Another of my New Year’s Resolutions is to improve the quality of my photographs. I’ve taken 2,422 photographs since December 16, 2008. That’s the date I started shooting pictures. Some of them have been included in Lingua Franca and the rest—most of them—were thrown to the trash can. This pragmatic exercise helped me understand the [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Polishing My Photographs
Posted in Photography, tagged Amazon.com, Art, Books, Images, Michael Langford, Online Purchases, Philip Andrews, Photography on January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Back Then When Music Was Wrapped in Vinyl
Posted in Music, tagged Cassettes, Compact Disks, DVDs, Knowledge, LPs, Music, Music History, Music Technology, Musical Formats, Records, Vinyl Records on January 30, 2010 | 11 Comments »
During my lifetime—63 years—music has changed its wrappings many times as technology got more and more sophisticated. During the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies, most people listened to their music through record players and radios. Music was codified in plastic discs which rotated at 33 1/3 RPMs (revolutions per minute). Sound was produced by placing an [...]
Apple’s Guru Does it Again
Posted in Gadgets, tagged Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Gadgets, iMac, iPad, iPhone, iWorks, Jeff Bezos, Mobile Computing, Steve Jobs on January 29, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th was scheduled to be a special day for gadget geeks and politicians. Before both events took place, there was a tremendous amount of overexposure and bloated expectations in the media. On this day, President Barack Obama was going to deliver his first speech on the State of the Union in Washington D.C. [...]
A Quote to Remember
Posted in Quotes, tagged Creavity, Humor, Imagination, Quotes, Resourcefulness, Sharpness, Wits on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Change is inevitalble—except from a vending machine.” —Robert C. Gallagher
Joke: The Mistake of Generalizing
Posted in Jokes, tagged Chinese, English, Generalizations, Humor, Japanese, Jokes, Spielberg on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph. Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says “You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here.” [...]
Having Fun With the English Language
Posted in English, tagged Communication, Fun, Humor, Language, Linguistics on January 27, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I know, it’s tough, arid, and sometimes irrational. I mean studying the English language. But taking a bad attitude will only make it more difficult. Instead, relax, take a deep breath and try to have fun. You might fall in love with the language. I know I have, after all these years. Maybe the following [...]
The Steep Learning Curve of the English Language
Posted in English, tagged Communication, English, Homonyms, languages on January 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
If you’re in the process of learning English as a second language, you probably know by now that it takes a lot of patience and concentration to make it sink into your brain. Sometimes the language can become extremely confusing. Take a look at the following examples and scratch your head with confusion and perplexity. [...]
The Slowly Rising Oceans
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Climate Change, Droughts, Envirnoment, Floods, Global Warming, Rising Oceans, Weather Changes, Wildfires on January 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Global Language Monitor has recently announced the Top Words of the Decade (2000-2009), as part of its annual global survey of the English language. The Top Words were Global Warming, 9/11, and Obama followed by Bailout, Evacuee, and Derivative; Google, Surge, Chinglish, and Tsunami followed. Climate Change was the top phrase, while Heroes was [...]
Photograph of the Day Has Been Discontinued
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photography, tagged Breaking the Law, Copyright Laws, Images, Legislation, Photographs on January 24, 2010 | 10 Comments »
The segment Photograph of the Day had been one of my favorites for several reasons. The main reason is that it gave me the opportunity to promote those photographs which in my opinion showed quality. Whenever possible I gave credit to the photographer to spread the word of his or her creations. The Web site [...]
Photograph of the Day: Walk in the Wilderness
Posted in Photography, tagged Beauty, Landscape, Nature, Photographs, Wilderness on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
