Eye see u Willis

Insallation in progress of the 30-foot tall, giant eyeball made of fiberglass and steel, allegedly modeled on his own eye. Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Pistil Flash: Off took a brief walk before lunch today to gaze at this three story eyeball as best as I could from behind the construction fences.

Idle June morning

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Kodot Verichrome Flash: Off Embiggening is just a click away As I sometimes end up doing, spent a couple hours wandering around in Rogers Park, with camera, and in the case of this photo, cell phone camera too. One of the perks of being self-employed, sometimes playing hooky is ok.

Elijah’s cup

Elijah’s cup , originally uploaded by swanksalot . Sadly empty of wine Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: Roboto Glitter Film: Float Flash: Off decluttr From Passover ((פֶּסַח – and I’m just an honorary member of the Tribe, btw, but any reason for drinking wine is ok with me)) this spring.

Dreaming of Fulton Market Cold Storage

Dreaming of Fulton Market Cold Storage , originally uploaded by swanksalot . Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Float Flash: Off Was considered to be converted into condos, but that was before the mortgage bubble ended.

The App Store As Democratic

More than 150,000 applications have been created for it in less than two years, transforming the iPhone into an e-book reader, a flight control deck, a musical instrument, a physician’s companion, a dictation device and countless other things that were impossible just 24 months ago.

…And although I have not done any iPhone programming myself ((just worked on RFPs for development of apps for a client)), this rings true as well: The fact that the iPhone platform runs exclusively on Apple hardware helps developers innovate, because it means they have a finite number of hardware configurations to surmount.

Screw it, I’m playing hooky today

Screw it, I’m playing hooky today, originally uploaded by swanksalot. Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Pistil Flash: Off decluttr Weather: 81 °F (27 °C) Mostly sunny. Near record breaking warmth likely. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to… Read more“Screw it, I’m playing hooky today”

I Think I’ll Wait For The Movies

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Kodot Verichrome Flash: Off thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/obama-stops-to-bro… decluttr Original photo of Barack Obama in an Iowa bookstore, taken by Doug Mills, graced the front page of today’s New York Times. … Lee, the reporter assigned on this day to cover the president as part of a small contingent of print and TV journalists as well as photographers who are among the White House correspondents rotating pool duty, which requires sharing their reports.)

The 26 Letters by Oscar Ogg

The 26 Letters by Oscar Ogg , originally uploaded by swanksalot . … Patrick invented lowercase letters Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone Lens: John S Film: Kodot Verichrome Flash: Off out of print – this is the 1971 revised edition (not the original 1948 edition which is rarer). purchased used for about $4, via the internet tubes .