Saturday, January 29, 2011

DSC07539


DSC07539, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just North of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07576


DSC07576, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just North of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07581


DSC07581, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just North of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07585


DSC07585, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just North of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Festival Of Lights 2.0


Festival Of Lights 2.0, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

74th Christmas Festival of Lights in Natchitoches Louisiana
The Festival of Lights begins November 20 and lasts into the New Year.

Festival Of Lights 2.5


Festival Of Lights 2.5, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

74th Christmas Festival of Lights in Natchitoches Louisiana
The Festival of Lights begins November 20 and lasts into the New Year.

Festival Of Lights 2.7


Festival Of Lights 2.7, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

74th Christmas Festival of Lights in Natchitoches Louisiana
The Festival of Lights begins November 20 and lasts into the New Year.

Festival Of Lights 2.14


Festival Of Lights 2.14, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

74th Christmas Festival of Lights in Natchitoches Louisiana
The Festival of Lights begins November 20 and lasts into the New Year.

Festival Of Lights 2.11


Festival Of Lights 2.11, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

74th Christmas Festival of Lights in Natchitoches Louisiana
The Festival of Lights begins November 20 and lasts into the New Year.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mack: Saving Private Robot

Printed and Published with permission of Mack Hall.




 
Saving Private Robot
 
30 robots wearing European faces and controlled by Filipino technicians are teaching English in South Korean schools.  With South Korea suddenly our dependent child again, the ROK government needs more of its people learning how to say, in English, "Give us more money, stupid Yanks" and "Send your young people to die protecting us while we carry on business as usual and pretend to be your BFF." 
 
On the second day of school half the robots called in sick with those fakey coughs.
 
One wonders if the robots wear no-name sneakers and Goodwill ties, and are programmed to blurt out every ten minutes some moldy platitude prefaced with "When I was your age…."
 
But, really, how can anyone tell the difference between a human English teacher and a robot English teacher? 
 
But how will the teacher-robots cope with being covered with sticky-notes reading "I get high on 30-weight" and "Your mama dates a garbage disposal?"
 
This robot idea could be applied to other occupations.  A robot clerk in a big-box store could flee from customers at higher speed, and a robot waiter at a really fancy restaurant could ignore diners in French as well as in English.
 
Robot motorists – hey, they couldn't drive worse than humans.
 
Robot Catholics – they'd all start 'blogs and call each other sedevacantes and Vatican Two-ists and rad-trads.
 
Robot citizens would argue politics but they wouldn't bother to vote, just like human citizens.
 
Robot culture – Robots reposing silently for hours with their unblinking ocular receptors of e-audioanimatronicbionic rods and cones registering images of Dancing with the Stars.
 
Robot supervisors with the Texas Department of Transportation would drive around all day in large white TXDOT pickups while overseeing the undocumented worker robots.
 
Robot shoppers wouldn't simply push each other down, they would blast each other into non-existence with warbling death rays.
 
Toyota robots would sneer at Hyundai robots as declasse'.

Each robot would start its own church. The Electrons for Jesus would maintain that the Pixels for Christ aren't scripturally sound, and the Pixels for Christ might argue that the Electrons for Jesus smell of ritualism.
 
Q: Why did the scientific robot cross the road?
A: Because it was programmed to do so.
 
Q: Why did the philosophical robot cross the road?
A: To argue determinism with the chicken.
 
Q: Why did the killer robot cross the road?
A: To destroy the other half of humanity.
 
Q: Why did the robot throw the alarm clock out the window?
A: To measure the horizontal and vertical deterioration, in centimeters per second, of the trajectory of hurled object with reference to air temperature, barometric pressure, and wind speed.
 
A priest, a rabbi, and a robot walk into a bar…
 
But at this point a large North Korean generalissimo with immobile facial features clomps mechanically into the bar with a glowing, pulsating collection of conflicting nuclei under his arm, and even the robot falls silent, trembling.
 
One question, though: why don't our governments send the robots into battle and have young Americans teach English to young Koreans?
 
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

My Photography Exhibit.

I have an exhibit running at the library for about a month or so. I will change out some of the pictures in another week or so.  If you are in the area, please drop by and see some of my work.

