tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58864372024-02-20T22:17:04.573+01:00MoleneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1150821533657316822006-06-20T18:26:00.000+02:002006-06-20T18:38:53.686+02:00Klimt Alors!<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2208/kj7st.jpg" border="0" width="190" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />The beautiful Gustav Klimt portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer has just been bought by Ronald S. Lauder, it will be on show at his <a href="http://www.neuegalerie.org/neuemain.html">Neue Galerie</a> in Manhattan. The sale was aided by <a href="http://www.christies.com">Christie's</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5615/ng9ah.jpg" border="0" width="147" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Read the NYT acrticle - Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait By <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/arts/design/19klim.html?ex=1308369600&en=37eb3240101ca749&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">Carol Vogel NYT</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1150754112674484112006-06-19T23:19:00.000+02:002006-06-19T23:55:12.710+02:00A dragonfly in my tea!<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1095/dftt9lf.jpg" border="0" width="190" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />A new and pleasantly surprising tea discovery: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"<a href="http://www.dragonflyteas.com/">Dragonfly Tea</a>"</span> a brand we hadn't heard of before. The dragonfly teas we've sampled include the <a href="http://www.dragonflyteas.com/products/blackteas/detail_goldhima.php">organic darjeeling</a> and the <a href="http://www.dragonflyteas.com/products/greenteas/specialrare_greentea_wu_xin_smooth.php">Wu Xin</a> green which comes in three different green tea formulations. Both the green and the darjeeling are somewhat mild, an asset in our opinion, and are really very satisfying, a bit like a fine wine that doesn't assualt your taste buds at the first contact.<br /><br />We find that letting the darjeeling steep for a full five minutes or longer is preferable. Unlike many tea bag -- sachet -- teas, the dragonfly darjeeling doesn't seem to give everything up within the first two minutes of steeping, or become bitter. The dragonfly darjeeling, though pleasant enough after two minutes, really comes into its own after five. We were very glad at the "response," too. Drinking either the dragonfly darjeeling or one of the WuXin greens first thing in the morning or at tea time provides ample boost to encourage one to get on the with rest of the day's business.<br /><br />We were particularly glad to see that the darjeeling was organic, both for the low environmental impact this indicates as well as the health benefits to us. Perhaps, this deeply mellow tea owes its uniqe essence to its being organic; maybe it contains just a bit more of the wonderful enzymes for which we drink tea in the first place.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5523/dft0rg.jpg" border="0" width="190" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Just a note about the green tea, as something of a green tea expert, having drunk it around the world, from a variety of sources, Chinese, Japanese and Indian, we find that steeping it in water that is not quite boiling is best. Pour boiling water into the cup or tea pot, wait about fifteen - twenty seconds, and then put in the tea bag for best results. The green tea seemed perfect after about only a minute of steeping, really fine, and as advised long ago by a Japanese grocer, <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Okay to use once again."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1147810969268133402006-05-16T22:20:00.000+02:002006-05-16T22:22:49.296+02:00Caged no.1<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cockroach/124320171/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/45/124320171_51dc5a59bf_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cockroach/124320171/">Caged no.1</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/cockroach/">Orangutan Film Protection Project</a>. </span></div>The mighty and majestic Hercules. I have never before met an animal with such a strong sense of knowing. These guys should be given a chance to keep living in their forests. Millions of hectares of land stands unplanted as pristine orangutan habitat falls under the guise of development.<br /><br />Rescued from the Palm Oil plantations.<br />BOSF works hard to find new homes for displaced orangutans.<br />We need the entire palm oil industry to sign up to the principles of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.<br />Only when the entire supply chain recognises the importance of sustainable palm oil can we hope there will be a future for orangutans in the wild.<br /><br />Find out more:<br />www.cockroach.org.uk<br />----------------------------------------<br /><br /> BBC1 16:30 Really Wild Show, Weds 17th May<br /><br />Palm Oil story reaches a Younger Generation<br /><br />Those of you in the UK keep your eyes peeled for the Really Wild Show on the BBC this Wednesday (May 17th) at 4:30pm. <br /><br />The show will feature a special report on the palm oil industry and its negative implications for the protection of rainforests and biodiversity in Indonesia and Malaysia.<br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1144673701728364292006-04-10T14:55:00.000+02:002006-04-10T14:55:01.790+02:00Tabbatha, loving you forever<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/125971532/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/48/125971532_6a1899af5f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/125971532/">Tabbatha, loving you forever</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div>Our darling died in my lap at noon today.