Hi Tech Terror

[Katy Noelle]

There are some of us who, daily, suffer the pain and anguish of a) never having won the Monthly Challenge and, b) never having been granted an 'eesh'. Yet for some people, eeshes seem to be handed out like confetti.

Truly, it is deeply wounding!

Oh, gee, Donald! I think that it's a good thing that you don't have any eeshy urfs - really, I do!

[rpcrowe]

Very creative...

[wilgk]

There are some of us who, daily, suffer the pain and anguish of a) never having won the Monthly Challenge and, b) never having been granted an 'eesh'. Yet for some people, eeshes seem to be handed out like confetti.

Truly, it is deeply wounding!

As we say down here... "Suck it up Princess"

[rob marshall]

... picked up from my Danish grandparents...

Yes, I thought along those lines. It sounds Viking. I'm re-reading Annie Proulx's The Shipping News which is set on Newfoundland Island and the dialogue is peppered with 'awls', and 'yarls', and I thought 'urf' sounded pretty close to that. So, do you have a helmet with horns on it?

[Donald]

... rediscovered Chopin, today. (I 'O.D.ed' on him a few years back and, consequently, haven't listened to him in donkey's years.)

Can you OD on Chopin? I suppose the mood has to be right ... and the wine just at the right temperature in the bottle on the table beside you. Then you can close your eyes and just let the music drift over you.

[Katy Noelle]

I suppose the mood has to be right ... and the wine just at the right temperature in the bottle on the table beside you. Then you can close your eyes and just let the music drift over you.

Oh, Donald, you just understand!

[rob marshall]

Can you OD on Chopin? I suppose the mood has to be right ... and the wine just at the right temperature in the bottle on the table beside you. Then you can close your eyes and just let the music drift over you.

Eesh! I think I'm going to urf...

[Donald]

Eesh! I think I'm going to urf...

Not before the 9pm watershed.

And, anyway, I just got a "my word".

[purplehaze]

Hi Steve,

I love the colour, and the contrast between the circuitry and the hands. The lines of the machine are clean and crisp and well-lit, while those of the flesh are rough and shadowy and, as Rob said, smudged. To me, the fingers look stunted and deformed as if from disuse. It is a striking image and wonderfully well balanced. Once again, I am amazed.

[rob marshall]

Steve

We have had a lot of fun at your expense here, and I feel we should redress the balance a bit. I actually was thinking about technology only last week. It occurred to me that technology can be a very positive and beneficial thing. I was on top of Glyder Fawr (3,200ft) and wanted more info about the mountain. The Head Gardener had forgotten to bring the travelling library so I accessed Wikipedia on my smart phone and got what I wanted. I then used the camera in the phone to get a snap of the HG falling off The Cantilever. Then I wanted to check for an important email, so I downloaded them to the phone. Finally, I got bored with Glyder Fawr, the HG, and possibly life itself and started playing Tumbling Dice on the phone. And I thought... "just 10 years ago this would not have been possible".

Of course, technology can be used for bad ends, such as nuclear weapons, flat-pack kitchen units, and Trabant cars. But I always think that technology is like guns - it's not guns that kill people, it's people that kill people. If the intention with your shot was to portray technology as some kind of monster, then I think the monster resides in man as the abuser of technology, not in the inanimate technology itself. Alexis de Tocqueville supposedly said "the people get the government they deserve" I think that it's also the case that the people get the technology they deserve. That probably means Apple Macs, but definitely not Nikons.

[Wirefox]

Janis and Richard, thank you and thanks for bringing some sanity back to this thread

We have had a lot of fun at your expense here, and I feel we should redress the balance a bit.

To be honest Rob, I love it when threads go off like this - it is one of the great attractions of CiC. Anyway you owed me one after your Snowdonia thread. I am surprised at your reference to technology on top of Glyder Fawr. I had you down as a traditionalist - dog eared OS map, half eaten Kendal Mint Cake covered in fluff and one of those Silva compassed that thinks it is on Franklin's last Arctic expedition. Still I can see the benefits and being able to access pron in our wildernesses. I can only be a good thing.

