Robert Brazile
@brazile.bsky.social
Mostly historic process photographer, hand-tool woodworker, enthusiastic but mediocre musician, bicyclist, geriatric disc sports player, home cook, genre reader. Texan in New England, longer here than there. Semi-retired techie, now mostly analog.
That, plus the “stockholders are the only thing that matters” jurisprudence bequeathed by Robert Bork and others, and the turbo effect that had on all sorts of other bad-for-everybody-else public corporation behaviors (quarterly focus, financialization, etc.). Well, then there’s the tax shenanigans…
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That, plus the “stockholders are the only thing that matters” jurisprudence bequeathed by Robert Bork and others, and the turbo effect that had on all sorts of other bad-for-everybody-else public corporation behaviors (quarterly focus, financialization, etc.). Well, then there’s the tax shenanigans…
Brian Blessed I think counts as a very large and loud Muppet. The rest can be replaced.
December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Brian Blessed I think counts as a very large and loud Muppet. The rest can be replaced.
Possibly tied to using a lens, perhaps in a camera lucida, à la “Tim’s Vermeer”?
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Possibly tied to using a lens, perhaps in a camera lucida, à la “Tim’s Vermeer”?
Did a bit of searching. It was Spellbound rather than Psycho, right when (not saying, spoiler alert?) turns a gun on himself, the barrel facing the lens —thus his POV— and fires it.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Did a bit of searching. It was Spellbound rather than Psycho, right when (not saying, spoiler alert?) turns a gun on himself, the barrel facing the lens —thus his POV— and fires it.
ISTR reading that there was a single frame of red spliced into the B&W prints. Can’t now remember if that was imagined or real. Seems like a Hitch kind of trick, though.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ISTR reading that there was a single frame of red spliced into the B&W prints. Can’t now remember if that was imagined or real. Seems like a Hitch kind of trick, though.
On board with your take completely. But may I suggest that “centibillionaire” is unlikely to be the right coinage. You may not like hectobillionaire (not sure I do either) but kilobillionaire isn’t bad and accurate for several of them…
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On board with your take completely. But may I suggest that “centibillionaire” is unlikely to be the right coinage. You may not like hectobillionaire (not sure I do either) but kilobillionaire isn’t bad and accurate for several of them…
Hectobillionaire, maybe?
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hectobillionaire, maybe?
Went through these about once every 12-18 months at a Very Large Company. Brought the system to its knees. Always thought of it as coming through a “mailstrom”.
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Went through these about once every 12-18 months at a Very Large Company. Brought the system to its knees. Always thought of it as coming through a “mailstrom”.
To second this, I added flip down wheels. Most of the time it sits on the floor, but when i want it out in the middle of the room, either to accommodate a workpiece, or because it’s time to flatten it again (because slab top) it’s really nice to just flip down the wheels and roll the bugger around.
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
To second this, I added flip down wheels. Most of the time it sits on the floor, but when i want it out in the middle of the room, either to accommodate a workpiece, or because it’s time to flatten it again (because slab top) it’s really nice to just flip down the wheels and roll the bugger around.
Love these. Mine took most of a year of weekends, made from a slab cut from NYC street trees. Best thing I’ve ever built. Building something else on it now. You’ll love it!
October 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Love these. Mine took most of a year of weekends, made from a slab cut from NYC street trees. Best thing I’ve ever built. Building something else on it now. You’ll love it!
Arlo White once similarly referred to “the meaty French forehead of Olivier Giroud”.
October 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Arlo White once similarly referred to “the meaty French forehead of Olivier Giroud”.
Oof, that's annoying. Under the circumstances, I'd think the best thing to do would be to dig it out a bit and fill with gravel and sand to lock it in. But that's hard to do well and not the right way to do it.
August 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Oof, that's annoying. Under the circumstances, I'd think the best thing to do would be to dig it out a bit and fill with gravel and sand to lock it in. But that's hard to do well and not the right way to do it.
What’s holding it in place? Could it be jacked up enough to allow you to put some gravel fill under it?
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What’s holding it in place? Could it be jacked up enough to allow you to put some gravel fill under it?
Sure you’re not doing your new tequila photo on national author day?
July 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sure you’re not doing your new tequila photo on national author day?
Followed the same path for the same reasons. Except the boat.
July 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Followed the same path for the same reasons. Except the boat.
Those big cookies aren’t going to eat themselves.
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Those big cookies aren’t going to eat themselves.
Transubstantiation vs Consubstantiation aside, the two are just not that far apart. Abiding interest there, often proportional to how much of a church nerd one is…🙃
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Transubstantiation vs Consubstantiation aside, the two are just not that far apart. Abiding interest there, often proportional to how much of a church nerd one is…🙃
Not a spanking? Sniff.
March 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not a spanking? Sniff.
Helped a friend shrink a 2.11 kernel enough to run on a DEC PRO-350 (F-11 chip, if I recall). Booted on one floppy, swapped to the other. It was NOT FAST. But it ran, and we got it on the network…
February 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Helped a friend shrink a 2.11 kernel enough to run on a DEC PRO-350 (F-11 chip, if I recall). Booted on one floppy, swapped to the other. It was NOT FAST. But it ran, and we got it on the network…
Not much fun for 24 hours (in my case), but worth it. Give me all the vaccines.
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not much fun for 24 hours (in my case), but worth it. Give me all the vaccines.
Empanadas are worth it.
December 26, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Empanadas are worth it.
Stay strong! Em-dashes are great!
December 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Stay strong! Em-dashes are great!
Seems like talent is “knowing it’s not right yet.” You’re doing fine.
December 10, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Seems like talent is “knowing it’s not right yet.” You’re doing fine.