STEREOGRANIMATOR

My current obsession? The New York Public Library's Stereogranimator. I read about it on Design Sponge a couple weeks ago and I have been addicted ever since.

I've always loved the way old stereographs look...and I own several...but I don't have a stereoscope. That's one of those nifty old contraptions that turns the two images into one and makes it look all three dimensional. You know...essentially a Victorian era viewmaster.

But now it doesn't matter thanks to the NYPL's awesome gif maker. They have scanned over 40,000 stereographs that you can choose from. And when you find one that suits your fancy you can turn it into an animated gif which rapidly flashes between the left and right images giving it the intended 3-D effect. Genius!

Here's some of my handiwork...

Snow cave, Rocky Mountains, Wasatch Range. Winter 1868.

The sleeping faun, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Model of the Mayflower.

Group of Musicians, Pittsfield, N.H.

Great Sphinx of Gizeh, the Largest Royal Potrait ever Hewn, Egypt

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Glen Iris -- Lake and Indian canoe, Portage, N.Y. 1870.

The little hunter and his sweetheart. 1871.

River scene with an artist sketching.

A hunter.

Mrs. Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum series. 1876

Interior of One of the Finest Houses in Santiago de Cuba. 1900

Roll-top desk with various mounted animals. September 1918.

River scene with an artist sketching.

Girl on horseback in the beach.

Moonlight, Niagara River.

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

I forgot to tell you guys. Justin and I shared some of our favorite web videos over at Portable.tv for their weekly What We're Watching feature.

The stills above are from one of my picks -- Basic Black from 1967. Shot by William Claxton and starring Miss Peggy Moffitt.

Here's the link. Go check 'em out!