Beauty, Madness, and Awesomeness
I was impressed by one of the Daily Deviations on deviantART today. It is mind-boggling. It is a beautiful composition, it fits the title perfectly, and is such an amazing capture that I thought it must have taken a hundred shots or more to get just right. However, according to the photographer…
"I held the feather with my hand, focused on it, then lowered the cam a bit and as I dropped the feather I pressed the release. Believe if or not I only took 4 shots before I got this one ;) Pure luck."
Insane.
In other news, the madness of the American education system, where one school can spend tons of money on expensive technology, whereas other elementary schools have trouble supplying their students with art supplies for their kindergarden projects. These boards would be wonderfully useful things, if everything else were taken care of in our school systems. Wouldn't it be better to have a higher student-to-teacher ratio and just use regular chalkboards, rather than use a ton of money on crazy interactive whiteboards?
A more impressive, and quite awesome, use of technology can be seen on Upper street in Islington, where the city has set up a free mile-long wireless network. Get a login from the city, sign on to the network, and you have internet access from anywhere on the street. No charge. That's what I call good use of technology!