“Parallel” EOS C300 Test from Raitank on Vimeo.

Short Video: Parallel is a post from: Benson Schliesser

I just found this beautiful video via http://www.fubiz.net/2011/11/30/the-beauty-of-a-second/. It is a montage of 1 second video clips submitted to a contest being run by Montblanc, “The Beauty of a Second”.

Seconds Of Beauty – 1st round compilation from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.

Beautiful 1sec Video Montage is a post from: Benson Schliesser

Are you lunch?, originally uploaded by bensons.

Are you lunch? is a post from: Benson Schliesser

While we’re on the topic of being famous I wanted to mention (brag, I guess) that the IETF Journal, published by the Internet Society, used a photo I took of the IAB Plenary session in Quebec at IETF-81. You can read the article at http://isoc.org/wp/ietfjournal/?p=2597.

My original photo is on Flickr for comparison. It looks like the editors added some “fill light” to the photo before publishing it. This hurt the color and contrast, obviously, but makes it feel brighter. Trust me, it was not a brightly lit room – most of the photos I took didn’t turn out because it was too dark. The only ones that survived were taken with a Canon S95, thanks to its “Hybrid Image Stabilization” feature.

Photo Used in IETF Journal is a post from: Benson Schliesser

I’m way behind on email, my reading list, etc. So I only just now saw this video of my wife Emily talking about the Wildlife Rehab Clinic, which aired on a local TV station recently. I guess that makes her famous. She serves as a volunteer, caring for the animals and as the President of the clinic, and we both serve on the clinic’s board of directors. For more info on the clinic, please visit http://www.wild-life-rehab.com/ or send me an email.

Emily at WRC on TV is a post from: Benson Schliesser

http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8/ is a slow motion video of an owl flying at the camera, slowing, and grabbing hold of something. (It may be landing – I can’t tell for sure – but it doesn’t look like a landing to me.) Basically awesome.

Slow Motion Video of Owl is a post from: Benson Schliesser

Wait a minute. The Elders of the Internet? The Elders of the Internet… know who I am?!?!

The Internet (per The IT Crowd) is a post from: Benson Schliesser

I’ve sent this to a number of people individually…  So it’s about time I just posted a link to http://www.radiolab.org/2010/dec/14/one-good-deed-deserves-another/ and a firm recommendation that you listen.  It’s a Radiolab story about altruism and evolution, rational good behavior, etc.  I’m especially fond of the bit about the prisoner’s dilemma simulation, in which both Jesus and Lucifer are defeated by Tit-for-Tat.

Rational Basis for Altruism is a post from: Benson Schliesser

but they’re just lacking perspective.

All religions think they’re right… is a post from: Benson Schliesser

Something I personally have struggled to come to terms with, being on the border of two generations… Captured well by the product/marketing brilliance that is Seth Godin:

Back home, missing a TV show was out of the question. If you didn’t see this episode of Mannix or Batman, it was likely you’d never get a chance, ever again.

And so we came to treat incoming data as precious. A lost email was a calamity. Reading everything in your RSS feed was essential. What if I miss something?

A new generation, one that grew up with a data surplus, is coming along. To this cohort, it’s no big deal to miss a tweet or ten, to delete a blog from your reader or to not return a text or even a voice mail. The new standard for a vacation email is, “When I get back, I’m going to delete all the email in my box, so if it’s important, please re-send it next week.”

This is what always happens when something goes from scarce to surplus. First we bathe in it, then we waste it.

Information Waste is a post from: Benson Schliesser