M. Douglas Wray » Art http://www.macwebguru.com Mac Web Guru Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:18:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bridge Sentinel Eagle, Philadelphia http://www.macwebguru.com/2011/12/09/bridge-sentinel-eagle-philadelphia/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2011/12/09/bridge-sentinel-eagle-philadelphia/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:24:34 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=2629 Continue reading →]]> Photo by M. Douglas Wray

Bridge Sentinel Eagle - Philadelphia by M. Douglas Wray

I was 20-something, Pentax K1000 in hand, walking down a street in Philly near Union Station when I found this fellow and his mates on the bridge end pylons. Magnificent art deco renditions. Such heroic scale.
]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2011/12/09/bridge-sentinel-eagle-philadelphia/feed/ 0 Benoit Mandelbrot RIP http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/17/benoit-mandelbrot-rip/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/17/benoit-mandelbrot-rip/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:42:17 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=2278

Benoit Mandelbrot 1924 - 2010

Animations of fractal sets.

Go and watch some of these and then tell me mathematics aren’t beautiful.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/17/benoit-mandelbrot-rip/feed/ 0 Mullah on Moolah http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/14/mullah-on-moolah/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/14/mullah-on-moolah/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:47:55 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=2272 Continue reading →]]> Iraqi currency brought home by my stepson after his second tour. (Hi res files at Flickr)

He’s Infantry and we’re endlessly proud of him – his biological father Scott Hofferber would have been even more so – he went to honor his memory.

God has blessed us by sending he and his fiance Richelle back to us.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/10/14/mullah-on-moolah/feed/ 0 Micro Gyro http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/06/30/mems-micro-gyro/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/06/30/mems-micro-gyro/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:27 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=2064 Continue reading →]]> This is freakin amazing.

I used to be an SEM operator, so I really love these images – and the whole concept of MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) just turns me on.

So. Cool.

More MEMS images. Click image for original site, images re-hosted locally.

Inclinometer

Inclinometer

MEMS Ratchet

MEMS Ratchet

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]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/06/30/mems-micro-gyro/feed/ 0 STS Time-lapse http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/05/26/sts-time-lapse/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/05/26/sts-time-lapse/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 07:33:57 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1981 Continue reading →]]> Oh my GOD this is beautiful.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/05/26/sts-time-lapse/feed/ 0 San Fran 4K http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/29/san-fran-4k/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/29/san-fran-4k/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:23 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1962 Continue reading →]]> Fantastic video using the Red camera.

Watch in HD at Vimeo and go full-screen.

Breathtaking.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/29/san-fran-4k/feed/ 2 Cleaner Science http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/19/cleaner-science/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/19/cleaner-science/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:41 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1944 Continue reading →]]> Wonderfully geeky soaps…

Soap designed to look like Leveduras on Sabouraud agar

Soap designed to look like White Escherichia coli bacteria on blood agar


There’s lots more at Etsy as well as Facebook.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/04/19/cleaner-science/feed/ 0 Oren http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/20/oren/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/20/oren/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:28:11 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1917 Click here to view the embedded video.

Wonderful moment near the very end when the woman opens her eyes. Stunning since they were closed the entire video.

Gorgeous, clever and engrossing stop motion.

Hat tip to  Bifurcated Rivets

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/20/oren/feed/ 0 Death Star Watermelon http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/19/death-star-watermelon/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/19/death-star-watermelon/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:30:38 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1909 Continue reading →]]> Death Star Watermelon

photo by Joe Stump

photo by Silverisdead

Death Star Watermelon, created by Noel Dickover at Social Web Foo Camp 2009.

See Also: Death Star Cantaloupe by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

via Craft Magazine

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]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/19/pinprick-art/feed/ 0 DOF http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/12/dof/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/12/dof/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:20 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1885 Continue reading →]]> Lovely little interactive ActionScript. This person is available for freelance and he looks worth it.

DOF

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/12/dof/feed/ 0 Harmony http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/10/harmony/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/10/harmony/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:05:58 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1879 Harmony

Captivating little HTML5 drawing app by Ricardo Cabello. Works swell on the iPhone too. (Via Federico Viticci.)

[Daring Fireball]

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/10/harmony/feed/ 0 Descendants http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/07/descendants/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/07/descendants/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:14:52 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1877 Click here to view the embedded video.

“Descendants”, a beautiful CG animated film by Heiko van der Scherm, featuring the voice of Whoopi Goldberg.

via Cartoon Brew

This is a blog post from Laughing Squid

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/03/07/descendants/feed/ 0 The sandpit http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/02/28/the-sandpit/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/02/28/the-sandpit/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:20:46 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1857 Continue reading →]]> Very compelling time-lapse tilt-shift video of New York – taken in several locations over the course of a day. The detail is endless, both in the stationary and the moving elements. The harbor is impressive to watch, boats dancing on the water, helicopters coming and going like mosquitos.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

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Absurd Sign Generator at ‘GodHatesSigns.com

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/02/04/absurd-signs/feed/ 0 Oh ba-bee http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/31/oh-ba-bee/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/31/oh-ba-bee/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:56:45 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1784 Killer funny animation. Long, too. Hat tip to Bifurcated Rivets.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/31/oh-ba-bee/feed/ 0 Gumby http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/09/gumby/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/09/gumby/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:05:42 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/09/gumby/ Art Clokey, creator of Gumby has died.

More at LaughingSquid.

]]> http://www.macwebguru.com/2010/01/09/gumby/feed/ 0 Venn Diagram of the Day http://www.macwebguru.com/2009/12/02/venn-diagram-of-the-day/ http://www.macwebguru.com/2009/12/02/venn-diagram-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:04 +0000 M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com/?p=1664 Got a good giggle out of this.

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