A mixture of thought provoking links, videos, images and text about digital identity and art.Tumblr (3.0; @grahamgrafx)http://reblog.me/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46j2gQQee1qz6fs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last week I found an authentic native-american arrowhead on Martha’s Vineyard. The Wampanoags have left little treasures all over the island waiting to be found. Between indian artifacts and <a href="http://reblog.me/post/23239387526/vineyard-gazette-on-microfilm">scrolling through old papers on microfilm from 1880</a>, I feel like the island travels through time. <br/><a href="http://reblog.me/post/21325443269">As I said</a>, I love being the computer guy situated in the library at a historic print publication. The contrast is delicious. I simultaneously living in the past, present, and future.</p>http://reblog.me/post/23239743015http://reblog.me/post/23239743015Thu, 17 May 2012 15:03:02 -0400historypersonal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> microfilm machine<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> tie wednesday<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> microfilm rolls<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> lively morgue<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Vineyard Gazette-1888<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46kk4GNkL1qz6fs8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Vineyard Gazette-1905<br/><br/> <p>I just completed a project that required I go through every paper on microfilm between 1871 and 1929. <br/><br/>What an amazing experience. My office is the library, or what The New York Times would call <a href="http://reblog.me/post/23101301629">The Morgue</a>. I was on the hunt for a specific flag, or header so the paper could possibly cite a specific year (that’s about as much as I’m willing to share for fear of reveling too much inside info). In my travels I’ve seen a variety of flags and a few interesting ads.<br/><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/grahamgrafx/status/200326537239740418">This ad from 1918</a> leverages game mechanics to get people to pay attention to an ad. I’ve seen <a href="http://reblog.me/post/22665443043">ads comparing cigarettes to bacon</a> and <a href="http://reblog.me/post/22653109899">old maps of the island</a>. Sadly I didn’t have time to really read any of the articles in depth, however I did enough to spark my interest in history, so hopefully I’ll have more small community from an island trivia to share with you in the future.</p>http://reblog.me/post/23239387526http://reblog.me/post/23239387526Thu, 17 May 2012 14:55:00 -0400historynewspapermarthas vineyard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mjki6xxb1rrpm57o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/22550788076/the-morgue-lives-it-is-a-cramped-basement-annex" class="tumblr_blog">storyboard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2 class="title"><strong>The Morgue Lives!</strong></h2> <p><span class="lead">It is a cramped basement annex, stacked high with metal filing cabinets, full of three-fourths of a million pounds of old newspaper clippings and photos, going back 160 years.</span></p> <p>It’s simply called “the morgue.”</p> <p>To get here, a reporter must leave the shiny glass tower that is the 40th Street headquarters of the <em>New York Times</em>, walk a half-block down the street, and descend three levels below the sidewalk. There, in a nondescript tower, she will emerge from a dirty elevator, walk past a janitor’s closet, then past a giant, rusted pump contraption with running water, and finally reach a pair of metal doors. There are glue traps with belly-up cockroaches in the corner.</p> <p><a href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/22550788076/the-morgue-lives-it-is-a-cramped-basement-annex">Read More</a></p></blockquote> I work in <a href="http://reblog.me/post/21325443269">the same place at the Gazette.</a>http://reblog.me/post/23101301629http://reblog.me/post/23101301629Tue, 15 May 2012 08:59:21 -0400newspaper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vaaiIzkk1qzaxefo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.knowyourmeme.com/post/22846036328/you-windows-users-just-dont-know-how-good-you" class="tumblr_blog">knowyourmeme</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>You Windows users just don’t know how good you have it.</p> <p>KYMdb - <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first-world-problems">First World Problems</a></p></blockquote>http://reblog.me/post/22849719205http://reblog.me/post/22849719205Fri, 11 May 2012 14:22:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pyg3IURP1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>What are cigarettes like? <br/> Found this ad in a paper from 1918.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22665443043http://reblog.me/post/22665443043Tue, 08 May 2012 15:36:03 -0400newspaper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pmrtTorF1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pmrtTorF1qz6fs8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>While I was attending Nassau Community College in ‘01 I was inspired by Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. I built Max’s room in a program called Strata 3D. I was studying graphic design and commercial art at the time. Clearly it wasn’t my path.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22654038382http://reblog.me/post/22654038382Tue, 08 May 2012 11:23:53 -04003dpersonalwhere the wild things are<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3plf4gTE01qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Map of the Martha’s Vineyard from a 1925 Gazette. Found it while browsing microfilm.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22653109899http://reblog.me/post/22653109899Tue, 08 May 2012 10:54:40 -0400newspaper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3oakx5UBM1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m looking for a specific historical paper header. We know that it’s somewhere between 1888 and 1896. I’m using our microfilm archive to hunt it down.