<br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1142781935874652562006-03-19T15:55:00.000+01:002006-03-19T16:25:36.516+01:00Photography ExhibitionNot to be missed, beautiful images from an extremely talented photographer!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Two Rivers</span> by Ilene Sterns</span><br />Photographs of the Thames and cherwell<br />26 February - 26 March 2006<br /><br /><a href="http://hatch-22.com/ilenesternsphota.html"><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7964/cdyf0wl.jpg" border="0" width="190" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a></a><br /><br />The Rose<br />51 High Street<br />Oxford OX1 4AS<br />Tel: 01865 244429<br /><br />See more of Ilene Sterns photography at <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.hatch-22.com">hatch-22.com</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1142514425438867362006-03-16T14:07:00.000+01:002006-05-16T22:26:32.076+02:00Tranquilité<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/113275365/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/52/113275365_1f7db62769_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/113275365/">Tranquilité</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1142261223274284622006-03-13T15:47:00.000+01:002006-03-13T15:47:03.296+01:00RIP L98 1999-2006<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/orcagirl/110614610/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/49/110614610_82363677ea_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/orcagirl/110614610/">RIP L98 1999-2006</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/orcagirl/">orcagirl</a>. </span></div>Luna - an orca, a whale, a teacher, a messenger, a chief, a spirit, a dream, a friend, a warning, a test, an education, an experience, a realization, a protector, an awakening, an equal.<br /><br />luna died today after being hit by a large tug boat. may his spirit be forever free<br /><br />www.reuniteluna.com for news on the story<br /><br />http://lunastewardship.blogspot.com/<br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1131380823766185052005-11-07T17:22:00.000+01:002005-11-07T18:13:21.883+01:00A Desirable Residence by Madeleine Wickham, reviewed by KJR for Bookzen<a href="http://bookzen.blogspot.com">bookzen - literary reviews</a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9040/sdesres4cy.jpg" border="0" width="180" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />The London Sunday Telegraph is reputed to have called A Desirable Residence by Madeleine Wickham "witty and wise," and it is almost difficult to add a lot more about this fairly well-written, plot-driven novel about average, middle-class Brits in mid-life crises. As circumstances of their various crises draw them together, they seem to prey on each other, exascerbating their own and each other's crises further.<br /><br />Real-estate problems, buying, selling, and renting, form the initial linkages, though other crises soon intervene, including adultery, school exams, fraud, indebtedness, money-laundering, thwarted ambitions, envy, loneliness and just plain boredom. The four young people, children of the adult figures, are sketched very well and their stories are perhaps the most compelling, told as they are with a view to the intensity of adolescent angst, ennui, searching and vulnerability. This novel is in no way profound or moving, nor a page-turner, though it is an interesting, enjoyable read, an accurate and insightful portrayal of the very real if ordinary, uncomfortable, awkward, and embarrassing messes most of us find ourselves in from time to time thoughout our lives.<br /><br />As in real life, there are a lot of loose ends that go unexplained, and much of life's less flattering detritus is swept aside, where hopefully, as the characters plod on, it will lie out of sight, gradually to be passed over, if not forgotten. The ending is a bit like a fairy tale, though perfectly plausible and real enough, as if charity, forgiveness, atonement and repentence, practised in sincere measure, can turn back at least some of the tide.<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Categories: <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/book" rel="tag">book</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/bookzen" rel="tag">bookzen</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/novel" rel="tag">novel</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/tedernst/"a" rel="tag">"a</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/desirable" rel="tag">desirable</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/residence"" rel="tag">residence"</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/"madeleine" rel="tag">"madeleine</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/wickham"" rel="tag">wickham"</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/bookblog" rel="tag">bookblog</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/blog" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/literary" rel="tag">literary</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/zenera/reviews" rel="tag">reviews</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1128633413102510682005-10-06T22:37:00.000+02:002005-10-06T23:16:53.180+02:00Kepler's reopening! 11am Sat Oct 8 2005<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7627/14/320/kep1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />Yes isn't that wonderful! I have fond memories of that place and had been really sad to hear that the famous <a href="http://keplers.com/">Kepler's</a> had had to close recently. Some people have come forward and invested in this special bookshop in Menlo Park.<br /><br />So this will be quite a <a href="http://www.gen-o.com/blog/keplers.htm">party on Saturday</a>, not to be missed!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/B0008QIDB4/102-5206288-4594566?v=ypglance&n=3999141"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7627/14/1600/kep.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7627/14/320/kep.