Just some pretty pictures to look at.

Seriously, I have been under the weather all week and I don't have a lot left over for even a Friday Fun post.
I don't know if it's just allergies or a hateful Summer cold, but my head is all stuffed up and my brain is working slower than molasses at the North Pole in January.  So, pretty much, all I've got for you is this one link to Flickr's 20 Under 20, a "celebration"...
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My apologies for anyone who found this site missing earlier today.
We had a slight issue at the webhost that, once located, was quickly corrected.  Everything is back up and running the way it should be now and we anticipate no further issues.

However, now is a good time to remind you all, dear readers, to back up your sites regularly.

So, last week, we finally had layoffs at my company.

No, I wasn't one of them, and, in fact, we lost fewer people than some of our other offices.  Or, for that matter, many of the other people I know who are in the oil and gas industry.  And, while I don't expect to lose my job any time soon, since I'm one of the few IT people here, there's no telling what the future holds.
So, in short, I'm not quite...
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Digital photographers almost never print their work, but they should.

Why?
Well, for one thing, while digital formats change, printed work stays the same pretty much forever.  Also, a nice print hangs on the wall a lot better than a digital image stored on a drive.
On a personal note, I know I don't print enough of my own work.  When we were dating, my wife printed a shot I took of that year's "super moon" and gave it to me in a...
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I don't believe much in the way of conspiracy theory.

That's true whether it's office gossip and rumors or things of a larger, more sinister nature.
I work in the oil industry and, with the price of oil being so low right now, you can imagine the paranoid rumors floating around the office about layoffs and who's going to get fired.  So far, there's been nothing.  At least, nothing that I'm aware of, but the paranoia is running high.

How does that relate...
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Here's another reason not to break the law; prison food.

Seriously, this stuff is amazing.  And, not in a good way.

On the other hand, as brutal as it may seem, it does seem like it would make a pretty effective diet.  Recently, The Marshall Plan posted an article titled What's In A Prison Meal? and I really found it eye-opening!  I know the prisoners are being punished for sometime terrible crimes, but some of these more restrictive prison menus seem like...
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That would be the Fourth of July, better known as Independence Day, which is tomorrow.

For those of you outside the U.S., tomorrow is the day we celebrate our independence as a nation by barbecuing and having parades and, most of all, by firing fireworks.  And, oh my, there will be fireworks displays, both large and small, and there will be photographers at everyone one of them trying to capture that feeling of joy and freedom in an image.  Personally, I...
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I've always loved seeing the inner workings of things.
Seriously, everything from ship deck plans to microscopic photography to those encyclopedias with the plastic, layered sheets of illustrations.  I've been entranced by them all.
Well, I've been busy this week and I'm not up to doing a huge, long post about anything, so I'm just going to share two links to revealing illustrations.

First, there's an older post on Gizmodo of 20 "cutaway" illustrations of everything from a car to a space suit...
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I've been thinking a lot lately about what happens when we die.

I like choices.

Also?  I'm cheap.