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22609821765http://reblog.me/post/22609821765Mon, 07 May 2012 18:02:57 -0400newspaper microfilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3m6lnFNQf1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Searching for arrowheads in secret beach caves on Martha’s Vineyard.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22531448721http://reblog.me/post/22531448721Sun, 06 May 2012 14:41:47 -0400“If you try to talk to everyone, you wind up talking to no one.”<br/><br/> - <em>Fred Seibert (via <a href="http://emilgh.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">emilgh</a>)</em>http://reblog.me/post/22331753911http://reblog.me/post/22331753911Thu, 03 May 2012 15:11:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3djxdgkiK1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The moisture on the grass this afternoon was amazing. I wish my phone picked up more color.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22239534281http://reblog.me/post/22239534281Tue, 01 May 2012 22:51:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cjiiabI01qz6fs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve always wondered; did he draw this while everyone was talking? Maybe his little buddy did, who’s in like 2-3 scenes.<br/><br/>-<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPi40lQetew">Movie clip</a></p>http://reblog.me/post/22191413779http://reblog.me/post/22191413779Tue, 01 May 2012 09:44:00 -0400martha's vineyardjaws<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m37o83CHlb1qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Trying to understand the tides so I can create a chart for the new website.</p>http://reblog.me/post/22007580459http://reblog.me/post/22007580459Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:38:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3542hsezb1qz6fs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Happy Arbor Day</b><br/><br/> I’d actually really like to win <a href="http://rblg.me/KgACdZ">a free cherry tree</a>. Great idea for a Facebook contest.</p>http://reblog.me/post/21910754754http://reblog.me/post/21910754754Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:27:52 -0400personalsocial mediaarbor day<span id="video_player_21894032099">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_21894032099",'http://reblog.me/video_file/21894032099/tumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8_r1_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8_r1_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8_r1_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8_r1_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m34bo81JUH1qz6fs8_r1_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>Putting in the second section of the paper… … This is a longer day than I thought it’d be.</p>http://reblog.me/post/21894032099http://reblog.me/post/21894032099Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:14:00 -0400newspaper<span id="video_player_21873662261">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_21873662261",'http://reblog.me/video_file/21873662261/tumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8_r1_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8_r1_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8_r1_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8_r1_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m33yqb2njM1qz6fs8_r1_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>Tomorrow’s papers are printing.</p>http://reblog.me/post/21873662261http://reblog.me/post/21873662261Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:34:00 -0400newspaper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33x17tEg81qz6fs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Helping to print the paper tonight. I spent most of my day helping develop the digital version.</p>http://reblog.me/post/21871036276http://reblog.me/post/21871036276Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:58:00 -0400newspaper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m323b95JyZ1qz4rgfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://amp3d.tumblr.com/post/21808521359/lee-shake-shack-attack-totally-miss-this" class="tumblr_blog">amp3d</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leerubenstein.com/post/21806840160/shake-shack-attack">lee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Shake shack attack.</p> </blockquote> <p>Totally miss this guy. Lee - where have you been all my life!? </p></blockquote> <a href="http://tiewednesday.tumblr.com/">http://tiewednesday.tumblr.com/</a>http://reblog.me/post/21828137070http://reblog.me/post/21828137070Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:52:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31drjrFMN1r3nuzio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>GPOYW</b><br/><p><a href="http://tiewednesday.tumblr.com/post/21780584417/what-do-you-think-of-my-new-tie-and-shirt-i-got" class="tumblr_blog">tiewednesday</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>What do you think of my new tie and shirt? I got them at a thrift store in Boston. My desk is now in the <a href="http://rblg.me/Ib6VRp">library</a> attached to the newsroom. Yes, that’s right. I’m a <a href="http://rblg.me/Ja3z03">computer guy at a print publication</a> situated in the library. </p> <p>I love it.</p></blockquote>http://reblog.me/post/21784678287http://reblog.me/post/21784678287Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:20:27 -0400gpoywsubmission<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/04/23/151201002/are-your-facebook-friends-really-your-friends?sc=fb&cc=fp">NPR: Are Your Facebook Friends Really Your Friends?</a>: <p><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/08/14/the-facebook-road-trip/">This is soo 2009.</a></p>http://reblog.me/post/21667981660http://reblog.me/post/21667981660Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:26:10 -0400