Archive for March, 2009
Photograph of the Day: Child Deep in Thoughts
Posted in Photography, tagged Children, Cogitation, Innocence, Thoughts, Youth on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft is Seeking More Market Share by Improving its Web Browser
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Browsing, Internet, Internet Explorer 8, Market Share, Microsoft on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft recently revamped its Internet Web browser to version IE8 in an effort to reverse the downhill trend for more than one year. Their slice of the pie has been declining monthly as Firefox and Safari are steadily climbing. According to Net Applications, Microsft had a global market share of 67.5 percent in March 2009 [...]
The Massive Building on the Hill
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Administration Building, Architecture, Balboa, Panama, Panama Canal Zone, Tourism, Waterways on March 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat. ” —Theodore Roosevelt The Panama Canal Administration Building is the [...]
Photograph of the Day: Photographer and Frog
Posted in Photography, tagged Biology, Frogs, Nature, Photograph, Photographers, Water on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joke: Parking Your Car During Winter Time
Posted in Jokes, tagged Blonds, Cars, Humor, Snow, Weather, Winter on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One winter morning a husband and wife in northern Michigan were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, “We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through.” So the good [...]
Meeting Rocky Balboa at the Panama Canal Administration Building in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Boxing, Movies, Panama Canal Administration Building, Sports, Sylvester Stallone on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As promised in a recent post, yesterday early morning, I started my Panama Canal Zone project. After a heavy breakfast, my wife and I headed towards Balboa to take pictures of the area. We wanted to take advantage of the soft light of the sun. The soft light produces excellent shots. At exactly 6:09 a.m. [...]
Photograph of the Day: An Artistic View of a Regal Santa Ana Structure
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Panama, Photographs, Santa Ana Plaza, Structures on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joke: Cooking and Driving
Posted in Jokes, tagged Cooking, Driving, Humor, Kitchen, marriage on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. —”Careful,” he said. “Careful! Put in some more butter! Oh, no. You’re cooking too many at once. Too many! Turn them! Now. We need more butter! Oh my God, where are we going to get more [...]
Sailing With the Boyacá Building
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture Styles, Boyacá House, Casco Viejo, Historic Sites, Panama, Santa Ana, Tourism on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Panama has so many historic buildings, that it constitutes one of the most interesting cities in Latin America to visit and study its great diversity of architectural styles. One of these Panama’s historic icons is the Boyacá House located in the neighborhood of Santa Ana. The Boyacá House took its name from its resemblance to [...]
Photograph of the Day: Gazebo in Dancing Lights
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Gazebos, Historic Buildings, National Lottery, Panama, Photograph, Santa Ana Plaza on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
