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IMAX (Flickr set) by *TomCool* #photography #forms #construction #architecture - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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oh, wow, thank you, feel honoured!
- Thomas Strini
@Thomas.Strini You're welcome. Nice things ought to be seen by a larger audience. *always* :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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The Unbelievable and Impossible Photos of Li Wei | Webdesigner Depot #photography #china - http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009...
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"Li Wei, a contemporary artist from Beijing China, has been taking self portraits to new heights… literally! His gravity defying photos have been mesmerizing the world, capturing impossible looking moments of apparent extreme danger. You’ll find Wei hanging on in dangerous situations, or crashing head on into sidewalks and cars. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and that he works with the help of props such as mirrors, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics. He then removes the wires and scaffolding with Photoshop to create these seemingly impossible photos. “My artistic language is universal and deals with themes about contemporary politics and society using symbols understood by everyone in every part of the world. I am fascinated by the unstable and dangerous sides of art…” Here’s a collection of some of Wei’s most outstanding photos, in a unique combination of artistry and acrobatics that are sure to make you take a second look."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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his page http://www.liweiart.com/english...
- chaz2b
I love his photographs.
- Ayşe E.
@chaz2b Thanks for your portfolio link. #smlthankyou
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com #photography #photojournalism - http://www.boston.com/bigpict...
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"On Wednesday, October 28th, NASA launched its Ares I-X prototype vehicle, the first launch from Kennedy's pads of a vehicle other than the space shuttle since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired. NASA's Constellation Program's 327-foot-tall rocket produced 2.96 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and reached a speed of 100 mph in eight seconds. The two-minute sub-orbital test flight encountered a few problems along the way, as the launch pad was slightly damaged, a planned stage separation did not go quite according to plan, and a possible parachute failure led to a hard splashdown for its first stage. The Constellation program is under pressure as a recent committee report depicted it as overly expensive. The Obama administration is set to make a decision in the next several months about the near-term direction of U.S. Space Policy. (28 photos total)"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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The Big Picture by the Boston Globe is the first thing I usually check in my RSS feed - awesome collection of great photographs.
- meckimac
@meckimjac Agree. I think that The Big Picture illustrates that you can do photojournalism that satisfies one's ego for photographic excellence. It really opens my eyes. A fantastic resource indeed!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Day 13 - Sleep of an Angel - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Couldn't resist sharing this one..
- Ivan Makarov
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Manhattan Bridge BW HDR appears on another Flickr Gallery: Bridges in HDR #photography #smlthankyou! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Martin Valliere, Luis Eduardo Araya Jorque, Iván Abrego and 2 other people liked this
Thomas Hawk and His Street Signs - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Iván Abrego, Thomas Hawk, meckimac and 2 other people liked this
Jonathan Grenier to Jonathan's feed, Photo Gallery, Photographers sharing links, photographs,and tips!, Photographing, Photography as Art, Photography United, The Photogenics, nikon, Nikon Shooters, Fotograf
"Peaceful" at Lac Hertel (HDR) on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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DMU Launches DMU Magazine - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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The magazine itself is 72 pages long and is printed on full color paper in large format magazine quality. 26 different photographers from DMU contributed to it and it also features profile pieces on the top four contributors to the group’s “Lightbox.” The magazine is chock full of interesting photos by many outstanding emerging photographers. It’s exciting to me that in today’s DYI world that something like this is possible. Issue one of the magazine costs $13.99. It’s published by HP’s MagCloud and can be shipped anywhere in the U.S., Cananda or the U.K. The quality of the MagCloud magazines are very high. HP is really one of the top names in color printing today and they’ve put together a really top notch offering with this magazine service. The $13.99 price involves no profit for anyone involved in the publication of this effort. This is simply a labor of love by a bunch of talented photographers to publish our work. If you like photography I’d encourage you to purchase a copy and...
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- Thomas Hawk
Nice. How often do you think editions will be apart? Congrats for getting so much of your work featured in it as well!
- Simon Wicks
Simon - the goal is to publish every three months or so, but we'll see what kind of response we get to this issue.
