The internet can be a wonderful as well as weird place, of which I love both aspects.  Using my favorite application called Stumble Upon I came across this video.

Yesterday was an incredibly boring/stressful day, especially thanks to the fact that I could not get my internet to work.  Apparently what happened was while I was out and about yesterday my aunt needed to access the internet from her computer in the office, sounds reasonable enough right?  WRONG, the downstairs computer in the office is not connected to the internet, therefore she got the idea to go the second floor and unplug all the cables from the modem and take it downstairs.  The problem is that when she did that all internet was cut off from the upstairs where my computer is as well as the phone.

Figuring it to be a simple task of reconnecting the modem turned out to be a huge fiasco, due largely to the fact that the second floor where the modem connects is full of unmarked Ethernet and phone cables.  It took me the better half of 3 hours to get the right combination down.  There was roughly a one hour period in that 3 hour span where out of complete frustration I decided to take a break (give up) on the internet connection.

It was during this time that I decided to brush up on my photography skills by doing some light reading followed by an interesting mini photo shoot.  While trying to find a photo subject in my home I managed to come across one of my brother's military caps from his class A uniform (back when he was a cadet at Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Callao).  I was looking at it when it accidentally feel on the floor.  Seeing the cap roll around on the sunbathed hardwood floor caught my attention and I was drawn to it instantly.  I took several test shots to get my exposure and metering down before I took my final and favorite shot.

I did some minor touch ups in Adobe Lightroom and I must admit that I am quite pleased with the results.  After I finished my photography practice I decided to give the internet troubleshooting one more crack.  I went downstairs to the dreaded computer room and reassembled the cable connections.  Fingers crossed I made my way back up-stairs where I sat down in front of my computer and stared at a blank Internet Explore page that read:

"Browser unable to find Internet connection"

Hesitantly I moved my finger towards the F5 key to refresh the page and closed my eyes out of fear that the connection would still be unavailable.  To my surprise when I opened my eyes I saw the most beautiful sight in the world, it was the Google homepage.  I almost cried at the sight of it but thankfully I fought back the tears and instead rejoiced in all the comforts that the internet provides.

I later came to the horrible realization that in today's modern world, technology has managed to make me it's needy bitch, and frankly that freightens me.

If the answer is YES and you have access to the internet (or live in Portland, OR) then you will love listening to KMHD Radio.  It is one of my absolute favorite stations for Jazz and Blues and everytime I listen to that station I am reminded of all the fond memories of weekends up in the mountains by Mt. Hood listening to this station in the car.

If your interested then check out KMHD's website and listen to their live feed.

Today I stumbled out of bed and went about my daily routine of personal hygiene followed by a 30 minute internet session where I see what the rest of the world is up to. That of course is when I stumbled across a video that was posted on the Strobist's blog that discussed the possible future of magazines that combine photography and video into what can only be described as an interactive reading experience unlike anything I have ever seen. The video was put together by photographer and artist Alexx Henry.

GEEKS AND TECH NERDS BEWARE THE FOLLOWING FOOTAGE YOUR ABOUT SEE CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO WET YOURSELF!



Imagine what this could do for Playboy and Hustler!

Another cool video was of Sony's latest product currently in development but with some interesting potential for future applications.



The advances in technology will never cease to amaze me and yet the fear of a possible humans vs. robots scenario continues to perpetuate.

I stumbled upon this website that boasts this pretty awesome photo of Machu Picchu that was taken by photographer Scott Howard. The cool thing about this photo is that it is interactive, you can zoom in or out anywhere on the photo.



Howard took this photo after completing the infamous Inca trail hike (took him about 4 days to complete). Here is the Link to his website where you can interact with the actual photo.

The Photo was taken with the following specs:

Total Resolution 1500 MegaPixels (approx 60,000 x 26,000 pixels)
Camera Used Canon 10D, Canon 100-400L lens
Total Photos Used 404 (95% at 400mm, 5% at 100mm)
Time to take Photos 65 minutes
Software Used to Create Image Autopano Pro using SmartBlend
Time to Render Image Approx 11 hours
Final Image Size 13.5 GB!
Web Viewer Software Zoomify, with 31,805 demand-loaded images

It has been a slow day indeed and so I bring you another treat from the internet. I was on the Blogtown PDX blog site (which is owned and run by the Portland Mercury Newspaper) when I came across this video. I have no words to describe it expect to say that it left me laughing pretty hard, Awww Friday.