星期三, 一月 07, 2009

暗淡蓝点 Pale Blue Dot


Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
细心再看,你会看见一个小点。就是这里,就是我们的家,就是我们。在这点上有所有你爱的人、你认识的人、你听过的人、曾经存在过的人在活着他们各自的生命。集合了一切的欢喜与苦难、上千种被确信的宗教、意识形态以及经济学说,所有猎人和抢劫者、英雄和懦夫、各种文化的创造者与毁灭者、皇帝与侍臣、相恋中的年轻爱侣、有前途的儿童、父母、发明家和探险家、教授道德的老师、贪污的政客、大明星、至高无上的领袖、人类历史上的圣人与罪人,通通都住在这里——―一粒悬浮在阳光下的微尘。

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星期日, 一月 04, 2009

DSLR 成长日记 第一蛋

噢hoho,相机入手了。5k大洋,450d套机+8G C6 SD+包包。结果入手当天晚上(也就是昨晚),老爹就给我一当头棒喝:商场售价5080,套机+4G SDHC+包+脚架。这些个歪歪扭扭的数字正暗示着我歪歪扭扭的心,碎鸟。

天公不作美。听说下雪,想上手今年第一场雪景。但浅浅的雪中无就不见了踪影。出差的出差,不出门的不出门。湖边也没啥兴趣去逛了。阴着天,公司的楼也就灰蒙蒙的,难道是要考验我PS的技术么?

加班蹭车,等人的时候随性咔嚓几张。顿时有了感悟:若想手不抖,砖头练练手。