In der Pause bei der Jurysitzung vom Prototype Fund diskutieren die anwesenden Gebärdendolmetscherinnen darüber, dass es für „GitHub“ auch eine Gebärde gibt und es nicht biuchstabiert werden muss.
Jeepneys are a popular mode of transport in The Philippines, and last year I profiled the decorative work that adorns them. This includes a wonderful documentary film by Esy Casey.
Today I found this video about a sign painter that produces the destination and other functional/directional signage for the Jeepneys. It shows the painter at work, including his tools, materials, and techniques.
New Orleans stale beer signs volume II, Regal edition. (Regal was brewed by American Brewing Company on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter c 1891-1961)
Elizabeth's Restaurant, Bywater (old signage since restored)
Coffee & Company, Lakeview - while Lakeview did come back after the Federal Flood, alas they did not.
3)Luzianne - the brand is still around, but this sign can no longer be seen Uptown on Marengo Street.
Old New Orleans Signs: "Give Me Your Telephone Number" edition
1)Lower Garden District. FAX number too.
2)Mid-City. Dance Hall.
3)Algiers. Call Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph before you dig!
4)Uptown. TWinbrook exchange number. (New Orleans switched to numbers in the 1960s but the sign lasted into the 2010s.)
Okay, a little mystery also for today. After the Toxic Club, my
brother and I got a strawberry limeade at a little drive inn, and drove around this Conservation Area, but then we start seeing this fence with these signs, it's like 8 foot tall with lots of the fence totally blacked out, and these signs placed on them that say:
Saline Valley Ranch, No Hunting, No Trespassing
This fence went for miles, and miles had to be incredibly pricey to put in, it reminded me of the fence they'd have at a minimum security prison, but we didn't see cows, horses, crops, nothing but woods and hills and miles and miles of giant fence.
We try to find information about what it is, but there's basically nothing. My husband looks it up on Google Earth, and finds Little Saline Ranch, and I look it up, and it says permanently closed, and even less information is available about that. Google Earth shows lots of wooded land, a lake, and a few open fields, but we couldn't see any buildings or animals, nothing like that.
So, looking up that I find this article about mysterious happenings in the area:
It mentions several people seeing a Bigfoot type cryptid in the area, so obviously the fence is to keep it in. My other guesses involve a government blacksite, as it isn't too far from and airforce base, or a doomsday cult, what do you all think?