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As you walk around the Tennessee Tech campus in Cookeville, Tennessee, look up and you will see a landmark perched up on top of Derryberry Hall, the clock tower. The clock tower features a clock on each of its four sides, a carillon sound system, and the Golden Eagle. Designed to be aesthetically pleasing, but primarily functional, the tower’s purpose was to house the clock and carillon sound system, keeping time for campus and students. The Golden Eagle was nested atop the Jere Whitson Memorial Library (Jere Whitson Hall) but was moved to Derryberry after the building’s 1960s “renovation”. The original eagle statue came to Tech in 1952, after being lifted from the Monteagle Hotel in a heist by three students. The current eagle atop of the hall is one of two replicas made by the Appalachian Center for Craft. Tech gave the second replica to the town of Monteagle to replace the one lifted in the student heist.
At the time of this photo in 2013, the clock tower was still in relatively good condition but over the years it weathered and peeled and began to exhibit sign of structural issues. As I am uploading this photo in January of 2022, a completely new clock tower is currently being installed on Derryberry Hall where the infamous Golden Eagle will be reinstalled. This is something that has been needed for a long time after many other buildings on campus received renovations and this iconic centerpiece was sitting in major disrepair. As an alumni, this makes me happy to see this upgrade take place.
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D5000 (tripod mounted)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 320
Aperture – f/29
Exposure – 25 seconds
Focal Length – 100mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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"Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the occasions of pleasure, but finds great difficulty in giving birth to happiness. For happiness has its origin elsewhere: it is a spiritual thing. "
-Pope Paul VI, Exhortation, Gaudere in Domino, 1. 9 April 1975.
For Lent, 40 Days in the Wilderness: Slowing down, taking more time to reflect, has been very frutiful for me this Lent. Quieting myself, as it turns out, is a great occasion to bring about happiness, closeness, and peace.
This is the view out our front door. On March 5, there was a quite beautiful sunset which I was fortunate to see, and photograph.
[No photoshopping or editing.]
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Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN
Many years ago Jere Whitson Hall was the library at Tennessee Tech. I am not sure of the building's current function. It has not been the library for approximately thirty-five years.
The Wishing Tree
2019
“We hope, despite the technological complexity, that the piece invokes a simple and beautiful feeling: the wonder of nature and humans working in harmony, the possibilities we can achieve together when we share knowledge and wisdom, and the awe of life itself.” Symmetry Labs
The Wishing Tree, created by the San Francisco-based collective Symmetry Labs, is a unique site-specific installation that pushes the boundaries of art and technology. Here, the highly sophisticated man/computer-made design intricately meshes with the lushified natural environment and reflects the ‘urban oasis’ curatorial theme within Rosemary Square. By day The Wishing Tree offers shade and resembles an ancient 26-foot-tall banyan, and by night, the monumental light sculpture reveals a spectacular visual experience. A total of 100,000 individually programmable, full-color-spectrum LEDs create the light embedded in 10,000 leaves. The lighting algorithm is inspired by the fluid behavior of South Florida’s inherent weather systems. Community of all ages and backgrounds will be captivated by the myriad of swirling and undulating patterns formed by the refined palettes. All are invited to gather around The Wishing Tree rooted in the very heart of Downtown West Palm Beach.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.rosemarysquarewpb.com/art/wishing-tree
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Technologic is all about technology, cyber, futuristic, industrial, and punk all brought together for you by some of the top people on the grid! It's bound to be a good time! We open on the 15th!
Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me
Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me
Oh, I'm all alone now
No love to shield me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality
Hapiness you took from me
And left me alone
With only memories
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
- Albert Einstein
Purposely kept this composition 'busy' to reflect the complexity of modern life, as seen by the young (overwhelming for adults, imagine what the world seems like to them).
And no, I'm not a Luddite.
52 in 2022 Challenge - 43 Technological
Out with Pauls Pix 53 for a wander around the gardens at Nymans. We had originally planned to do macros, but it was so windy, we soon gave up that idea.
This old telly was in the house ... so glad we have bigger screens today, but it must have been a wonder back when they were first invented.
natural elemental art in a 2 ft long bonsai metallic "tree"
these dendritic native metal specimens are gathered by miners in underground mines around the world
wall-mounted Keweenaw Peninsula beauty is in the geology building, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA.
