Andrew Hazlett

Jul 29 / 9:44am

In Memoriam

This sculpture by Walter Hancock memorializes railroad workers killed in the Second World War. It soars above the milling crowds in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. This is my grainy cellphone snapshot from this morning...

Filed under // Art and Design

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Jul 19 / 4:50pm

A Gorgeous Streamlined 1930 Art Deco Henderson Motorcycle

via thecoolhunter.net

Definitely click through the photo to see more angles on this stunning piece of work. [By way of http://piratepickings.tumblr.com/]

Filed under // Design Style

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Jun 21 / 5:40pm

Fairly fine books free to a good home

This is going to be painful, but I'm about to start deaccessioning a major portion of my library. I have thousands of books I've been accumulating for a couple of decades or more. For a number of reasons, I just can't give them the space and care they deserve.

I'll try and sell quite a few and donate the remainder to the Baltimore Book Thing. But, first, I thought I'd see if anyone, particularly in the Baltimore area, would be interested in a bunch of old books. For students, I have a lot of philosophy books (especially history of philosophy) and many classic works of literature. I also have a small library of public policy books which may be of interest to think tank types or journalists. The books will be free, but you'll need to pick them up or pay for shipping.

Leave a message for me at 410-429-0663 or email me [andrew.hazlett@gmail.com] and I can tell you more about what I'm downsizing.

Filed under // Baltimore Books Personal

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Jun 21 / 6:41am

Ladies of the WWII-era WAVES in glorious color

Over at A Continuous Lean, Michael Williams has unearthed some wonderful photographs of World War II's women sailors in their working uniforms of chambray and denim. These are some joyful and stylish images of some tough, pioneering ladies. Definitely click on the photo or follow the link for much more.

via acontinuouslean.com

Filed under // History Photography Style

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Jun 19 / 5:27am

Now I'm missing cable TV: Natalie Wood on TCM this month

I've had few regrets since we cut the cord and looked to the internet and old-fashioned broadcasts for all our family's TV-watching.

The one cable channel I really miss is Turner Classic Movies. The other day, watching a TV with no sound at the gym, I was captivated by the clips and photos in this TCM tribute to their "Star of the Month" Natalie Wood. Here's the video (with audio) of Robert Redford reminiscing about his high school classmate and frequent co-star.

By the way, TCM has a great website... ample background information on the movies and stars, a lot of community elements, and many ways to dive deeper into the films they feature. They are doing far more than pumping out a feed of all the films they own. They're curating a vast library of cultural treasures and presenting them in fresh and compelling ways.

I wish I could tell Comcast to give me just TCM (and maybe a couple other channels too).

Filed under // Film TV

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Jun 18 / 7:29pm

A blog devoted to Jim Flora design and illustration? I can dig it!

via jimflora.blogspot.com

Even if you don't know his name, you'll definitely get a kick out of Jim Flora's playful mid-century modern style.

Filed under // Art and Design

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Jun 6 / 9:32pm

John Ford's combat footage from the Battle of Midway - June 4, 1942

via vanishedamericana.com

Amazed to see this short color film via Vanished Americana... we forget how bleak and uncertain things looked for the allies in 1942. Some of the sillier moments in this propaganda film can't mask the fear and extreme violence Ford captured on camera.

Filed under // Film History

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Apr 22 / 5:46pm

My Interview with Anya Kamenetz about her new book DIY U

via youtube.com

Student loans, college costs, and the price of middle class credentialing... Why higher education may be the next debt bubble to burst (and other interesting ideas and insights).

Filed under // Books Education Interview Video

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Apr 4 / 5:13am

Blogging on the iPad?

The iPad talk has been all about browsing, reading, watching, listening, and gaming, but how about blogging? The biggest limitation so far is not the keyboard (which really is wonderful, though not exactly "a dream to type on"), but the lack of iPad-based apps. This may change in a matter of hours, but the Wordpress app is just an inflatable iPhone app. I haven't tried it yet (I'm not a client), but I bet the Squarespace app appears a little more fluid.

Given the ability of the iPad to store and display photos, videos, quotable ePub format books, and Safari bookmarks, it should be simpler to share these things via blogging. The best solution I've found so far is to use Posterous, which let's you post to blogs (and Twitter, Facebook, etc.) via email. For this post, I'm trying to include a photo in a blog post by selecting an image from the iPad photo library and the "share by email" option. If this works, it could be an adequate work-around until the developers get robust blogging apps up and running.

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The above was all via iPad. Editing after sending to Posterous seems impossible on the iPad, so this update is from the dear old laptop.

Ben Parr at Mashable is right about the current limitations on iPad blogging (for instance, it isn't easy to link to interesting articles like his). Still, I think there will be a tsunami of apps attempting to solve some of these initial problems. We shall see.