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Knowing is only half the battle. So what’s the other half?

Trevor May — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:14:48 +0000

Remember the public service announcements at the end of G.I. Joe cartoons in the 80s? If knowing is half the battle, what’s the other half? Our friends at Nerduo have the answer, in t-shirt form: lasers!

Happy 25th Birthday, Lomo LC-A

Trevor May — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:44:34 +0000

Today the little Russian film camera with a big cult following, the Lomo LC-A, or Lomo Kompakt Automat, celebrates its 25th birthday!

Originally designed as a cheap, durable camera for the Russian market, it quickly gained popularity in the communist East. By the 1990s, however, its popularity had waned because of cheaper and smaller cameras coming in from Asia and production ceased.

Fortunately, at about the same time, a bunch of students from Vienna discovered the LC-A while in Prague and started bringing a load of them back. As popularity for the camera increased in the west The Lomographic Society was born and production started again at the original Lomo Optics factory in St. Petersburg.

In 2005 the Lomo Optics factory closed (for good this time) and the life of the original LC-A ended. The Lomographic Society re-launched the LC-A as the new Chinese-built LC-A+ (which included a few extra features like a multiple exposure switch, more ASA settings and a cable-release button) and later introduced the LC-A+ RL which re-introduced the original Russian-built Minitar lens instead of a Chinese one and the cult following continued… albeit at a higher price!

To celebrate the anniversary, Lomography.com have 25% off all Lomo LC-A+ cameras and 10% off everything else on the 17th June only.

The “10 Golden Rules of Lomography”:

Take your LOMO everywhere you go.

Use it anytime – day or night.

Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it.

Shoot from the hip.

Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.

Don’t think.

Be fast.

You don’t have to know beforehand what you’ve captured on film.

You don’t have to know afterwards, either.

Don’t worry about the rules.

For thousands of great Lomo photos, check out the Lomo Flickr group pool or the lomography.com member gallery.

Samantha Cotterill Felt Art

Trevor May — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:19:08 +0000

mummysam from upstate New York produces some wonderful dolls and wall hangings using felt. Visit her etsy shop, mummysam and her blog. (via CassiaB)

The iWeb Conversator Tee-shirt

Trevor May — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:13:08 +0000

Check out this absolutely awesome t-shirt from The Internet’s Penny Arcade.

We understand that with the lightning fast pace of today’s digimal world, generating the proper Internet truncation can be a difficult process. Everything is moving so quickly and you’re not even sure what they’re even talking about. You thought everyone was talking Portal, and now it’s all pictures of cats. With the power of our iWeb Conversator, you need not fear. Any response you select will be absolutely appropriate in every circumstance.

Want.

Apple announce the iPod touch

Trevor May — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:23:31 +0000

Apple have just announced, as many have predicted, the iPod Touch. Basically an iPhone without the phone. It comes in 8Gb and 16Gb flavours (which is far too small a capacity for me to even consider buying — I have enough trouble with 60Gb!) and has built-in wifi for browsing the web and spending your hard-earned cash at iTunes while you wait for your delayed train (or while at their new friend Starbucks’ place). Still, it looks cool.

Also announced:

An all-metal 160Gb iPod classic
A chubby new 8 or 16Gb iPod nano (with coverflow and video playback)
iPod nano in new colours
and a cheaper 8Gb iPhone (no 4Gb, it seems)

If you want more geekery, Engadget have a hands-on with both the iPod nano and iPod touch.

Pac-man T-shirts

Trevor May — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:06:08 +0000

I want both of these retro Pac-Man T-shirts! Distressed Pac-Man and Power Pellet Ghost, from 80stees.com. (via Wonderland, again, how does Alice find all this cool stuff?!)

Ironlight River, Earthlights Through A Wind Coloured Glass

Trevor May — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:28:43 +0000

Musician and friend Andy Fosberry, the guy behind Ironlight River, has just (well, a couple of weeks ago!) released his very first EP, “Earthlights Through A Wind Coloured Glass”. Check out the tracks for yourself on his myspace page.

Then buy a copy for yourself from iTunes! Also available on eMusic and Rhapsody

Update: You can now also buy a real life physical CD version via Made to Order Records for a very reasonable £3.