Wineglass Reflections
December 4th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
I took this picture about a year ago during a farm party in the Magaliesberg. The larger you view the image the more detail you’ll be able to see in the reflection.
HDR Pofadder - the town, not the snake
December 3rd, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
What is there to know about Pofadder? Well according to Wikitravel not much, or to be even more precise - nothing! Even Wikipedia’s is very vague about the dusty little town:
Pofadder (meaning Puff Adder in English) is a very small town in the Northern Cape region of South Africa. The surrounding districts are arid, sparsely populated, rugged and picturesque. There is little in the way of cropping and local farmers run sheep or goats for a living.
If anybody out there (even in Pofadder) knows more, in terms of some basic stats, like Pofadders’ population or even crime rates, please let me know - I’m intrigued!
To get a better idea about where Pofadder is located, click on the screenshot below, everything else becomes quite self explanatory…
World Aids Day 2008
December 1st, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
“Nkosi Xolani Johnson was born on 4 February 1989 with HIV and was the longest surviving child born with the virus in the country. His mother has since died of Aids, and he was adopted when he was two by a foster mother, Gail Johnson. Speaking before his death Ms Johnson said: “We chatted about death… He had strong feelings about letting me down,” she said. ”
This poster of Nkosi is displayed at a bus stop in Johannesburg, framed by light boxes with the AIDS ribbon printed on them.
And as Minor Matters reminds us on her blog:
Remember the 15 minute national work stoppage at 12.00 noon today to observe, and act on World Aids Day.
HDR Chameleon
November 28th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
I’ve been going through some old RAW images of mine, in order to re-use them to produce some HDR images.
I didn’t use auto-bracketing for this HDR effect, instead I used a single RAW file and saved three variations of it. I’m not convinced that this is the best way of producing effective HDR images, even though I really like the results.
Zimbabwe Inflation Rate 10 200 000 000 000 000% (ten comma two quadrillion%)
November 27th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
For a while now I have been uploading pretty graphs reflecting the rising inflation rate in Zimbabwe. Most have been used by online CitJ sites, however now I am stuck. I can’t get the graph to actually look impressive. There are so many zero’s that the numbers are shortened automatically, and because of the immense difference in values the former rates (230 000 000%) look puny now…
This morning, the Sky News business report estimated the unofficial inflation rate in Zimbabwe to be Ten comma Two Quadrillion Percent. Ok, to put that into perspective that is a 10, followed by a 2, followed by 14 zeros - looks something like this: 10 200 000 000 000 000%
So to put this number into perspective, I found a graphic illustrating what a stack of 1 Quadrillion (U.S.) pennies might look like:
Life Is Just Fading Away
November 26th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
- Zimbabwe’s inflation rate is now higher than 231 million percent
- The maximum cash that can be drawn from an ATM is worth less than toilet paper
- Hundreds have died from a vicious strike of cholera
- More than 5 million people face imminent starvation
- What began as a political crisis has resulted into an uncontrollable humanitarian catastrophe
The sadness and frustration deepens by the day…
Harbour Paddler with Pet
November 25th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
I would imagine that the residents of Simons Town are familiar with this paddler, who in this picture takes his Jack Russell out on a sun-set paddling cruise. Both dog and paddler seem so comfortable with this exercise that it is definitely not they first time they brace the sea.
Cool Facebook traffic visualization video
November 24th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
This video illustrates the earth showing Facebook activity visually and geographically - very cool!
Audi R8 tuned by Animoto
November 22nd, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
Old School Barbershop - Harare
November 21st, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
So there I was, sitting in a really funky, old school barbershop in Harare, paging through a 1993 People Magazine Farmers Weekly…
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