Link of The Day

Christmas TV specials from the past.

Sinterklaas Kapoentje

I was watching Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and while watching  him sing to the dutch girl (and singing along) I looked the lyrics and translation.

According to the St. Nicholas Center here are the lyric in Dutch and English.
 

Sinterklaas, kapoentje
Gooi wat in mijn schoentje,
Breng wat in mijn laarsje,
Dank je Sinterklaasje.

Saint Nic'las, my dear one,
Something in my shoe put,
Something in my stocking,
Thank you, Saint Nich-o-las!

Link of The Day - Lighting Like Vermeer

Fairly standard lighting for a portrait, but a few interesting additions & side notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PzjWS6bZeEk

One of the coolest Tattoos I've seen

FYI: it Lucy the Australopithecus afarensis found in 1973 & dated by UofT to about 3 000000  BCE.

Link of the Day - Fresh Pi

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/aiop-ndo110915.php

Just another sign of societies imminent collapse.

There is apperantly a new & extremely serious (everything in the news is said to be extremely serious) crime "Carrying Camera while male"  in the article they say 'Taking photographs while male', but the guy didn't take a single photo, he was just carrying a camera.

This really bugs me, I always have a camera with me & I take photos all the time.

I had indented to add a rant of my own to this, but really, it so ridiculous that I don't what I could say, except maybe;

1) People are becoming more & more paranoid about their neighbours & maybe that says as much about what they think of themselves, as what they think about others.

2) The lady in the article was worried there was a creepy person taking pictures in the park & she was right, it was her. Everything was fine until she crept into the park & started taking pictures.

Huff Post asks Will Weaton to work "for Exposure" (a.k.a. FREE)

He said 'No' then tweeted 3 000 000 people about their 'offer'  & then got paid to write an article about (by another news group).

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/28/wil_wheaton_is_right_stop_expecting_artists_to_work_for_free_or_worse_exposure/