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/B0008QIDB4/102-5206288-4594566?v=ypglance&n=3999141">A9 map</a><br /><br /><a href="http://keplers.com/">keplers.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.gen-o.com/blog/keplers.htm">savekeplers.com</a><br /><br />Read the article - Community Investment Rescues a Bookstore via...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/books/06kepl.html?ex=1286251200&en=283f455e882d3dcc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">NYT</a><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/kepler" rel="tag">kepler</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/kepler's" rel="tag">kepler's</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/menlo" rel="tag">menlo</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/park" rel="tag">park</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/palo" rel="tag">palo</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/alto" rel="tag">alto</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/bookshop" rel="tag">bookshop</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/books" rel="tag">books</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1128341359694072892005-10-03T14:09:00.000+02:002005-10-03T14:09:19.796+02:00Today's eclipse<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/48969017/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/31/48969017_d3dbcbefe1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/48969017/">Today's eclipse</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div>You can see the <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=eclipse&btnG=Search+News" target="_blank">eclipse </a> reversed in miniature on the left<br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1126955215377422012005-09-17T11:36:00.000+02:002005-09-18T00:09:32.526+02:00Accelerating Change 2005<a href="http://bloggzen.blogspot.com">bloggzen - total immersion blogging technology innovation</a><br /><a href="http://ecozen.blogspot.com">ecozen - animals ecology philanthropy</a><br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6463/ac5nd.jpg" border="0" width="179" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br /><br />"Artificial intelligence ("AI"), broadly defined, improves the intelligence and autonomy of our technology. Intelligence amplification ("IA") empowers human beings and their social, political, and economic environments."<br /><br />The accelerating Change 2005 conference is on at Stanford. <br /><br />This year there are many interesting speakers, including <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://jurvetson.blogspot.com/">Steve Jurvetson</a></span> of <a href="http://www.dfj.com/team/steve_bio.shtml">Draper Fisher Jurvetson</a>, <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://joi.ito.com/">Joi Ito</a></span> of Neoteny, Six Apart Japan and <a href="http://www.technorati.com">Technorati</a>, also <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.edventure.com/esther/">Ester Dyson</a></span> of <a href="http://www.edventure.com/">Release 1.0</a> and CNET Networks.<br /><br />Check out thier Flickr photos in the next few days to see the fun that was had...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/">Steve</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/">Joi</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edyson/">Estr</a><br /><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/"accelerating" rel="tag">accelerating</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/change" rel="tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/2005"" rel="tag">2005</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/tecnorati" rel="tag">technorati</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/stanford" rel="tag">stanford</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/joi" rel="tag">joi</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/ito" rel="tag">ito</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/esther" rel="tag">esther</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dyson" rel="tag">dyson</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/steve" rel="tag">steve</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/jurvetson" rel="tag">jurvetson</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/conference" rel="tag">conference</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/change" rel="tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/edventure" rel="tag">edventure</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/neoteny" rel="tag">neoteny</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/"fisher" rel="tag">fisher</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/draper" rel="tag">draper</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/jurvetson"" rel="tag">jurvetson</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/fdj" rel="tag">dfj</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1126257405901953012005-09-09T11:16:00.000+02:002005-09-17T15:19:59.143+02:00Please help Tabbatha's cousins<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/41659323/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/24/41659323_e2fa8a1719_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/41659323/">Please help Tabbatha's cousins</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" /><br /><br />The animals need your help, please donate to these charities. Pleople who have lost everything are suffering even more because they are worried and devestated by having lost thier pets. Many of them were forced to leave behind thier animals and not allowed to take them to the shelters. These organisations are rescuing lost, trapped and abandoned pets in the Katrina aftermath..<br /><br /><b>The <a href="http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/?source=AOL" target="_blank">Networkforgood.org</a> lists all the charities helping both people and animals.