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Note: this photo was published in a Jan 5, 2010 blog titled "Here's to 2010, the Year of the Job." And it was published in a Feb 12, 2010 blog titled "Four Reasons Why Google Buzz is Doomed." It was also published in a May 27, 2010 blog titled "Short Circuit: is being connected burning you out?" And it was published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) Digital Camera Super Shop blog, with the same title and detailed notes as what I had written on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 6, 2011 blog titled "5 Most Popular Really Natural Posts of 2010." It was also published in a Feb 16, 2011 blog titled "Mobile sites vs. mobile queries."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 24, 2012 blog titled "EL WI-FI, FUTURO ESCUDERO DE INTERNET EN EL MÓVIL."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 18, 2013 blog titled "WYOD (wear your own device): “Get Smart” meets “Mr. Gadget”."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Sep 2014) Australian blog titled "Joggers: beware of SODs syndrome."
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New Yorkers will tell you that nobody in his or her right mind goes to Times Square on New Year's Eve. Well, anyway, nobody from Manhattan -- you can never tell what those crazy folks in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, or the Bronx might do (and we won't even try to imagine what those crazy folks in New Jersey might do). Actually, even residents of Manhattan have been known to experience the New Year's Eve count-down once in their lives, just so they can tell everyone else that they know what they're talking about. In my case, I think it was back in 1969; at this point, I can't even remember for sure which year it was ...
Why do New Yorkers do their best to stay away from Times Square on New Year's Eve? Well, have you ever looked at the television screen in the midst of all that mayhem? There are a gazillion other people out there, jammed against each other, shoulder to shoulder — and they're all drunk, and they're all screaming at the top of their lungs. You can't just drive to a nearby corner and park your car, with a plan of getting back in your car and fleeing after you've seen what a crazy idea it was. And you can't take a taxi right to the middle of Times Square — at least, not after mid-afternoon on New Year's Eve. Even worse, there are no public bathrooms anywhere to be found, so you're in trouble if you drink too much beer ... except that the cops do their best, quite understandably, to make sure nobody in the Times Square area (which is broadly defined to cover an area of several square blocks) is drinking or doing anything that might look dangerous.
Consequently, it often seems that most of the crowd has chosen to get roaring drunk before they arrive on the scene. All of which might be great fun if the weather is clear, and the temperature is somewhere above the freezing mark. But if it's 30 degrees or lower, and it's drizzling or raining or snowing, this is not a place where you want to spend six or eight hours standing around with two million of your best (drunken) friends...
Thus, it should not surprise you to hear that I was not in Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve of 2009 (or, for that matter, any other year going back to 1969). However, I had a business meeting in mid-town Manhattan, in the late morning of Dec 31st; and on the chance that something interesting might be going on, I brought my camera with me. To reach my meeting, I took a subway to Times Square, and it was snowing heavily when I came out of the station; thus, I was hoping for some dramatic scenery when my meeting ended and I had a little free time before heading back uptown to my office.
Alas, the snow had pretty much been replaced by a combination of drizzle and occasional raindrops when I finished my meeting and walked over to Times Square. Hence you won't see any dramatic blizzard-like shots in this Flickr set; no views of frozen revelers with zillions of snowflakes falling all around them. But there were some interesting people wandering around, and it was interesting to see how many foreign tourists had arrived to spend all afternoon, all evening, and potentially all night in what has become the most well-known site of New Year's celebrations in the U.S., if not the world. It was also interesting to see that the cleaning crews were already beginning to assemble, and that other workers were dragging along large bundles of balloons, hats, and other novelties to be distributed to the crowds later on...
... and later on, after a very pleasant dinner in Greenwich Village with several family members, I ended up back at home, watching the revelry on television as the countdown came to an end. The TV coverage was obviously far more extensive than what I could accomplish with just one DSLR camera; and it was also infinitely more sophisticated, with high-end TV cameras located on strategic vantage points all around the square. On the other hand, the TV images appear, and then disappear, often leaving no lasting impression. By contrast, these still images will hopefully be interesting to look at months, if not years, from now. For better or worse, they'll be here whenever you'd like to see them...
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A shopkeeper in a covered market in Colombo keeps track of his produce.
A left-over shot from last weekend's wedding. This groomsman, named Jason, pauses to take notes before the crowd arrives.
Illustration for www.notebookism.com. Field Notes® is a product of Coudal + Draplin. www.fieldnotesbrand.com.
- Purple: titles
- Yellow: information
- Blue: my notes
Quote: There were no applications, instead there were a highly integrated form of what today are called mashups. This was in the original PARC GUI!
- Alan kay
Ref: Wired interview
FORUMS TAKE NOTE!
I upload these images for the general public to enjoy, and although I don't mind my images posted on forums for the purpose of general discussion, it's starting to annoy me that people are beginning to use my images as there profile pictures and backgrounds without my permission. As I've said feel free to use them for public discussion but I don't appreciate people starting to take the piss. If this continues, I'll either stop posting, or start slapping massive copyright logo's on my images which is something that I don't want to do!
Everything will work out in the end.
Try not to worry so much.
It's not as bad as it seems.
This is just one part of your life.
Keep on going.
Don't let anyone bring you down.
Do what makes you happy.
The sun follows the rain.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It's not as hard as you think.
Just do it.
Let it go.
Worry less.
Smile more.
I purchased these Field Notes Brand memo books and love them but I didn't like the way the books didn't stay closed and pens clipped onto the books awkwardly. So I quickly designed up this clip that not only keeps the book closed but also lets you attach a pen. I designed the clip to perfectly fit the Field Notes Brand click pens but as you can see it will also fit other brand pens too.
