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Springfield Armory

shaunoboyle — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:44:52 +0000

"Organ of Rifles"

Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary,
When the death-angel touches those swift keys
What loud lament and dismal Miserere
Will mingle with their awful symphonies

-stanza from Longfellow’s poem “The Arsenal at Springfield”

Raptor Over Landscape

shaunoboyle — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:20:36 +0000

Raptor Over Landscape

Musk ox is asleep

shaunoboyle — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:28:20 +0000

It was night, all night.
it was day, all day, morning,
Musk ox is asleep

Stanza from 13 Ways of Looking at a Musk Ox by Agustin Ramirez

Iphone friendly theme added

shaunoboyle — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:14:10 +0000

I’ve added an iphone friendly theme to this site, so that mobile users can view posts on this site easier. Let me know if you see any problems with the site if you are viewing with an iphone or other mobile device.

Below are a few photographs from the Hoosac Transect project. This is an ongoing project which began as a study of the Hoosac Tunnel, and has grown into a project photographing anything interesting along this old rail line.
More photographs can be seen at this link here.

iphone distractions

shaunoboyle — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:20:48 +0000

So what have I been doing for the past month? Futzing with my new iphone. These devices are distracting. I end up playing a session of angry birds rather than work on my latest book design – which is a reworking of the asylum photographs into a larger 13″x11″ book design.

But the newness of the iphone is wearing off finally (it’s my first smart phone), and I’m getting back to work on important projects. And occasionally playing with the phone. It has a decent 5 megapixel camera, and there are some good photo apps available. My current favorite is the ShakeItPhoto app, which does a good job of capturing the look of a polaroid.

I’ve also been enjoying summer, spending time swimming and hiking, canoeing.
I took a few days for a hiking trip to the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. It is one of my favorite places to go. I love hiking and the beauty of the mountains, and the adks are a great place to get both in large doses.