- Ivan Makarov
Very cool! I think I'm gonna purchase it :-) Still don't like the group, though ... still have your invite sitting in my Inbox ...
- Rene Wirtz
yeah, the group is not for everyone, it can be a bit rough. I'm really excited about this issue though, this is the most of my photography I've ever had published in one place.
- Thomas Hawk
Purchased it :-) I don't mind the rough part, I expect(ed) constructive criticism, but what I saw was mostly things like "watermark - auto-delete", "border - auto-delete", "uninteresting" ... who knows, maybe I will try again someday :-)
- Rene Wirtz
Oh, and congrats on the publication :-)
- Rene Wirtz
The group is rough? I never noticed this ;-)
- meckimac
Can't wait to see it. Every month I look at photography mags and haven't seen any I want to buy since JPGMag stop publishing.
- ChiliMac
Thomas, Did you see this article? It looks like JPG may be publishing again soon! http://jpgmag.com/blog...
- ChiliMac
M F, lily, Baffled and 13 other people liked this
Retin-A before pics? J/K beautiful images, even if a bit disturbing.
- SAM
LJ's photostream is one of my favorites. His portraits are AMAZING!
- Justin Korn
There is big need to tell stories of people who are forgotten. Photography is one way to do so.
- Daniel Schildt
Why I Don't Upload Photos to Facebook | Ivan Makarov - Photography Blog - http://ivanmakarov.com/pblog...
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Canon announces 5D2 firmware update, video: full aperture selection, ISO Auto, 100 – 6400 and H1, speeds 1/30th – 1/4000th, no 24p yet
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This afternoon I'm speaking to CIOs from many of the world's biggest companies about the 2010 Web. I'll put this post on screen, tell them what web things they should be considering:
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I have a slew of things I'm going to show them and talk to them about from discovery services, to video services, to collaboration tools/services, to enterprise 2.0 suites. What is important for a CIO to know about?
- Robert Scoble
To the CIOs in the audience: Your company is not Friendfeed.
- Jeff Stannard
make money in a 2.0 way
- Lorenzo Strambi
@scobleizer: Privacy, discoverability, compliance - how do those initiatives impact what CIO's should be thinking about when considering adoption of web services.
- Nick Wade
definitely the growth of the Real Time web & it's challenge to traditional search engines
- sofarsoShawn
Location will become ever more important as mobile devices become geo-aware.
- Stu Rich
If applicable to their business, making data available to the public can be a huge plus. This way, interested developers can create things that will have huge benefit without them having to pay large amounts of money to hire someone. It also makes them seem more open.
- Brandon Titus
Usability. All these social media tools are great, but they still don't work together very smoothly. Just trying to explain to employees how to follow conversations on Twitter by flitting back and forth between users gives them nosebleed.
- Kawika Holbrook
Tell them they should sign-up on Friendfeed and Twitter and they'll get all the information they need
- meckimac
Tell them that somewhere out there, at least one of their competitors is going to try and beat them by leveraging enterprise social computing concepts to pull their suppliers and partners into what used to be closed product innovation, customer satisfaction and marketing processes. What are they doing about it?
- Sameer
Twitter and Friendfeed are fantastic for conversations, but if you aren't following active users, then it never happens.
- Nathan Finley
Tell them to use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube API's instead of creating more sites to login to.
- matthew bennett
If they are watching this FF thread, they are seeing a good example of 2010
- Mike Nencetti
Insanely speedy response to world and company events will require a robust team of strategic thinkers monitoring a wide range of media. Knowing when to respond and when NOT to respond to company info, competitor info, industry info as enterprises go bankrupt, go public, go off the tracks, will require CIO, CMO, COO and Company Spokesperson Swat Team Excellence.
- Halley Suitt
@scobleizer: oh, and for god's sake tell them that SaaS isn't snake oil. It's just another tool in the shed. Another weapon in the armoury. Deploy it at the right time in the right circumstances and it should work well. SaaS-ify everything just because it's buzz, and things won't go well.
