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It is easy to make new friends over the internet, but you do not get to meet them very often “in real life”, as they say, especially if they live in a far away country. I was fortunate enough that my friend Janet, an American college professor of art history and a specialist of the Middle Ages, could come to France for a worldwide, week-long congress in June 2024, and even luckier that the congress in question was held in the city of Lyon, a few kilometers from my home.
Thus, we finally met in person, and since she had some free time during that week, I arranged for us to visit a couple of Romanesque churches she had never heard of before but that were still worthy of our interest. We spent a nice day navigating the small roads of the départements of Isère and Drôme, south of Lyon, stopped at roadside fresh produce vending stalls that delighted her, had lunch in a nice restaurant tucked away in the hills, and more to the point, visited two churches: Saint-Romain-de-Surieu and Chantemerle-les-Blés.
In Saint-Romain-de-Surieu, my interest was for the former castle chapel originally dedicated to Our Lady and located on the rocky promontory overlooking the village, where the castle once stood, although precious nothing of it remains visible, except maybe to the trained archæologist’s eye.
That former chapel then became the official parish church, as evidenced by the presence of the cemetery on its southern side. Contrary to what I have read in several places, this church looks very old to me. I consider it even possible that it was there before the castle was erected. Among my reasons are: (1) the carefully assembled but generally quite rough apparel of local pebbles with several traces of opus spicatum (fishbone or herringbone masonry in English), which is a technique that was not used after Year 1000; (2) the flat, squarish apse, easier to build than a semi-circular one, is also a sign of very old age; (3) the squat, square bell tower sitting across the whole width of the nave; (4) the very small and narrow shape of the few period windows that remain, many having been remodeled later; (5) the absence of a vault; and (6) the naive and archaic sculpted motifs on the two remaining period capitals inside the nave.
All in all, in my opinion, this little church, unfortunately all plastered up inside, dates back to the Carolingian age before Year 1000, at least for its oldest part. Were it not for the plastering, its side walls would have a lot more to tell us. Agreed, it was remodeled as late as the 19th century, including in its now strange-looking triumphal arch, as we will see, but the core is ancient.
One last photo of Surieu-Saint-Romain: the square apse which is one of the signs that tells us, according to me, that this was first built around, or preferably before, Year 1000.
Now, on to Chantemerle!
Amanda Hess, Why aren’t women welcome on the Internet?
Matter in Matter (San Francisco, USA, 11 I 2014), cover by nerosunero
Based on the IT Crowd: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmxXp62O8g
I gave mine two lights and a switch to turn it off, though it's probably not a good idea to do that.
That's my right eye. I was thinking about computers, privacy and Internet security when I made this original, composite image as an experiment.
I have now included my signature at bottom left to this image above, my second most popular composition with 26,161 views as of April 1st, 2023. Thanks All and Best Wishes to You & Yours. Peace.
Wired magazine used my image under license here: www.wired.com/2011/04/obama-online-security/
People using computers in an internet cafe in Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank
Photo ID: Hoel_030311_P3111065
Controlling The Internet.
Internationale technische Störungen symptomatischen stabilisiert Einschränkung Manieren Abhören Bösen,
замен структуры чудовищные грандиозные лидеры помпезные мероприятия правила подслушивания проводных,
συγκείμενο εμφανίσεις σκοπούς υποκρισία ανέβασε ανήσυχοι ταχυδακτυλουργικά θεατές επιστασία καταχθόνια σχέδια,
vilitates harum misrepresented culturae landscape indifferentia scriptor artes profundo contemporary suasionem serpentis,
illustrations paralysie affaibli techniques de contenu insertions juxtapositions procédures essentielles édite automatiquement,
cwotâu awdurdodedig druenus cynhyrchu asiantaethau llywodraethol bosibiliadau goresgyniad archddyfarniadau eithaf afresymol safonol,
profittatori conseguenze economia retrospettivi numerose aziende senza scrupoli acquisizioni agenzie diffuse inondazioni,
gníomhairí tionscail ag soláthar infiltrations géarchéime teicneoirí arna maoiniú deimhnithe desertions stiúrthóirí d'aon toil saoirsí deireadh a chur,
オンラインとオフの結果絶望的権威呼吸麻痺を調整する第一の持続的な傾向!
Steve.D.Hammond.
Slobodný #internet v #USA už nemusí byť samozrejmosťou. Američania tak možno spoznajú ako sa žije bez slobodného internetu... my.slbeu.eu/ameri82f1
I was invited to spend two days at Europe’s most comprehensive IoT Event. This leading forum focused on case studies that show today’s Industry and Enterprises leveraging IoT technologies to transform their business through creating value and efficiencies.
The Internet of things (stylised Internet of Things or IoT) is the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as "connected devices" and "smart devices"), buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data.
"Things," in the IoT sense, can refer to a wide variety of devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip transponders on farm animals, electric clams in coastal waters,[16] automobiles with built-in sensors, DNA analysis devices for environmental/food/pathogen monitoring or field operation devices that assist firefighters in search and rescue operations.[18] Legal scholars suggest to look at "Things" as an "inextricable mixture of hardware, software, data and service". These devices collect useful data with the help of various existing technologies and then autonomously flow the data between other devices. Current market examples include home automation (also known as smart home devices) such as the control and automation of lighting, heating (like smart thermostat), ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and appliances such as washer/dryers, robotic vacuums, air purifiers, ovens or refrigerators/freezers that use Wi-Fi for remote monitoring.
My internet connection went down on Sunday and Talk Talk can't get anyone out to fix it until 20 December. So I can't see my e-mails, Facebook, Flickr or watch tv as I can only access it via the internet 😟
Tangible representations of the internet:
1. Spam
2. Skype/communication
3. Music, Youtube
4. PORN!
5. Photography, Flickr
6. Socialising, Utata
7. Shopping
8. Researching, Wikipedia
9. Gambling/gaming
OK, so I'm halfway through my project on taking a photo of the internet. The theme throughout the 10 photos is going to be tangible items that look like the net.
These have all been shot with an 8mm fisheye lens giving the appearance (i hope) of a webcam view.
I've still got to convert all these onto medium format film, which will take some more time.
Work in progress....