onfocus by Paul Bausch

infrastructure

Jul 18^th, 8:33 pm

down the hall

Jul 12^th, 6:33 pm

On the Records

My dad has an encyclopedic knowledge of classic rock and he just started a classic rock blog called On the Records. He's writing brief but dense artist summaries that are easier to digest than a wikipedia entry. He's also adding personal stories about his relationship with music. His post From Records to Playlists reminded me just how far music technology has progressed in a short period of time. Blogs! They're still neat. If you like music that was mostly delivered via vinyl you should meet my dad.

Jul 10^th, 7:56 am

Link Pile, Early July

It has been a while, dear reader. I was about to declare link bankruptcy, delete all to-share links, and start again with a clean slate. However, in the rush to find the latest and greatest links I assume you might have missed one of these non-organized gems from the past arbitrary amount of time. Or maybe you'll rediscover a popular link from weeks ago and see it from a wiser, weeks-older perspective. Anyway, here's Wonderwall (of links):

What football will look like in the future
The New Inquiry: Taxonomy of Humans According to Twitter
Reliable: The Ultimate Collection of Google Font Pairings (Displayed Beautifully with Classic Art)
Economist: How do you pronounce “GIF”? - Dammit Economist, this not a teach the controversy debate. Pick a side as we all must.
Eugene Register Guard: Eclipse apocalypse: Up to a million visitors are expected to watch the rare event
CBS: Facebook, for the first time, acknowledges election manipulation
Buzzsumo: We Analyzed 100 Million Headlines. Here’s What We Learned - How is clickbait headline formed?
Big Medium: No Share Buttons on Mobile Sites (Except This One Weird Case)
Washington Post: The slow, secret death of the electric guitar. And why you should care.
Syncope - Test the rhythm of typography.
Postlight: Serving 39 Million Requests for $370/Month - Picture serving pages without servers, whoa.
bl.ocks.org: Wilson’s Algorithm - a-maze-ing.
Standard Ebooks - Nicely designed public domain books.
OregonLive: Quest to develop abandoned film uncovers Mount St. Helens eruption photos
Kelly Watkins: The 5 books every marketer should read
NASA: Shadow of the Eclipse
New Atlas: To the stars by atom bomb: The incredible tale of the top secret Orion Project
The Most Hated Online Advertising Techniques
Every Frame a Painting: Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
Open Culture: 65,000 Fans Break Into a Singalong of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at a Green Day Concert in London’s Hyde Park

Jul 9^th, 9:34 pm

Oregon Country Fair

I had a great time with friends at the Oregon Country Fair yesterday. It's a fun event with an amazing atmosphere. This year I mostly took atmospheric pictures with an old Lensbaby selective-focus lens. Sometimes it's good to go lo-fi.