</b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.katrinalist.net/" target="_blank">Katrina people finder</a></b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://neworleans.craigslist.org/ccc/" target="_blank">Craigslist</a> read this thread see if you can help, listing , help offered, lost and found animals etc. This is just one <a href="http://neworleans.craigslist.org/pet/96349819.html" target="_blank">CALL THESE NUMBERS & HELP SAVE LOST PETS BEFORE A SHOOT TO KILL ORDER</a> sign a petition to let people take thier pets with them!!!!<br /></b><br /><a href="https://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=128149" target="_blank">IFAW </a>Animals Around the World Need Your Help<br /><br /><a href="http://www.la-spca.org/" target="_blank"><b>LA/SPCA </b></a>- Hearts <br />Unleashed (9/5/05) A temporary shelter is set up in Gonzales, Louisiana, ... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=13-1623829" target="_blank"><b>American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)</b></a> Providing direct support to help rebuild facilities and relocate animals. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=35-2167619" target="_blank">Noah's Wish </a></b> Helping to keep animals alive in face of the storm devastation. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=68-0124097" target="_blank"><b>United Animal Nations</b></a> Providing emergency animal sheltering and disaster relief services.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=84-0432950" target="_blank"><b>American Humane Association</b></a> Providing emergency animal services. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=13-3904402" target="_blank"><b>American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery</b></a> Providing animal recovery and supplies.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=23-7147797" target="_blank"><b>Best Friends Animal Society</b></a> Helping animal victims of the storm.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=11-1666852" target="_blank"><b>North Shore Animal League America</b></a> Providing temporary shelter for pets. <br />_________________________ <br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/animals" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/pets" rel="tag">pets</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/shelter" rel="tag">shelter</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/welfare" rel="tag">welfare</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/rescue" rel="tag">rescue</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/flooding" rel="tag">flooding</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/hurricane" rel="tag">hurricane</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/katrina" rel="tag">katrina</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/new" rel="tag">new</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/orleans" rel="tag">orleans</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/donate" rel="tag">donate</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/charity" rel="tag">charity</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1125326727555866882005-08-29T16:45:00.000+02:002005-08-29T16:45:27.613+02:00Amble<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/38239839/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos26.flickr.com/38239839_6388658baa_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/38239839/">Amble</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1124283712076116582005-08-17T15:00:00.000+02:002005-08-17T15:10:19.216+02:00Flickrzen is up for the Flicky's Awards - do vote!<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/34767575/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos23.flickr.com/34767575_3183b5d8f8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/34767575/">Flickrzen is nominated for the Flicky's, do vote!</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div>My <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrzen/">Flickrzen Group</a> was nominated in Excellence In Groups with 500- 1000 members: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/64050/">www.flickr.com/groups/topic/64050/</a><br /><br /><b>Please do vote for Flickrzen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/64050/">here</a> thank you!</b><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/therese/">Therese Flanagan</a> for nominating Flickrzen!<br />___<br /><br />Thanks to everyone that I Flickrzenned for your wonderful pictures and for letting me spotlight you on Flickrzen!<br />---------<br /><br /><b>Description</b> - <a href="http://flickrzen.blogspot.com">Flickrzen</a> spotlights exeptional photographs, be<br />that subject, technique or rarity, found on flickr - "Almost certainly<br />the best online photo management and sharing application in the world".<br /><br />Flickrzen<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1122242046064497142005-07-24T23:54:00.000+02:002005-07-24T23:54:06.123+02:00Grass skirts<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/28265347/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/28265347_c309641e65_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/28265347/">Grass skirts</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1121460273242299632005-07-15T22:44:00.000+02:002005-07-15T22:44:33.316+02:00Cat - Lovers<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/25898287/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/25898287_8672e98fad_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/25898287/">Cat - Lovers</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1121086714543687662005-07-11T14:58:00.000+02:002005-07-11T14:58:34.616+02:00Jewelled<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/25166216/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos21.flickr.com/25166216_e4b46d2dab_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/25166216/">Jewelled</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1120940685290889262005-07-09T22:24:00.000+02:002005-07-09T22:24:45.366+02:00Φτερά