As suggested, this morning, I went and took a photo of the Colindres Town Hall from more or less the same angle as the 60-year-old photo I found on the internet recently.
Not content to leave it as only a “before and after” photo, I downloaded some photo morphing software and made a little video. I used to play with morphing a lot back when it first came to the personal computer 15 years ago. So, without further ado… (more…)
On Friday, I went with Marga to her dentist appointment in Vitoria. It’s about 80 minutes away, but the orthodontist there has a great reputation and did a pretty darn good job with Marga’s teeth. From the looks of it, they are making money hand over fist. Every time we go, they have some new gadget that makes their offices more futuristic. Now, you don’t even go to reception, you check in yourself with a touch screen. Fancy!
On the brisk walk from where we parked to the dentist office, we passed by the cathedral. I’d walked by it before, but on Friday it was absolutely breathtaking shimmering in the setting sun. The photos I took were taken as we walked by, with just a brief pause to frame each shot. Every single gargoyle made me long for a telephoto lens and more time. They are absolutely amazing. (more…)
This blog post was written by my great-grandmother, Ruth Rasmussen (pictured to the right), 88 years ago. Although her writing does not specify a year, there are some clues. She said that the trial took place on Wednesday, April 28th. By my calculations, April 28th fell on a Wednesday on 1915 and 1920. The trial is about the alleged theft of a diamond ring that my great-grandfather, Halfdan Rasmussen, gave to Ruth. She says at the end that the whole ordeal from first accusation to trial was six months. I happen to know that Ruth and Halfdan got married on November 21, 1919, which would have been five months and one week before Wednesday, April 28, 1920. So, if we assume 1920 for the trial year, then Halfdan would have given Ruth a diamond ring a month before getting married. Given the evidence I’m deducing that the trial you’re about to read about took place on April 28, 1920.
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I’m ashamed to say that I have yet to read any of his books, but I’ve seen a few hours of video from his lectures. Let’s just say that Richard Dawkins refers to him as his “intellectual elder brother”. Check out this excerpt from an essay, entitled Thank Goodness, that Dennett wrote after nearly dying from a heart problem.
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For a brief window in the afternoon last Sunday, the sky opened up and revealed a lovely blue color between the towering cumulonimbi before quickly going back to the London mist we were smothered in for all of March.
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Yesterday, Hubbers recommended a website called Geni.com to me. It’s a family tree management application. But it can be useful for so much more, because it allows quite a lot of information, such as birthdays, addresses, etc., to be entered about each person, which is only visible to the rest of the family. Remember how one of the benefits I found in Facebook was in storing your contact information in one place that is accessible by only the people you want it to be? Well, that’s also a benefit of Geni.com, at least for family members. There does, also, seem to be some notion of “Friends” in Geni.com, but I hope they keep that aspect of the social networking to a minimum.
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For some reason, the other day I thought I’d search Flickr for photos of Colindres. I, of course, am the dominant supplier of Colindres photos to the internet. But in amongst my photos of flowers and bollards, I found some nice ones from long ago, showing just how much Colindres has changed in recent years.
Of course these won’t interest any of you nearly as much as they interest me, but I’m posting them anyway. (more…)
