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Batch Convert Images in OS X

This post is more for my benefit than others, but you may in the end find it useful anyway. I’ve recently come across a handy batch conversion technique for switching image formats in a snap;
1. Put a load of images in a folder
2. Open the Terminal
3. cd to the current directory
4. type in
mkdir jpgs; [...]

Circa 2001

Circa 2001, originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.
Wow time sure goes by fast..

Giant Soviet signs cut into forests

Just came across this remarkable post on Strange Harvest;

“100 Years to Lenin”, made 1970, Siberia
Google maps
which reminded me a lot of this post on cool crop circles from WebUrbanist;

[images via: The Daily Mail + WIRED]

Offshore ft. SO-AD + SC

Here’s Offshore, SO-AD and supercolossal – all in one image;

Offshore ft. SO-AD @ Sydney Arch. Festival, originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.

Virtual curtain

[Via Yimmy's Yayo]

Sydney Laneway Festival

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Undersea Cablescape

This image caught my eye this afternoon;

[Via Digg]
Digging a little further brought up this image also;

[Via The Guardian]
I’d looked into this some time ago, noting the interdependance of continents on single connection points for their data resources, and this is a good example of that. The bottom image describes two separate incidents in which [...]

Ihardlyknowher Flickr Viewer

Ihardlyknowher Flickr Viewer , originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.
Above is a screenshot of my flickr viewer made possible by ihardlyknowher, a flickr-API application developed by Justin Ouellette, who also happens to have been behind the very cool muxtape and (worked at) vimeo.  The site description reads;
‘If your Flickr URL is flickr.com/photos/yourname,
find yourself at ihardlyknowher.com/yourname’
Ihardlyknowher is a [...]