Cool Story, Bro
About “Cool Story, Bro” is a catchphrase often seen in image macros as a sarcastic response on message boards or in comments to posts that are deemed boring, pointless or too long to read (TL;DR). Origin The phrase “cool story” used as a sarcastic response to a narrative was first seen in the 2001 film Zoolander, where actor Owen Wilson’s character Hansel tells a long winded story about a drug-induced hallucination.
The DuckDuck Collective Blog
UPDATE: You can now view our newest post in the “Americana Series”: “Americana 2″ here. About DuckDuck: Hello, we’re John, Ally, and Matt — a collective of photographers and filmmakers based out of Lynchburg, VA.
Michael Wesely and his Time Photography » anna grigorian
Theorizing about Michael Wesely's Time Photography photo series The essay was produced during one of the courses in Concordia University's department of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec December, 2013 This essay will discuss the revolutionary photographic technique developed by Michael Wesely, and describe its importance for the development of Photography as art medium.
Kek
About “Kek” is a translation of the acronym “LOL” (laugh out loud) when reading text written by members of the Horde faction as an Alliance player in the online multiplayer game World of Warcraft (WoW). “Kek” is also associated with the unrelated Turkish snack food Topkek, which is often discussed on the /s4s/ (Shit 4chan Says) board on 4chan. Origin The term has its origins in the Korean language, as the onomatopoeia ㅋㅋㅋ, in which ㅋ stands for the “k” sounds, like in raspy, stifled laughter. In the real-time strategy game Starcraft, because the game originally did not support the Korean language, the onomatopoeia was written as “Kekeke” which can be translated to “Hahaha” in English.
Panasonic Lumix GF1 Review
Review based on a production Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 with firmware v0.1 When Panasonic showed us the first Micro Four Thirds camera, the DMC-G1, our first question was 'why does it look like an SLR?'. We'd been hoping for a much more compact body, something that more effectively straddled the line between the convenience of a compact and the quality and versatility of a digital SLR. Well, a couple of months ago we were ushered into a private meeting with Panasonic to see the GF1, Panasonic's answer to all those critics who failed to see the point of Micro Four Thirds if it was simply going to ape conventional SLR styling. And, once we'd been fully briefed on just how secret this all was (totally moot, as it transpires, since pictures of the GF1 were leaked and published extensively a couple of weeks later), we got our hands on what Panasonic hopes will be the camera to convince those put off by the limitations of the Olympus E-P1. Micro Four Thirds
Time Shows: Ultra-long Exposure in Works of Michael Wesely
Michael Wesely’s works are more than photographs made with ultra-long exposure. His photographs are endlessly long; they literally preserve time. These photographs combine the past and the present, foundation pit and piles with a finished house. It takes months, sometimes years to make one frame. Wesely doesn’t have any students, only several assistants, he builds his cameras himself and keep his technology a secret.
Photographs Captured Over Years with an Open Camera Shutter
German photographer Michael Wesely has spent decades working on techniques for extremely long camera exposures — usually between two to three years. In the mid-1990s, he began using the technique to document urban development over time, capturing years of building projects in single frames. In 1997, he focused his cameras on the rebuilding of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, and in 2001 he began photographing the Museum of Modern Art’s ambitious renovation project. He uses filters and extremely small apertures to reduce the amount of light striking the film, creating unique images that capture both space and time. Wesley says that his technique could be used for even longer exposures of ten, twenty, or even forty years. You can learn more about Wesley and view his list of exhibitions over on his website, or purchase the book he created from this Open Shutter project.
Nemrut Dağı
Who said there was something wrong with megalomania and narcissism? Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos of Commagene certainly did not think so. This guy, who had a very long name and ruled over the region between 69 and 34 BC, had a very mixed ancestry and was extremely proud of it.
Michael Wesely: Open Shutter at The Museum of Modern Art
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Earth - Your life on earth
Explore BBC Earth's unique interactive, personalised just to you. Find out how, since the date of your birth, your life has progressed; including how many times your heart has beaten, and how far you have travelled through space. Investigate how the world around you has changed since you've been alive; from the amount the sea has risen, and the tectonic plates have moved, to the number of earthquakes and volcanoes that have erupted.
What does this quote mean? 'The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young'?
Let me give you another quote: "Context is decisive." — Werner Erhard In other words, out of context, any number of interpretations make sense. And, that's great! I love hearing different perspectives & interpretations.
Essay on The tragedy of old age is not that one is old but that one is young
Essay on The tragedy of old age is not that one is old but that one is young. Introduction: In childhood and adolescence, there is a general tendency to regard adults, be they twenty – five or seventy – five to be quite over the hill, if not actually in their dosage! Mid-life is considered to be gloomy distant future inevitably awaiting one, but not worth bothering about. Bu the time one reaches the fourth decade of life even a septa-generating seems, in comparison, not that old! This is gradual process in which attitudes and perspectives, towards age and aging undergo many changes.
Antiquarian
This article is about practitioners of the scholarly pursuit of antiquarianism. For the trade in old books, see Bookselling. For trading or collecting old objects, see Antique.
