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a group of young men were walking around the harbor taking pictures -- i caught them on the other side.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
'take our picture' at the lighthouse in chania
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a group of young men were walking around the harbor taking pictures -- i caught them on the other side.
Friday, January 30, 2009
winter sky over chania
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chania exists in winter, too! it's been raining heavily since we arrived so i've had few opportunities to take pictures - but there were a few breaks in the clouds. the harbor isn't as well lit as it is in the summer and there are less people.
i like that there are no crowds.
this is the harbor and the lighthouse is to the right.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
fiddler under the glass roof
errands in athens took me from metaxourgio to stadiou to omonia. this is pezmatzoglou arcade, right off stadiou street, full of life, books, cafes and violin music.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
richard dawkins' beyond lecture: the god delusion
'richard dawkins beyond lecture on ‘the god delusion’ held at the gammage auditorium on asu’s tempe campus march 6,2008'
click to video source
click to video source
barrack obama, the inauguration and his atheistic education
the atheist experience with matt dillahunty and jennifer peeples
a year in spiral
if you like it, yougottaclickit
EDIT: i posted this in haste and wanted to add that the spiral in this calendar image reminded me of the time tunnel, an old television show about time travel:
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gene and majel in space
a portion of the ashes of gene roddenberry and majel barrett roddenberry will be sent to deep space, on board a 2012 flight planned by celestis memorial spaceflights.
details of the tribue are presented at trek movie and more images and information can be found at majel barrett roddenberry memorial photo gallery and, of course, roddenberry.com.
if you would like to celebrate the lives of this extraordinary couple visit celestis to add a message that will accompany them on their journey to the stars.
Monday, January 26, 2009
pendeli volunteer reforestation project
i didn't get too lazy after all and actually went to the reforestation project on pendeli on sunday morning. a surprising crowd of people showed up -- i can't estimate because groups were coming in from different sides of the mountain. i'll update this post with numbers if i see them in the press.
civil servants, private companies, scouts, universities, schools -- it looked like every organization had people there. there were children and senior citizens, natives and expats. it was very well set up -- each organization had a sign on the road indicating what section of the area to work on, the ground was pretty much already prepared, and the trees dropped off at intervals to help the work go quickly and smoothly.
it didn't take too long for a light rain to start, which was probably a good thing for the new trees.
i think people left with a sense of achievement, solidarity, and a feeling of having had fun!
i may have been overdoing it with little planets lately, but they're fun to do... and this image of people all around a little globe working on a common goal is something i want to post:
all pictures are clickable, especially this one!!
civil servants, private companies, scouts, universities, schools -- it looked like every organization had people there. there were children and senior citizens, natives and expats. it was very well set up -- each organization had a sign on the road indicating what section of the area to work on, the ground was pretty much already prepared, and the trees dropped off at intervals to help the work go quickly and smoothly.
it didn't take too long for a light rain to start, which was probably a good thing for the new trees.
i think people left with a sense of achievement, solidarity, and a feeling of having had fun!
i may have been overdoing it with little planets lately, but they're fun to do... and this image of people all around a little globe working on a common goal is something i want to post:
all pictures are clickable, especially this one!!
a new look for the watercube
i DIDN'T take this picture but wish i had:
click pic to source -- where you can view it larger
the very familiar and gorgeous watercube in beijing, looking new and unfamiliar -- but beautiful, all decked out for the BBC philharmonic orchestra.
picture by the talented china chas.
click pic to source -- where you can view it larger
the very familiar and gorgeous watercube in beijing, looking new and unfamiliar -- but beautiful, all decked out for the BBC philharmonic orchestra.
picture by the talented china chas.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
atheist bus tube cards
at the atheist bus campaign:
click pic to source
more at the official website.
via the friendly atheist.
click pic to source
more at the official website.
via the friendly atheist.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
scorched earth: this place was once green
if you like this picture, please click it to its page on flickr.
yesterday, i was asked to participate in a volunteer reforestation and i agreed, just before setting out to pendeli to get a nice view of an athenian sunset. i had the urge to explore new bits of the area and started up a road i had never seen... when i saw this.
it seems that i had unwittingly gone to the very spot where people will be gathering on sunday to plant new trees.
i drove past the stretch of scorched earth and doubled back when i started seeing houses again -- then i decided to take a dirt road that lead up to a hill, to get a better view.
as i approached the top, the clouds were moving faster and it started drizzling lightly. i began to feel anxious because i didn't want to get my car stuck in the mud in the middle of nowhere, so i quickly took some shots for my little planet, a few more around the area, and made my way back down.
this is what has happened to our fraction of a pale blue dot. good luck to the reforestation project on sunday and their efforts to make pendeli green again.
more information at kathimerini.
all pictures are clickable to their flickr page.
