Technorati Tags: Shanghai,, China, photography, photoblogging, travel, tourism
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
AntWeb
For those of you into neat science oriented websites AntWeb is worth keeping. It is dedicated to Ants, including a Google Earth version of Antweb that tracks all of the known ant species. I think this site also qualifies as a good home school resource. Check it out if you have a chance.
Technorati Tags: links, ants, homeschool
Technorati Tags: links, ants, homeschool
Friday, March 10, 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Mojoey is in shanghai
…and here is my picture of Mao to prove it. I am having the worst time trying to post on Blogger. I do not think the government here is very blogging friendly. For instance, I cannot hit my own blog unless I go through a redirector site. It really is quite a pain. It makes me wonder too – it does not take too much skill to get around this stuff, so why do they put it up in the first place. I tried to hit google when I initially logged on and was redirected to the http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/. I could not get to google any other way than through this url – then I used my Google toolbar and guess what – that’s right, I shoot right over to Google. It really makes no sense to me.I've got some time to kill tonight before I go to sleep so I will struggle through the bureaucracy to try and post a few pictures. I shot this picture of Mao Sunday while walking on the Bund. I can truly say that I was the object of many stares, a dozen belly rubs, and one good hard pull on my beard. I later found out that the Chinese rub the belly of pregnant women for good luck I don’t think they were being flattering. The whole beard pulling thing appears to be just some crazy homeless dude making a play for attention – at least that is what my friend told me.
I’ll try to post more tonight, but this one took an hour. Wish me luck.
Technorati Tags: Shanghai, China, photography, photoblogging, travel, tourism
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Chair Detail
I took over 100 pictures today. My digital workflow process edits out the blurry and poorly composed photos. This took me from 100 photos down 50. Of those that remained, I like exactly ZERO – not counting a few of my son that is. I don’t know what I was doing wrong, but I must not have been thinking about composition. They were all… bad.
I chose this photo because I took it to answer a question. I want to know what the name of this pattern is. Anybody, anybody?
Technorati Tags: photography, photoblogging
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Matisyahu
Would you buy a Reggae album from this man? I did. Matisyahu, LIVE at STUBB’s. It just might be the best new Reggae album I have purchased in years. I’ve heard his hit “King Without A Crown” on KROQ a few times over the last few months. Then, my friend Kenny caught him at the Bob Marley day festival in Long Beach last weekend. Kenny told me Matisyahu lit the place up. Trust me, Kenny the reggae god rarely gives such good praise. His label's website carries the following quote by Joan Anderman, of the Boston Globe:
“It's not overstating the case to say that Matisyahu is an original. The visual package is startling: Picture a young man in traditional payos (side curls), black hat, and long beard grabbing the mike and going off in front of a crowd at New York's hip Mercury Lounge, or the Knitting Factory, or Southpaw -- all rooms that Matisyahu has sold out. He is a man on a mission. And a man with a message.”
Matisyahu is not new to the Reggae scene. He’s been playing for years. It shows in his music, and it shows in his stage presence. LIVE at STUBB’s has video tracts. I was hypnotized. I bought it today. I’ve listened to in a few times already. This guy is good.
His music is mystical and religious – yet this atheist draws inspiration from it. Don’t ask my why, I don’t really care that he sings about God. I find myself carried away by his music and enriched by his message. His song "Aish Tamid" is unbelievable.
Technorati Tags: Reggae, Matisyahu, Hasidic Reggae, Music Reviews
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