http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Rockin' since 1958! en Vox Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:57:58 +0000 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/merry-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/merry-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/merry-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:57:58 +0000 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/merry-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf694c7860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/dont-panic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/dont-panic.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/dont-panic.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:38:03 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf4cbdf860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf4cbdf860d-50si" alt="KeepCalm" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18aede7860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18aede7860f-50si" alt="FreedomInPeril" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18aee07860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18aee07860f-50si" alt="Yourcourage" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> For all those people worrying about last minute Christmas shopping or other festive arrangements I present this WWII poster... This poster has become well known but, fortunately, was never actually used during the war. Apparently 2.5 million were... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/dont-panic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddcc2fee860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/up-to-date-info-from-the-daily-telegraph.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/up-to-date-info-from-the-daily-telegraph.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/up-to-date-info-from-the-daily-telegraph.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddcbe6e1860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddcbe6e1860b-50si" alt="Screengrab" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0d455860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0d455860c-50si" alt="Screengrabcrop" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Have a close look at this screengrab from The Daily Telegraph's website... Yes, it claims it was published in 1931... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/up-to-date-info-from-the-daily-telegraph.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18a9f73860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/a-couple-more-winter-pictures.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/a-couple-more-winter-pictures.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/a-couple-more-winter-pictures.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:46:47 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf442cf860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf442cf860d-50si" alt="20-12-09 012a" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18a5e32860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18a5e32860f-50si" alt="20-12-09 013a" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In the last couple of decades we haven't often had snow which has lasted more than a few days in the Tees Valley. Hope you're not bored with this stuff! First photo is from my mother's front garden... The second I took in my local's summer beer g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/a-couple-more-winter-pictures.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea501240b86f3c4860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/an-icicle.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/an-icicle.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/an-icicle.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:47:44 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf3ec28860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf3ec28860d-50si" alt="DSCF1625b" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Lit by flash from the front and sodium street lighting from above and behind... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/an-icicle.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18a07ef860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/1930s-bbc-television.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/1930s-bbc-television.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/1930s-bbc-television.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:21:23 +0000 As filmed off air in New York in November 1938... Thanks to the Alexandra Palace Television Society's YouTube channel which has many interesting archive recordings.. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/1930s-bbc-television.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf3d496860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/snow.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/snow.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/snow.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:09:31 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0093c860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0093c860c-50si" alt="DSCF1621a" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f189d588860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f189d588860f-50si" alt="DSCF1622a" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0095b860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dde0095b860c-50si" alt="DSCF1623a" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f189d59b860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f189d59b860f-50si" alt="DSCF1624a" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Some pictures from last night... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/snow.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f189d5a1860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/billingham-weather.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/billingham-weather.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/billingham-weather.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:51:06 +0000 Real time weather information from Billingham. (Love the info, hate the Comic Sans!) This weather station contributes to the Weather Underground named after the 1960s/70s radical group who, in turn, were named after Bob Dylan lyrics... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/billingham-weather.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dddf1d91860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/ghost-signs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/ghost-signs.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/ghost-signs.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:00 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea501240b857b90860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea501240b857b90860e-50si" alt="GhostSigns" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea501240b857c14860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea501240b857c14860e-50si" alt="GilletteCriterion" /></a> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dddf1afa860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123dddf1afa860c-50si" alt="SandBlasted" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is an excellent blog dedicated to recording hand painted advertising signs (often at risk of being erased). Here's an example of a recent loss at Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1... There is currently a flickr group to which you can add ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/ghost-signs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123ddf2ce8a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-john-coltrane.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Rockin' Brian) http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-john-coltrane.html?_c=feed-rss http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-john-coltrane.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:27:30 +0000 In April 1959... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rockinbrian.vox.com/library/post/miles-davis-john-coltrane.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00ccff97f66c6ea50123f18826e7860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>