tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post7643920514940265546..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: Pretty slickAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-54901940596303605652011-08-25T12:52:14.749-05:002011-08-25T12:52:14.749-05:00That is pretty damned clever, and sickeningly chea...That is pretty damned clever, and sickeningly cheap too! Reusing the idea for deck prisms, and from my experience in Galveston on <i>Elissa</i>, they work with moonlight too, tho not as bright, obviously.Mattexianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-75647170744464830002011-08-17T19:35:11.460-05:002011-08-17T19:35:11.460-05:00And here, I posted this, which is a picture I took...And here, I posted <a href="http://paintedocean.blogspot.com/2011/08/skylight-sidewalks.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>, which is a picture I took a few years ago of the sidewalk skylights (though I'm not sure if that is the true term for them).Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-64187366180863605422011-08-17T19:27:53.562-05:002011-08-17T19:27:53.562-05:00They're called deck prisms.They're called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_prism" rel="nofollow">deck prisms</a>.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-84211523092526969612011-08-17T19:13:57.868-05:002011-08-17T19:13:57.868-05:00Reminds me of those glass block skylights for base...Reminds me of those glass block skylights for basement offices you can see in downtown sidewalks (at least in San Antonio; I assume other cities have them as well). Also, I understand ship builders used similar technology with quartz crystals (or something similar) in old sailing ships.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.com