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For a man who changed the world...

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This portrait is only made with "flat circles" on a black background. Every circle has a single color, a single tone and a single size. I placed each circle one by one. It's a time consuming method. Please see some details, the work in progress and other portraits here below. If you wish, you can also view this making of my portrait of Elvis Presley (video) to understand how I'm exploiting this technique with circles...

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For more information about my art: info@benheine.com

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Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, reclines on his desk in his office soon after the release of Windows 1.0. 1985 Bellevue, Washington, USA

1.Tên zì zạ?

- Su í :''>

2.Nheo tủi gờy?

- 14t ạ ;))

3.Ỡ âu ák?

- Việt Lam =))

4.Nếu ai đó nhận xét rằng "Bạn rất ổn!" bạn sẽ nói:

- Vâng ! Rất ồn =))

5.Bạn sẽ tự giới thiệu như thế nào về bản thân?

- Một con điên =))

6.Bạn thích điều gì ở 1 chàng trai/cô gái?

- Đ.chai =))

7.Hôm nay bạn cảm thấy như thế nào?

- Đuối T__T

8.Mục đích sống của bạn?

- Giàu hơn BillGate =))

9.Phương châm của bạn?

- Ra đời k có trí thức sẽ bị dẩm đạp :'j

10.Bạn bè nghĩ gì về bạn?

- Ai b' đâu =;

11.Bố mẹ bạn nghĩ gì về bạn?

- 1 đứa hư ( Mà vẩng thg* l' í ) xD

12.Dạo này bạn hay nghĩ đến chuyện gì?

- Chừng nào mìg đc như BillGate

13.Câu chuyện cuộc đời bạn ?

- K có dì đáng cễ :D

15.Khi lớn lên bạn muốn làm gì?

- Siu ngừi mẫu =))

16.Bạn nghĩ gì khi nhìn thấy người bạn thích ?

- Chắc đỏ mặt :D

17.Bạn sẽ hát bài gì trong đám cưới?

- Ngày mai đi nhận xác Chồng =))

18.Trong đám ma của bạn, người ta sẽ hát bài gì?

- Chưa mún chếc nho =;

19.Sở thích của bạn?

- Ăn ngủ , shopping , take hìg . Nói chung là nhìu :D

20.Bí mật lớn nhất của bạn?

- Bí mật k thể bật mí =;

21.Nỗi sợ lớn nhất của bạn?

- Bị bỏ rơi T__T

22.Điều bạn muốn ngay lúc này?

- Có nhìu tiền ;))

23.Bạn nghĩ gì về những người bạn của mình?

- Tùy ngừi . Mà tốt nhìu :">

24.Nếu bạn nuôi một con chó , tên nó sẽ là?

- Sợ chó l' . K có nuôi đôu

25.Hành động điên nhất vừa làm?

- Chạy dòng dòng trong nhà =))

26.Nhạc công sẽ chơi bài gì trong tang lễ của bạn?

- Đề nghị nhìn lại câu 18 dùm E T.T

27.Điều gì khiến bạn cười?

- Ngta làm cười thì mắc cừi =))

28.Điều gì khiến bạn khóc?

- Đa số là koi fkim T__T

29.Bạn đã kết hôn chưa?

- Chưa :'B

30.Điều gì làm bạn sợ nhất?

- Bị bắt cóc :"D

31.Có ai thích bạn không?

- Sao tuôi b' =;

32.Nếu được quay ngược thời gian, bạn sẽ thay đổi điều gì?

- K bỏ fkí 3 năm trời học tỉu học T_T

33.Ngay lúc này điều gì làm bạn tổn thương?

- Bị qánh :'?

34.Why tại why?

- Đau thì tổn thương =;

35.Bạn yêu Ck hoặk Zk bạn đến mứk nào??

- Chưa có C nên chưa b' =))

Sẽ bổ sung thêm =))

Graffiti taken outside of Bloor Station

on our way back to Male' from Guraidhoo

Seattle lies on a narrow strip of land between the salt waters of Puget Sound and the fresh waters of Lake Washington. Beyond the waters lie two rugged mountain ranges, the Olympics to the west and the Cascades to the east. It is a city built on hills and around water, in a mild marine climate that encourages prolific vegetation and abundant natural resources.

White settlers came to the Seattle area in 1851, establishing a townsite they first called New York, and then, adding a word from the Chinook jargon meaning "by-and-by," New York-Alki. They soon moved a short distance across Elliott Bay to what is now the historic Pioneer Square district, where a protected deep-water harbor was available. This village was soon named Seattle, honoring a Duwamish Indian leader named Sealth who had befriended the settlers.

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Bill Gates outlines the Microsoft Live Platform

These pop up on occasion, all around our neighbourhood.

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Anti-lockdown rally in London, 24 October 2020

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From the Jerusales tulipesias genus....

Challenger Administration LLC. Global Express Reg: N194WM taxing out at Zurich with Microsoft founder Bill Gates on board after attending the WEF 2015.

There is Jim Pattison in Vancouver. This is like Bill Gates in US or Li Ka Shing in Hong Kong. These are super-rich individuals or families who control large capital or net worth at least $10 billion (you may use USD currency for easy understanding).

How much is $10 billion?

If you win a $50 million lottery weekly, it will take you 4 years for you to accumulate the wealth of $10 billion. Or you are a high pay executive with annual salary of $5 million and your employer pays all your taxes and living expenses, it will take you 2,000 years to accumulate the wealth of $10 billion.

One of the characteristics for large capital is fast growth. It is very difficult for a person with $500 net worth to grow the value by 5% in a year. However it is much easier for large capital of $10 billion or business in the same size to grow 10%. or even 20% or 30% a year in the corporate capital market.

