Gigipan - http://gigapan.org/
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Gigipan - Cutting Edge in photography
A friend of mine mentioned this photograph to me recently. It was only when I saw it for myself that I realised the magnitude of it. The picture was taken with a robotic camera at 1,474 megapixel. (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera) Makes you wonder who's watching us right now !! Essentially it is a whole bunch of shots stitched together to produce one massively high res image. It was taken at the recent presidential inauguration in the USA and you can literally see every person's face clearly if you zoom into the crowds. Follow this link to have your mind blown, it is super cool!
Gigipan - http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
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Gigipan - http://gigapan.org/
Make sure you're online while viewing because just like google-earth for those who are familiar, it has to load each photo stitched in.
Monday, March 02, 2009
She taught me to love!
A month has passed already, since I spent a Monday morning kicking myself (figuratively) for not taking an opportunity to express my undying gratitude to someone who shouldn't have to wait for the "right opportunity" to hear a simple thank you. This update is way overdue... possibly 20 or so years overdue!
The Sunday night before was one of the most significant and special evenings of my entire life. I had the privilege of Baptizing not only six of the young people I had walked a road with for the best part of a year, but also my nephew, Dillon and of course the women who taught me to love, my incredibly special mother! As I stood in this unfamiliar environment, the baptistery, tongue tied with nerves dissolving like the bubbles around me, and looking out to a congregation witnessing the life changing testimonies of children and friends, I felt I needed to acknowledge this capstone in my life. Whether it was through divine intervention or nerves combined with a frayed memory, I didn't say what I would've liked to say:
"This unbelievably resilient yet humble, strong yet gentle women, mom, is the one who has taught me to love! Through her example of grace, she has taught me the gift of giving selflessly, without expecting love in return, she has allowed me to find within myself, the potential to care for others, sometimes to the point of self detriment, she has been an example of patience and faith in the power of love to transform. She has shown me through her love that she is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7), and she has shown us that the source of love is never ending, never depleted! She has allowed me to express myself honestly, sensitively and without reservation. She has allowed me to on occasion reciprocate her love with a lack of gratitude and recognition to the point of cruelty yet never seeking retribution for the hurt. She has taught me to cry unashamedly, tears that express deep pain or elation. It is because of her, that those few, yet not enough have received my love and selfless acts of service.
For those who are still young, the bible commands, honour your mother and father. Love them despite their faults because God knows they have their faults, obey them despite their apparent unreasonable, "irrational" restrictions because those they issue out of love too. Lastly, don't wait until you are 34 or for an opportune moment to say thank you, do it now! They try to love unconditionally, the least you can do is learn from them, the potential you have in yourself to do the same.
To those parents, the greatest gift you can give a child is to love first and foremost the Lord with all your heart and outward expression through worship & secondly, love your spouse in an outward demonstration of selflessness and sacrifice, without which, a teenager will never recognise the true definition of love, grace and selflessness. We live in a world where youngsters believe that love is what others can do for us, anything other than that is considered weakness, it's time they know the truth, true power, true liberation and freedom is recognising that love is what we can do for others.
Mom, thank you for teaching us (all your children) how to love!
The Sunday night before was one of the most significant and special evenings of my entire life. I had the privilege of Baptizing not only six of the young people I had walked a road with for the best part of a year, but also my nephew, Dillon and of course the women who taught me to love, my incredibly special mother! As I stood in this unfamiliar environment, the baptistery, tongue tied with nerves dissolving like the bubbles around me, and looking out to a congregation witnessing the life changing testimonies of children and friends, I felt I needed to acknowledge this capstone in my life. Whether it was through divine intervention or nerves combined with a frayed memory, I didn't say what I would've liked to say:
"This unbelievably resilient yet humble, strong yet gentle women, mom, is the one who has taught me to love! Through her example of grace, she has taught me the gift of giving selflessly, without expecting love in return, she has allowed me to find within myself, the potential to care for others, sometimes to the point of self detriment, she has been an example of patience and faith in the power of love to transform. She has shown me through her love that she is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7), and she has shown us that the source of love is never ending, never depleted! She has allowed me to express myself honestly, sensitively and without reservation. She has allowed me to on occasion reciprocate her love with a lack of gratitude and recognition to the point of cruelty yet never seeking retribution for the hurt. She has taught me to cry unashamedly, tears that express deep pain or elation. It is because of her, that those few, yet not enough have received my love and selfless acts of service.
For those who are still young, the bible commands, honour your mother and father. Love them despite their faults because God knows they have their faults, obey them despite their apparent unreasonable, "irrational" restrictions because those they issue out of love too. Lastly, don't wait until you are 34 or for an opportune moment to say thank you, do it now! They try to love unconditionally, the least you can do is learn from them, the potential you have in yourself to do the same.
To those parents, the greatest gift you can give a child is to love first and foremost the Lord with all your heart and outward expression through worship & secondly, love your spouse in an outward demonstration of selflessness and sacrifice, without which, a teenager will never recognise the true definition of love, grace and selflessness. We live in a world where youngsters believe that love is what others can do for us, anything other than that is considered weakness, it's time they know the truth, true power, true liberation and freedom is recognising that love is what we can do for others.
Mom, thank you for teaching us (all your children) how to love!
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