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WordPress Phoneography Challenge: My Neighborhood
(photography by cellphone or camera phone)
“Over the housetops,
Above the rotating chimney-pots,
I have seen a shiver of amethyst,
And blue and cinnamon have flickered
A moment,
At the far end of a dusty street.
Through sheeted rain
Has come a lustre of crimson,
And I have watched moonbeams
Hushed by a film of palest green.
“It was her wings,
Goddess!
Who stepped over the clouds,
And laid her rainbow feathers
Aslant on the currents of the air.
“I followed her for long,
With gazing eyes and stumbling feet.
I cared not where she led me,
My eyes were full of colours:
Saffrons, rubies, the yellows of beryls,
And the indigo-blue of quartz;
Flights of rose, layers of chrysoprase,
Points of orange, spirals of vermilion,
The spotted gold of tiger-lily petals,
The loud pink of bursting hydrangeas.
“I followed,
And watched for the flashing of her wings.
In the city I found her,
The narrow-streeted city.
In the market-place I came upon her,
Bound and trembling.
Her fluted wings were fastened to her sides with cords,
She was naked and cold,
For that day the wind blew
Without sunshine.
“Men chaffered for her,
They bargained in silver and gold,
In copper, in wheat,
And called their bids across the market-place.
The Goddess wept.
Hiding my face I fled,
And the grey wind hissed behind me,
Along the narrow streets.”
– by Amy Lowell
“ The Captured Goddess”
Cellphone photography by Myra Lambino, shot at Montrose Farmers Market, Los Angeles, California
It’s time to name the robot news aggregator that’s been doing ALL the work in my news site for three days now since I’ve been on errands for three days.
(based on the content last, last week: fashion, restaurant reviews, wine reviews, etc., I figured she was female)
Here’s how she aggregated the news for today, quite impressive: “Over 5o arrests in strife-hit Malaysia”; “Humanitarian crisis feared in Sabah, Tawi-tawi”; “Sabah refugees seek help from Phil govt”; “ ‘Royal army’ leader killed, Malaysia claims” etc.
And then she posted these for Women’s Day and for today:
♥ videos, “Women’s wishes on women’s day” from Marie Claire and “Party Haul” from Yahoo Shine;
♥ “Data gender that will make you smile, not groan” from Global Voices;
♥ “Online art museum highlights Muslim women” from Al Jazeera; “Kenyan women march towards political equality” also from Al Jazeera.
Impressive because I did not put any instructions or filters there to make it/her aggregate Women’s Day news but it did – just based solely on stats in the internet or algorithm.
i think we could learn a thing or two about crowds from the way she aggregates — see for yourself in the news site (link below).
Other interesting items the robot aggregated are: “Living the quiet Batanes life” from Vera Files; : “Vegetarian recipe for vegetarian paella” from Vegetarian Society; “Hotels offer yoga channel” from the Yoga Journal; “Flu shots to keep older folks out of the hospital” from NBC Health; “Whole foods to require labels on genetically modified food” from NY Times; and many more.
We’ll have to name her…What do we call her? Lemme see…Robot… female… Filipino, has been to different continents, and New York (New York, Cubao)… Let’s just call her:…..
MaribuBot (Maribu-Bot)
the robot news aggregator created by my news site; she works days plays night. Coincidentally, she’s also a comic character. Really. One of Nonoy Marcelo’s characters; in the movie Tisoy! she was played by Charo Santos – who’s now president of one of the largest if not the largest media organizations in the country. (it’s just a coincidence).
Here’s MaribuBot’s work, this news issue is all hers, see for yourself, pls click:
“Likha-Diwa (seafood & vegetarian restaurant on C.P. Garcia, near Krus Na Ligas area, U.P.) invites you to its Thai buffet on Monday, March 11, at 6pm-9pm with Diwa de Leon. Bazaar starts at 5pm. For reservations, pls call 925-5522. Salamat po.”
Here’s how she aggregated the news for today, quite impressive: “Over 5o arrests in strife-hit Malaysia”; “Humanitarian crisis feared in Sabah, Tawi-tawi”; “Sabah refugees seek help from Phil govt”; “ ‘Royal army’ leader killed, Malaysia claims” etc.