Amazing photographic processes.

Wondering how hard it would be to get into this process. In all actuality the whole process of coating glass slides with colloid emulsion's, manual exposure, large overkill accordion/bellow style cameras seems incredibly appealing to me.

It might to the inner masochist pining for lugging around a heavy camera, film plates, and developing gear is oddly satisfying.



speed up documentation of the whole process.



Now here comes the fun stuff! A old time style of photography called "Daguerreotype" The process of development is very non EPA freindly as it involves mercury, "vapors of death".

I really do love this guy.

Aside from JFK. This guy was probably the very last great American president.

WWII Veteran explains how the wool has been pulled over our eye's

Charles Woods

Charles Woods (August 31, 1921 - October 17, 2004 R.I.P.) was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster and aspiring politician. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a decorated pilot with the Air Corps.

He was born Charles Arthur Morris just 35 miles (56 km) outside Birmingham, Alabama. His divorced mother was unable to support her two young sons so she placed them in a state orphanage when he was five years old. He never saw her again and at age of 6 was adopted by P. A. Woods family from Headland, Alabama. He attended schools in Hollywood, California, where his new family lived for a some time, and in Headland.

Woods joined the RCAF and US Army Air Corps in 1941.

Woods was severely injured in a 1944 airplane crash on December 23. He taxied down a runway in Kurmitola, India, carrying 28,000 pounds (12.7 tonnes) of aviation fuel to be delivered in Lulaing, China. After making the trip alone, hundreds of times, on this particular trip, he was flying with a pilot-in-training, Captain Stalmacher, in first seat. Stalmacher erred on take-off, braking too soon causing the airplane to lose speed with too little runway left. The bomber exploded on take-off, and Woods was the only crew member who survived. He suffered severe burns over 70% of his body. The fire erased his face, destroying his nose, eyelids, ears and hands. He was transported to Valley Forge General Hospital, a military hospital in Pennsylvania six weeks after the accident. Since he was so weak, he could only travel short legs at one time. The 10,000 mile (16,000 km) trip proved arduous to Woods who arrived at Valley Forge malnourished, dehydrated and suffering from infections in addition to being severely burned.

Woods, severely burned, was dying and needed new skin. In desperation, skin was taken from a recently dead soldier, with his family's permission, and was draped onto Woods. This "foreign" skin normally would have been rejected by Woods's immune system within 10 to 14 days—too soon for his own skin to grow back. However, the new skin survived for more than a month, buying Woods just enough time to save his life. This breakthrough led to the development of techniques for organ transplant. He was a patient of Dr. Joseph Murray at Valley Forge General Hospital from 1945-1947. Murray won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for work in organ and cell transplantation. Woods and his case is featured in Dr. Murray's 2001 autobiography, Surgery Of The Soul: Reflections on a Curious Career.

Over the next two years, Woods was operated on 24 times to construct a new face, often with very little anesthesia.

Woods prevailed and began a very successful career in construction and in radio and television stations. He built a multi-million dollar empire in franchises all over the country. He owned WTVY in Dothan, Alabama from its early years until 2000, in addition to other radio and television stations. He ran for governor and lieutenant governor of Alabama, once running against George Wallace. He was known for his long form self-purchased television campaign commercials.

He came very close to winning the Democratic nomination for Alabama Lieutenant Governor in 1974, leading in the first round of voting but losing in a runoff to incumbent Jere Beasley.

In Nevada he had a respectable performance in the Democratic primary against Harry Reid in 1992, although Reid won re-election in the primary and the general election. Woods also sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1992 as a long-shot candidate. He showed best in North Dakota, winning 20.26% after write-in winner Ross Perot, Lyndon LaRouche and before eventual nominee and President of the United States Bill Clinton.[1]

His presidential bid slogan was The Businessman's Approach.[2]

Woods then ran in the Republican primaries for US Senate elections in Nevada in 1994 and Alabama in 1996, but lost in the primaries both times. In 2000 and 2002, he won the Democratic nominations to run in Alabama's second Congressional district, and was defeated by Republican Terry Everett twice. [3] Although never elected to public office, Charles Woods made many important contributions to the voters in Alabama. Despite the intense suffering he underwent, he always said, "I consider myself an ordinary man greatly blessed by God."

He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in November 2004.

The great chimp heist!

http://greasymoose.com/flash/thegreatchimpheist.html another greasy moose production.

Wow...

Gotta admit the media has a certain knack for blowing their articles horribly out of per-portions. I woke up this morning to this horrible article a local tv station is running as a headline news article. Locking Out Cell Phone Hackers

Apparently its news to take common sense protocols concerning not answering and or clicking on unsolicited SMS/txt's, or emails.

They also go on to recommending locking your phone so miscreants cant access your personal data...

I do not know about you... Personally i do not have true admin/root privileges to any computer i do not feel safe using that computer.

Download a copy of the "No Safe Harbour" book.

No Safe Harbor Electronic format ebook. Download a copy today and read the bible of "Neo-Marxism" as equated by more mainstream fascists currently Occupying capital hill. ARRRRR YEE MAYTEE'S!!!!!

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Full time RV living in cold weather.

I have been contemplating taking the plunge and purchasing a RV and living in it full time to cut my living expenses.

So far i have come across a few drawbacks about this.

#1. My climate can get rather cold. some points of the winter it can get bellow 0 and often not get above the teens.


#2. Legal addressing. A few of my services will not deal with PO BOX's.

#3. Sewer, Fresh water, electrical, gas hookups. Electrical is easily solved with solar and wind turbines. Water, sewer, and gas is another thing. I might be able to build a reactor for my sewer waste put depending on local codes might not be acceptable.

#4. Then my motorized bicycle obsession.... were to have my shop, and storage area...


Cold weather Full time RV camping link