Sunday Beauty #131 (And a fun video too)
Folks, today’s “pretty picture” has some historic interest (as well as just being good photography [IMHO]).
Click on image to see more by this artist (reco’d)
“Bridge” by 96dpi, courtesy of Flickr Commons
[The historical interest: “The Glienicke bridge (Glienicker Brücke) is a bridge in Berlin which spans the Havel River to connect the cities of Potsdam and Berlin near Klein Glienicke. It was completed in 1907. The Soviet Union and the United States used it three times to exchange captured spies during the Cold War, and the Bridge was referred to as the Bridge of Spies by reporters.“]
Photographer’s tip: this image shows why early morning and late afternoon are the best times (of day) for taking pictures — the light is slanting in and making things more colorful, and creating interesting shadows.
Today’s fun (video) (because it’s summer):
(How many of those scenes did you recognize?)
Today’s reading reco (not so fun): The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership
“Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would immediately be found unconstitutional. Yet we all carry mobile phones.
If the National Security Agency required us to notify it whenever we made a new friend, the nation would rebel. Yet we notify Facebook … ” Read more..
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Today’s quote: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
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