- Nick Wade
Data portability: let me both import to and export data from their service.
- Will King
tell them or ask them? Ask them what challenges they are facing.
- Dan (Dima) Itkis
Web 2010 should be interpolable and intelligent enough to coordinate itself effectively.
- ashish
Moving from superficial social/entertainment network to action-based networking (helping with business growth, personal goals, political, spiritual, etc) that effects the real world.
- Leif Hansen
Watch friendfeed closely - we may not have the answers, but we're asking all of the right questions.
- Iain Baker
Facebook is like Ebay: closed services that casual users will grow tired with over time.
- Jeff Stannard
Usability, mobility, privacy and interoperability. Avoiding fragmentation of the informations that came from all the social sites
- Lorenzo Strambi
Watching the '4th wall' come down (online/offline, virtual/real) via nowsourcing, mobile tech, location-awareness, etc.
- Leif Hansen
First off I would ask them if they know what the web is and how they currently use it. It's a fair bet many won't have a clue beyond email and a bit of porn.
- Gilbert Harding
Nathan: Twitter and FriendFeed are great for conversations, but if they don't engage with users, it'll never happen.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Social media burnout -too many accounts and 'spaces' online will force people to ask hard questions about how dependent they really want to be on technology, where their boundaries lie, how to filter noise, and which 'tribes' offer the most payback to their particular context.
- Leif Hansen
For us, there seems to be a big gap between possibilities and actualities for both internal and external audiences - mostly due to disagreements over usage and guidelines. It is frustrating for those of us who want to embrace Web communication tools but cannot seem to progress into implementation! If anything ... embrace what's available and work to make it easily accessible and usable for employees and corporate initiatives.
- Ingrid Williams
Transparency
- Gambit Fauri
And of course, count on people under 25 knowing more about their business than they do. CIO's should have a Board of Advisors (a dozen) all under 25.
- Halley Suitt
Tell them 2010 web is their chance to go from the Cathedral in customer service to the Bazaar. A month ago two separate Comcast "chat" service reps told me my problem needed a tech to come out to the site; a brief Twitter conversation with @comcastcares got the problem solved in five minutes. The Twitter reps were just plain better, friendlier and more proactive. The biggest benefit of 2010 web is NOT this app or that site, it's the change in mindset among the service reps.
- Maxwell Kennerly
Enterprise 2.0 (not just business, but NPs, schools, etc.). Organizations will finally realize how powerful social tools can be when they focus on empowering their unique tribe.
- Leif Hansen
One of the most important things that is overlooked is that they need to leverage IT assets to preserve institutional memory
- RAPatton
We are all turning to micro- Microblogs,Micropayments,Microapps, Micro attention and web is turning out to be one single thing consisting of all these ever growing microthings.
- ashish
The next big thing: http://www.building43.com
- sofarsoShawn
Any specific companies or services that I definitely should show them?
- Robert Scoble
A great topic of conversation (though perhaps not the audience) would be the difficulties enterprises encounter when adopting and adapting to web 2.0 tools internally, and their concern with open web content as it pertains to intellectual property and customer confidentiality.
- jcunwired
Jcunwired, agree, that's definitely a massive issue/concern along with user privacy
- sofarsoShawn
I agree with jcunwired, do these big companies understand what it means not to be half pregnant when it comes to the open web? Some have built their biz models on not being open, how are they to interact with this new world? Can these companies risk losing some control?
- Daniel Kenney
CIOs should note the numerous times small upstarts have taken over from big incumbents on the web. If they want to make successful cutting-edge web projects happen, they need to maintain a small-company mentality in those projects.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
I agree with Bruce
- Gambit Fauri
@scobleizer: maybe show them 37signals, Yammer and Cubetree. If they are multi-national CIO's, they'll be interested in collaboration toolsets.
- Nick Wade
@Steve Lynch it's true that if I don't engage, things don't happen. But I have to follow, before I can engage!
