Not a lot going on
I haven’t done much photo work lately; no bugs and a new day job haven’t left much opportunity. However, I did a little write-up of a new watch I bought myself as a birthday present, which you can find on my side-blog Flying Seamonsters. Things I learned shooting for that post: it is not easier to just keep trying to photograph your own wrist than it is to just rig up the tethered shooting setup.
Homes for solitary bees
Directions for building nest sites for solitary bees at Anna’s Bee World — I would totally do this if I had any outdoor space at my apartment.
Photo Retouching (via wondermark.com)
David Malki is one of my favorite web cartoonists, partly for his absurdist Wondermark, but also for his fascinating perspectives on topics like the history of photo retouching.
CIA on Flickr
The CIA has a Flickr stream of interesting items and documents from its history. I like the robo-dragonfly.
Raising Black Widows
Kim Hosey, a nature writer/photographer in Arizona, has taken to raising black widow spiders. Why? To prove that they are black widows.
Rockhopper Penguins in the Falklands
The Burrard-Lucas brothers, who consistently produce some of my favorite wildlife photography, have some great images here of rockhoppers bathing in a freshwater spring.
Google Art Project (via Engadget)
Google’s using its StreetView technology to put extremely high-res images of art museum galleries online. Very cool.