The Wishing Tree
2019
“We hope, despite the technological complexity, that the piece invokes a simple and beautiful feeling: the wonder of nature and humans working in harmony, the possibilities we can achieve together when we share knowledge and wisdom, and the awe of life itself.” Symmetry Labs
The Wishing Tree, created by the San Francisco-based collective Symmetry Labs, is a unique site-specific installation that pushes the boundaries of art and technology. Here, the highly sophisticated man/computer-made design intricately meshes with the lushified natural environment and reflects the ‘urban oasis’ curatorial theme within Rosemary Square. By day The Wishing Tree offers shade and resembles an ancient 26-foot-tall banyan, and by night, the monumental light sculpture reveals a spectacular visual experience. A total of 100,000 individually programmable, full-color-spectrum LEDs create the light embedded in 10,000 leaves. The lighting algorithm is inspired by the fluid behavior of South Florida’s inherent weather systems. Community of all ages and backgrounds will be captivated by the myriad of swirling and undulating patterns formed by the refined palettes. All are invited to gather around The Wishing Tree rooted in the very heart of Downtown West Palm Beach.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.rosemarysquarewpb.com/art/wishing-tree
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Richard Henry Harding founded the Harding Studio of Photography in 1911, and the studio remained in operation for the next six decades. Working in this building starting in 1916, Harding recorded and preserved the entire scope of human experience in the Upper Cumberland area, documenting the growth and development of a geographically isolated region since the early twentieth-century.
Harding was born in Logansport, Indiana on January 13, 1883 to Richard Alexander Harding and Charlotte Harding. After spending his early years working as a postal clerk for the railroad, he attended the Southern School of Photography in McMinnville, Tennessee around 1911. It was then that he traveled through Cookeville and became so taken with the area that he decided to move his family here and open his photography studio. He studied under the close supervision of the acclaimed W.S. Lively, a photographer & teacher recognized nationally for his contributions to the technological development of photography. After designing and building a camera with the largest glass negative in history, Lively used the camera to produce 30" by 60" prints, one which has been on display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. since 1920. Harding graduated from the Southern School of Photography, one of only two such schools in the country, on July 26, 1914. The school burned in 1928, but remains an integral part of the history of photography.
Harding spent the next three decades of his life applying his skills gained from the school recording for prosperity weddings, funerals, reunions, sons leaving for war, anniversaries, business openings, entertainment events, engagements baby photos, and school photos. By far, his works include the majority of photographs displayed throughout the Upper Cumberland region. Extensive collections are at the Cookeville Citizen's Bank, the Depot Museum (Cookeville Railroad Depot, NR 11/17/85), thousands of homes throughout the region, and photos featured in the Pictorial History of Putnam County are Harding originals or copies. It is difficult to imagine the absence of pictorial documentation of the region in the early 1900's had the Harding Studio not been in existence to photograph thousands of events and families in the mountainous region between Nashville and Knoxville. Richard Henry Harding's creative work is truly an invaluable and irreplaceable contribution to the people and the history of the Upper Cumberland community.
In 1988, in recognition of Harding's importance to the region, most of the contents of the studio including studio props, studio cameras and lights, and developing equipment and supplies were transferred to the Tennessee State Museum. The Harding Studio items are considered to be one of the Museum's more valued twentieth-century collections, and plans have been made to use the collection to recreate a truly representative, period shop in the Museum's permanent Twentieth-Century Tennessee display. The remaining articles of the studio including photographs, negatives, and slides dating back as early as 1915 were donated to the Tennessee Technological University Archives. A collection of photographs documenting the technological development of photography including methods ranging from Tintypes and glass negatives to Kodachrome was among the donated articles. The Harding Studio is truly representative of a professional businessman and his lifetime of recording people and events in the region during the early twentieth-century. Therefore, the studio building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 21, 1992 for its association with Mr. Harding and his wonderful photographic accomplishments. The building the studio occupied stands as evidence and inspiration for younger generations of the paths forged and accomplishments made by pioneers of an earlier era.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Each and every day NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes our Sun and relays observational data to scientists on Earth in an effort to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. SDO is helping researchers understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.
