If you think about it, a lot more was at stake when you used film. Film is expensive and you have a limited amount of film on you so it's important to only take shots of something remarkable or at least something worth what you're paying in film. Something that is actually interesting, beautiful, or would bring back a lot of memories of a person, place or event when you refer back to it. Everyone is a photographer now and so there's billions or even trillions of meaningless photos everywhere. Occasionally though, you'll come across an iconic photograph or video taken from a smart phone and it's usually incredible because someone conveniently had their phone handy in a situation where there wouldn't be a professional photographer on some kind of mission. Photography now is definitely a lot different than it used to be. Hell, just looking at old photos, the "tone" is a lot different. Pictures just seem too commonplace now to have much meaning anymore.

 

 

A photograph used to always be a print and so viewed in reflected light (except for the eccentric person who took slides) but more importantly be taken under the assumption that it would be kept and looked back upon.  Digital photographs, for the few years that they existed before social media (really only about five years 2000-2005), were taken under those same purposes.  But it was social media and the ability to view real-time photos by others on one's phone (not so much the ability to take them) that caused photography's greatest change to date.  Sure, most photographs are now viewed as backlit illuminations on a screen, and people take their camera with them everywhere because they take their phone everywhere, and people pretty much never make prints anymore, but what really changed is that photographs became a part of real-time social currency.  With social media as the overwhelming and immediate destination of photographs, people are able to show off where they are *right now*, not where they were.  People were always able to construct a little lie in a social photograph -- it used to show how happy the family was on vacation.  Now it's how happy the family is *right now*.  Not only is the family happy right now, they were happy last year, the year before that, and will always be happy in the future.  Extend that to young happy dating couple and young happy single enjoying their single life and that is 99% of today's photographs.  Photos of babies and pets and restaurant or home-prepared food are just an extension of those things.

 

Again, I think it's the ability to *view* all of the photos everyone you sort-of-know just took 1 minute ago on phones that is actually more important to the change in photography than is the ability to take them.  And I don't think that going to view a traditional photography exhibit with black & white prints from 8x10 negatives can possibly compete for a viewer's attention with the photographs constantly viewable on the phone in their pocket.  And it's too tempting to take a selfie in front of the art gallery to know everyone where you are and who you are with.

 

So in short, the photograph has become a device to arouse jealousy, and not much more. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no, don't be so stuck in social media. there is still plenty of artful photography. in fact more than ever in the digital+social media age. you are also diminishing it because of a numbers game, that there is now so much photography possible. put it this way, you could just as well say that creativity is now being democratically opened up to all and the elitest fine art photography is taking it on the chin. i'm all for that. the truly fine or unusual digital images will outlive the selfie chaff and the rest of the crap. sure, some of it that is currently lost our tidal wave of imagery of today will have to wait to be uncovered in digital archives of the future, where it will be praised, much like film is being nostalgically praised (and which goes right along with record & cassette fetishes). the truth is those daytona 500 photos above would be just as memorable if they were taken digitally as they were done by an excellent photographer who edited them well. the images that is, not the old film effects. although even that is moot anymore as you could concoct very similar aged film affects digitally.

 

the really strange thing is all the digital images of today are actually hanging by the same thin thread as printed photos. just think what would happen if any of the big imagery sites, flickr, facebook, photobucket, tumblr, etc., decided to change up or close up shop suddenly. all those millenial memories, gone. just like an old family photobook in a housefire.

If you think about it, a lot more was at stake when you used film. Film is expensive and you have a limited amount of film on you so it's important to only take shots of something remarkable or at least something worth what you're paying in film. Something that is actually interesting, beautiful, or would bring back a lot of memories of a person, place or event when you refer back to it. Everyone is a photographer now and so there's billions or even trillions of meaningless photos everywhere. Occasionally though, you'll come across an iconic photograph or video taken from a smart phone and it's usually incredible because someone conveniently had their phone handy in a situation where there wouldn't be a professional photographer on some kind of mission. Photography now is definitely a lot different than it used to be. Hell, just looking at old photos, the "tone" is a lot different. Pictures just seem too commonplace now to have much meaning anymore.