I have been toying with the idea of an iPhone (I am due an upgrade soon) but I just could not bring myself to wear creape soled hush puppies and crimpoline slacks so i think it may well be the HTC Desire HD for me. I started to go off my Blackberry when the t***ers on The Apprentice were using them to communicate total ignorance to the nation via the speaker of the latest offerings from RIM.

used for bad ends, such as nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons are positively cuddly when compared to the office drone armed with an iPhone and a Warner Bros neck tie

If the intention with your shot was to portray technology as some kind of monster, then I think the monster resides in man as the abuser of technology, not in the inanimate technology itself.

Mmm. for me it is more about technology as an obsession and obsession is invariably dangerous. I was also experimenting with the use of a modernist style in a contemporary world. I must admit I am having difficulty with that

And, anyway, I just got a "my word".

That means she likes you. The Eeesh and the Urf are only awarded to the delinquents. It is a bit like getting an OBE for feeding Senakot to the Corgis or giggling at Charlies comb over.

[Katy Noelle]

Hey, Steve! I watched "Seraphine", the other night and LOVED it (and was worried that there might be something wrong with me that I liked it that much but it turns out it won all sorts of awards; so, there's something wrong with a lot of people. THAT's encouraging, isn't it? Now, where was I....) OH! I just looked her up in wikipedia and came across this lovely quote:

"The intensity of her images, both in colour and in replicative designs, are sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a tightrope between ecstasy and mental illness."

Oh, dear, now, why was this making me think of you.... sigh. OH! Right!

There is a fine line between a stroke of genius and the ranting of a madman.

"I disagree the ranting of a madman can be genius." ~M.F.W. (sound familiar?)

I think for her, however, the mental illness part didn't turn out happily.

I don't think, however, that the ramblings of madmen are quite genius, but, then, again....

[Katy Noelle]

Yes, I thought along those lines. It sounds Viking. I'm re-reading Annie Proulx's The Shipping News which is set on Newfoundland Island and the dialogue is peppered with 'awls', and 'yarls', and I thought 'urf' sounded pretty close to that. So, do you have a helmet with horns on it?

This is just for Rob....



except, now, would anyone know or care but, Beverly Sills is really not a favorite of mine.

[rob marshall]

... and was worried that there might be something wrong with me...

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No!

[rob marshall]

This is just for Rob....



except, now, would anyone know or care but, Beverly Sills is really not a favorite of mine.

Very good, Katy, and thank you. I just love the Muppets. I really must get a Miss Piggy to go with my teddies Why are you not a fan of Beverly? Nice shot of her HERE

[Katy Noelle]

Very good, Katy, and thank you. I just love the Muppets. I really must get a Miss Piggy to go with my teddies Why are you not a fan of Beverly? Nice shot of her HERE

Oh, everyone is different and she doesn't quite click with me. I'm an Anna Moffo girl. (same aria



Heh, heh. I've teased you guys about your music but have been wisely silent about some of mine - now's your chance to get me back!

[rob marshall]

Oh, everyone is different and she doesn't quite click with me. I'm an Anna Moffo girl. (same aria

Yes... she's very vampish, isn't she? And those HIGH notes

[Katy Noelle]

Yes... she's very vampish, isn't she? And those HIGH notes

ummmm, I hope that you're referring to Violetta!

[rob marshall]

ummmm, I hope that you're referring to Violetta!

I meant Anna. Some of the notes seemed very high - not that I would know with my limited musical knowledge.

[Katy Noelle]

I meant Anna. Some of the notes seemed very high - not that I would know with my limited musical knowledge.

Yes, there are some very, very high notes in that aria (that's what I look like, when I sing them, anyway) and she always spins them out, it seems, effortlessly! And her coloratura (flexibility) is so incredible but she still has a lushness to her voice that is absolutely beautiful. Sorry, all! It doesn't have anything to do with photography (although, I'm sure that we could find parallels). and I sincerely hope that I don't come across as a music 'snob' - I'm just extremely earnest and enthusiastic.