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Don’t know what to think of this one

April 27th, 2010 flip 1 comment
Don't know what to think of this one

On one hand, it’s really cool to be immortalized in a church in Rome that also contains the (in my opinion) most impressive sculpture in Rome.

But on the other, how much of a bastard must you be to be immortalized being held up by two skeletons? That can’t be a good thing, right? Continue reading

If you have it, all the rest is secondary

December 3rd, 2009 flip 3 comments
If you have it, all the rest is secondary

This one was taken in Charleston, SC.
Charleston is a lovely city, with views of the river, nearby beaches, old buildings, great food, and even better weather. Basically, all you can wish for in a weekend trip.
As I walked through the heart of the city, I came across an old cemetery. Continue reading

To all Veterans

November 10th, 2009 flip No comments
To all Veterans

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day here in the US, so I’m going to do a wreath laying crawl with my camera starting at 8, but I wanted to leave my tribute to those who sacrifice their lives to fight in far away places defending their country.

History was my favorite subject in school and is still something I read about all the time (it’s probably the subject I’ve read the… Continue reading

How technology changes or Letting go of things that really shouldn’t bother you right now

October 14th, 2009 flip No comments

I have a very vivid memory of downloading the new version of Netscape Navigator in 1994. I do not remember which version it was (although I think it was 3.0), but it was a – at the time – mammoth 15 Mb. In order to download that frightful amount of data, I left the computer on and connected (on a time limited dial up line) for a whole night. In order to down­load that fright­ful amount of data, I left the com­puter on and con­nected (on a time lim­ited dial up line) for a whole night. My plan suc­ceed to per­fec­tion, since I checked the com­puter the next morn­ing just in time to wit­ness the down­load reach­ing 99%. Continue reading