Next to an enormous Rube Goldberg Machine,
The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

Don't worry. I won't post pictures of every one of the gazillion music machines there.

The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

There's plenty more where these came from.

Part of the HUGE...
collection of automated music machines at
The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

I believe this was the one that played a weird Jean Michel Jarre-esque version of Bolero over and over and over and over, singlehandedly justifying Alexis's suggestion that the place needs a bar, and that was before we had seen 99% of the House.

Andrejs Zavadskis
A Walk Through Durham Township
Brad Knapp
Christoffer Jon Sinnbeck
Deborah Lattimore
Else Kramer
graciform
Invisible Threads
National Geographic
Orbit 1
Paradise.Found
Red-colour news soldier
shutterbug
trashbat

Also recommended is Photojunkie's interview with Andrew of Worksongs, which is one of my favourite photoblogs. I would love to do more urban exploration, but frankly I lack the courage, so the abandoned hotel set from June are as adventurous as I'm likely to get unless I find someone willing to egg me on.

The House on the Rock, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA
June 28th 2005

Unfortunately I have no pictures from Madison itself, as I was stupid and left my camera behind when we went out for the evening.

Gladstone, Michigan, USA
June 28th 2005

Lake Michigan (I think I translated the name reasonably), from Gladstone, Michigan, USA
June 28th 2005

I've fallen in love with the 'interestingness' feature on Flickr. In some way photos are cherry-picked from everything that Flickr members post, and the selection is unbelievable. Some of the best photography I've seen anywhere, and it's just being given out free by people who do this as a hobby.

Looking inland from Lake Michigan, Gladstone, Michigan, USA
June 28th 2005

Da U.P., Michigan, USA
June 28th 2005

Melinda's parents' cabin, Indian River, Michigan, USA
June 27th 2005

The Mackinac Bridge, Mackinac Straits, Michigan, USA
July 27th 2005

Andrejs Zavadskis
A Walk Through Durham Township
Chromasia
invisiblethreads
Jonathan Chandler
Michael Wang
miss anthropy
National Geographic
No Traces
orbit1
Reza Mazaheri
smallest photo
smudo
Worksongs

I'm experimenting with Flickr for hosting and organising my photos. I'm impressed so far, so I reckon there's a good chance I'll keep using it. I have picked the same imaginative username I always do—eldan—so if you also use Flickr please add me as a contact. I get the impression the service gets more interesting once you know other people who use it.

Melinda's parents' cabin, Indian River, Michigan, USA
June 26th 2005

Apologies for the long absence. I was busy arguing with a moving company for a while, and I hadn't anticipated quite how much time I'd waste between that and routine just-moved-to-a-new-city stuff. We have a good home internet connection now, so hopefully I can get back into the swing of photoblogging and catch up with the roadtrip pictures now.

Oh, and it's an extra-long list of links today because I have been looking at other peoples' photos even while I wasn't posting any of mine.

Andrejs Zavadskis
APoD
Brad Knapp
Canned Environments
Canned Environments
Christoffer Jon Sinnbeck
Christoffer Jon Sinnbeck
Chromasia
De-Lineation
Ex Falso Quodlibet
Invisible Threads
National Geographic
National Geographic
Smudo