Fun project. Fixing the aperture on this monster. Bright side plenty of room to work on the inside. The lens belongs to a Fairchild k 17 c. Mainly used for aerial photography this one serves no purpose anymore. But it might be fun to hook it to a kodak chamera somehow just for a ridiculous piece.
Using a Speedlight on my Nikon D800 really ties the photo together man
I know that the topic of advice for reading Ulysses has been beaten to death as nauseam, and I’m not here to retread that. I am about 45 pages in, and just wonder 💭 f fellow readers search again and again the meanings of French and German words, as well as other what would be timely metaphors etc, or do you just absorb the novel in one go and let yourself sort of just absorb it. It feels in a sense sort of “David Lynch” aka last season of Twin Peaks or Inland Empire. You could dive deep for meaning later but right now, how does it make you feel etc. Any input would be appreciated.
It’s no secret that “Moby-Dick” is CM’s favorite novel. And while everything important about Melville and McCarthy has likely been written or pored over, I had some thoughts about having just finished “Moby-Dick.” Some relevant to CM and some adjacent to authors he adored.
\-The ability for two men a century apart to share that ability to scaffold sentences upon sentences of details that may seem insignificant is present
\-The white whale at the end, the thing so written about throughout the book and revealed at the end, not withstanding so many allusions to The Judge (giant, white, and bald), is in my opinion more similar to the Comanche who attack in Blood Meridian. They occupy such small real estate in the novel yet imbue such terror. Even down to them being decorated and dressed in the former armor and weapons of their defeated enemies, the whale being festooned with lances and harpoons and ropes bears mentioning.
\-Describing the chase day as “blue-steel” when Faulkner (another CM fave and admirer of MD) uses the phrase “iron-grey” so often to describe a day is another small mention, though maybe a stretch.
\-“Oh Captain, my Captain!” Walt Whitman’s poem lamenting the death of Lincoln aside, it’s evident that CM read Whitman and expounded at length about worlds like Suttree as Whitman did in his poetry.
\-And speaking of Suttree: the “motley crew” of characters within Knoxville, those from so many wild backgrounds, are quite similar to those aboard the pequod.
Any other thoughts those who have read Melville would be appreciated!
Time to find inspiration through the power of innovation
Thanks to the input of everyone I was able to dial my Bridge Club XL to make it cozily fit my 6 foot tall frame. Went down a little on the fork, dropped my seat post a hair, and angled my seat back, plus evened out the handlebars. The only other project I have in the oven is making a set of up for drop bars to make a nice upright touring rig.
I purchased this XL bridge club in majestic moss not too long ago. The seller marketed it as a large, and tbh the sticker was missing and it fit fine. Shame on me for not being a weirdo and breaking out a tape measurer at the sale. Like honestly, I am right at 6 feet tall and have always ridden a 56cm. I put some Soma Dream bars on and pushed the seat a little forward and the overall fit has seemed cozy. There is this weird feeling though where I feel like I’m sitting aggressively high from the ground on the bike and this could be due to the high bottom bracket. I have no intention of selling this, but I’m curious of any other XL riders and where they end up with their stem placement, steerer tube length, etc.
I stepped down from the burly rubber this thing came with and threw some mismatched 650b (a 47 and 48) and am thoroughly happy. I’ve found that thing is like a heavy sedan that needs to get moving to be comfy and once it does it is just the best. Snapped on the Baldwin Trail here in North Florida
If you’re unfamiliar with this, it is essentially a bitumen that was formed and placed in a funnel and left alone. The 10th drop has yet to fall, and at the rate of “flow” this means only nine drops have fell since 1938. At this rate, to fill an Olympic Swimming Pool, is there even a conceivable amount of time in the magnitude of the observable universe that it would take to fill a pool with this substance? Would humanity cease to exist by the time it occurs?
Purchased a 2023 BC in large. Love every bit of this rig. Trying to decide on a full frame bag. Just seeing if anyone out there has good ideas from their experience. If anyone out there has a bag that’s gathering dust, let a fella know!
It is all downhill from here
Tried to order some specific batteries for an old 35mm and was reminded it was the sabbath
This was posted in another group. How to achieve this kind of numbers. How to maintain the camera to achieve these kind of numbers?