της ειρήνης - feathers of peace<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/24660930/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/24660930_96978a2c03_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/24660930/">Φτερά της ειρήνης - feathers of peace</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1113768393638565422005-04-17T22:06:00.000+02:002005-04-17T22:06:33.636+02:00Wingtips<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/9686682/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos4.flickr.com/9686682_329378a269_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/9686682/">Wingtips</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1113402808239532862005-04-13T13:39:00.000+02:002005-04-13T16:33:28.303+02:00JPG Magazine Issue:2 "Lost"<a href="http://fotozen.blogspot.com">fotozen - private view</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img98.echo.cx/img98/6902/issue23bo.jpg" border="0" width="96" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://jpgmag.com/index.html">Issue 2 of JPG Magazine</a>, the quarterly of brave new photography, is here. Inside you'll find 43 photographic interpretations of the word "lost." Also includes a set of powerful portraits by featured photographer Ryan Keberly of Detroit's disposessed, as well as an interview with Adriene Hughes, who is using photography in her battle with cancer. This issue of JPG Magazine paints a new picture of what it means to be lost ... and found.<br /><br /><a href="http://jpgmag.com/submit/">Submit Now:</a><br />Issue 3: FABULOUS<br />JPG Magazine Issue 3: FABULOUS is now open for submissions! What does "fabulous" look like to you? Submit your fabulous photo today!<br /><br />Join the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/jpgmag/" target="_blank">Flickr JPG Magazine Group</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1111955863669713162005-03-27T22:37:00.000+02:002005-03-27T22:37:43.670+02:00Happy Easter<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/7548552/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos8.flickr.com/7548552_5cb838dcfb_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zenera/7548552/">Happy Easter</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/zenera/">zenera</a>. </span></div><br clear="all" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1111621715061272252005-03-24T00:28:00.000+01:002005-03-24T00:48:35.063+01:00Seals in trouble<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeimaya/1345687/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos2.flickr.com/1345687_fde3a33c03_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeimaya/1345687/">Seals in trouble</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yeimaya/">yeimaya</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p style="">Please sign this petition,only 5 more days til the Canadian seal hunt begins.<br /><a href="http://www.protectseals.org/?source=gabac8" target="_blank">www.protectseals.org/?source=gabac8</a><br /><br />I understand that the Canadian fisheries is in trouble and that many fishermen are unable to support their families. Also there is a belief that seals have contributed to the crash of fish populations. But I believe this way of solving the problem is .... horrible!<br /><br />One of the problems is also the market. Are seal skin coats becoming popular again? If you have any friends who are thinking of buying one (?????) please ask them to think about where it came from.<br /><br />I was on a whale watch boat in the 1970's before the marine mammal protection act was in place. It was spring and quite cold. A very friendly and enthusiastic woman was wearing the warmest thing there was in those days... a seal skin coat and couldn't understand why no one would talk to her.<br /><br />Sometimes it is really hard to make the connection between the live animal and the things you wear or eat, I am guilty of that too.<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/yeimaya/" target="_blank">yeimaya</a><br />Photo © <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/yeimaya/" target="_blank">yeimaya</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1111078245549151582005-03-17T16:30:00.000+01:002005-03-17T21:43:15.340+01:00Google Hacks Review<a href="http://bookzen.blogspot.com">bookzen - literary reviews</a><br /><a href="http://bloggzen.blogspot.com">bloggzen - total immersion blogging technology innovation</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img217.exs.cx/img217/9792/lgg3xn.jpg" border="0" width="180" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks2/">Google Hacks,<br />Tips & Tools for Smarter Searching</a><br />By Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest<br />2nd Edition December 2004 O'Reilly<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reviewed for Bookzen by KJR</span><br /><br />Mastering the information in "Google Hacks" is necessary for being a competent, educated person today, which means understanding how to take full advantage of information interconnectivity . Whether you are in business, academia, entertainment, or industry, whether you are in junior high school or a post-graduate program, whether you are an admin or a president, those of us who are connected expect our peers to be equally savvy. Not having a full grasp of "Google Hacks" is almost tantamount to applying for a job without knowing how to read.<br /><br />Having said that, there are probably some seven-eighths of the world's population today that are either unaware of what I am talking about or unable to take advantage of the information riches available online due to economics (poverty), education (ignorance) or politics (repression). Included here also are those who might have the means, but don't know they have the need (oblivious). Google Hacks is a seminal, watershed book. Those who can master this information will be on one trajectory, while the others will be effectively excluded from living as full participants in the contemporary world.