ricky gervais on inside the actor's studio
ricky gervais starts right off with the origins of his atheism, in this interview with james lipton. in 5 parts:
via the friendly atheist, who has a transcript of the beginning.
via the friendly atheist, who has a transcript of the beginning.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
atheist ads 'not breaking code'
at the BBC:
'an atheist uk bus campaign which uses the slogan "there's probably no god" does not breach the advertising code, a watchdog has ruled.
the advertising standards authority said it assessed 326 complaints. some claimed the wording was offensive to people who followed a religion.
but the body concluded the adverts were unlikely to mislead or cause widespread offence and closed the case.'
mmmmkay? how about, like, doing your job now?
read up on it...
via RD
'an atheist uk bus campaign which uses the slogan "there's probably no god" does not breach the advertising code, a watchdog has ruled.
the advertising standards authority said it assessed 326 complaints. some claimed the wording was offensive to people who followed a religion.
but the body concluded the adverts were unlikely to mislead or cause widespread offence and closed the case.'
mmmmkay? how about, like, doing your job now?
read up on it...
via RD
the greek parliament
the evening i took pictures for my little planet athens - syntagma square at night, i also took a proper shot of the greek parliament. below is the tomb of the unknown soldier and is located at syntagma square
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i'd like to do one towards sunset as well.
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i'd like to do one towards sunset as well.
all that glitters is not love
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i love playing with pictures. i took the picture above, but, since i had the camera on a tripod, i took a bunch more at the entire range of aperture, fodder for a little video experiment:
congratulations, america
it is my heartfelt hope that you seize this opportunity to not wait and see what your president will do, but to start to take action to improve your lives, on every level, starting now.
your country was -- and is -- in your hands.
your country was -- and is -- in your hands.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
i KNEW he was a vulcan
'a nation can not prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.'
- barack obama
p.s.
'we are a nation of christians and muslims, jews and hindus, and nonbelievers.'
- barack obama
- barack obama
p.s.
'we are a nation of christians and muslims, jews and hindus, and nonbelievers.'
- barack obama
obamicons
two of carl sagan:
click either pic to source
more to suit your fancy at carl fisher's photos on facebook
click either pic to source
more to suit your fancy at carl fisher's photos on facebook
well, IS obama a vulcan?
i've asked before and i'm asking again...
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picture from soul of star trek -- and they have more to say.
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picture from soul of star trek -- and they have more to say.
inauguration day picture voting contest
two pictures side by side -- click and vote on which one you like best!
the first was just hanging heavy on my hard drive. the second is part of my 365 project.
... because dubya and shoes just naturally go together.
disclaimer: this is a completely unscientific poll..... results,if any, to be posted here.
up-to-the-minute-results:
clicks from this blog to flickr's picture pages...
bush: 5
shoe: 10
the first was just hanging heavy on my hard drive. the second is part of my 365 project.
... because dubya and shoes just naturally go together.
disclaimer: this is a completely unscientific poll..... results,if any, to be posted here.
up-to-the-minute-results:
clicks from this blog to flickr's picture pages...
bush: 5
shoe: 10
Monday, January 19, 2009
born again spock
click pic to source
if you know anything about me at all, you'd know that i could never resist stealing this from the friendly atheist.
astrobiology
from the video description:
'rap video about astrobiology - the search for life in space, particularly on other worlds called exoplanets.
rap has references to:- the origin of life, genes, DNA and species, space age, NASA, lunar travel, search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)and et life, frank drake, goldilocks (habitable) zone, astronomy, doppler shift, biology vs mythology'
...and clips with carl sagan.
via bad astronomy
'rap video about astrobiology - the search for life in space, particularly on other worlds called exoplanets.
rap has references to:- the origin of life, genes, DNA and species, space age, NASA, lunar travel, search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)and et life, frank drake, goldilocks (habitable) zone, astronomy, doppler shift, biology vs mythology'
...and clips with carl sagan.
via bad astronomy
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
tilt
ok... there's just too much going on -- from professional upheavals to picture-taking to the possibility of life on mars to the new BSG episodes to... to... aaarrrghh -- i can't keep up!!
robot religion
io9 has a great post on religions founded by robots, including v'ger's quest for god and the cylons' monotheism at BSG:
both pictures clickable to source
i love science fiction.
it's all at do androids pray to electric gods?
both pictures clickable to source
i love science fiction.
it's all at do androids pray to electric gods?
stem's end
yesterday i became a statistic in the latest financial downturn. it was a distressing day.
the bright spot was that my siliconsphere picture was very popular and the feedback made me smile, which mixed nicely with my general panic.
today's sunny. gottafindajob.
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the bright spot was that my siliconsphere picture was very popular and the feedback made me smile, which mixed nicely with my general panic.
today's sunny. gottafindajob.
please click it if you like it.
Friday, January 16, 2009
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