wevdap

@wevdap@mastodon.world
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Interested person, photographer, and technologist based in New England (US)
wevdap1h ago
hull panel 1913h ago

“Add one more to the growing list of calculator gadgetry aimed to tantalize the fingers of the public—the telephone calculator.

The Figure Phone is a four function calculator with an eight digit display, a digital calendar and clock and touch‐tone phone all in one, manufactured by the Phone Devices Corporation in Chicago. The user can talk and calculate at the same time.”

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/13/archives/new-phone-calculates-while-you-chatter.html

THE USER CAN TALK AND CALCULATE AT THE SAME TIME

New Phone Calculates While You Chatter

Phone Devices Corp mkts Figure Phone, telephone with 8-digit calculator, digital calendar and clock attached so that user may talk and calculate at same time; device illus (S)

The New York Times
wevdap1h ago
Land-based #newengland #birding in July can be quiet and hot, but a whale watch trip offered cool ocean air and the chance to see birds unlikely to be viewed on land. Wikipedia says that Wilson's Storm-Petrels like this one spend time on land only when breeding in or near the Antarctic. When feeding, they can appear as if able to perch on water.
wevdap2h ago
Dennis Wilkinson10h ago

A Sandhill Crane in flight at Burrage Pond wMA.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #halifax #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

wevdap3d ago
Dennis Wilkinson3d ago

A different angle of the Milky Way over Highland Light in Truro.

#photography #nightsky #astrophotography #capecod

wevdap5d ago
Carrie BK5d ago
Whimbrel Wednesday

#whimbrel #naturephotography #nature #birds #birders #birdwatchers #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #playdelrey #ballonawetlands #dailybird #birdsofpixelfed #birdsofmastodon #naturephotos #LAwildlife #losangeles
wevdap6d ago
mpls photo bot6d ago

Minnesota Mycological Society Members Examine Mushrooms (1940)
Source: Hennepin County Library

L to R: Jones, Faldt and Becker.

wevdapJun 29
Gugel 📷Jun 29

#silentsunday

#photography #fotografie #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #mountains #river #france #alps #fujifilm

wevdapJun 28
When using the Mastodon web interface from Firefox on MacOS and scrolling through my feed and wanting to reply to a toot, I often find that the buttons in the reply dialog have become unresponsive. Reloading the page refreshes the situation but of course loses context. I'm not sure whether this associates with my instance, browser, or other factors I can identify. Has anyone reading here had similar experiences, and did switching to (what?) app help?
wevdapJun 28
Dennis WilkinsonJun 28

A Willet at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #dartmouth #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

wevdapJun 25
Sometimes a little bit of color clinches a shot, as seen while #birding on Cape Cod, #massachusetts. A red-winged blackbird tries to drive a crow away.
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Erik Jun 22
I assume that when you stare in to THIS void, there's audio description.
Show threadSouv, pronounced "zoof"Jun 22
@bright_helpings ominous
Show threadFrenzyBiscuitJun 22
@bright_helpings what void? :D
Show threadAdam PatridgeJun 22
@bright_helpings We need more accessible voids. This one from the ‘40s hasn’t been updated yet.
Show threadSusanna the Artist 🌻Jun 22
@patridge Someone needs to put a sticker on the wall next to it that says “scream here ➡️”
Show threadfelis_catus_domesticusJun 22
@patridge @bright_helpings
Show thread🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑ptoothfish🦑🐙🐡🐠🐟Jun 22
@patridge @bright_helpings wait, is Accessible Void just 20th century slang for Jeffries Tube?
Show threadSarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 28
@ptoothfish @patridge @bright_helpings well, kinda. But also no
Show threadaburka 🫣Jun 22
@bright_helpings screams will be subtitled in real time
Show threadAlexander KnochelJun 22
@bright_helpings The ALT is meta
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Jun 22
@bright_helpings @hollie question: who narrates the void?
Show threadHollieJun 22
@kboyd @bright_helpings A voidce actor
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Jun 22
@hollie @bright_helpings
Show threadHollieJun 22

@kboyd @bright_helpings

<curtsies>

😂

Show threadLouis VallatJun 22
@bright_helpings I mean, there's already some kind of subtitles on the door ​​
Show threadLinker3000Jun 22

@bright_helpings Accessible?

Given an hour and the right-sized socket set.

I bet those nuts are 7/8" and your socket set has 16mm and 19mm only.

Show threadSarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 28
@linker3000 @bright_helpings if you need to get in there quickly, something else has probably gone horribly wrong already
Show threadLinker3000Jun 29
@jay_peper @linker3000 @bright_helpings ...probably involving a Time Lord.
Show threadalbi always thereJun 22
@bright_helpings
*staring back intensifies*
Show threadZeborahJun 22
@bright_helpings When you hear the void, the void also hears you.
Show thread🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑ptoothfish🦑🐙🐡🐠🐟Jun 22
@bright_helpings the previous user of the Accessible Void fastening the last of thirty two heavy bolts: we'll see about THAT
Show threadSimply SimonJun 22
@bright_helpings Nothing but 'Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!' on a continuous loop
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Jun 22

@bright_helpings

If it was a real void every bolt would require a different nut driver to undo.

Show threadmhoyeJun 22
@bright_helpings this is the automatic transcription @scream provides.
Show threadEndless ScreamingJun 22
@mhoye AAAAAAAH
Show threadmhoyeJun 22
@scream exactly, thank you for your service.
Show threadEndless ScreamingJun 22
@mhoye AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
Show threadKilla KoalaJun 23
@bright_helpings Bah, no way you're getting a wheelchair into that!
Show threadMichael HorneJun 23
@bright_helpings Well played 🙂
Show threadKirstyJun 23

@bright_helpings

Finally!! A new place to scream.

The clouds were getting tired of me screaming at them.

Show threadTimothy WolodzkoJun 23
@bright_helpings You just need to wrap it around with `unsafe { ... }` for the access!
Show threadCobalt (Rainbow system)Jun 24

@bright_helpings "Outside the left window we have... complete and utter darkness! And outside the right window we have... also complete and utter darkness!"

(I'm only familiar with "tour bus" type audio descriptions 😅)

Show threadEmpathicQubitJun 24
@bright_helpings "Stanley stared deeply into the void, seemingly as empty as his own head."