 

 

A photograph used to always be a print and so viewed in reflected light (except for the eccentric person who took slides) but more importantly be taken under the assumption that it would be kept and looked back upon.  Digital photographs, for the few years that they existed before social media (really only about five years 2000-2005), were taken under those same purposes.  But it was social media and the ability to view real-time photos by others on one's phone (not so much the ability to take them) that caused photography's greatest change to date.  Sure, most photographs are now viewed as backlit illuminations on a screen, and people take their camera with them everywhere because they take their phone everywhere, and people pretty much never make prints anymore, but what really changed is that photographs became a part of real-time social currency.  With social media as the overwhelming and immediate destination of photographs, people are able to show off where they are *right now*, not where they were.  People were always able to construct a little lie in a social photograph -- it used to show how happy the family was on vacation.  Now it's how happy the family is *right now*.  Not only is the family happy right now, they were happy last year, the year before that, and will always be happy in the future.  Extend that to young happy dating couple and young happy single enjoying their single life and that is 99% of today's photographs.  Photos of babies and pets and restaurant or home-prepared food are just an extension of those things.

 

Again, I think it's the ability to *view* all of the photos everyone you sort-of-know just took 1 minute ago on phones that is actually more important to the change in photography than is the ability to take them.  And I don't think that going to view a traditional photography exhibit with black & white prints from 8x10 negatives can possibly compete for a viewer's attention with the photographs constantly viewable on the phone in their pocket.  And it's too tempting to take a selfie in front of the art gallery to know everyone where you are and who you are with.

 

So in short, the photograph has become a device to arouse jealousy, and not much more. 

 

That's not at all true.  It's become a communications tool on a far greater level than ever before.  Some of that communication is inane.  Probably the majority, but that's true about all forms. 

 

I use digital images at work constantly both to communicate internally and externally.  Adding images to an operating procedure  in manufacturing used to be a serious PITA.  Now it's trivially easy.

It's unreal that Scott Brown and John Huntsman didn't run this year. Those guys could have won it all with ease.

 

Hell, in a brokered convention it's still within the realms of possible.

Does anyone know if the Fifth Third Bank branch in CVG will have decent exchange rates for international currency? Or am I better off stopping another Fifth Third branch first?

Typically it's a downtown branch that does that. Ask at your nearest branch which one does it. The other branches can order you foreign currency but there's a wait.

The last time I did it, I went to the Fifth Third on Fountain Square. I didn't shop for rates as I figured there wasn't much I could do about it.

 

Another time, I went to the airport and had to go through security, etc., just to get to the branch.

Does anyone know if the Fifth Third Bank branch in CVG will have decent exchange rates for international currency? Or am I better off stopping another Fifth Third branch first?

 

Bitcoin.

It's generally always better to go through your bank than an airport currency exchange.  Travelex is outrageous.

I went through the Downtown branch when I had to exchange currency. It was easy, but they took a good fee out.

 

It might be better just to use an ATM in the country your going to. I would check the foreign transaction fees etc. with your debit card. I did it once in Canada and it was cheaper than exchanging money at the bank.

Or you could offer to wash dishes in restaurants you visit an avoid this hassle completely. 

I went through the Downtown branch when I had to exchange currency. It was easy, but they took a good fee out.

 

It might be better just to use an ATM in the country your going to. I would check the foreign transaction fees etc. with your debit card. I did it once in Canada and it was cheaper than exchanging money at the bank.

 

It's nice to hit the ground with some cash, but the ATM route and using plastic as much as you can outside the country is better once you're there. My fees were usually around 3%.

The last time I did it, I went to the Fifth Third on Fountain Square. I didn't shop for rates as I figured there wasn't much I could do about it.

 

Another time, I went to the airport and had to go through security, etc., just to get to the branch.

 

Turns out, the Fifth Third on Fountain Square only has 4 international currencies. You have to go to the CVG branch to withdraw anything else, unless you order it in advance.

Wrestlemania was HORRIBLE on Sunday.

^Party's been over for a while with that. At least we can go back and watch I-VI over and over or old War Games matches

Wrestlemania was HORRIBLE on Sunday.

 

Somebody at work told me there was a tag team that came out playing "little trumpets" or something like that.  He said "it was just goofy". 

