Andrew Underwood

That bird

Has anyone else noticed that graffiti drawing of a bird with the word ‘Listen’ beside it around Edmonton, particularly the Strathcona area? I seem to be seeing this everywhere, walls, newspaper boxes, buildings, and other. I haven’t gone to check it out for sure, but I seem to remember that this sybmol is that of Blackbird Music on Whyte Ave. And if it is their symbol, is it store employees going around painting the town with birds? Is this some kind of modern advertising stunt where companies pay off kids to go gleefully into the streets with spray paint in hand? Actually, some seem to have been done with a paintbrush, rather than spray paint. Quite a curious matter.

Monitors for sale

I am selling two 17 inch computer monitors, because I am getting new and better ones. They are the two seen in the post below. The one on the left has a handy liux commands table, but the horozontal width can’t decide where it wants to be sometimes. There are two widths it chooses from and might snap from one to the other from time to time. It’s not terribly frequent, usually going for a few hours before changing. It’s only about an inch of change so even if it does happen you aren’t disturbed too much. The monitor on the right works fine and has a few Japaneese stickers along the top (not shown in pic). I’d like to sell them together, for $100. If you want them and live in Edmonton, send me an email at andrewu[at]gmail.com .

Solution

In regards to the post below, Jigga came the closest as to identifying what material was in the picture. It’s my desk, or more specifically, the fake wood on it. My Dad was right in that I put my camera up to a microscope to get the image. It works better than I would have imagined, and the microscope I used is one I’ve had for years. It’s 100x and hand held, called the Smart 2. It comes with a base and some slides, but I usually just put it up to things. I had friends who had different versions of this, one combined a microscope and a telescope.

My desk sags under the weight of my computer monitors. The drawers can’t shut properly because of that.

Camera Fun

Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to what this is a picture of? I used my compact digital camera and a mystery optical system. Links to enlarged.