<br /><br />Google Hacks symbolizes the alarming divide of rich vs. poor, smart vs. ignorant, connected vs. unconnected, the paradigm of a good future based on access to and understanding of information resources, vs .a bad future based on lack.<br /><br />Innovative anthropologists, Gregogry Bateson, Caleb Gategno, Alvin Toffler, and Susan Sonntag, in the 1960's said that what you know would not be as important in the future as knowing how to learn what you need to know. Today's smartest anthropologists and economists, Carol Greenhouse, Arjun Appadurai say that the global flow of images, finances, technologies, and ideologies move us to "think beyond the nation," because national borders are less important to groups of people who share information across borders. <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> embodies and facilitates these trends, and "Google Hacks" how to take advantage. So, read this book from cover to cover, and do it today, or at least leaf through "Google Hacks", to be sure you understand what's on every page.<br /><br />"Google Hacks" is very accessible, covering basics of how to search the world's most powerful general purpose Internet search engine. The hundreds of "hacks" include topics such as how to compose a search, why to use different search engines, different types of searches, how to understand search results, and how to understand the trends underlying searches. It reviews using gmail as a networked filesystem, and how to index information with Google, including how not to. Search engine advertising is discussed in detail, even including how to write better ads. Curious about Usenet groups, how you can and cannot program Google, or using Google to mine more out of Ebay and Amazon? My personal favorite hacks are understanding the importance of and using misspelled searches, and calculating mindshare. What? Read the book! <br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/bookzen" rel="tag">Bookzen</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/google+hacks" rel="tag">Google Hacks</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/o'reilly" rel="tag">O'Reilly</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/google" rel="tag">Google</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/book+review" rel="tag">Book review</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://del.icio.us/login/?url=http://molene.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_molene_archive.html#111107824554915158" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">del.icio.us it</font></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1110824315911158882005-03-14T16:34:00.000+01:002005-03-14T20:39:26.230+01:00Technorati Statistics<a href="http://bloggzen.blogspot.com">bloggzen - total immersion blogging technology innovation</a><br /><br />This is interesting, don't miss tomorrow!<br /><br />Sifry's Alerts - State of The Blogosphere, March 2005, <a href="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000298.html">Part 1: Growth of Blogs</a><br /><br />"Today, I'll be focusing on the macro growth of the blogosphere, both in the aggregate number of bloggers out there, as well as the growth of the number of new blogs per day."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img230.exs.cx/img230/3999/t29zp.jpg" border="0" width="180" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />Technorati is now tracking over 7.8 million weblogs, and 937 million links.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img230.exs.cx/img230/7896/t3hx.jpg" border="0" width="180" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a><br /><br />"Tomorrow, I'll discuss some statistics around posting volume, which is a more accurate indicator of how much blogging is becoming a habit for people."<br /><br />Read <a href="http://www.kottke.org/">Jason Kottke's</a> <a href="http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000298.html">comment</a><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/technorati" rel="tag">technorati</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/blogs" rel="tag">blogs</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/sifry's" rel="tag">sifry's</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/alerts" rel="tag">alerts</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/blogosphere" rel="tag">blogosphere</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/bloggzen" rel="tag">bloggzen</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/jason+kottke" rel="tag">jason kottke</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/david+sifry" rel="tag">david sifry</a>,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886437.post-1109596741524597562005-02-28T14:19:00.000+01:002005-02-28T14:29:30.616+01:00Flickr RSS Reader<p><a href="http://bloggzen.blogspot.com">bloggzen - total immersion blogging <br /> technology innovation</a></p><br /><div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><br /> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhey/5227196/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos3.flickr.com/5227196_05ef6249f8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <br /><br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhey/5227196/">Flickr <br /> RSS Reader</a> <br /><br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jhey/">jhey</a>. <br /> </span></p><br /></div><br />A really super New Flash app: Flickr RSS Reader developed by <a href="http://www.jhey.com/jblog_v2/">JHEY</a><br /><br /><br />download this app: <a href="http://www.jhey.com/rssreader_v1/" rel="nofollow">www.jhey.com/rssreader_v1/</a> <br /><br /><br />Flickr RSS Reader Community: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/rssreader/">www.flickr.com/groups/rssreader/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com