Black Phoebe
Some bluebirds spotted at a park
Some #bluebirds spotted at a park. There’s a corner that’s landscaped with plants that are a bit better suited for more birds and butterflies than the usual giant lawn with a few trees, and I’ve seen bluebirds, phoebes, towhees and others in the area.
I’m not sure if they’re female or juvenile (only adult males are bright bright blue), but you can see the blue on their wings…and how well their bodies blend in with the ground.
Perching bluebird on iNaturalist
Ground-level bluebird on iNaturalist and alternate shot on Flickr
Some butterflies spotted over the last few days
Some #butterflies spotted over the last few days:
A monarch that nicely paused on the grass with its wings open, long enough to catch a clear photo.
A swallowtail that I sort of caught in flight, at a distance. It’s very low-resolution, but it’s also clearly identifiable!
A cabbage white that I was able to catch with a zoom lens.
On Photog.Social
Monarch on iNaturalist
Cabbage White on iNaturalist
Swallowtail on iNaturalist
Large White-headed Gulls
When I first spotted it, the gull was trying to carry off the entire paper bag. I guess it decided there wasn’t anything in it worth taking.