July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
Forest fixture calendar 2011-2012
Every season I put together a google calendar of Forest fixtures so that I can view them easily on my phone. I’ve just done the 2011-2012 one and made it public in case anyone else finds it useful.
It used to be a bit fiddly to add these calendars onto the iPhone (not sure about other devices) but it seems Google now provide a simpler method which looks like it works.
You need to have a...
March 2011
1 post
Shooter
(via http://everythingyoulovetohate.tumblr.com)
February 2011
3 posts
Child labourer
Stunning photo of a tragic situation.
Photo taken in Newberry, South Carolina in 1908. Taken by Lewis W. Hine.
(via Vintage photographs)
OS X Mail and flight information
Never noticed this before. I needed to check some flight details I had been emailed and add them to iCal. I wanted to copy the flight number into the notes field in iCal. As I hovered over the number, I realised OS X had recognised the text as a valid flight number. I clicked on it and was presented with:
Clicking on ‘Show flight information’ resulted in the flight status dashboard widget...
Forest radio
Like a lot of Forest fans—particularly those based a distance from Nottingham—I subscribe to Forest Player. The service is pretty good and worth the few quid a month it costs. I can see extended highlights of matches, interviews, and other news stories. The killer feature though is being able to listen to the BBC Radio Nottingham commentary. This is delivered via Flash which isn’t ideal but an...
December 2010
2 posts
Miles
Club Elite Anniversary
Love this set by Ben Rains on Flickr of Cairo, Illinois. Cairo has been in decline as a city for the best part of a century and has a really interesting history. Worth reading up on.
November 2010
2 posts
Eric Gill’s busy day
Made me laugh. A lot. By Tom Gauld.
Herne Hill Velodrome
A very worthwhile campaign to save the velodrome at Herne Hill. This country has so few cycling facilities still in existence and this one has a great history. With current cuts this is going to be a real struggle but worth supporting. More information at http://www.savethevelodrome.com/
Love the logo too.
October 2010
1 post
Protest
Police uniforms have really deteriorated in the last fifty years.
Another couple of photos from this series by Don McCullin can be found at the Vintage Photographs blog.
September 2010
5 posts
Recycling
Clarion CC
I remember back in the eighties doing 10 mile evening time trials and other rides along with my Dad at a cycling club in Notts. We would cycle out either via Colwick or Radcliffe for the meet. I can’t remember the exact location of the start/finish but there was a lay-by there where everyone would congregate. What I did remember was the name: Clarion.
For some reason, maybe watching the Tour of...
Flan, flan, flan, flan
Having spent a week in Normandy back in July I thought I’d had my annual quota of flan. Most days involved two slices. Not a sustainable habit.
Was in Comptoir Gourmand for lunch today—as pretty much every day—and for the first time I remember they had a freshly prepared flan sitting there just asking to be eaten.
Verdict: Lecker.
I really hope they don’t start producing these daily…
August 2010
4 posts
Corinne Day
Sad news that Corinne Day died this weekend.
Posh Chippy
There’s been some excitement round these parts—well, in our flat at least—for the last few weeks when we noticed we were getting a fish & chip shop just up the road. Back from holidays and it’s finally opened. It’s called “Oliver’s”. They have a holding page currently but there will presumably be something better in place soon. The shop is next door to the Steeles pub on the lower...
April 2010
6 posts
Portrait de Tristan Tzara
Portrait de Tristan Tzara par Francis Picabia
Circle count
Circle count by Alison Garnett
Sunshine!
Playing with the iPhone Hipstamatic app
Herzlichen Osterguss!
Yashica pr0n
I’ve got better cameras but there is something about the Yashica Electro 35.
I got my first, the GS, for £1.99 from the camera shop that used to be near the bottom of Parkway in Camden. The shop was closing up and I was there to buy chemicals as the owner was clearing stock. I saw the GS in a box of odds and ends. It was completely coated in biscuit crumbs and looking very sorry for...
One from C
March 2010
7 posts
Unknown
Ronnie Moipolai
Ronnie Moipolai from Kopong, Botswana. More here
99p Soul
Think I’ll be going along. Love Dusty Sevens’ blog and the Betsey Trotwood looks a good place that I somehow didn’t know existed despite being round the corner. Link
Vinyl record groove
Image of a groove on a vinyl record taking with an electron microscope at 1000x magnification. More here
Night window
Link
Grace
© Jack Fowler 2010
Team talk
February 2010
14 posts
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya
C auf der Brücke
Yashica D
Ballet, New York City, Andre Kertesz, 1938
(Via Vintage Photographs.)
Valentine
(Via Tim Topple Photography.)
Tea
“No,” he said, “look, it’s very, very simple … all I want … is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Keep quiet and listen.”
And he sat. He told the Nutri-Matic about India, he told it about China, he told it about Ceylon. He told it about broad leaves drying in the sun. He told it about silver teapots. He told it about summer afternoons on the...
Ré Soupault,"Selbstportrait, Tunis", 1939
‘No photograph is set up, it all came from life’ (Ré Soupault)
(Via Vintage Photographs.)
Krampnitz Barracks
One of a series on Krampnitz Barracks west of Berlin by Dennis Kaltwasser
(Original here)
stop hitting yourself
(Via Married To The Sea.)
Vivre sa vie
Zwiebelfischchen: Let's cellebrät
Get your Sick’s Pack here
Amsterdam, 1960s.
Melvin Sokolsky, "Le dragon", 1963.
(Via Vintage Photographs.)
January 2010
9 posts
Night lights | Contax T3
(Via HELLO.)
1960
(Via Vintage Photographs.)
Jean Seberg
(Via Vintage Photographs.)