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Reblogged from Richard Morgenstein’s Photo World:

Squished FlowersWell, I have hit the old scanner again.  Actually it is a new scanner, albeit a cheap one.  Cheap does not mean bad though.  It works quite well.  I am toying with obtaining another one before the end of the year though, one that has a transparency attachment.  It is just nice to have that flexibility.  The only real comment I have about this specific image pertains to DUST.  Not the Philip Pullman brand of dust, but normal dust that floats around us all the time, and dust (or pollen …

Reblogged from PandoDaily:

Several months ago I became obsessed with a colony of trees in Utah called Pando Trees. Measuring 43 hectares and weighing 6,000 tons, they’re pretty impressive above ground. But what really matters is what is happening below. The interconnected root system is the oldest living organism in the world. No matter what happens above ground, that root system stays alive, and continually shoots up new trees. It’s the perfect metaphor for what I love about Silicon Valley. …

Reblogged from WordPress.com News:

As 2011 comes to end, we thought it’d be interesting to look back at the events that made headlines this year, and a few of the bloggers who were there in person (or closely connected to the events) to document history in the making. Here’s a recap of some of the biggest news stories of the year, as blogged by WordPress.com users. January 25: Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities to demand an end to the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Cairo-based journalist Max …