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| Yesterday I went for a walk around my garden and took some photos of the lovely blossoms that are out. |
Nearly cherry time!
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| And of course my dog, Elias, playing in the cherry orchard. |
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Spring has sprung
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, lets get out of here
Today is teleporting day.
I don't think I want to do anything very exciting today, I think I will just teleport to a mountain hut somewhere with a fire and a good book and spend the entire day there, that would be nice!
I don't think I want to do anything very exciting today, I think I will just teleport to a mountain hut somewhere with a fire and a good book and spend the entire day there, that would be nice!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Perspective
Steve Jobs died during the week, as everyone knows. For a whole day and a half there were status updates on so many people's facebook accounts, mostly speaking messages of mourning, some however, not quite so upset. There was one in particular that caused a great deal of chatter on facebook, it got quite heated for a while there.
All these status updates really got me thinking.
What is it about such things that get people so riled up?
Now I'm not suggesting that it isn't sad that Steve Jobs died, for his family, or his friends.
But why would this effect people who've never met him, who don't actually know the first thing about him? As I wrote on facebook the other day, the only thing I know about Steve Jobs is that he helped make computers that I like to use, I've never met him and so his death is not going to have an impact on my life.
Now, if there is anyone reading this blog, please don't assume that I am writing this because I am trying to be insensitive, I am not.
As I said above, of course it is sad for the people that knew him personally. He was responsible for some great innovations in the computer industry. I use a Macbook, I like apple products!!
All I am asking for here is a little bit of perspective.
People die everyday.
People who are no doubt very intelligent, who no doubt give a great deal to their communities and their families, people who are no doubt as worthy of notice and acknowledgement as any other famous person who dies.
No doubt many hundreds of Mac employees have died totally unnoticed by the world at large.
Like for example:
What about the workers from the Foxconn factory in China, where Iproducts are made? Suffering from such severe stress and overwork that some of them have taken their own lives?* I don't remember this receiving such airplay and I certainly don't remember half my newsfeed being taken up with notes of mourning.
So, perspective?
*http://micgadget.com/3793/the-real-truth-behind-foxconns-suicide-cluster/
All these status updates really got me thinking.
What is it about such things that get people so riled up?
Now I'm not suggesting that it isn't sad that Steve Jobs died, for his family, or his friends.
But why would this effect people who've never met him, who don't actually know the first thing about him? As I wrote on facebook the other day, the only thing I know about Steve Jobs is that he helped make computers that I like to use, I've never met him and so his death is not going to have an impact on my life.
Now, if there is anyone reading this blog, please don't assume that I am writing this because I am trying to be insensitive, I am not.
As I said above, of course it is sad for the people that knew him personally. He was responsible for some great innovations in the computer industry. I use a Macbook, I like apple products!!
All I am asking for here is a little bit of perspective.
People die everyday.
People who are no doubt very intelligent, who no doubt give a great deal to their communities and their families, people who are no doubt as worthy of notice and acknowledgement as any other famous person who dies.
No doubt many hundreds of Mac employees have died totally unnoticed by the world at large.
Like for example:
What about the workers from the Foxconn factory in China, where Iproducts are made? Suffering from such severe stress and overwork that some of them have taken their own lives?* I don't remember this receiving such airplay and I certainly don't remember half my newsfeed being taken up with notes of mourning.
So, perspective?
*http://micgadget.com/3793/the-real-truth-behind-foxconns-suicide-cluster/
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