Light/Breezes

Light/Breezes
SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun

Friday, April 20, 2012

THE WEEKENDER :) JUST FOR FUN

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
     Perhaps you've read recently that the system you are reading this on, and the technology base of all of our computing may be rapidly out of date.  
     Apparently designers are close to building processing technology, chip high rises if you will, that will accelerate computing time to near warp speed. We are told the glue that is required to hold chip circuit boards in a vertical stack has been improved and there could be exciting news in the near future.  Of course that would mean all of our current technology will become slow, glacially so, by comparison. But in that cloud is the silver lining of potential business opportunities. 
      In the meantime I am fascinated by how creative minds are putting current technology to use. Here's an example.
It is a presentation made at MIP, a production and media trade show held in Cannes France.  When I was ceo of a television and media production company I made twice annual trips to this event.  It is a place where you see cutting edge uses of technology.  Enjoy this wonderment with IPads.
       Thanks to my friend Will Murphy for spotting this 
and sending it along.

THE CAMBRIA LOCAL
      An apology upfront. This is just plain silly season stuff.
It was in the mid to upper 70's under brilliant blue skies
and the Friday Lunch Flash Mob was out in force enjoying a perfect day.
       "Oh, look at all the crows", someone said.  "I wonder if
they'd like some of this extra food", someone else offered.
Well, before long it was show time.
       I hope wherever in the world you are, you can
find some reason to smile this weekend.
       BTW, the same Will who tipped me on the IPAD display has requested a longer Pacific Moment.  That's coming 
next week to LightBreezes.
       See you down the trail.

7 comments:

  1. Crows are found only in rural areas. Ravens, on the other hand, frequent populated areas around humans. Those black birds are undoubtedly ravens.

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    1. San Simeon is a rural area...just a few buildings and lots of open range land and beach. Local's call them Crows. I'll look into it.

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  2. Tom, keep the orchestra on retainer. The crows look good with that musical background. And you are improving in the video edit room. SloMo etc.

    The entertainment value of faulty flying is not found in the reports today of three incidents of birds flying into jet passenger plane engines. We can enjoy your version much more. Keep it up. -w-

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  3. When we moved to SoCal 6 years ago our neighborhood was inundated with Ravens, smart, noisy and very messy. They were so bold they would land on our outdoor furniture drop a calling card and then fly up into the branches of our backyard trees and laugh at me. I bought a soft pellet air pistol, after I hit two or three of them in the ass they moved on and haven't been back and the air pistol has been retired to a drawer in the hall. Apparently they communicate qui9te well.

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  4. I didn't know this difference between crows and ravens. But now that I think about it, I recall a legend about the ravens that nest on the Tower of London. Supposedly the British Monarchy will endure so long as the ravens remain. London is certainly an urban environment so Bruce is undoubtedly right.

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    1. As I told Bruce, I will look into this matter. We have some expert Bird Watchers in the area.

      When we were getting an after hours tour of the Tower of London, before watching the Ceremony of the Key, I learned that their birds are the real "Beef Eaters" of the tower.

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