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1. Pork processing panoramic 1900s

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., 18 hours ago   

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   • Mark Dunn
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3. Anyone shoot Royal-X Pan back in the day?

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., 17 hours ago   

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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • 17 hours ago

4. Why 'Tenet' Is A (Future) Masterpiece

   By Karim D. Ghantous, Tuesday at 08:04 AM
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   • Karim D. Ghantous
   • Tuesday at 08:04 AM

5. Crazy train route in Mexico

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., February 6
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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • February 6

6. Cheap indoor growing stand

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., February 5   

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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • February 5

7. All this work is driving me to drink! Report for 2.4.2026

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., February 4   

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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • February 4

8. Moniack Mead…R.I.P. At its time it was one of the best meads in the world!

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., February 1   

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     • honey
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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • February 1

9. The difference between the conceptual artist and the concept artist. (NSFW)

   By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 30   

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   • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
   • January 30

10. Digging through the root cellar (Long and photo heavy.)

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 28   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 28

11. When you do archival work...don't produce garbage. It is really sad how most archives are run. 

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 22   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 26

12. Beside steam trains you should look into steam shovels.

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 25   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 25

13. Interesting video on the trend towards subscription services. They said Adobe's profits went up like 500%! (NSFW)

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 24   

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    • greed
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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 24

14. Circus days

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 23   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 23

15. These trains were used on steep inclines

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 6   

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    • Joerg Polzfusz
    • January 22

16. The Japanese Kei truck...a $7,000 wonder!

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 18   

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    • charles pappas
    • January 21

17. These new nanny state low energy printers seem like hell to use.

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 18   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 18

18. Film archives...start using samplers!

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 16   

    • film archive
    • preservation
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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 16

19. Making PDFs on the fly.

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 15   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 15

20. War time Coke ad from 1943

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 15   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 15

21. Trichrome Printing by the Autotype Carbro Process booklet

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 15   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 15

22. The Gong Show! I'm glad they had VHS recorders back in the day...too bad DVD recorders are extinct.

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 12   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 12

23. Here is a weird photo

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 6   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 6

24. When it comes to questions of art...this is the bottom line.

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 4   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 5

25. Lucy on set

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., January 5   

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    • Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
    • January 5

26. I wonder what this was for?

    By Daniel D. Teoli Jr., December 29, 2025
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    • Steve Switaj
    • January 1