I decided to try out the Note Cards. Pretty cool....same card stock as regular Moo cards, but square format which goes great with my Polaroids. They give you a nice contact sheet representing the 16 cards you get for your order. I like the way they organized them
I've taken to jotting down notes from everywhere in lil notebooks.. I hope that someday someone somehow will benefit from my scribbling..
Nurses' Notes
The yellow Roses are for you.
May I set them on a solitary vase?
Side by Side with you smile,
framed in May,
while I adjust your Morphin drip, to a suitable rate,
to ease the pain, to admire these Roses.
It must be from a friend,
or a lover who remembers you name,
your face,
perhaps feeling guilty in the Hamptons,
in Polo matches, in tea parties,
flirting with tanned shoulders,
red toes sandaled,botoxed-lips,
herbal sipping Vegan, munching hors d'oeuvre.
What else can I do for you Miss?
So young,
so sick,
so drugged,
to even care,
to open the card.
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Poem by Virgina E.Escandor
Blythe Reenacment Set by Katja Swanson/BlytheOwl
(both Artist are Nurses by Trade)
Note: Although I love Twitter for iPhone, I dislike Twitter for iPad. To me, its overcomplicated UI is like 100 bad ideas on acid. Twitterific for iPad is my Twitter iPad app of choice, and usually occupies a key spot in the dock. Alas, the current Twitterific build has a serious API problem for folks with many followers (like Gruber and me), so I'm reduced to using Twitter for iPad. (What I actually end up doing is tweeting via my phone 90% of the time, even if I'm conducting other activities with the iPad.)
St. Peter and Paul's church, Athlone, completed in 1937. Designed by Richard King, of Harry Clarke Studios, Dublin after Harry Clarke's death.
Jesus is shown breaking bread at the last Supper. The theme is Jesus, the Eucharist and scenes and saints associated with the Eucharist.
The notes below are linked to photos of the relevant detail in the window. Some of the notes here refer to Church of Saints Peter and Paul Athlone: An Illustrated History and Guide by Patrick Murray.
Notes
1. This is Pius X, with the 1910 decree on the age children receive first holy communion: Quam Singulari Sacra Tridentina.
2. Moses & Co. gathering Manna in the desert. Scouts carrying huge bunches of grapes from the Promised Land appear in the background.
3. St. Gertrude. Ark of the Divinity.
4. Moses striking the rock at Emmaus.
5. Paschal Baylon, says Murray.
6. The Wedding feast at Cana. Water into wine. Conversio.
7. St. Tarcisius
8. Mane Nobiscum is from Luke 24:29, when disciples on the road to Emmaus meet the risen Jesus.
9.Thoma Bene Scripsisti de me is Thomas Aquinas being addressed by Jesus while at prayer.
10. Ecce Cor, Latin for Behold the Heart, with a traditional image of the Sacred Heart, with thorns, flames and a cross.
11. Sancti Venite Christi Corpus Sumite is a hymn attributed to St. Sechnall, St. Patrick's nephew.
12. An image of the church itself, with Jesus on a hill, and a hen with chicks. Two saints - Peter and Paul, presumably - look over his shoulder. Beneath is written Quoties Volui
a reference to Luke 13:34, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.
13. Saint Julianna holding a martyr's palm. Icons of her with a martyr's palm can be found with Google.
14. The miracle of the loaves and fishes. Multiplicatio
15. Murray IDs this as John Eudes, with his Sacred Heart.
16. Longinus jabs the crucified Jesus with his spear.
17. Saint Margaret Mary Alocoque, a 17th century nun devoted to the Sacred Heart.
18. Eating the Paschal Lamb before leaving Egypt.
19. Matt Talbot in shabby modern clothes holds a scroll saying "Fast Friends". I don't know why. Could it be a reference to this quote from AA cofounder Bob W. (from 1939, years after Talbot's death)? : We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship has grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part of.
Note the ends of the chains hanging from his trousers, which he was wearing under his clothes when he died.
20-21: Michael and Gabriel carry a sword and a lily, respectively.
22. Exentera Cor Piscis, Tobit 6, disembowel the heart of the fish. The image is Tobiah walking with the angel Raphael. This image is very similar to Botticini's "The Three Archangels With Tobias" from 1467.
23. Beneath Christ's feet is says Hoc est Corpus Meum, This is my Body.
24. Grape Vines grow at the bottom of the window.
25. Harry Clarke Stained Glass Ltd.
Note on reverse "Malmaison 5.7.1917".
A heavy landing perhaps has caused the undercarriage of this DFW (Aviatik) C.V to partially collapse. The barrel of the observer's LMG 14 Parabellum machine-gun can be seen facing rearwards.
The DFW C.V was primarily a reconnaissance aircraft first used in 1916. The aircraft had a top speed of 155 km/h, a range of 500 km and a ceiling height of 5,000 metres.
Every day that I was in Las Vegas at the NADA workshops I would take my notes in adobe ideas on my iPad.
On every page I would doodle a robot :-)
i nearly lost this one. most would have let it go.
it was my first colloid negative image on glass and i wasn't going to lose it. once in the bath, the emulsion began to gently lift away and turn over on itself. It looked like a curtain in a gentle breeze. i somehow managed to keep in place until i could get it to a safe place do dry. even now if i blew on it it could turn to silver dust. i'll mount another plate over it to hopefully keep in place.
i forget his name. he was a friend of alan's. it was a 20 second exposure so he played gently and as still as possible. i can still hear those notes.
and they are all here...
4x5 wet plate collodion negative on glass