 

Actually, that team is one of the better ones and they have a popular comedic gimmick of being ultra positive, albeit a tad minstrelsy. Just a tad. However, their match against League of Nations (comprised of accented mid-carders) was boring and not even for the tag belts. The after-match involved several WWF (to hell with calling it the WWE) legends, which didn't add anything to the show.

 

There were a few crowd pleasing moments. Zack Ryder, an Internet darling who actually got punished in real life for being too popular, won the Intercontinental title in an exciting ladder match. The women's title match involving Ric Flair's daughter, Snoop Dog's cousin, and an Irish performer was excellent, Vince's son had a few amazing stunts in his Hell in the Cell match against the Undertaker, AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho was fine....and the rest of the show including the "main event" was absolute rubbish.

the really strange thing is all the digital images of today are actually hanging by the same thin thread as printed photos. just think what would happen if any of the big imagery sites, flickr, facebook, photobucket, tumblr, etc., decided to change up or close up shop suddenly. all those millenial memories, gone. just like an old family photobook in a housefire.

 

I have a friend who was a photojournalist. He has lost so many photos because the digital shots he took early on are in a format that is no longer supported. I don't see it happening quite like that again, but all physical media will degrade over time.

the really strange thing is all the digital images of today are actually hanging by the same thin thread as printed photos. just think what would happen if any of the big imagery sites, flickr, facebook, photobucket, tumblr, etc., decided to change up or close up shop suddenly. all those millenial memories, gone. just like an old family photobook in a housefire.

 

I have a friend who was a photojournalist. He has lost so many photos because the digital shots he took early on are in a format that is no longer supported. I don't see it happening quite like that again, but all physical media will degrade over time.

 

Yes there was a format called "digital negative" but it never really took off.  The big problem is the worry that future software won't support all of the proprietary RAW file types that were in use in the early 2000s.  I have already had some files corrupt.  I have everything stored on 5-6 different hard drives so if it corrupts on one it shouldn't on another, but time will tell.

 

In the meantime I am one of the last curmudgeons out there still shooting black & white negatives.  In the event of a nuclear weapon explosion or something of that ilk, most digital files will be lost over a wide area.  Black & white negatives in negative sleeves kept in a safe in a basement will survive. 

 

 

 

Or in the event that my song, "Magnet Bomb" plays out. "Loss of information sweeps across the nation"

speaking of nuclear bomb strikes...!

 

put in your address, pick your bomb and see the damage:

 

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

 

^ some of the strikes on our place went past edison/morristown nj to the west, amityville to the east, white plains north and mid staten island south. yikes!

speaking of nuclear bomb strikes...!

 

put in your address, pick your bomb and see the damage:

 

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

 

^ some of the strikes on our place went past edison/morristown nj to the west, amityville to the east, white plains north and mid staten island south. yikes!

 

I suppose I am a terrible person for programming in Heinz Field.

I went to school with a bunch of Joseph's. They're about as stereotypical old money Cincinnati as you get. I really don't think they give a S**t about historic preservation or principles of good urbanism. Some nice folks among them, but they're very much an aloof Indian Hill family.

 

I've wondered if Indian Hills profoundly anti urban structure helps hold Cincinnati back in terms of urbanism?  Going through the North Shore of Chicagoland gave me that thought as its the same intense concentration of wealth, but you can A) Actually see the mansions and B) a popular commuter line runs through those towns, many of which have attractive walkable downtowns...

 

I heard a guy on a skateboarding podcast once remark about how much people spend in America to simply not have to deal with other people. 

 

Responding to jmecklenborg[/member]: Well, yeah.  The history of the last thirty years (at least) has been innovations that reduce the need for extraneous interaction.  Much of it comes from technological innovations (the geeks,etc. remaking the world to fit their image and preferences), but not all.

It's mostly so that companies can fire people.

It's mostly so that companies can fire people.

 

Not really.  Stores being open 24 hours is one of the innovations I'm speaking of. 

Staying open during times they lose money is a ploy by retailers to appear that they provide better customer service. That increases the cost of the goods in the store. It is also for uniformity purposes in the case of my store. We lose money from 10am to noon nearly every weekday since video games sell poorly in the morning. But the other mall stores are open so we have to be.