- Nathan Finley
@scobleizer CIOs need to know that these tools can be used to create better rapport with existing customers, attract new customers by creating transparent/honest communication about their company, improve internal processes and reduce costs through community-driven knowledge sharing, and apply the technologies in small ways that are best for them given their compliance and internal governance requirements. Fear of not moving forward is not a valid reason for not doing something.
- Altan Khendup
ask them to involve more China and Indonesia.. for we both are absolutely not in crisis! eg. we need more servers and bandwidth..
- Pico Seno
Identity portability: customers will widely expect to engage online with your company via their existing profile accounts - FB Connect, OpenID, Google - take your pick. CIOs will need to drive the reconciliation of their closed registration systems with what these open systems provide.
- Sean O'Brien
We've started talking to some of our bigger customers about what is life like after Microsoft Office. Old way: Making word docs, spreadsheets and powerpoints and then emailing them. New way: Still being developed. Opportunity: Companies that get collaboration right will have huge competitive advantages. Products: CubeTree but of course I'm biased. ;)
- Carlin
@Carlin - hey hey Carlin, you're welcome ;) Hope you're doing well.
- Nick Wade
+1 Sean. I don't want to have to create a profile on every site I visit.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
I don't want to create a profile on every site either, but I also don't want any one site to be the master profile and "know" everything about every site I go to either. Duplication of silo'd profiles is an aid to a sort of privacy.
- Keith Fulton
@scobleizer Awesome mindmap. Why does youtube not make the map under video?
- Kevin Murray
When you need to relax and just get away from it all may I suggest a day at the beach in China.
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YunusYAMANER(CITRIL), Turker Keskinpala, Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu and 35 other people liked this
along with half the planet.
- vijay
The orderliness is a little freaky.
- ronin
I'm loving it!
- Juan Pablo González
О_о
- Чмоки
FYI, these photos are taken in South Korea. the characters on the umbrella are Korean. ^^
- erin gao
Its here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Mel Buckpitt
Thanks for the link, Mel. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, can you lend me that teleportation machine? ;)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
haha! looks relaxing!! How on earth do you get in or out of there???? : )
- mcmentalninja
Looks like "the all" you're trying to get away from had the same idea.
- thepete
French court dismisses Ferrari's bid to stop Formula One's budget cap plans, according to media reports.
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Mo's lost Canadian goose in NYC - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Now THAT'S what I call cooking - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Hot stuff
- RAPatton
blazzing hot. And the resulting cooked fod was good too!
- Ricardo Liberato
Coldplay's giving their new album away for free on their website apparently. But isn't it already available for free on Limewire?
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It may be. You can skip the long lines at their Web site by downloading here: http://tinyurl.com/coldpla...
- Louis Gray
Thanks Louis!
- amygeek
Louis- my god im trusting. downloading your link without even worrying. Thanks.
- Kevin Murray
Great link, Louis!
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
Coldplay? Why yes, I do listen to Joe Satriani.
- Chris Luckhardt
Here's a question... if they are letting you download the album for free from their site, why would you look on limewire?
- Bastard Operator From FF
Sean, Limewire has this Cold Play album but also plus a whole lot more.
- Thomas Hawk
Louis: I got asked for a user name and password at that URL.
- Robert Scoble
This is from their official site. http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftrig...
- Rodfather
I got the login pop up prompt too Robert
- Chris Heath
You mean people still pay?
- sofarsoShawn
Hmmm... Well, this morning, that downloaded perfectly. I bet they had it open for a user in a specific time period and it expired.
- Louis Gray
Following the link provided by Rodfather (http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftrig...), you can entry an email address and proceed immediately to the download page. Based on this information, you can determine what "email address" you'd like to enter. Have fun.
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Do artists really need to give their stuff away like this? Wouldn't Coldplay's demographic just buy the album from iTunes or alike?
- Jason Remnant
Seems like LeftRightLeft is a compilation album, only 3 "unknown" songs?
- Rene Wirtz
Jason: Need to, or want to? Maybe they decided they made enough money? Or maybe it's to get more interest in a tour, where they make the real money anyway?
- mark zero (Jason)
Jason Remnant, this is a live album. It's just a side-show kind of thing. Something they cooked up for the fans. That's why it's free.
