Pete

@pete.to

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Eminent physicist, neon enthusiast, polyglot classicist, prize-winning botanist, hard-biting satirist, talented pianist, small web evangelist, good dentist too

Neon sign at night, reading "parlour FOR HIRE". Parlour is written in lowercase cursive, bent with clear tubing and pumped with neon gas, glowing red-orange. "FOR HIRE" appears in standard block letter beneath it, in white phosphor filled with argon and mercury.
Concert t-shirt featuring an illustration of Masayoshi Takanaka skydiving from a helicopter toward an island holding a surfboard-shaped guitar and giving a thumbs-up with his other hand. Takanaka is smiling and wearing sunglasses. Text on the shirt reads "Masayoshi Takanaka - This is a t-shirt for the Super Takanaka World Live 2026 Tour"
Two clear plastic Cicena Roxanne desk phones with neon tubes inside. One is pink, the other green.
Professor Rotwang leans over his desk as he addresses Joh Fredersen, leader of Metropolis. On the right side of the desk sits a freestanding spiral-shaped neon light with a wide base, tapering toward the top.
Multiple neon tubes mounted inside a large box emerge from the floor. Two sides of the box are clear glass, allowing a view inside. Other surfaces within the box are glossy black, reflecting the glow of the tubes and creating an "infinity" effect. The tubes are green, red, orange, yellow, and blue.
Short pieces of clear neon tubing bent in a tight U-shape (double back) with varying degrees of mostly poor quality.
A clear plastic desktop telephone with a pink neon tube glowing inside. The internal circuit board and components are painted white to accentuate the effect of the neon.
A red and white outdoor sign with neon-outlined text reading "Dell Rhea Chicken Basket - Cocktail Lounge". The lower edges of the sign are festooned with individual light bulbs.
Geometrically arranged bath tubs against a dark background. Three neon squares rise from the back of each tub.
Indoor sign. A metal arrow pointing downward with mounted neon letters reading "ORDER HERE".
Lit neon sign at night. A pink elephant wearing a cap showers itself with water from its trunk. The body of the elephant has text reading: "ELEPHANT Super CAR WASH - OPEN".