50 Years Ago, a Small Town Ohio Policeman Chased a Flying Saucer Into Pennsylvania... And It Ruined His Life

http://m.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/04/14/50-years-ago-a-small-town-ohio-policeman-chased-a-flying-saucer-into-pennsylvania-and-it-ruined-his-life

50 Years Ago, a Small Town Ohio Policeman Chased a Flying Saucer Into Pennsylvania... And It Ruined His Life

http://m.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/04/14/50-years-ago-a-small-town-ohio-policeman-chased-a-flying-saucer-into-pennsylvania-and-it-ruined-his-life

 

Then men from Project Blue Book – the military’s Cold War UFO-investigation department – arrived. After interviewing everyone, they determined that the object the four police officers saw that morning was the planet Venus refracted through fog.

 

This reminds me of an exchange from one of my favorite X-Files episodes:

 

Man in Black: Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter Jr., thought he saw a UFO once. But it's been proven, he only saw the planet Venus.

 

Roky Crikenson: I'm a Republican!

 

Man in Black: Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus.

 

Staying open during times they lose money is a ploy by retailers to appear that they provide better customer service. That increases the cost of the goods in the store. It is also for uniformity purposes in the case of my store. We lose money from 10am to noon nearly every weekday since video games sell poorly in the morning. But the other mall stores are open so we have to be.

 

Another example is the drive through.  It does not reduce employment or costs, and it caters to laziness less than a desire to control one's direct surroundings while waiting.

^ texting vs calling on the phone might fall into something like that too.

^ texting vs calling on the phone might fall into something like that too.

 

True, though that's as much the ability to not worry about if "it's a bad time" for lower priority conversations or quick questions.  Also, information need not be written down at the receiving end.  And of course, there's no need for the "small talk" that is the bane of the socially inept, which of course includes the people who initially drove these changes.

 

So it's more about control of one's time as surroundings. 

 

Caller ID and voice mail are other, earlier examples.  It's been years since I answered a phone call without knowing who it was and having some idea of what it was about.

"Phone tag" seems absurd in the texting era, but still happens in business all the time. I feel that people who didn't grow up texting have a lot more patience for these necessary old school communication scenarios.

"Phone tag" seems absurd in the texting era, but still happens in business all the time. I feel that people who didn't grow up texting have a lot more patience for these necessary old school communication scenarios.

 

People who are comfortable with e-mail or texting might question the "necessary" part.

"Phone tag" seems absurd in the texting era, but still happens in business all the time. I feel that people who didn't grow up texting have a lot more patience for these necessary old school communication scenarios.

 

I hate it at work when someone suddenly copies you on a huge string of emails and without instructing you to do so assumes that you're going to act on whatever is being discussed, even if your name is not mentioned even once.  Then there is always the passive-aggressive thing where an all-day exchange you're having with someone is suddenly copied to the big boss man when they know you're gaining the advantage. 

 

 

That reminds me of how long it's been since I worked in an office.

That reminds me of how long it's been since I worked in an office.

 

If you really want to send shockwaves through an office, admit when you messed things up. 

 

Does anyone else have a bad feeling with Adam LaRoche and the relationship he has with his son. My intuition is saying uh oh.

Does anyone else have a bad feeling with Adam LaRoche and the relationship he has with his son. My intuition is saying uh oh.

 

I've been keeping up with this too, but what'd you mean?

 

The whole situation is so odd, and they have weird body language together such that I wonder if there is some kind of abuse.

 

Plus the guy just spent two weeks in Southeast Asia "investigating" underage whorehouses and interacting with child prostitutes with no real supervision.

 

And then you factor it's a deeply religious family and the son, I believe, is home schooled, and thus not exposed to the outside world all that much.

 

It all adds up to this kid is not in a healthy environment. The smell test has failed.

 

Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

^ That slogan under your post count is quite a relevant one for that bit of information!

The "black dude on the back of the $2 bill" still periodically gets posted on Facebook and elsewhere, and the stupidest dialog imaginable ensues. 

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=000801;p=0

The whole situation is so odd, and they have weird body language together such that I wonder if there is some kind of abuse.

 

Plus the guy just spent two weeks in Southeast Asia "investigating" underage whorehouses and interacting with child prostitutes with no real supervision.

