(Upstate) New York State of MindTumblr (3.0; @matthewjmason)http://blog.matthewjmason.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzd5qaBf9i1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My brother and his girlfriend spent the weekend with me two weeks ago. Not only did he bring me a case of Genesee Bock in his suitcase, he mailed me two cases as a thank you gift. Needless to say, he’s welcome any time.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17590166551http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17590166551Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:30:09 -0500GeneseeBockBeerRochesterGenesee Brewery<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4xxk83yf1qh9qk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/17322750286/one-more-mind-blowing-insect-photo-from-the">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>One more mind-blowing insect photo from the fantastic Igor Siwanowicz: a flower praying mantis.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17322972284http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17322972284Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:11:14 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqmi2sOJq1qb1s81o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqmi2sOJq1qb1s81o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/17321071222/skatelin-the-brahmin-moth-in-its-caterpillar">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://skatelin.tumblr.com/post/17196842252">skatelin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Brahmin moth in its caterpillar and adult stages.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Photos by Igor Siwanowicz.  More of his amazing work <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8186237/Aliens-on-Earth-macro-photographs-of-insects-by-Igor-Siwanowicz.html?image=1" title="Igor Siwanowicz">here</a>. </p> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17322967132http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17322967132Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:11:06 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0xb4S5e61qz7lxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/post/17207578561/westwood-village-los-angeles-1941">ronisolomondds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Westwood Village, Los Angeles, 1941</strong></p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17212871634http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17212871634Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0ycsUhcL1qz7lxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/post/17208058230/folks-from-iowa-on-vacation-1958" class="tumblr_blog">ronisolomondds</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Folks from Iowa on vacation, 1958.</strong></p></blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17212866290http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/17212866290Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyldb2P35F1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Small Black - Self-Titled EP (12”)</strong></p> <p>So glad this finally arrived, it’s one of my favorite albums. I found a copy of unplayed distributor stock on Amazon and had to have it.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16741101045http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16741101045Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:21:00 -0500small blacksmall black epvinyl<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygwukjaPK1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>The First “Computer Bug”<br/></strong></p> <p>Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1947. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: “First actual case of bug being found”. They put out the word that they had “debugged” the machine, thus introducing the term “debugging a computer program”. (via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H96566k.jpg">Wikipedia</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>This is so cool.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16584584096http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16584584096Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:35:00 -0500vintage computersoftwaremoth<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygv461mtX1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UNIVAC, 1965 (via <a href="http://potatoeskillme.com/uncategorized/vintage-computer-pictorial/">Vintage Computer Pictorial</a>)</p> <p>Hello, girl of my dreams.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16583059647http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16583059647Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:57:42 -0500vintagecomputerUNIVAC1965vintage computer<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygulpiO1j1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator - SSEC, 1948 (via <a href="http://potatoeskillme.com/uncategorized/vintage-computer-pictorial/">Vintage Computer Pictorial</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582625762http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582625762Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:46:37 -0500vintagecomputerssecibm1948vintage computer<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygui6hNES1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>AVIDAC, 1946 (via <a href="http://potatoeskillme.com/uncategorized/vintage-computer-pictorial/">Vintage Computer Pictorial</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582541519http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582541519Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:44:00 -0500vintagecomputeravidac1946vintage computer<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygufoYiKs1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Harvard Mark I, 1944 (via <a href="http://potatoeskillme.com/uncategorized/vintage-computer-pictorial/">Vintage Computer Pictorial</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582481258http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16582481258Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:00 -0500vintagecomputerharvard mark I1944vintage computer<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygsplHVq31qz7lxvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ronisolomondds.tumblr.com/post/16581062855/rochester-transit-corporation-bus-and-trolley">ronisolomondds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Rochester Transit Corporation bus and trolley passes, 1937 to 1951.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>These are really neat. I used to take the RTS when I lived in the Wedge and it was raining too hard for me to ride my bike downtown to work.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16581443875http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16581443875Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:16:15 -0500rochesterrtspublic transportation<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyo2pZLfZ1qdj0hbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oxane.tumblr.com/post/16021447727/microscopic-world-by-colin-johnson-2012-approx">oxane</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinjohnson/6715551547/" title="Microscopic World">Microscopic World</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinjohnson/">Colin~Johnson</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16260394159http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16260394159Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:25:42 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxza38EJNm1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sopastrike.com/strike">Do it.</a></p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16049508206http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16049508206Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:04:00 -0500sopapipa<p>Want to join the protest against the internet censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA, tomorrow? Checkout <a href="http://www.sopastrike.com/"><a href="http://www.sopastrike.com/">http://www.sopastrike.com/</a></a> for a quick script you can easily put in your tumblr theme that will “<a href="http://sopastrike.com/strike">black out</a>” your tumblr for the day.</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16014519820http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/16014519820Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:28:00 -0500do somethingsopapipa<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxws3bV78k1qh9qk0o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxws3bV78k1qh9qk0o6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wnycradiolab.tumblr.com/post/15964569370/know-what-these-are-go-ahead-guess-give-up">wnycradiolab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Know what these are?  Go ahead, guess.</p> <p>Give up? They’re topographical maps of the moon, created in a collaboration between NASA and the US Geological Survey.  I can’t get over how crazy beautiful they are.  There are more <a href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/moon/1047/lfar.htm" title="US Geological Survey">here</a>, super hi-res.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://io9.com/5866790/beautiful-astrogeological-map-reveal-the-moons-mysterious-far-side" title="io9 - Moon">io9</a>, thanks to Olga Abramson for the tip)</p> </blockquote>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15988426840http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15988426840Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:11:23 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwms61Y031qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Gibbon” from <em>Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände</em>. 1795-1807. Johann Matthäus Bechstein.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/sometimes-unnatural-history.html">BibliOdyssey</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957711471http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957711471Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:45:00 -0500chromolithographlithographnatural historysciencegibbonJohann Matthäus Bechstein<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwmpxkVtP1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Lion” from <em>Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände.</em> 1795-1807. Johann Matthäus Bechstein.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/sometimes-unnatural-history.html">BibliOdyssey</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957636842http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957636842Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:44:00 -0500chromolithographlithographnatural historysciencelionJohann Matthäus Bechstein<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwmn9bcIe1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Polar Bear” from <em>Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände</em>. 1795-1807. Johann Matthäus Bechstein.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/sometimes-unnatural-history.html">BibliOdyssey</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957549539http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957549539Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:42:00 -0500chromolithographlithographnatural historysciencepolar bearJohann Matthäus Bechstein<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwml4OyRj1qzj8zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Sperm Whale” from <em>Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände</em>. 1795-1807. Johann Matthäus Bechstein.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/sometimes-unnatural-history.html">BibliOdyssey</a>)</p>http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957479732http://blog.matthewjmason.com/post/15957479732Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:41:00 -0500chromolithographlithographnatural historysciencesperm whaleJohann Matthäus Bechstein