- Matthew Allen Horton
It doesn't appear to work with Chrome. Oddly enough works fine with IE8 :(
- Travis Koger
Be quick if you want to download the free album of Coldplay. Only 24hr s available! : http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftrig... (via http://friendfeed.com/e...)
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Pretty Pictures…. | Joe McNally's Blog - http://www.joemcnally.com/blog...
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Short Hops…. | Joe McNally's Blog - http://www.joemcnally.com/blog...
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Wow.
- Rochelle
Nice setup
- Thomas Chai
Brussels' Flower Carpet - http://www.dudecraft.com/2009...
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"Every two years, the Grand Place in Brussels is decorated with over 700,000 begonias that are arranged into a beautiful carpet design. Apparently, after the sod is laid down in advance, the entire thing only takes four hours to execute. Unbelievable."
- Jeff P. Henderson
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that's a beautiful plaza. one of the nicest i've had the opportunity to see in all of europe. it would be amazing to see this flower carpet in person
- Cee Bee
thats awesome
- Bill Rawlinson
Wow!
- vicster
Your recommended photography-related groups on FriendFeed? #ffgrouprecs
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I make sure I check DSLR: http://friendfeed.com/rooms..., Flickr Central: http://friendfeed.com/rooms..., Photography Tips, Tricks, and Know-How: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... and Photography United: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... + I have Flickr Photography: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... (a stream of my favourite photographers on Flickr). How about you?
- Kol Tregaskes
Funny, I was just trolling for photography groups this morning.
- Kevin Pedraja
Ah, Kevin. :-) Have I missed any?
- Kol Tregaskes
Mark and Alejandro recommend Persian Cam: http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- Kol Tregaskes
Fashion Photography: http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- Anthony Citrano
http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-pho... - growing pool of my Flickr feed and favorites
- meckimac
Thanks guys. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gizmodo - The Photographer King Needs No Tripod - Sigma - http://i.gizmodo.com/5217989...
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"Photographer Juza rocks the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III with a monstrous Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG lens. For reference, the Sigma weighs about 35 pounds. Hell yes."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
If you want to impress the chicks, just bring this thing along without a tripod to your next photowalk. Tell them that it's what you shoot with daily so as never to miss your shot.
- Thomas Hawk
Thats a serious lens..move out of the way! ;)
- iconic88
Holy crap! Work out while you shoot-brilliant!
- Susan Dennis
that's no lens... that's a spacestation
- Bastard Operator From FF
Check out those biceps - I think he's just showing off
- Jesse Stay
that's what she said
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Hey, that looks like McGiver. Bet he made that from a beer can and a shoelace.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Tiny penis for sure.
- Steve is older than ever
One slip and $22K down the drain.
- Robert Kenney
Yeah -- you have the button but I bet your lens is not that big. ;-)
- Brian Sullivan
I think you should prove Brian wrong Scott...
- Justin Korn
Scott has a 300-800 f5.6 if I recall -- he can probably even lift it -- this one however is much thicker and heavier. ;-)
- Brian Sullivan
Scott - Awesome! But I'm gong to need pictures to prove it :) PS. It's great to see you interacting on FriendFeed.
- Justin Korn
We will expect to see pictures of Scott using it hand held as welll -- can't let this Juza guy get the better of him.
- Brian Sullivan
Does that thing fire t-shirts into the crowd at a ball game?
- Cyrus Lendvay
See these biceps!??!!? RAWR.. you WISH
- Bwana ☠
I think he's overcompensating :)
- Eric Florenzano
this guy carries his equipment (including a Canon 600mm) and a backpack hiking on the Alps, so I'm not surprised at all ;-) (http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng...)
- flod
Just when I thought I could become a good photographer I realize I'll need an arm like that!
- Alexis Bellido
good photographer, handles equipment with care...
- eva
Looks like Popeye... boys, yes, it IS all about your equipment.
