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NASA’s Blue Marble

Much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote-sensing device-NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS. Flying over 700 km above the Earth onboard the Terra satellite, MODIS provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric features of the Earth. The land and coastal ocean portions of these images are based on surface observations collected from June through September 2001 and combined, or composited, every eight days to compensate for clouds that might block the sensor’s view of the surface on any single day. Two different types of ocean data were used in these images: shallow water true color data, and global ocean color (or chlorophyll) data.

I was reminded how much I love film this week as I watched a slideshow of family photos. The slides were projected onto a white sheet taped to the side of a cabin. The colors were so warm and the photos were so beautiful. The aged slides were a living document, showing the effects of time. The dust, the color shifts, the less than perfect exposures, the scratches, all the imperfections made the images more than just pictures. These were actual artifacts of something real. I think that is what is really lost with the transition to digital. When you look at your digital pictures in 50 years they will look exactly the same - pixel for pixel - as the day you took the picture.

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Pirate vs. paying customer.

UK, 2006

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Multi-coloured dumplings!

Art from high school

… I have come to know what has kept China in such a backward state all these centuries. It is none other than excessive government: since the Qin Dynasty of 221 B.C.E., the Chinese government has always strictly controlled commerce, regulated agriculture , monopolized waterworks and irrigation, monopolized the metal mines, monopolized salt production and trade. Moreover, other than private tutors for the elementary teaching of children, schools and higher centers of learning have all been government institutions, the curriculum has been controlled by the government, and the realm of study of intellectuals has been defined by the Imperial Exams. For a technologically backward society, the reach of traditional China’s government has been amazingly pervasive. It is none other than this excessive government, though well-intentioned, that has repeatedly suffocated innovation and economic development over the ages.

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1 week & 5 phone calls later finally have internet connection. Way to go Streamyx.

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Malaysians, especially Muslims, must avoid being totally immersed in the internet culture, especially Facebook and Twitter, said Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. He added that facilities like internet could not be accepted wholly because it was a form of business introduced by the West and “Malaysians were just users.”

“We must be strong in our believes and culture because the identity and image of our country depends on us.

Rais also praised the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) for its success in tracking down a student from the National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy for posting a public safety threatening comment on Facebook about the recent spate of attacks on churches while discussing the ongoing “Allah” controversy on the popular social networking website.

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