2018 Smile on Saturday: Copyright By Mankind
Smile on Saturday: Copyright By Mankind
"Pictures that would be a testament to mankind's ability to design, build, craft, engineer or create things that accomplish a task, make life easier or achieve a goal weather (sic) it be for work, play or pleasure. These would be pictures that would show and be a tribute to the Human Mind and what it is capable of doing that sets us apart from all other life forms on this planet. ....pictures of the 'human created things' ....show how we make use of what lies above our shoulders ...."
Who would have believed - even relatively recently - that you could easily download, photograph, store, watch, read or listen to your entire library of books, photos, movies, music and more on small, portable devices!
All sitting on an old-school crochet tablecloth.
iPad Air 2 - 128g storage capacity - with on screen photo of the Sydney Opera House - an architectural marvel.
The iPad Air 2 is the second-generation iPad Air tablet computer designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on October 16, 2014. Designed by Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Chief Design Officer. Ive who holds over 5,000 patents has led Apple’s design team, which is widely regarded as one of the world’s best, since 1996.
Ive is responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of Apple hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects such as Apple Park and Apple’s retail stores, as well as new ideas and future initiatives.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the Sydney Opera House was formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an international design competition. The Government of New South Wales, led by the premier, Joseph Cahill, authorised work to begin in 1958 with Utzon directing construction. The government's decision to build Utzon's design is often overshadowed by circumstances that followed, including cost and scheduling overruns as well as the architect's ultimate resignation.
Utzon received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2003. The Pritzker Prize citation read:
There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.
The very long and complex story can be read @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House
iPhone 8+ - 256g storage capacity - playing Abbey Road by The Beatles - an amazing musical creation.
iPhone 8 Plus is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the eleventh generation of the iPhone. It was released in 2017 approx. 6 years after the death of Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs. Jobs is widely recognised as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English band The Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. The recording sessions for the album were the last in which all four Beatles participated. Many critics now view the album as the Beatles' best and rank it as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The album's cover, which features the four band members walking across a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios, has become one of the most famous and imitated images in the history of popular music.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. In 1963, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania"; as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Surviving members McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
Kindle Voyage e-reader - 1100+ books storage capacity - download and read your choice of almost any book written and never be bored again!
The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. All Kindle devices integrate with Kindle Store content, and as of March 2018, the store has over six million e-books available in the United States.
In 2004, founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos tasked his employees to build the world's best e-reader before Amazon's competitors could. Amazon originally used the codename Fiona for this e-reader.
The Kindle name was devised by branding consultants Michael Cronan and Karin Hibma. Kindle, meaning to light a fire was felt an apt metaphor for reading and intellectual excitement.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 80d - DSLR - a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor, as opposed to photographic film.
2018 Smile on Saturday: Copyright By Mankind
Smile on Saturday: Copyright By Mankind
"Pictures that would be a testament to mankind's ability to design, build, craft, engineer or create things that accomplish a task, make life easier or achieve a goal weather (sic) it be for work, play or pleasure. These would be pictures that would show and be a tribute to the Human Mind and what it is capable of doing that sets us apart from all other life forms on this planet. ....pictures of the 'human created things' ....show how we make use of what lies above our shoulders ...."
Who would have believed - even relatively recently - that you could easily download, photograph, store, watch, read or listen to your entire library of books, photos, movies, music and more on small, portable devices!
All sitting on an old-school crochet tablecloth.
iPad Air 2 - 128g storage capacity - with on screen photo of the Sydney Opera House - an architectural marvel.
The iPad Air 2 is the second-generation iPad Air tablet computer designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on October 16, 2014. Designed by Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Chief Design Officer. Ive who holds over 5,000 patents has led Apple’s design team, which is widely regarded as one of the world’s best, since 1996.
Ive is responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of Apple hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects such as Apple Park and Apple’s retail stores, as well as new ideas and future initiatives.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the Sydney Opera House was formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an international design competition. The Government of New South Wales, led by the premier, Joseph Cahill, authorised work to begin in 1958 with Utzon directing construction. The government's decision to build Utzon's design is often overshadowed by circumstances that followed, including cost and scheduling overruns as well as the architect's ultimate resignation.
Utzon received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2003. The Pritzker Prize citation read:
There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.
The very long and complex story can be read @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House
iPhone 8+ - 256g storage capacity - playing Abbey Road by The Beatles - an amazing musical creation.
iPhone 8 Plus is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the eleventh generation of the iPhone. It was released in 2017 approx. 6 years after the death of Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs. Jobs is widely recognised as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by English band The Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. The recording sessions for the album were the last in which all four Beatles participated. Many critics now view the album as the Beatles' best and rank it as one of the greatest albums of all time.
The album's cover, which features the four band members walking across a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios, has become one of the most famous and imitated images in the history of popular music.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. In 1963, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania"; as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Surviving members McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
Kindle Voyage e-reader - 1100+ books storage capacity - download and read your choice of almost any book written and never be bored again!
The Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. All Kindle devices integrate with Kindle Store content, and as of March 2018, the store has over six million e-books available in the United States.
In 2004, founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos tasked his employees to build the world's best e-reader before Amazon's competitors could. Amazon originally used the codename Fiona for this e-reader.
The Kindle name was devised by branding consultants Michael Cronan and Karin Hibma. Kindle, meaning to light a fire was felt an apt metaphor for reading and intellectual excitement.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 80d - DSLR - a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor, as opposed to photographic film.