 City of Jasper, Texas - Public Library


Jasper Public Library. 175 Water St. Jasper, Texas 75951. Phone: 409-384-3791 Fax: 409-384-5881. Library Director: Denise Milton ...
www.jaspertx.org/library/

Jasper Public Library

175 East Water Street
Jasper, TX 75951-4438
(409) 384-3791




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To Look At My Full Line Of Photography, Please go to Flickr/RMStringer

Sunday, January 02, 2011

DSC07183


DSC07183, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Old abandoned trash dump. Looking at the different layers in the sand and clay. Sony 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens was used in this set. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07285


DSC07285, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Old abandoned trash dump. Looking at the different layers in the sand and clay. Minolta 50mm f/1.7 Prime used in this set. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07268


DSC07268, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Old abandoned trash dump. Looking at the different layers in the sand and clay. Minolta 135mm f/2.8 Prime used in this set. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07223


DSC07223, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Old abandoned trash dump. Looking at the different layers in the sand and clay. Sony 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens was used in this set. © RMStringer Photography

Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy 2011!!!!







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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

DSC07090


DSC07090, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just South of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07074


DSC07074, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just South of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07091


DSC07091, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just South of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

DSC07061


DSC07061, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Abandoned home on HWY 96 just South of Jasper Texas. © RMStringer Photography

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Manfrotto Tripod


Manfrotto Tripod, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

My Manfrotto tripod! So cool!

It has my Sony a500 and Vert Grip with the Minolta 70-210 on it as well as the Sony HVL-F58AM flash.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

DSC06628


DSC06628, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Full Moon taken Hand-Held using the Quantaray LD 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Tele-Macro and the Bower MC 2X f/4 Tele-Converter. © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 600 mm
ISO Speed 1600

Monday, December 20, 2010

DSC06537


DSC06537, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

First test shots with my Minolta 135mm f2.8 Prime lens. Love the Bokeh this lens has! © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1/4000 sec
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 200

Sunday, December 19, 2010

DSC06557


DSC06557, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

First test shots with my Minolta 135mm f2.8 Prime lens. Love the Bokeh this lens has! © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1/4000 sec
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 200

DSC06510


DSC06510, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

First test shots with my Minolta 135mm f2.8 Prime lens. Love the Bokeh this lens has! © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1/4000 sec
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 200

DSC06538


DSC06538, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

First test shots with my Minolta 135mm f2.8 Prime lens. Love the Bokeh this lens has! © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 200

Saturday, December 18, 2010

I Want one! NOT!

Back by popular demand! My Redneck Beach Dream Home! Coming to a Hurricane Zone near you! Now, Taking Orders!
Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Friday, December 17, 2010

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Night Lights 1.7


Night Lights 1.7, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Fun with Christmas Lights! Minolta 50mm f/1.7 © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 1600

Night Lights 1.4


Night Lights 1.4, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Fun with Christmas Lights! Minolta 50mm f/1.7 © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 1600

Night Lights 1.0


Night Lights 1.0, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Fun with Christmas Lights! Minolta 50mm f/1.7 © RMStringer Photography

Exposure 1
Aperture f/3.5
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 400

Saturday, December 04, 2010

3 December, 2010 Night Sky


3 December, 2010 Night Sky, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

20.25 Minute Rotation of Earth Photograph created using the Startrails Program. It 27 photos at 45 seconds in length. Taken at Lake Sam Rayburn at "Little Tunguska" off of RR 255. © RMStringer Photography

Sunday, November 28, 2010

HDR 1.6


HDR 1.6, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

HDR 1.5


HDR 1.5, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

HDR 1.4


HDR 1.4, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

HDR 1.3


HDR 1.3, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

HDR 1.2


HDR 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

HDR 1.1


HDR 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

HDR Photography created using the Dynamic-Photo HDR program. © RMStringer Photography

Thursday, November 18, 2010

DSC08821


DSC08821, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

36th Texas Renaissance Festival
21778 FM 1774
Plantersville, TX 77363-7722
(936) 894-2516

DSC08872


DSC08872, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

36th Texas Renaissance Festival
21778 FM 1774
Plantersville, TX 77363-7722
(936) 894-2516

DSC08612


DSC08612, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

36th Texas Renaissance Festival
21778 FM 1774
Plantersville, TX 77363-7722
(936) 894-2516

DSC08603


DSC08603, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

36th Texas Renaissance Festival
21778 FM 1774
Plantersville, TX 77363-7722
(936) 894-2516

DSC08636


DSC08636, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

36th Texas Renaissance Festival
21778 FM 1774
Plantersville, TX 77363-7722
(936) 894-2516

Ambient Massive - There Is Grace In Their Feelings

. Instruments used were: Kurzweil 2000vx Microfreak' Maschine 2 Wavestate Deepmind 12 Virus Ti2 Monotron and various VSTi synths. Releas...