Everybody shut up I'm sinking into a daydream universe where I'm loved and nothing is wrong
Okay the funniest thing about this is that everyone’s saying I’m taking away his space by putting things in the window
He has this entire one right next to it with a blankie and he uses it exclusively for people watching. He really only goes to the other window when he decides to be A Menace
Also his name is Banjo
He as a stroller
I have been doodling a lot on my iPad mini these days, after a couple of years of just not feelin’ anything artwise. But I have shamefully neglected to post them to Tumblr! So have an art dump!
ALTIt started with a sheep. I was messing around with new watercolor tools and crosshatching tools, thought “that looks kinda like a sheep” and then took out the bits that didn’t look like a sheep.
ALTThe noble Aukhound, originally bred to herd migratory seabirds. These majestic, slightly damp creatures are now used extensively in ecological restoration work.
ALTI do this whenever I see a frog.
ALTThen I was just in the mood for weird shadowy cloaked figures.
ALTYou know that’s a clove cigarette.
ALTPortrait Of A Creature With A Chicken On Its Head
ALTJust two weird little creatures having tea together.
I was working with an item today that just utterly flabbergasted a part of me (the other was deeply frustrated with the catalogue record AS SOMEONE APPARENTLY THOUGHT IT WAS PRINTED ON SILK, coming back to that in a minute) … but ANYWAYS … said item is a replica of a medieval manuscript prayer book THAT IS ENTIRELY WOVEN out of grey and black silk … WOVEN … text, images, intricate grey scale, WOVEN … NOT PRINTED …
And it’s flabbergasting because it’s from 1888, Jacquard machine, IT USED PUNCH CARDS to weave these intricate pages … something like 400 weft per near square inch … IT looks like a page of textured paper, but it’s not, it’s entirely SILK … F*CK …
Anyways …
OKS I’ve since calmed down and found out that the reason they used “printed” is because it is essentially printed by a computer … in a weird way; when I import the record, I’m just gonna take that note out …
BUT this is the item btw
WOVEN! WOVEN ON A LOOM using f*ckin’ punch cards!
NOW GUESS WHY EARLY COMPUTERS WERE PROGRAMMED
WITH
PUNCH CARDS
yes you’re right, they used jacquard-loom techniques
Jacquard Loom: Early Computer Programing
I just wanted to add a video discussing how a jacquard-loom worked, cuz this is nuts
A Jacquard loom in action
there are 2 Ethans in my daughter's class. you'd think they'd go by Ethan L and Ethan M, but they decided together that they would like to be called Lethan and Methan and I think that's fantastic
a lunchtime poll
Was thinking the other day on my way into work: how exactly do people prefer their sandwiches?
First, an obligatory relevant Supernatural gif because this is tumblr
How do you eat your sandwich?
Whole
Quartered
Halved (Diagonal-cut)
Halved (Square-cut)
One-handed while drunk and losing all my money in 18th century gambling houses
and if you feel so inclined, please share your favourite type of sandwich in comments or tags. Mine is a diagonal-cut Ruben (including thousand-island, yes)
Joel is practicing his intimidation skills. Tess is not impressed.
They've been running around non-stop for 90 minutes now
Why mentos???
Because it's the Fresh Maker
This truly was made for people old enough to remember these references