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April 9, 2012
Station Ident
By Frimann Frimannsson, who says:
Here are some photos that I scanned from some found film that I found. They were all taken in Iceland and I think they are from the late 40′s early 50′s. They are 331 photos in total.
In Iceland I am drawing, and freelance in journalism, photography, modeling. I also DJ and perform noise, drone, ambient and improvisational music under many names. They include Pyrodulia (drone duo), Harry Knuckles (solo noise), Tom's Hank (noise duo) and once performed a last minute improvised set with some local musicians under the name Björks Vagina. I also take part in a project called The Mayemisphere that takes place once a year during the summer in an abandoned steel factory in the east fjords. There me and many other local artists do art installations and performances. Bob Cluness has also participated in this. This year I will be releasing cassettes on my record label Lady Boy Records that I started in December last year. Every release will be limited to 50 copies. My goal is to release on vinyl but there isn't a vinyl press in Iceland. There is however a possibility to purchase a vinyl cutter online and my intent is to cut onto x-ray photos. The Soviets used to do this back in the day and called it roentgenizdat.
April 7, 2012
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"People in wealthier nations are far more likely to search for information about the future compared with citizens of poorer states, a study of 45 billion Google search queries has revealed"
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April 6, 2012
Tropospheric Radio Relay Network North
English Russia can always be relied upon for fine rusty obsolete-tech porn:
The Tropospheric Radio Relay network called Sever (North) is a former Soviet system of communications lines the purpose of which was to provide connection between remote parts of the country. The line is 13 200 km long and consists of 46 Tropospheric Radio Relay Stations (TRRS) located mainly along the coast of the Northern and Pacific Ocean and largest Siberian rivers.
Much more at the link.
The Pit-Chains Of Mars
Now that's a goddamn headline. THE PIT-CHAINS OF MARS. I live for that kind of line.
The latest images released from ESA's Mars Express reveal a series of 'pit-chains' on the flanks of one of the largest volcanoes in the Solar System. Depending on their origin, they might be tempting targets in the search for microbial life on the Red Planet.
So what's a pit-chain? And can I put my eventual Martian palace in one?
…a series of circular depressions that formed along fracture points in the martian crust.
Pit-chains can have a volcanic origin…. (and) can also be caused by strains in the Martian crust, which translates into a series of parallel elongated depressions known as grabens, in which pits can also form. But the most dramatic scenario involves groundwater… Some of Earth's most famous examples are the network of 'cenotes' on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. These deep natural pits form when the surface limestone rocks collapse, exposing the groundwater underneath.
Yes yes yes get to the good bit.
If there are any cave-like structures associated with the pits, microorganisms could have survived, protected from the harsh surface environment.
Great. Martian Pit Flu awaits. That's not the good bit. (I know I'm supposed to be excited by any form of life on Mars. But, really, we know it's going to be Martian Pit Flu. And then it'll spread to complex biologies and become the Martian Bird Flu. And I'll catch it. So to hell with that.)
Mars landers have measured surface radiation around 250 times higher than that found on the Earth, and more than double that experienced by astronauts on board the International Space Station. Any caves associated with the pit-chains may in future provide a possible refuge for astronauts from the harsh surface radiation.
There you go. Martian Pit-Chain Cave Compounds. That's the stuff. The Pleasure Pits of Tharsis. Hurling the inferior out on to the radioactive red desert to die.
What?
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People wonder why nothing is interesting, it's because they try to get a fucking answer to it, to everything.
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