 

And then you factor it's a deeply religious family and the son, I believe, is home schooled, and thus not exposed to the outside world all that much.

 

It all adds up to this kid is not in a healthy environment. The smell test has failed.

 

 

Yeah the whole situation is totally bizarre.  I can understand having your kid around a few times per year, but come on. 

 

 

 

My house in Cleveland Hts. just got broken into while I was staying at my girlfriend's house. I got a text about it, late at night from my room mate, right after it happened. The front door was left unlocked overnight. At first I took it very seriously and it wasn't a laughing matter until I got back to my house and one of my room mates gave me more details. Apparently the burglar came inside the house, my room mate was upstairs in his bedroom 'choking the chicken' when the burglar ran upstairs and barged in to his bedroom while he was in the middle of it. The burglar screamed "Oh sh!t!" and ran back downstairs and outside without taking anything! I'm glad I didn't have to be the one explaining that to the police.

My house in Cleveland Hts. just got broken into while I was staying at my girlfriend's house. I got a text about it, late at night from my room mate, right after it happened. The front door was left unlocked overnight. At first I took it very seriously and it wasn't a laughing matter until I got back to my house and one of my room mates gave me more details. Apparently the burglar came inside the house, my room mate was upstairs in his bedroom 'choking the chicken' when the burglar ran upstairs and barged in to his bedroom while he was in the middle of it. The burglar screamed "Oh sh!t!" and ran back downstairs and outside without taking anything! I'm glad I didn't have to be the one explaining that to the police.

 

Did he end up finishing?  In Cleveland with CPD response time, he could of....another point for not living in the burbs!

A lot of pornos start out that way

My house in Cleveland Hts. just got broken into while I was staying at my girlfriend's house. I got a text about it, late at night from my room mate, right after it happened. The front door was left unlocked overnight. At first I took it very seriously and it wasn't a laughing matter until I got back to my house and one of my room mates gave me more details. Apparently the burglar came inside the house, my room mate was upstairs in his bedroom 'choking the chicken' when the burglar ran upstairs and barged in to his bedroom while he was in the middle of it. The burglar screamed "Oh sh!t!" and ran back downstairs and outside without taking anything! I'm glad I didn't have to be the one explaining that to the police.

 

Did he end up finishing?  In Cleveland with CPD response time, he could of....another point for not living in the burbs!

 

Knowing him, he probably did.

 

I don't know if that's true about Cleveland Heights. All of Cleveland Heights seems to be insanely, heavily policed. I know Shaker Heights cops have an incredible response time. I had to call them twice at work, in Shaker and they arrived in literally less than a minute, each time.

 

I moved to Kildare Rd. in Cleveland Hts. and boy do I regret it. This particular area really sucks. Not just crime concerns but my street is so loud. I can't even concentrate when I'm trying to get work done on the computer or trying to sleep. I swear each of my neighbors has about 10 kids each and they're always making a bunch of noise outside. Also, they don't give you dumpsters/garbage cans and no one feels inclined to go out and buy one for their house so what ends up happening is everyone puts all their trash bags out on the street along with a bunch of loose trash. Stray/wild animals digging in, along with the wind cause a lot of debris to be all over the place. The street and sidewalks are filthy. Every time I walk my roommate's Husky, he finds, picks up and eats chicken wings that are for some reason strewn all over the sidewalks no matter what street I'm walking him on nearby. I'm constantly having to pull nasty chicken wings and trash out of his mouth while I walk him. Even on Lee Rd. I'm sure people deal with those kinds of issues in other places but I've personally never seen anything like it. At least not nearly this bad.

It's crazy how little publicity and awareness people have with Dennis Hastert, especially compared to other serial rapists like Dr. Huxtable. The man (both of these animals, frankly) should be executed.

I've seen plenty of coverage about it. I think it's grade-A terrible that he can't be imprisoned for the sex crimes because the statute of limitations has run out. But 15 months is better than nothing.

Compare this to Lewinsky. Now THAT was coverage despite the two being consenting adults. Or that lunatic from New York (Huma's husband). Also a crazy amount of endless coverage and awareness.

 

Meanwhile this is barely on the radar despite the occasional CNN or Reuters article.