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Speaking of clowns…

Is everybody happy?

Do they spell "dining room art" differently in Georgia?

And then you're in the man from Mars You go out at night eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercurys and Subaru And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night And eat up bars where the people meet ex.

I'm old and cynical, but can you buy, binge watch Black Mirror, and return?

Any thoughts on why they didn't have a single presenter with one on their head?

When did Apple execs get the force?

On that note… ex.

WAY, WAY behind… https://www.instagram.com/reel/CshrCHuvxZd/?igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg==

Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/magazine/vermeer-beauty-brutality.html?src=longreads “I am still moved by the quiet miracle of that boyhood afternoon. But my relationship with art has changed. I look for trouble now. No longer is a Vermeer painting simply “foreign and alluring.” It is an artifact inescapably involved in the world’s messiness — the world when the painting was made and the world now. Looking at paintings this way doesn’t spoil them. On the contrary, it opens them up, and what used to be mere surface becomes a portal, divulging all kinds of other things I need to know.”

This is an interesting, related read. A trip to Dyson’s dirt-filled, germ-obsessed world https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23732748/dyson-hq-factory-singapore-tour-new-vacuums-purifier-robovac?src=longreads

Lady Caroline Was Right About Eyeballs https://www.vulture.com/article/succession-finale-face-eggs-scene.html

Review: Dyson Zone “You can finally buy this bizarre, head-mounted contraption, but for pity’s sake, don’t.” https://www.wired.com/review/review-dyson-zone/

Sorry to hear Todd.

Tim Carpenter’s To Photograph is to Learn How to Die

Happy belated!

While not technically Europe, friend who moved to London a year ago said he and his wife have had no issues with US iPhones, including geolocation. I don’t believe he’s switched over to eSIMs though, so not sure the complications there.

Any predictions on the finale?

An oldie, though I’ve never seen this fun look

Yeah, another attempt at a joke. Near monochrome scene until either someone pissed off another at the artist studios over by the train station, or the drugs took effect. Thankfully one car over, not mine. In other news TTArtisan not long ago released a really cheap (like $200 new, $170 used) tilt (not shift) 50mm f/1.4 FF lens in a variety of mounts. Not sure how likely I’d use for its intended purpose, but been fun this week to experiment with other ones around the house.

Almost on my last trip to San Francisco.

Not only did I take [a few] photos, I took [a few] photos at headphone gatherings. I also got suckered into the Light.io camera. 🤕 Well, basically pulled into all the Valley origin camera companies. Stay strong Foveon! And, I guess, Apple and Google.

An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba in the morning