The large capital or super-rich is the fundamental of modern day capitalism and it is also part of the reasons for income inequality, people falling into poverty and social polarization.

This is long story.

I do think social critique is a less popular (or boring) genre of street photography nowadays. I would like to have comments and opinions.

Have a great day!

Another test of bokeh with my X100 on West Pender Street Vancouver.

Explore: Jun 18, 2008 #190. Common Room of the Gates Scholars, Cambridge University Centre.

Gulfstream GVI (G650ER)

Someone prefers not to read.

Windows and color! Photo of Bill Gates taken from a 1985 Windows advertisement.

Gulfstream GVI (G650ER)

BANANA in ya face!

Quotes:

“I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.” - Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez:) LOL

“Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” -Bill "Gazillianaire" Gates:)

“On a traffic light green means go and yellow means yield, but on a banana it's just the opposite. Green means hold on, yellow means go ahead, and red means where the hell did you get that banana at...” -Mitch Hedberg:)

Senate House, University of Cambridge. Some of the recipients of the honorary degrees this year: Bill Gates et al. Really big day at the University today:-)

© Sir Cam. All rights reserved. camdiary [at] yahoo.co.uk .

Juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus Americana) feed shortly after leaving a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

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Rise of the Tomb Raider, the rebirth of Lara Croft, now on sale for Xbox

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Bill Gates is a big believer in online education.

Gates organized a TED session this year and brought Salman Khan, an educator that left his job as a hedge fund analyst to pursue online video education, now reaching 1 million students per month.

“The first feedback came from my cousins. They told me that they preferred me on YouTube than in person.”

“And so you can imagine, so here I was, an analyst at a hedge fund. It was very strange for me to do something of social value.”

“If Isaac Newton had done YouTube videos on calculus, I wouldn’t have to.

well.. assuming he was good.”

In an interesting flip to the traditional classroom script, teachers can assign the videos and interactive online exercises for home and do what used to be homework in the classroom.

“By removing the one-size-fits all lecture from the classroom and letting students do work and interact with each other in class, these teachers have used technology to humanize the classroom.”

The TED talk just went online, with Q&A with Gates at the end, who concludes: “You just got a glimpse at the future of education.”

Created this for a blog article.

I used one of the 1985 publicity photos of Bill Gates for the release of Microsoft Windows 1.0.

What a contrast this is with the University Combination Room! What I want to demonstrate, however, is that Cambridge is both historic and modern. Perhaps the contrast of the really old and the new is too much for some, but, then, this is 2008. The word "Cambridge" may only conjure up images of the the ancient but it is, believe me, also a new city:-) I'm fast-forwarding from the historic Combination Room depicted in the previous photos to the slick Common Room of the (Bill, of course) Gates Scholars at the University Centre. What the two places have in common is that both have (highly) restricted access. Watch out for two more shots from "the secret Gates" :-)

Gulfstream GVI (G650ER)

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user. -- Bill Gates

A picture like this one is the reason why it is so hard for me to delete any picture. Like all of you (or most), not every picture I take is good!!! (I confess!)

I had taken a macro picture of frost on a window because I had spotted the tree-like design. But when I looked at it on my computer screen, I realized that it was not as sharp as i would have liked (see original picture below). But, I still liked the image, so I decided to play around to see what I could do. And here is the result.

What do you think?

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Ce sont à cause de photos comme celle-ci que j’ai de la difficulté à supprimer des photos. Comme vous tous (ou la plupart), toutes les photos que je prends ne sont pas bonnes! (Je l'avoue!) J'avais pris une photo de givre sur une fenêtre parce que j'avais repéré des dendrites en forme d'arbre. Mais quand j’ai regardé ma photo sur mon écran d'ordinateur, j'ai réalisé qu’elle n'était pas aussi nette que je l'aurais souhaité (voir image originale ci-dessous). Mais, comme j’aimait toujours la photo, j’ai décidé de voir ce que je pouvais faire en post-traitement. Et voilà le résultat.

Qu’en pensez-vous?

Day 301 of the 365 Journey

The Fifth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:

FIVE MONTHS OF BILLS

The Economy this year SUCKS! We’ve pretty much decided if we can’t afford to pay for it with cash…….we just won’t buy it! I think as I’ve grown older I’ve realized that although my wish lists are always long (new camera gear), I’m truly happy with everything I currently already have. Christmas is going to be nice and small this year. My Sister, brother and sister in law are all coming home two days before Christmas. In all honesty, having my whole family home for Christmas is all I really want. Don’t get me wrong, when that PS3 get’s opened on Christmas morning I won’t be taking it back or anything; I’m just saying that I love my family and that’s all I need.

Side note: We went to see NEW MOON for Suzanne’s Bday. OMG that movie was plain awful. Seeing as how I went to see it with three very hardcore Twilight fanatics who like myself HATED it, I feel comfortable in my opinion. I went in with an open mind and was harshly disappointed because there’s no way on earth I can ever get those two hours and forty-five minutes back. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with such bad acting and dialog. I’m usually pretty good with romantic movies, however after that abysmal disappointment I need a nice action flick to cheer me up!

Strobist INFO:

Shutter Speed 1/200

Aperture 2.8

ISO 100

Lens – Tamron 28-75

Focal Length 28mm

White Bal – AUTO

Setup time: 25 mins including finding the right images online printing and hanging them on a string of ligts

Flashpoint Monolight 1820 at 1/8 power with 45’’ shoot thru umbrella 7 ft tall approx 7 ft from subject

580exII at 1/8 in DIY lightstrip (horizontal) approx 6.5 from subject 3 ft from ground

Lights and camera shutter release triggered via Pocket Wizard’s

Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, BC. and yes, this really is one of Bill Gates Islands. ominous looking isnt it?

Co-founder, chairman, and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp.

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