A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning.

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning.

This http://www.youtube.com/v/6Cf7IL_eZ38&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3 video by Corning Glass is very Apple-like and is the best representation of the "Apple future" I've seen.
Check out http://ted.com/ for the more such insights into our society's technical future.

Table of Contents « California Photo Scout

Table of Contents « California Photo Scout:
Thanks to William Bouton for making me aware of this site for "Exposing California’s photo secrets one location at a time" showing where and how to photo many locations in California... a terrific little blog

Netflix: My Name is Khan

Netflix: My Name is Khan
I vote this best movie I've seen this past year.. worth watching... a moving piece exploring race and religious conflicts and hatred versus love.
My Name is Khan - 2010 PG-13 161 minutes

Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh Khan), a Muslim man with Asperger syndrome, lives happily with his wife, Mandira (Kajol), in San Francisco until a tragedy drives her away after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Now he is on a quest to recapture the heart of the woman he loves. Traveling across America, Rizwan faces prejudice because of his religion and unusual behavior, but he also inspires the people he meets with his unique outlook on life.

Available via Netflix DVD or streaming. Get the DVD and turn on sub-titles for best comprehension

My new favorite quote: Robert Pirsig's statement in Lila "when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."

Birds captured at 1/8000th of a second by amateur British wildlife photographer | Mail Online

Birds captured at 1/8000th of a second by amateur British wildlife photographer | Mail Online: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"
Wildlife photographers will delight in seeing these images and reading the footnotes and comments regarding the equipment and techniques used.

CODA Commitment and Ingenuity

My friend and past associate Don Christian is the lead commentator in this video about the CODA car which may revolutionize the lives of many in the near future.

In The Era Of The Connected Camera, The Point & Shoot Commits Seppuku

In The Era Of The Connected Camera, The Point & Shoot Commits Seppuku:
Why haven't Point & Shoot or DSLR cameras incorporated GPS like my iPhone has?
My high-end Nikon P6000 Point & Shoot had GPS, but the replacement P7000 model dropped it - perhaps because it did not work very reliably.
None of the off-the-shelf Nikon or Canon SLRs incorporate GPS - what's wrong with these companies - don't they get it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

HOME, is one of the most important videos you will ever watch regarding the future of mankind.
man's impact on Earth is relatively recent in geologic time, yet the magnitude of our impact is stunning as seen from this perspective.
http://goodplanet.org/ Home Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%282009_film%29
The narration and video quality matches any National Geographic title to date.
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released simultaneously on June 5, 2009 in cinemas across the globe, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries.
The film was financed by PPR, a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands, as part of their PR strategy.
Every thinking person will want to see this video, and tell the next person about it.
The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant species have long-term repercussions on its future. A theme expressed throughout the documentary is that of linkage—how all organisms and the Earth are linked in a "delicate but crucial" natural balance with each other, and how no organism can be self-sufficient.
To promote the documentary online, a YouTube channel known as "HomeProject" was created.
Copyright info.: Although the movie is formally under a Creative Commons license[citation needed], it has no official copyright. Yann Arthus-Bertrand emphasized in a TED talk [10] that the movie has no copyright: "This film have [sic] no copyright. On the fifth of June, the environmental day, everyone can download the movie on Internet. The film is given for free to the distributor for TV and theater to show it the five of June. There is no business on this movie. It is available for schools, cities, NGOs and you." This means the film can be distributed, copied, uploaded, burned to DVD, etc., without restrictions if not altered or edited. ClearBits, an online digital media community, provides a torrent of the 93-minute version in high-definition mp4 format.
The film received a large response upon release, receiving over 400,000 combined views within the first 24 hours on YouTube.[citation needed] As of April 2010, the French, English, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic versions on Youtube logged a total of more than 14 million views. It was shown to high ratings on channels around the world including the international network National Geographic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU

HOME (English with subtitles)

HOME, is one of the most important videos you will ever watch regarding the future of mankind.
man's impact on Earth is relatively recent in geologic time, yet the magnitude of our impact is stunning as seen from this perspective.
http://goodplanet.org/ Home Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%282009_film%29
The narration and video quality matches any National Geographic title to date.
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released simultaneously on June 5, 2009 in cinemas across the globe, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries.
The film was financed by PPR, a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands, as part of their PR strategy.
Every thinking person will want to see this video, and tell the next person about it.
The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant species have long-term repercussions on its future. A theme expressed throughout the documentary is that of linkage—how all organisms and the Earth are linked in a "delicate but crucial" natural balance with each other, and how no organism can be self-sufficient.
To promote the documentary online, a YouTube channel known as "HomeProject" was created.
Copyright info.: Although the movie is formally under a Creative Commons license[citation needed], it has no official copyright. Yann Arthus-Bertrand emphasized in a TED talk [10] that the movie has no copyright: "This film have [sic] no copyright. On the fifth of June, the environmental day, everyone can download the movie on Internet. The film is given for free to the distributor for TV and theater to show it the five of June. There is no business on this movie. It is available for schools, cities, NGOs and you." This means the film can be distributed, copied, uploaded, burned to DVD, etc., without restrictions if not altered or edited. ClearBits, an online digital media community, provides a torrent of the 93-minute version in high-definition mp4 format.
The film received a large response upon release, receiving over 400,000 combined views within the first 24 hours on YouTube.[citation needed] As of April 2010, the French, English, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic versions on Youtube logged a total of more than 14 million views. It was shown to high ratings on channels around the world including the international network National Geographic.

L-R Mike Baird and Mom Mrs. J.L. "Billie" Wilma Grace Baird in her condo in Saint Mary's Highland Hills in Bogart, GA, 09 Nov. 2010.

L-R Mike Baird and Mom Mrs. J.L. "Billie" Wilma Grace Baird in her condo in Saint Mary's Highland Hills in Bogart, GA, 09 Nov. 2010.

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