BTR 02.01.2012

Beyond The Ripples (BTR) (beyonddaripples on Twitter and associated accounts) is turning up the press action.  BTR has been - albeit sporadic - published on several different platforms.  Carrying many of the same posts - and some specific to a platform.  That type of 'publication' will continue, but with a far more regular beat than in the past. BTR has added Pinterest to its stable of Online Presence Tools (OPT) - with a twist.  Instead of BTR: Pinterest, being solely occupied by the single-category Beyond The Ripples; BTR-Pinterest PINS in four categories, corresponding to four OPT's, currently directed, produced and published, by the parent, NET500.CG:

• Beyond The Ripples
• YOSAKIME
• O'fieldstream
• i65 Design+Media

  Beyond The Ripples ... the same eclectic sorties of serendipitous wonder that I've been collecting for over 5 years, will now appear on the beyondtheripples.postersous.com and beyondtheripples.net500.com. Yes, I know ... I am very derelict in my duty of posting regularly, my uncovered treasures.  But, my dereliction has also provided an interesting perspective and blogging opportunity:

• Older Entries:  normally post-dated - instead - will be added to a specific BTR Blog and BTR-Pinterest.
  • In the archives of BTR captures are several stories - that are time sensitive - meaning they are more historical in nature and thus now being placed in an interestingly different sub-category.
  • The blog a beyondtheripples.wordpress.com will become the BTR. Archives Revealed blog. High-lighting stories and bits of interest from the 'old days' of the Internet ... and earlier technologies.
• Commercial Entries: will now be presented in a BTR: Commerce, sponsored information format [see NOTE below for details on retained integrity!!]
  • At roughly the same time the beyondtheripples.blogspot.com will become the BTR.Commerce blog. BTR:C will highlight products, services and other commercially interesting information, I find of interest. For the sake of Full Disclosure, I will say that some of the commercial entries found on BTR:C will be promotions for sponsors.
  • A NOTE about potential sponsors on the BTR:C blog:
  • In no way will BTR:C be a whitewash for inferior commercial products or services. Any sponsor BTR:C acquires will be at our choosing and not the result of 'trolls looking for Internet space'.  Beyond The Ripples is a 'SNEEZER' .. NOT a 'Wheezer'. Our commitment to serendipity finds remain the same.  Even if the finds appearing on BTR:C are less serendipitous and more advantageous, you can be confident BTR is looking after it's own legitimacy in order to remain relevant, legitimate and valuable to you the BTR reader.

  YOSAKIME ... is an OPT I write personally about my struggle with MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity); a growing disorder that is the result of a compromised immune system, no longer capable of buffering against the onslaught of the chemical wash humanity is forced to live, eat and breath. Much of humanity is already in its grasp and they don't even know it.

Terry Gross, NPR/Fresh Air, interview

Terry Gross, NPR/Fresh Air, interview w/Matt Richtel, NY Times Tech Ed., "Your Brain on Computers": MUST LISTEN. http://ow.ly/2u96h #n5com

BTR 12.31.07: Photographic Journey

Today I bring a short travel on the Internet highway. However, even a short jaunt on the I-way is both illuminating and valuable. I bring today an eclectic variety: like that doesn't happen often!

An assortment of information for the photographers, digital artists and the allergy suffers alike.

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Yesterday, as you may remember, was filled with a huge array of Flickr photo discoveries. One of those was from a young man - at least I believe the account owner to be male! - who produced beautiful images. Being a digital artist myself, I was greatly impressed with his skill, so I sent him a Flickr mail.

The owner replied - again, I beleive it was the same owner (an email out, yet unanswered, is seeking clarification) replied with a 'Thank You' and details of the photo treatment used.

I was already aware of the 'treatment' mentioned, but the skill in its use was quite obvious.

I will be contacting this Flickr account owner again .. and soon.

When I receive confirmation of WHOM I am actually referring, I will pass along the link and the information. So... onto the FINDINGS.

1) Photomatix ... a stand alone software and Photoshop plug-in that allows the photographer to produce what is called HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging). Amazing post production capabilities.

Some photo purists frown upon such treatments as 'over cooking the photo'... but others, myself included, enjoy it when done well. I will agree though, when it is over done .. it's really bad!

More to come ...

What do you mean... ?

The term Beyond The Ripples...

• What does it mean?
• Where did it come from?
• Why should you care?

All very good questions - each with its own unique answer. That answer will come in due time from this post position. But in due time. In due time. The concept of Beyond The Ripples comes from the basic understanding of how the 'ripple effect' works on water and in the air. When you create a disturbance in an otherwise 'quiet' or 'calm' region of water or air - the resulting reaction is seen -or more precisely, observed and/or measured - in the form a WAVE. The wave moves OUTWARD from the center of the disturbance to continue on for whatever distance the energy can sustain it - or the wave is changed into another form of energy by collision and dissipation: it hits something or just stops. Information acts in much the same manner.