For IETF 83, being held in Paris in March, the Secretariat held a t-shirt design contest. You can see the design submissions at http://www.ietf.org/meeting/83/t-shirt-design-contest-submissions.html. Just for fun, I decided to submit a drawing of the Eiffel Tower in the style of a network diagram.

The winner was announced yesterday at http://www.ietf.org/meeting/83/t-shirt-design-contest.html. Sadly, my design didn’t win. But the winner is very attractive. In fact I would have voted for it myself, if I hadn’t submitted my own design.

My t-shirt design was submission #5. Right before the contest deadline, another design was submitted that used my “Eiffel network diagram” along with the words from submission #2. The Secretariat was thoughtful enough to ask me for permission first, which I was happy to give. In hindsight, it may have been a poor idea – it probably split the vote… no way of really knowing without the raw numbers. But it’s probably better to not know. C’est la vie.

Contest aside, please feel free to use this graphic. I offer it under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license. Send me an email if you want a higher-resolution version.

And if anybody ever actually builds a network like this, I’d love to hear about it. I can’t imagine why any sane person would do such a thing, but who knows. 😉

Eiffel Network is a post from: Benson Schliesser

“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