(Upstate) New York state of mind.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewjmason)http://blog.matthewjmason.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1iyd5PnC1qz7lxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/post/437840301/i-watched-american-flyers-this-afternoon-which-did">ronisolomondds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I watched American Flyers this afternoon which did two things for me.  The first thing it made me want to do was to go back out to Colorado and do some insane riding in the Rockies.  The second thing it made me want to do was to go on ebay motors and buy an old van.</p> <p>No, I’m serious, I was totally lusting after Raleigh - Levis team van and the one the 7-Eleven riders had with the huge Columbus decal on the side.  I’d really like it if I had a support vehicle (with no less than six bikes and a few spare sets of wheels on it) following me at all times.  I think it would bring my commutes to a whole new level.</p> </blockquote> <p>If this happens, I call dibbs on directeur sportif.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437908843http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437908843Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:28 -0500<p><a href="http://bclikesyou.tumblr.com/post/437143416/portraits">bclikesyou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Who else can I do a portrait of?</p> <p>I need three more!</p> <p>Let me know if I can just use a Facebook picture of you!</p> </blockquote> <p>How good are you at drawing shit eating grins?</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437164862http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437164862Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:32 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0wuseviC1qz7lxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/post/437055139/jobst-brandt-via-cozybeehive">ronisolomondds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/">Jobst Brandt</a></p> <p>via <a href="http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2010/03/learning-jobst-brandt-part-i.html">cozybeehive</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437163989http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437163989Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:59:52 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0lg1koP21qzrl5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sickgnar.tumblr.com/post/437014376/payasos">sickgnar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://equaldesign.tumblr.com/post/436862542/payasos">equaldesign</a>:</p> <blockquote><br/></blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437054400http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/437054400Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:37:11 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.matthewjmason.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/436972824/tumblr_kz0tv1JDDx1qzj8zt&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Tallest Man on Earth - The Drying of the Lawns</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/436972824http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/436972824Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:33:01 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0szqE2C21qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thanks to a sweet torrent hookup from <a href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/">Justin</a>, I’ve had this for a week or so. Maybe the wait caused me to hype it too much, but I don’t think it’s his best work. I really like “The Drying of the Lawns,” but it hasn’t been as strong as his other LP. Also, in the confines of my family, I am the Tallest MASON on Earth. Kind of neat.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/436949499http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/436949499Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:14:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyz9xueLUT1qzj8zto1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No complaints</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/435092881http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/435092881Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:25:06 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyxqzGvnB1qzzhzdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.latfh.com/post/434750613/look-at-this-fucking-in-crowd">lookatthisfuckinghipster</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Look at this fucking In-Crowd.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/434799325http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/434799325Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:39:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyx38hsq11qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My grandfather made me a really nice spice rack. However, due to narrow shelves, none of my spices would fit. So I bought a bunch of vials and corks on the cheap from a science supply site and now have my own <strike>kitchen</strike> laboratory.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/434733569http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/434733569Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:47:00 -0500<p><a href="http://mentalreminder.tumblr.com/post/433684182/matthewjmason-based-largely-on-soozes-emphatic">mentalreminder</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433623504/based-largely-on-soozes-emphatic-tumblr">matthewjmason</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Based largely on Sooze’s emphatic tumblr endorsement of Best Coast, I checked them out. Wow. You should too.</p> </blockquote> <p>i thought i would really like it, but it’s a little eh for me so far. maybe it will grow on my like pocahaunted.</p> </blockquote> <p>On first pass I wasn’t overly impressed, but I’ve been getting into a lot more lately.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433705613http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433705613Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:39:30 -0500<p>Based largely on Sooze’s emphatic tumblr endorsement of Best Coast, I checked them out. Wow. You should too.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433623504http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433623504Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:18 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxv8awJ1L1qzj8zto1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I should quit my job and become a turn of the century German naturalist.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433518925http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433518925Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:09:46 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxunoQNoh1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After looking for months, I was finally able to find an Ernst Haeckel Chomolithograph. Although it was not cheap, there was no doubt in my mind that I had to have this. My crappy camera phone makes it look much more brown than it actually is. For a better idea of what it really looks like, see <a href="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxyosVFnY1qzjc2zo1_500.jpg">this</a>.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433494055http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433494055Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:57:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxl9tITt31qaityko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scienceisbeauty.tumblr.com/post/433107594/micrograh-of-muscle-fibers-and-venules-with-two">scienceisbeauty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Micrograh of muscle fibers and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venule">venules</a> with two adhered white blood cells in the cross section of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremaster_muscle">cremaster muscle</a>. In combination with the image below can be produced an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_image"><b>anaglyph</b></a> (used to provide a stereoscopic 3D effect) <span class="image-caption"></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/cml/opt307/spr09/amir/_Images/SEM/Right.jpg" height="768" width="1024"/></p> <p>Credit&Source: <a href="http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/cml/opt307/spr09/amir/_Anaglyphs/Anaglyphs.html">Amir Prizant, University of Rochester, Mechanical Engineering Department, May 2009</a></p> </blockquote> <p>So cool</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433333279http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/433333279Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:34:02 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyv417X0tk1qaityko1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scienceisbeauty.tumblr.com/post/430207708/animation-of-giant-iceberg-collision-as-seen-from">scienceisbeauty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/animation-of-giant-iceberg-collision-as-seen-from-space/"><b>Animation of Giant Iceberg Collision as Seen From Space</b></a></p> <p>The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertz_Glacier"><i>Mertz Glacier</i></a> in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.</p> <p><i>Images: ESA</i></p> <p><i>Source: <a href="http://www.wired.com/"><b>wired.com</b></a><br/></i></p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/430428641http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/430428641Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:21:55 -0500<a href="http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/tour-de-new-york-set-for-six-days-of-racing_107078">Rochester, NY in VeloNews!</a>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/429036093http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/429036093Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:22:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u75yOQlrQ8s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u75yOQlrQ8s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Can you spell it?</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/426804470http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/426804470Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:12:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqfwiyCRB1qa2l7ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://travelsizegreta.tumblr.com/">travelsizegreta</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/425135325http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/425135325Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:58:59 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq13tJzUE1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/424592717/eye-glasses-catalogue">oldbookillustrations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Steel eye-glasses, from James W. Queen & Co’s Priced and illustrated catalogue of optical instruments, Philadelphia, 1870.<br/> Via <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/pricedillustrate00jamerich">archive.org</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Shopping for new glasses today and tomorrow. Boy, do I wish they were still this cheap.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/424751505http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/424751505Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:23:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq02mfgFK1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ohmercyme2.tumblr.com/post/424662303/thedailywhat-the-price-is-right-is-leaking-of">ohmercyme2</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/424640232/the-price-is-right-is-leaking-of-the-day">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>The Price Is Right Is Leaking of the Day:</b> One-upmanship: UR doing it literally.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2010/03/coffee-break-361/">thd</a>.]</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/424747478http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/424747478Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:20:33 -0500