- Paula W
I have a 70-210 F2.8 that makes me tired trying to handhold so I understand your need to search for support (I am old btw -- and my progeny are quickly heading that way ;-) )
- Brian Sullivan
didn't see you posted this, my bad Thomas
- Zee.
haha, no problem. I do that allll the time.
- Thomas Hawk
Looks to me like the "Photographer King" is in DESPERATE need of a tripod.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
at that level of magnification, how can he possibly hold it still long enough to focus and shoot?
- Victor Ryden
Wow, that is some lense.
- Paul Wade
someone phone NASA.. hubbles been stolen
- Stuart Evans
from twhirl
That's like a rocket launcher :D
- Joe Dawson
Hahaha... this is funny to see!
- Pablo Yamamoto
Holy Crap. What the hell does he use it for? Does it get its own sidecar?
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
VMware unveils its cloud OS; Wants to be a bridge for the enterprise | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL...
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"VMware on Tuesday will announce its cloud operating system—dubbed vSphere 4—with plans for general availability in the second quarter."
- Atul Arora
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Czech Republic Landscape Photography - http://www.wild-landscape.com/galery...
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80% of US Households did not buy a book last year.
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DO NOT LIKE.
- Trish R
Library
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Why would you buy books if you have YouTube, Netflix and digg?!?!??!? really dude.
- Jason Calacanis
Ouch, that's terrible ...
- Patrick Jordan
I'm safely in the 20% then
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Yes, no statistics on reading. Just on the purchase of books. Of course, reading now includes both viewing and listening, along with decoding texts.
- Cliff Gerrish
That's just pathetic, how can you go a year without buying a book?
- Richard A.
I think I bought enough to send each of them one to read.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I buy lots of books, electronic and otherwise. Can't imagine going a year without buying one book that's printed. New books are a guilty and sublime pleasure.
- Karoli
Where does this number come from -- does this include second hand book stores or are these just new books?
- Brian Sullivan
If not for schoolbooks, I just borrow books. I definitely don't need all the books I read stacked up everywhere. Some folks like to keep them, I don't when I'm done with them.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
We buy books all the time in our household. The trick for me is actually finding the time to read them. :::sigh:::
- Desiree Diva Hickson
I bought a couple books in an airport back in '07. I got plenty of books from the library in the last year though, first time I'd been there in years.
- Richard Lawler
srsly? and the year before that? i mean is this a meaningful trend?
- MikeAmundsen
Sad commentary. I bought boxes full of highly rated books which, I actually prefer not to read until a brief test of time. Unless, the content is currently topical or a how to.
- Eric Logan
The statistic was quoted on a CSPAN program on the future of journalism and feature writing.
- Cliff Gerrish
I would be suspicious of the number if it can't be verified. It may a political move that uses distorted or incomplete information.
- Brian Sullivan
11/07 Percentage of Americans who have not read a book in the past year: 27 - http://www.harpers.org/index...
- Cliff Gerrish
Seriously depressing, Do people really think all knowledge can be gleaned in 15 seconds or 140 characters? Books can provide depth not just highlights
- Pat Richards
I get most of my books from the library. What I buy tends to be manga. :D EDIT: That's new book purchases. I do buy lots of used or swap on paperbackswap. We are just out of room (and funds) for buying books, more or less, so the library seems a better choice.
- Alix Whitmire
I hope that trend continues - at least for meatspace books. Meatspace books as a media for conveying ideas and stories are obsolete. Long live digital books! (and yes, I know the technology isn't yet mature enough to drop paper books, but I'd like to see fewer and fewer of them sold every year).
- Internet's Tad
Sad if it includes digital books as well. The RIF campaign needs to be aimed at adults!
- Roney Smith
Wow, am glad to be in the 20%, especially with kids in the house!
- Nick
I'm not going to lie: I barely ever read books. I don't like the format.
- Eric Florenzano
Sad, I buy about 10 a month. We have several great used book stores in my town.
- jcunwired
Maybe those people can give me their bookshelves then. I need them, and they're obviously not using them.
- Elizabeth Parmeter
Amazing super slow motion, 1,000 fps video reel footage - http://www.vimeo.com/4167288
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awesome
- tomit
I've seen lots of 1000FPS video, but never stuff outside a studio setting. This is just amazing. I can't wait until instant replays have this kind of resolution.