SDO's goal is to understand, driving towards a predictive capability, the solar variations that influence life on Earth and humanity's technological systems by determining how the Sun's magnetic field is generated and structured, and also how this stored magnetic energy is converted and released into the heliosphere and geospace in the form of solar wind, energetic particles, and variations in the solar irradiance.
This image of the Sun was taken on May 15, 2018, by SDO.
Image Credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
On the banks of the River Scheldt, in Antwerp, you’ll find 12 museum cranes. It is largest museum collection of port cranes in the world. These tall cranes not only determine a part of the cityscape - if you’re standing on the left embankment - but also refer to the modern harbour that nowadays starts a bit further down the river.
More than 750 years ago, in 1263, there was the first mention of a crane in the port of Antwerp. Those cranes were driven with manpower for centuries. Since the end of the nineteenth century they have been rapidly evolving with the technological developments: steam, water pressure, electricity ... The oldest crane in the collection is from 1907, the youngest of 1963. The cranes were built by 15 different famous manufacturers from the Netherlands and abroad and show the rapid technological evolution in the port of the last century. Most cranes are protected as a monument.
Technical Stuff
This panorama consists of 7 individual photo handheld photos. The initial pano covered a wider angle. I did this to compensate stitching and curvature problems that some arise with small angle panorama; they result in a butterfly image.
The initial stitching resulted in a structurally almost perfect image. I used the Warp tool in Photoshop to resolve those issues.
Post-production was done with Aurora HDR 2018. In several layers I utilized a couple of amended pre-sets that came with Aurora. Although Aurora gives you great control by means of the layer-based approach, I still feel the need to finish the image with the help of PS CC. And as always I added copyright watermarks. Alas, they’re there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
Due to a technological advances photography nowadays cannot be considered the unconditional documentation tool and photographer isn‘t anymore a necessity for it to happen. Thanks to such tools like satellites, drones, street view, etc., it‘s not even necessary to get on location to capture it. As a consequence, every landscape photograph can be considered just a senseless digital record made by someone.
Despite being a visual mark, artificial lightning in landscape photography becomes a sensual link between the viewer and photographer.
I wanted to visit the spookiest places in my city and convey the atmosphere of explorations through the totally different approach.
Project ‘Been there’ explores the industrial periphery of Vilnius at night. A series of photos depict the intersection of time and space, which is very intriguing yet so scary for a random person to explore. The red light, creating the surreal, cinematographic plot is used to hyperbolize the senses that are triggered by those places. Vibrant light becomes a visual expression of the mental state that I was accompanied by while wandering around totally alone.
work in progress / 2016 - 2017 / www.simaslin.com
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee Technological University
Overall Length 42ft. 4ins.
Overall Width 11ft. 4ins.
Overall Height 12ft. 2ins.
Max. Depth of Cut 13.1 ins.
Width of Cut 9ft. 9ins.
Total Operating Weight--Empty 70,746.3 lbs.
Max Forward Speed 31.7mph
O Venus, beauty of the skies,
To whom a thousand temples rise,
Gaily false in gentle smiles,
Full of love-perplexing wiles;
O goddess, from my heart remove
The wasting cares and pains of love.
If ever thou hast kindly heard
A song in soft distress preferred,
Propitious to my tuneful vow,
A gentle goddess, hear me now.
Descend, thou bright immortal guest,
In all thy radiant charms confessed.
Aside from being perhaps the most technologically advanced flyswatter to date, the Integrated Laser Interceptor and Area Denial System (ILIADS; sometimes ILIAD system) developed by Boeing is also on the cutting edge of NATO's quest to harness the versatility of direct energy weapons. With conceptual R&D beginning in the mid-90s, the ILIADS is the product of decades of interest in making an affordable, reliable chemical-laser defense system capable of creating a not-so-fictional forcefield around allied forces deployed in heavily contested areas. Indeed, this nerdy fantasy has proven to be a tenacious fuel for the labs at Boeing as years of waxing and waning attraction from the US Department of Defense (DOD) has at times left the program with barebones funding during critical benchmark tests. Ultimately, however, the persistence and dedication from Boeing's crews have created one of the most compact, economical high-energy lasers known to the world.
