Places and Things

“In our striving for efficiency, have we lost empathy for the traveler?” These words, from Volvo’s launch video for its new 360c fully autonomous concept car, hit home with me. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822398/volvos-360c-concept-autonomous-car-electric-future https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12792465/volvo1.jpg

Sometime between 1400 and 1200 B.C., two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete. from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/greek-farmer-stumbles-3400-year-old-tomb-hidden-below-his-olive-grove-180970197/ https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/GXW64TNWHpKVAebJYJ1wExvsX-k=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https:/public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/b4/de/b4defade-fa3a-4cda-a0f9-86647eb41003/lassithi_ephorate_of_antiquities.jpg

Mention a light meter in photography circles and you’re certain to get some fierce responses. Sure, some photographers will be indifferent and fewer will be in favor, but most will be adamant that you don’t need one. I used to be somewhere in the middle. from https://digital-photography-school.com/why-become-light-meter-convert/ https://i0.wp.com/digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/why-to-use-a-light-meter-4626.jpg?resize=1500%2C1100&ssl=1

Soon Office 365 will be a lot more flexible. The new changes will allow you to install your subscription service on as many machines as you want where it was pretty limited before. You'll still only be able to be signed in to a limited number, but at least you'll have options. from https://www.windowscentral.com/thrifter-deal-office-365-home-personal-amazon http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Apple's status as the only public trillion-dollar company didn't last long. Amazon has been flirting with a $1 trillion market cap throughout trading on September 4th, passing the symbolic milestone in the morning. It reached the figure through a relatively recent surge, CNBC pointed out. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/04/amazon-market-cap-reaches-1-trillion/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The most interesting prototype at IFA this year was the Nubia Alpha, an Android-based device the company bills as a “wearable smartphone.” The Alpha tries to realize one of the enduring gadget dreams: having a smart device with a display that wraps around the user’s wrist. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/4/17817416/wearable-smartphone-nubia-alpha-flexible-oled-ifa-2018 https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61130971/IMG_20180902_113808.0.jpg

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