A non-23 Things related post

How could I possibly have a blog without any reference to the glorious Port Adelaide Football Club? Naturally I can't! Adjacent is my favourite image of Harold Oliver of who Victor Richardson said "the finest all-round exponent of Australian football in my playing and watching experience of it". Harold was a member of 4 PAFC Premiership teams and captain of the PAFC in 1921.

Technology and Me

I'm not sure if the words 'technology' and 'me' belong in the same sentence.

When personal computers first came into being I couldn't see myself ever using them. For what purpose would I ever need (let alone want) to use a pc? Later I thought the same of mobile phones. Having said that, I only use a mobile phone sporadically and usually under sufferance. That's not to say I'm not in favour of technological advances. Sure ball-point pens and lined paper are a huge improvement on stone tablets and chisels, cd-r's are a massive advance on cassette tapes (although I do miss vinyl lps - see pic), and life just wouldn't be the same without television. Today I know that I wouldn't be employed without being proficient in the use of a pc. Not only that but I also choose to spend some of my leisure time sitting in front of a computer either surfing the net or organising music playlists. The convenience of being able to communicate with someone on the other side of the world instantaneously, either by email or via a blog on the internet is truly amazing and something I wouldn't have even imagined could happen when I left school all those eons ago (calculators had only just replaced the abacus).

Spell with Flickr

I spent many a pleasant moment 'playing' with the Spell with Flickr program. Just type in a word or phrase at:
http://metaatem.net/words/
and it will generate a logo based on images in flickr of just letters or numbers.
I did waste quite a bit of time trying to save and upload the resulting images though. The code provided on this site doesn't seem to be compatible with this blog but maybe that has more to do with me than any compatability issues.
Apologies to Ian Curtis.

I have a 'follower'

Wow.
I can't believe that someone has signed up to be a 'follower' on my blog.
I'm a little stunned and can only think in cliches that any 'follower' of mine would be:
'led astray', an example of 'the blind leading the blind', at risk of being 'led up the garden path' or being 'led a merry dance', etc, etc.
Thanks Greg, the cheque's in the mail.

Cuba

cuba_car
Originally uploaded by simcoemedia

Flickr post.
I've really enjoyed browsing through the countless images on Flickr. The difficult part is trying to select an image for this post. Initially I searched for images from nature, then Art and Architecture, followed by Archaeological sites and then onto photos of my favourite early 80's 'punk/new wave' bands. There are so many great images that it's almost impossible to choose just one. Finally my procrastinating had to come to an end. So what image would I select? After watching the first episode of Monty Don's Around the World in 80 gardens which featured Cuba, I decided to search for images of Havana. I was intrigued by the combination of classic 50's American cars and Havana's crumbling Colonial Architecture. I quite like the composition, the light and the blue accents of the inserted image.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simcoemedia/2315022299/