Deployed to the conflict-ridden region of Al Dabir in the early 2020s, the ILIADS has proven itself as a vigilant guardian time and time again. Incoming rockets, artillery shells, UAVs, ballistic missiles, VBIEDs, and other such devices intended to harm coalition forces in Al Dabir have all been successfully intercepted by the ILIAD system at one point or another. Indeed, despite being an experimental technology still under evaluation by the DOD, the ILIADS is often considered by theater forces to be a fully-adopted, mainstay defense system due to its unmatched range and accuracy. Able to outpace and out-shoot its Phalanx-based C-RAM counterpart, as well as forward-deployed Medium Extended Air Defense Systems, the ILIADS' potent efficiency is the pinnacle of American defense research.
That being said, the ILIADS in its current iteration suffers from two detracting factors: A perceived underdeveloped economy of scale and few technical redundancies. The former detractor concerns not only the overall cost-per-unit, but also the cost-per-shot. Currently, a single round in a C-RAM costs approximately $3.22 USD; per contra, the ILIADS-equivalent is between $11 and $15 USD (depending on where supplementary chemicals are delivered from). This is a bit of a red herring, however, as it costs the C-RAM $241.50 to sustain fire for one second. The ILIADS per-second cost is still between $11 and $15. Hammering this into the minds of the bean counters in the Department of Defense is currently the biggest undertaking by Boeing. A resilient mindset surrounding kinetic weapons and their economies of scale has hindered early adoption of direct energy weapons. What's more, the ILIADS unequivocally suffers from growing pains and the longevity of individual laser modules has yet to be proven. Hence, there are few manufacturing, support, and operational redundancies built into the system writ large, leading to a great degree of skepticism by the old heads in the DOD. Nevertheless, Boeing--and other defense contractors working on energy weapons--are banking on the flashiness of the ILIADS to engender a positive attitude with the public, ergo policymakers that pull the purse strings. Perhaps someday soon bullets will be as outmoded as stones in a slingshot.
Thanks to Evan for the decals and HEMTT!
Humanity is gone. They went far with technological advancements and they reached their peak. With humans gone, their inventions were littered across the globe. Among those left behind was EX-S33D. EX-S33D was left to roam the forests and harsh terrains of Earth with no purpose, it’s time having passed… until one day, reflected in a pool of water, it saw a flower growing within its slowly rusting body. Over time, with EX-S33D’s help, the flower started to grow. Its roots & other shoots wrapped around its cold limbs & tangled wiring, until it grew so large that it burst through EX-S33D’s chest plates, exposing its artificial ribcage. Against all odds, this old and abandoned robot was able to sustain new life, and nature adapted and thrived, within & all around it. Together, this robot and nature were able to surpass what humanity was able to achieve.
EX-S33D was made for the Preliminary Round of Bio Cup 2020.
I wanted to take the theme of ‘Future’ in a slightly different direction. What if it is so far in the future that Nature has returned to its original state after humanity has run its course. I wanted this build to convey a story of hope, rather than despair.
More photos from different angles, including close ups, can be found here: flic.kr/s/aHsmNrr9sM
SAN DIEGO (Dec. 8, 2016) The Navy's most technologically advanced surface ship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), steams through San Diego Bay after the final leg of her three-month journey en route to her new homeport in San Diego. Zumwalt will now begin installation of combat systems, testing and evaluation and operation integration with the fleet. (U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Bell/Released)
Withal did Love call unto him the Wind
Called Zephyrus, who most was to his mind,
And said, "O rainy wooer of the spring,
I pray thee, do for me an easy thing;
To such a hill-top go, O gentle wind,
And there a sleeping maiden shalt thou find;
Her perfect body in thy arms with care
Take up, and unto the green valley bear
That lies before my noble house of gold;
There leave her lying on the daisies cold."
In a survey of girls 9 and 10 years old, 40% have tried to lose weight, according to an ongoing study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (USA Today, 1996).
One author reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are "unhappy with their bodies." This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen (Brumberg, 1997).
It's just plain sad.
On a lighter note, I went to the bins yesterday with Lillie and her stepmom Jenny and I bought a whole bag of 80'sness. Though, that swimsuit is actually from a different thrift store. Haha.
But anyway yeah, lots of new clothes for me and the LABYRINTH SOUNDTRACK. (On vinyl of course.) Yeahyeahyeah.
Oh and yesterday I beat my record for views and got 4002 in one day, and like, 203 of both comments and favorites. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! :)
Explored #26.