p s e u d o r e a l

Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Friday August 26th 2011, 12:03 am

(August 11) The palace of pseudoreal has an important announcement to make.

le roi est mort
The King is dead.

vive le roi!
Long live the King!

kodak dc50
The royal dynasty started with this

mvc-cd350
Then after a long reign, this

sony dsc-s500
And after a long but spotty reign, this

sony dsc-n2
Following a very brief reign, this

canon eos rebel t3i
To now, four years later, this.



Friday August 19th 2011, 1:36 am

(Jun 15) This photoblog now bids adieu to the Sony DSC-N2 I bought in a rush to replace the short-lived Sony whatever that came after the Sony Minidisc, which came after the Kodak somethingorother. My main concern when buying the N2 was that Billy was nearing the end of his days.

Also… I have the use of a car. Photographically, this sort of changes everything.

old car
But first, from the phone one night.

just a lot of woods
The park around the corner. Still haven’t figured out what the deal with it is.

adopt-a-fake-pet
Now that St. Vincent’s is closed, I wonder what happens to the monuments?

moo.
“Our milk is fresh”?

at least they're trying to make lemonade from lemons
Construction in the city happens at a glacial pace.



Thursday August 11th 2011, 11:33 pm

(Jun 15) Perhaps the last NYLUG meeting has been held. The High Line has been extended. There’s still bits of it lying around all over.

rob menes
Possibly the last NYLUG meeting

what street is this?
In the distance, that building whose name I can’t remember

flow
Robert Moses had a name for this, he called it

sometimes you feel like a nut
And bits of wire and buckets of construction remains in various places

empire!
There it is again

revs
Viza couldn’t believe I looked down and saw this.



Saturday August 06th 2011, 12:47 am

(Jun 15) 590 Madison Avenue was once IBM’s “World Headquarters”. Increasingly it appears I’ve made my last visit there. I wish I could have gotten better photos from there, the reflections in these are terrible.

apparently there was a cult of personality around TJ Watson
The company motto

ghost mike
The ghosts have been all over here lately.

blew it
The blue reflection is driving me nuts now. It’s the reflection of twilight from the windows.

spaceships
That says “Gemini” on there, btw.



Sunday July 31st 2011, 10:52 pm

(Jun 12) It’s called a Tulip Tree, and I’m told its wood is hard and straight. Probably used for ship’s masts.

tulips in trees

tulip tree bud
Unfortunately I can take dozens of photos with this camera and still not be able to tell if they’re all blurry or not until it’s too late.

here today, gone tomorrow
The next day, a storm obliterated the blooms.