30 Apr
My apologies, dear blogren.
The week started off really badly. One of our laptops got stolen and in the ensuing chaos, I totally forgot to put up the BHH announcement on BlogSpirit.
BHH is today, 30th April 2009.
Time to go meet the crew, grab some chill time and just have fun.
Rogue out.
23 Apr
A. 3 culprits.
I was tagged by Johnny, Silver Bow, Sleek n Wild
B. 21 answers.
C. 6 Usual Suspects
Rogue FM:
Offtopic:
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
- Robert FrostThere are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
- Leonardo da VinciTo fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
- Bertrand Russell
16 Apr
An interesting ad campaign for Doc Morris Pharmacies. The theme? Use a condom and block potential evil sperm, like Hitler or Osama Bin Laden or Mao Zedong.
Ironically, the ads are from Germany. See more details here and more images here.
Some people are already looking at the opposite view. One commenter says:
“Of course, equally logically, using a condom also precludes the birth of the next Bach, Goethe, or Einstein, since, as far as I know, they don’t block only evil sperm.”
Advertising genius or overkill?
What’s your take?
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Rogue FM: Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Offtopic:
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.
- William BernbachDoing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.
-Steuart Henderson Britt
14 Apr
I love photography, y’all know that. And the Canon Digital Rebel range is very high on the list of cameras I’d like to own, for three reasons; they sound cool, they are actually very brilliant DSLRs and they are affordable, especially the older models.
As luck would have it, last week, for a few hours, I got a chance to play with a Canon Digital Rebel XT. I couldn’t fool around much with ISO settings and light metering and whatnot because the owner was heading for a wedding to take photos and I didn’t want to mess up anything (seeing as he had no idea what I was talking about, life would probably get a lot more complex for him if I changed anything.)
However, I promptly switched to manual focus and began checking out what it could do.
The Settings
First, for those interested, I shot using the body lens, 18-55mm, no external lenses. Most shots were 25-50mm though. ISO was at 800. Shutter speed and exposure were on auto, and seemed to oscillate between 1/60s and 1/200s.
The Photos.
This is my first time with an DSLR, heck, it’s my first time with anything other than a point and shoot, so please be gentle.
Also, my human subjects are not too ecstatic about being put on the internet, so I have to leave shots with people out. And lastly, I took hundreds of photos. I’ve simply picked out some of the nicest ones. They will get better with time, I can promise you that.
So here we go.
9 Apr
First, the offtopic.
“County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem. I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when… Hello? Hello?”
- Calvin & Hobbes
Second, the post.
Things are a little crazy here.
The dragons simply won’t die.
I just dropped in to say hello.
So.
Hello.
Third, the music.
Rogue FM: Lionel Richie – Hello
2 Apr
I love Twitter for one thing. The links that the people you follow embed in their tweets. Depending on who you follow, you can discover a wealth of information from the link.
I’ll share two that I discovered today.
1. We’re all gonna die – 100 Meters of Existence
A photography project by Simon Høgsberg
From the website, “Shot over the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge in Warscahuer Strasse in Berlin, Summer 2007.”
I have never seen a kaleidoscope of expression/emotion/personalities as vibrant as this. Not to mention the photography being brilliant! I think the most fascinating thing about the project was that almost no one knew the photographer was taking their photos. From the father carrying his little child to the couple that has identical bandages over the right eye… I found the entire project very fascinating.
See for yourself.
2. The Miniature Earth
A short video that highlights the plight of the world’s underprivileged in very simple terms.
From the website, “If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this…”
The facts are rather shocking when brought down to a simpler level like this. Facts like out of the 100, 9 would be disabled, 43 would live without basic sanitation, and 6 people would own 59% of the wealth and get this, only 3 would have an internet connection! Let’s just say it’s a touching piece, and makes you realise how much you take for granted.
Check out the video.
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Rogue FM: James Carrington – Ache
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Offtopic:
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood.
- Heinrich HeineSeldom do people discern
Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.
- JuvenalIf the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
- Charles Darwin
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