He’s at it again:
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
Found on the Intarwebs
Timelapse Junkie
I’m a timelapse junkie. I like creating them, I like watching them, I find (good ones) absolutely stunning. Not sure when this started but it is what it is.
Recently I’ve noticed a whole slew of them popping up on the ‘tubes and I thought I’d share a few of the good ones. You’ve probably seen at least one or two of them. I can watch them all over and over again though, and I’d bet I”m not the only one.
Rochester NY Winter Timelapse by Rochester’s own Mindrelic Photography:
NYC by the same artist:
The Aurora by TSO Photography:
Le Flâneur by Luke Shepard
American News is Fundamentally Warped
We live in a fast paced media filled world. Sometimes it’s hard to forget the rest of the world doesn’t really have access to the same outlets we do. As Americans sometimes it seems like the latest story about Bieber or Britney is the most important thing going on in the world right now.
It.
Never.
Is.
The following TED talk by Alisa Miller is only 4 minutes and has some pretty good illustrations of how and why America’s view of the world can be so warped sometimes:
https://www.ted.com/talks/alisa_miller_how_the_news_distorts_our_worldview
NOTE: if you’re reading this in a feed-reader and the above video is not displayed, please view the original post.
Even if you don’t watch the video, I think this is an important take-away:
Is this distorted world view what we want for Americans in our increasingly interconnected world? ~Alisa Miller
While this TED talk was from 2008, today at TEDx Rochester is the first I’ve seen of it and it struck a chord. Not that I didn’t already know our news coverage is warped, but I think this is an excellent illustration to drive home the point.
This Week in Links
Genesee Valley Hiking Group (GVHG)
Meetup group for the Genesee Valley Hiking Group.
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Robert Thurman: Hiking In The Catskills
Weekend Hiking Retreat in the Catskills this summer
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FLT/NCT – Mount Washington
A section of the Finger Lakes trail including a different sort of Mount Washington
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Area blessed with plentiful places for boating
Great article by the D&C talking about all the great places the Rochester area has to offer when it comes to boating, paddling or otherwise.
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Kayaking on Lake George
Information for kayaking on Lake George NY
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New York Camping Guide 2010
A guide on camping in New York with lots of information on the State Campgrounds.
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Hiking Little Rock City
Some details about Hiking in the Little Rock City NY area.
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Allegheny 100 Challenge
100 mile hiking challenge on June 18th
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Turkey Run-in on Finger Lakes Trail
Hiker tells of his run-in with a turkey on Finger Lakes Trail last weekend
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Hiker Alert
Advice to help you not get your vehicle towed or ticketed!
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Hiking Trails in Niagara Falls
List of some trails available in the Niagara Falls, NY area
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6th Great Adirondack Trail Run
The 11.5 & 3.5 mile charity runs will take place June 19th in the Adirondack High Peak area
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Cornwall Bridge to US Rte 7
Appalachian Trail Section Hike description by the Section Hiker
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Northern Forest Canoe Trail by Jeffrey Liebel
Overview of a talk given by Jeffrey Liebel about the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
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Victor Hiking Trails
Local Victor Hiking Organization
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NY-NJ Trail Conference Catskill Trails map
2010 Catskill maps now available!
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Great Eastern Trail
Great little writeup of someones hike along the Great Eastern Trail (11.4 miles starting near South Bradford NY)
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Bears are out in the Finger Lakes region
Tips from the Finger Lakes DEC on how to minimize problems with Bears as they leave their dens this time of year.
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The Top 10 Hiking Trails Around the World
List of the top 10 hiking trails to shoot for in your training
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Suggested Hikes For Mud Season
Great hikes in the Adirondack region for the spring muddy season.
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Vintage Computers
Just saw a slideshow by TIME titled ‘Core Memory: Photographs of Vintage Computers‘. This stuff is immensely interesting to me, both as a Photographer and a computer geek.
My favorite (pictured below) is the picture of Core Memory. You can essentially picture this as the grandfather of flash memory today (the stuff you stick in your digital camera or phone). Technology is insane.
Be sure to click through to see all the pictures.
NOTE: imate originally seen on TIME’s website.
Space Monkey News
Ricky Gervais was on The Daily Show Monday night and they showed a short clip from the new HBO show ‘The Ricky Gervais Show.’ It looked hilarious so I took a look around the net and was able to find some of the videos. The Space Monkey Monkey News video was particularly hilarious.
Rachel and I haven’t laughed this hard in years. Seriously, there were tears… Watch it!
It may be a little hard to follow unless you’re already familiar with Karl Pilkington or at least know he’s really this dumb. Then again we didn’t know anything about him until we saw some of the Ricky Gervais videos so you’ll probably do just fine too.
The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody Music Video
Simply awesome music video for Bohemian Rhapsody by the Muppets.
Advances in Digital Photography in Space
Holy Wow!
NewScientist had an article a little while ago on the advancement of digital imagry in space. It’s amazing! I had no idea that we were that far along back in 1974. Even though first digital camera I had (newer by 26 years) beats the socks off the first space image, it’s still impressive considering it was taken from a spaceship and transmitted back to earth in 1974.
What’s even more impressive, is how far we’ve come since then. The Hubble Deep Space image is a long exposure of only a tiny little section of space that reveals just how small we really are in relation to what’s out there. The image shows thousands of other galaxies, some which appear to be much larger than our own Milky Way.
click here to view the High Resolution version
I can’t wait to see what another 30 years will bring.
Randy Aldrich 
