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A bit of Sunday trivia
Daisy Bell" was composed by British composer Harry Dacre in 1892. When Dacre first came to the United States, he brought with him a bicycle, for which he was charged import duty. His friend William Jerome, another songwriter, remarked lightly: "It's lucky you didn't bring a bicycle built for two, otherwise you'd have to pay double duty." Dacre was so taken with the phrase "bicycle built for two" that he soon used it in a song. That song, Daisy Bell, first became successful in a London music hall.
In 1961, an IBM 7094 at Bell Labs was programmed to sing "Daisy Bell" in the earliest demonstration of computer speech synthesis. This recording has been included in the United States National Recording Registry.
Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke witnessed the IBM 7094 demonstration during a trip to Bell Labs in 1962 and referred to it in the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the HAL 9000 computer sings "Daisy Bell" during its gradual deactivation.
So now you know:-))
Bit your tongue canoe boy and look again!
I knew little about birds when I first started taking photos on the bayou and calling this white beauty a Snowy Egret was my first major mistake. This it a juvenile Little Blue Heron which you can plainly see is completely white. It lacks the yellow spats that are a part of the Snowy’s wardrobe and also comes with some pale colors in the lores and the eyes. We see quite a few of them at this stage during their development on the bayou. A juvenile Little Blue Heron perched in a tree along Horsepen Bayou.
I meant to include the adult version here, but finally realize I had not included it earlier. In the third comment box.
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These are bits from a tiny screwdriver set used for working on electronics. That makes this photo a macro, as well.
New small series! These are *not* prints, they are the actual Impossible image, signed on the back. $20 w/ free US shipping ($3 for international shipping). These look super classy matted and/or framed & I can do that for a small additional cost.
Another walk at Creamer's today and another fox, maybe the same one, hunting for voles in the fields.
I took a bit more lens to try and get him a bit closer but still struggled with the lack of light that is common here in the far north this time of year.
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Been away a bit.
Baffled how it happened but the Monday after Christmas began coughing. Started as a tickle. Then turned croup like. Was able to get to urgent care that Thursday and a rapid test was positive for covid.
Because of my recent cancers I qualified for the myoclonal antibody treatment. Felt remarkably better for a bit.
But this sure has been a roller coaster.
I feel so bad for the unvaccinated. If I've been this awful after three Pfizers, I can't imagine surviving without having been vaxxed.
I had been given Prednisone for the croup/bronchial inflammation which I didn't start taking until I lost the sense of smell. Surprisingly the sense came back after two days.
A week after I showed symptoms, Kim showed, but hers were very different. She had severe nausea and headache. She hasn't had the respiratory involvement, but her test this past week was also positive. She's on the recovery roller coaster too.
Sometimes we feel some better, then it all hits again.
Been using our large gym ball to lie over. Way back at the beginning of the pandemic a bunch of us who had been Physical Therapists had talked about the importance of lying prone and the importance of postural drainage, which we used to do for patients in the hospital before Respiratory Therapy took it over.
Lying on one's chest on the ball supports the diaphragm and makes coughing more comfortable. Pushing forward to get the head low and butt high will help get secretions moving and excreted. Plus rolling on the ball is very good for the back.
I suppose my involvement here at Flickr will be a bit spotty for awhile yet. Hope everyone stays well.
This has been baffling. We've been masked whenever we've left the house. Kim goes to work but since she showed symptoms after me, I'm the likely one to have given it to her. In the week before showing symptoms I'd been once to the grocery store. And I've always double masked. I've always brought along my alcohol spray bottle to spray down the shopping carts.
One thing we haven't kept up is the wiping down of the grocery items before bringing them into the house. And we haven't been wiping down the Amazon packages that get delivered. But that method of transference has always been very low on the list. Being unmasked in a closed space has always been the chief method of transmission.
Go figure.
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Bigfoot Coffee Shop
Taking a second to enjoy the last bits of sunlight last night. Good company, conversation and coffee....perfect.
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Did some long overdue birdwatching over the weekend, so will be "taking a break" from the arboretum pics before resuming again.
Spotted this male Northern Cardinal at the "Blazing Hot Blend" feeder - pepper treated seeds to deter the squirrels and seems to work, too. Mr Cardinal is looking a bit ragged but not sure if it's due to the stress from parenting or because of the extremely hot weather we've had in our area lately? Or something else completely different?
** Mind you, our hot weather is nothing like some other areas are experiencing but still - hot for our area! And no doubt the heat affects wildlife regardless of where they are located.
Spot my favouirite bit of this shot to win the prize... OK, there is no prize.
You're all wrong, it's the light on the back of his neck ;0) .... I'm lying, of course it's the droplet. your prizes are in the post =D
By the way, apart from a bit of adjustment on the contrast, this was the colour the camera captured
Crazy Tuesday theme: “Tools in Focus"
Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated.
For a bit of a change of pace (abrupt shift?) , I will upload a few more images from our May trip to The Big Apple. The Dey St. Concourse at the Fulton Street Transit Center in Manhattan is a marked departure from subway architecture of days gone by, and it's strange to see anything to do with the NYC subways so deserted.
To quote Benjamin Kabak in 2nd Street Sagas, "It certainly doesn’t look like the subway system with which New Yorkers have a love-hate relationship. That alone is a step in the right direction, albeit a very, very expensive one." For more about the Fulton Street Transit Center, go to secondavenuesagas.com/2014/11/09/a-look-inside-the-new-fu...
Hope everyone has a good Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments.
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Small and Smaller is this week’s theme for Macro Mondays, therefore different size of tool bits on black slate. Do make the photos more interesting, splashing water von above, lighting the water with a mirror, beam above the black slate.
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#69 - No Bigger that a Credit Card
This bit of fallen pine twig is just under the length of a credit card
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Bit of a funny lazy day today. Stayed at home pottering around. Eventually went out for a walk in the wind but forgot to take the camera. So emergency photo time again for the group. This one is the back end of the ironing board.
Die noch sehr frisch lackierte 215 047 verlässt am 19.05.91 die Bierstadt Bitburg mit dem E 3603 (Köln-Trier).
Düstere Gegend: alle Häuser haben dort schwarze Dächer...
That bit about stirring coffee is not true, I'm sorry. This is just a rusty spade bit.
Shot with Sony 90mm f/2.8 macro lens on Sony a6500.
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By the end of George V's reign the threepence had become unpopular in England because of its small size
The physical dimensions of the brass threepence remained the same in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The effigy of the queen produced by Mary Gillick was used, with the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA BRITT OMN REGINA F D used in 1953, and ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D used in all other years.
The reverse shows a Tudor portcullis with chains and a coronet, with the inscription THREE PENCE date.
This coin was produced in all years from 1953 to 1967, and in 1970 (in proof sets only).
Following decimalisation, the brass threepence ceased to be legal tender after 31 August 1971.
Something different I actually liked this coin, when I was a lad if you had a few of these you were rich.
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“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
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Bit of a bad boy looks with NX-Nardcotix David mesh body. Check out my blog for the deets: billybeaverhausen.com/2020/02/09/shopping-for-david/