Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Jan 14, 2011 5:00am PST

I'm still catching up on my Inter-reading, and beginning to suspect that people are in fact writing new things all the time, so here's another wodge of links for you this rainy/snowy/dry/damp/wet/hot/cold/sleety/arid/scorching Friday/Saturday.

A collection of Czech and Polish posters for Godzilla and other Japanese monster movies. They're very stylish and cool, though 'Son of Godzilla' is curiously unsettling.

Branding blog Brand New takes a look at THQ's new logo and concludes that while there are a few problems, "it is a bold improvement over the previous one."

A video trip down the London sewers, complete with gawping at fatbergs and sniffing out how posh an area is. Pleasant lunchtime viewing.

Telephones ruin society, Wondermark discovered. Not your 'iPouch' or whatever it is you crazy kids gush over, but those old wired telephones (you don't believe me but these genuinely did exist). Back in 1889. It's been downhill since then, we can all agree.

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I got this email the other day, been going back and forth with him some.

Mr. Nixx,

I am a public 8th grade science school teacher in Utah. I was looking for images to illustrate water skeeters walking on water for a surface tension lab we're doing at school. ... Thank you for your time.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nixx_shack/5352153580/

Now he has a question maybe you guys can help with!

I would like to take one wall that is about 8' by 30' in my classroom and make it a full length, reasonably high resolution picture of a scene making it appear that you're sitting on the top of a mountain peak. Would you know of anywhere where one of those might be available? I have people willing and able to print it, if I can find the picture. Thanks again for the skeeter!

Huh, interesting question. Any ideas?

Jan 14, 2011 12:30pm PST

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I got this email the other day, been going back and forth with him some. Mr. Nixx, I am a public 8 : Nixx2004
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  uhh... google? : dedgecko
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    Well I'm guessing the problem is finding one he can use (for free), and be high enough resolution to prin... : Nixx2004
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      Eh, at that size, resolution doesn't need to be that high, just free of compression artifacts (or just ru... : dedgecko
      
      Even at monitor dpi (96 dpi) you'd prefer an 8' image be at least 9216 pixels in that direction. And 30' ... : daVinci1980
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  8' by 30' requires a crazy high resolution image. He should find the highest DPI image he possibly can.
  
  http://14ers.com/ is a great place for images like this, but they may not match the resolution he really needs.
  
  Uncompaghre is one of my favorite hikes, the view is beautiful and you can see for over 100 miles in several directions.
  
  Handies Peak is also a gorgeous view.
  
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  8' by 30' requires a crazy high resolution image. He should find the highest DPI image he possibly can. ... : daVinci1980
  - Nice, I sent him that link. If nothing else maybe he can find one that is a good example of what he wants... : Nixx2004
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  That sounds like it'd be fucking expensive. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Maybe the people that are willing to print it are going to donate their services? It does seem pretty ... : Nixx2004
    - just the materials cost alone is going to be prohibitive, you're probably looking at vinyl printing at th... : nem00
    - That would be pretty cool. Perhaps his school has an understanding with a print shop or the parent of a c... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  just rasterbate something : onji
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    http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ granted it wont be as high resolution, it'll still look cool : onji
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      That is an interesting option. Some of the examples there really don't look too bad, but it's hard to tel... : Nixx2004
      
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      They look like dots up close. That's the idea. You look at it from further away. : jipey
      
      In a classroom they might be forced to look at it from up close, so not nearly as interesting as a normal... : Nixx2004
- http://www.chainreaction.com/photobig.htm If he can find a super insane high resolution picture and a ... : shortbuscaptain
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  That's a big wall, but they make wallpaper with nature scenes. (I remember helping my mom put one up in ... : Sludgehead
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    13x8 feet for only $80? Something seems wrong here, or it's a really good deal. So you've gotten one, ... : Nixx2004
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      For that price I'd consider doing something for myself! : Nixx2004
      
      Get this one: http://muralsuperstore.com/BATMAN259.htm : lechuck59
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  Nixx2004, are YOU a SKEETER? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  - Yeah, that's my self portrait! Skeet skeet. : Nixx2004
- This should be high enough res: http://www.yosemite-17-gigapixels.com/ But it's an artist, so good luc... : greasyjohn
- istockphoto.com is a great place to start. : sr71photo

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