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times they are a changing

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Deputy Dog 2009-09-09 13:39:00
hey, it's been a while. i won't apologise for the absence again as it starts to get boring, but let it be known that this site isn't completely forgotten. at the moment i have too much other stuff to tinker with, hence the blog suffering, and won't be able to update that regularly. i'll be working on other things which i shall …

fascinating aircraft nose art

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Deputy Dog 2009-07-06 16:24:00
'nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti' - wikipediait's not difficult to understand why a pilot would choose, or feel the need, to apply nose art to his or her aircraft prior to entering a warzone. after being stripped of your …

god has some explaining to do...

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Deputy Dog 2009-07-02 07:36:00
i think i just found a good enough reason to enter a church. on the other hand, if you already think religious buildings are slightly creepy you may not agree. ladies and gentlemen: eglise saint-merri, paris... source yeah, that's the ceiling, and to say this is awesome is an understatement. i would love to know the reasoning behind a) the chairs attached to …

ceiling porn

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Deputy Dog 2009-07-01 16:57:00
(put your trousers back on little fella. it's not what you think) i'm a big fan of ceilings and it never fails to amaze me how drastically they can change the appearance and atmosphere of a space yet at the same time be completely ignored by most of the room's occupants. it's incredible how some people live their lives looking either straight …

death never looked so good

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-30 16:13:00
i've been to one cremation in my lifetime and i must admit: it was a boring affair. effective (everyone turned up, extreme heat engulfed the deceased), but boring (solemn faces, no dancing, no pyrotechnics). when i die, assuming i do, i want my loved ones to follow the lead of the balinese and ensure that the burning of my corpse results …

"what the fuck is this?" #5

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-29 13:48:00
'tis time for another competition. the brief... i have a folder on my desktop called 'huh?'. it's full of photos (hundreds) i've come across over the years whilst surfing the intertubes, photos which all have two things in common - 1. they intrigue me beyond belief, and 2. i have no idea what the subject matter actually is. the reasons for me …

how to get to the top of a forest

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-26 00:05:00
the as-300 carrying a hexagonal canopy raft. it's the world's largest thermal airship. source approximately 37 million km� - or around � of the world's land mass - is covered by natural forest, a habitat which is home to the majority of the planet's wildlife, so it's no surprise that scientists are eager to study as much of the planet's forest canopy …

the world's largest man-made explosion crater

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-22 16:36:00
in terms of size, sedan crater is merely a hair follicle in comparison to the enormous acne scars we call impact craters. however it's still a monster in its own right and is a reminder of the u.s. government's attempts back in the 60s to research the peaceful and constructive non-military use of nuclear explosives. as a result of 'operation plowshare', …

crowd control, poland

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-19 12:32:00
oh dear... source ahh, the beautiful game. you know you've got problems when you have to lock up spectators. i found the hideous photo above by chance whilst looking for pictures of a polish conveyor belt (trust me, it's interesting. you'll see) and decided to post it quickly to brighten up your friday. the cage can be found at the ground of znicz …

impressive industrial towers

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-18 12:11:00
i just took a disturbing and lengthy walk through the dusty corridors of my firefox bookmarks (the 'to do' annex) and discovered there must be close to a thousand folders of shit i've at one point decided to write about but as of yet haven't got round to. right at the bottom, just below an empty folder by the name of …

this dog's 2 years old

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-16 12:40:00
i was just putting together an archive page for deputydog (which is here by the way) when it came to my attention that back in april the site hit the 2 year milestone without fanfare. happy birthday. in fact, thinking about it, i missed the first anniversary aswell; i'm a terrible terrible father. it's been a sporadic pleasure building this site up and …

the madness of temporary ski jumps

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-15 17:18:00
holy shit. i've been looking at these ski jumps all morning and still can't believe how awesome they are. above: empire stadium, vancouver, april 30th 1958. source. above: empire stadium, vancouver, april 30th 1958. source. my intention today was to write about modern ski jumps (e.g. this beauty, designed by zaha hadid and this one from mr2) but then i came across the photos above …

6 extraordinarily stubborn 'nail houses'

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-10 16:51:00
above: carl friedrickson's defiant 'nail house' in up [source] near the start of up (pixar's latest gold-plated effort) we come to learn that carl friedricksen's house, or the land beneath it more specifically, is in demand by hungry developers due to its location amongst a sea of half-built, multistorey building projects, a fact that seems to make him all the more reluctant …

the tridge: the bridge's mutated cousin

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Deputy Dog 2009-06-05 15:46:00
tridges are - maybe unsurprisingly - a rare breed of bridge which are - again unsurprisingly after cleverly dissecting the name - notable by the presence of 3 spans rather than the usual 1. basically they're bridges which are Y-shaped instead of I-shaped and are usually found at confluences where 3 land masses need connecting (example one, the y-bridge in zanesville …

and you think your garbage is overflowing?

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Deputy Dog 2009-05-13 21:47:00
the other morning i walked out into our front garden to find various plastic bags, sweet wrappers and a cigarette packet strewn amongst the flower beds, either thrown from the pavement by a random lazy bastard or blown over the gate from the street by wind. needless to say it really really pissed me off to the point where i was …

taiwan's cutting edge solar powered stadium

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Deputy Dog 2009-05-12 11:50:00
i remember reading about the stadium featured in the video above a couple of years back, just after construction had begun. fast forward what seems like a week and whaddya know, it's finished. and stunning. practically every square inch of its dragonesque roof is covered by 8'844 solar panels, ready to supply the enormous record-breaking building with clean power. at the moment …

a surprising medium

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Deputy Dog 2009-05-11 14:45:00
did everyone just have a weekend stolen from under their noses or am i the only victim? thieving bastards. what do the following pictures have in common? what? who said 'leg over'? incorrect. they've all been drawn using a ballpoint pen. you know, a biro. the one you have trouble writing with smudge-free. that's right, the pens that leak in pockets indiscriminately. i find …

graffoto: photorealistic graffiti to make you drool

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Deputy Dog 2009-05-07 16:56:00
[this page contains a lot of pictures. apologies if your computer cries due to the hard work but i'd rather that happen than have to split the fucker into seperate pages, resulting in the annoying kind of multi-page article i personally cannot stand. thanks] a huge amount of people don't realise just how artistically and technically incredible graffiti can be these …

paris' multicoloured towerblocks

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Deputy Dog 2009-04-23 15:18:00
just a quick post as i complete another more substantial one. i wanted to bring these residential high-rise buildings to your attention due to the initially horrific exterior paint job which for some reason, after the shock sinks in, gives them a certain amount of charm. the group of towers are located in paris, were built in 1977 and go by the …

"what the fuck is this?" #4

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Deputy Dog 2009-04-23 11:47:00
seeing as the blogging's back on track, let's restart the game. here are the rules, copied and pasted from previous games... i have a folder on my desktop called 'huh?'. it's full of photos (hundreds) i've come across over the years whilst surfing the intertubes, photos which all have two things in common - 1. they intrigue me beyond belief, and 2. i …

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