- Kevin Fox
how amazing is the jelly!
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
truly incredible
- Alex Gawley
the footage of the guy breathing the fire was my favorite
- Derek
Mine is jelly.
- Anton
Wow!
- Kol Tregaskes
Great stuff. Loved the jelly, but the slow motion of the unaware crowds and players is something I've never seen before.
- Erik Gulliksen
Can someone give me a 30 second version of how you do 1000FPS digitally without all the grain you get from a DSLR @ ISO 1600+? Is there digital trickery, or is this just a damn good sensor?
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
Amazing. Any idea how much one of these costs? The info sheet does no have pricing info - http://www.i-movix.com/en.... Btw, if you like high-speed video, check out http://dsc.discovery.com/tv...
- Paul Buchheit
this camera looks cool ... @ 1000 frames per second 10 seconds is 32gbs wow!
- patrick
Northern lights: photographs of the Aurora Borealis around the Arctic Circle - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science...
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These spectacular photographs, taken from Spaceweather.com, capture the beauty of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. Sylvain Serre took this picture in Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, on March 25 2009
- Emma
Ohhhhh.....love the northern lights....spectacular! <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
wow its a personal dream of mine to see the northern lights in person
- Cardeen Martinez
Wow, how could you not like that?
- jjprojects
I'll love to see these lights in person.
- Moses Kpetigo
Police delete London tourists' photos 'to prevent terrorism' | UK news | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk...
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"But the tourists have said they had to return home to Vienna without their holiday pictures after two policemen forced them to delete the photographs from their cameras in the name of preventing terrorism. Matkza, a 69-year-old retired television cameraman with a taste for modern architecture, was told that photographing anything to do with transport was "strictly forbidden". The policemen also recorded the pair's details, including passport numbers and hotel addresses. In a letter in today's Guardian, Matzka wrote: "I understand the need for some sensitivity in an era of terrorism, but isn't it naive to think terrorism can be prevented by terrorising tourists?" The Metropolitan police said it was investigating the allegations. In a telephone interview from his home in Vienna, Matka said: "I've never had these experiences anywhere, never in the world, not even in Communist countries.""
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
^ The last quote is saddening.
- Jérôme Flipo
I agree that this is really sad. Is there any justification for the extreme steps the U.K. seems to be taking, or is it just paranoia?
- Stan Scott
Every story like this makes me NOT look forward to fall trip I am planning to London...since photography is key to any trip I take, might have to consider other destinations.
- Greg Lato
I've never been a victim of this over-zealous approach by the police but because of the horror stories you do hear I have come up with a plan should it ever happen to me: when the police invent their own version of the law I'm going to ask them to state clearly which law they're upholding for the hidden film crew (give thumbs up and wink into the distance, at a van, a window, etc.) and get them to choose whether they want their faces blurred for the programme when it's aired.
- Mark H
WHAAA???? omg FAIL
- Susan Beebe
dis-like
- Ozgur Poyrazoglu
This is going the wrong the way
- Martin Liechti
Yeah, I think the UK is much worse than the rest of the world right now for photographer's rights. It's sad. Fortunately I'm not planning on heading over there anytime soon.
- Thomas Hawk
Wonder what the police will do when every camera is internet connected and offloads the photos to a distant website automatically.
- Joakim Erdfelt
I'm very optimistic by nature, about both technology and governmental actions. However, I'm very concerned for the UK. Last semester, I lived in Islington - London - where I couldn't spend a day without being watched by a "CCTV Mobile Enforcement Vehicle". They're cute and tiny, but they look really frightening when parked in the dark (http://www.flickr.com/photos...,...
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- Jérôme Flipo
@ Joakim good point
- Martin Liechti
from Nambu
Exactly: "Memory card? What memory card?"
- Tristan Seligmann
To be fair ... Yet another isolated incident. Neither side knew their rights which is a shame. Don't let it put you off shooting our fine city!
- Phill Price
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