*Ø* Blogmanac | Camera flash mob?
James Taylor wants everyone in the world to take a picture at the same time.
By James Taylor, NautOne.com
[No, not THAT James Taylor, but an interesting cyberhead. -v]
The concept of time is loose. It continues to shift and mutate, driving itself further into obscurity. The overseers of the atomic clocks that hold GMT/UTC add extra seconds and days to keep scientific time in synch with the decay of the planet's time. The several standards of time currently can be as much as 30 seconds apart and continue to drift away from each other with every passing second. All of this disorganization, in the strict field of science that controls our governments, our commerce, our daily lives. The everyman operates even further from truth, running on his own set time, with each quartz and spring-driven clock releasing energy at slightly different frequencies. How can so much faith be placed into such a slipshod system? These mere missing moments could be the difference between life and death! OMG, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS MADHOUSE?!
Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's still a bit disconcerting to know that time is so fragile. So, I propose a project involving people, their cameras, and various time zones they live in. I want these adventurers around the world to synchronize on Greenwich Mean Time and upon 17:17:17 GMT on August 17th, they will all simultaneously SNAP a photograph of their own design, be it a scenic vista, someone they love, abstract light formations, or just whatever they may be doing at the moment. By coordinating these photos together, we will create a single moment in time that we can prove exists. We have the photos! We were there! All of these photos will be collected soon after and displayed here for all to see, spanning the absence/presence of the sun, varying weather climates, and regional cultures. We currently have participants in locales ranging from Brazil to Switzerland to the United States to Great Britain to Hong Kong to Canada and a couple places in-between. But we'll need more! We'll need you! So, if you are interested in such an epic project, email me and get ready to take your picture for August 17th. Digital, film, pinhole, any camera will do. Don't have a camera? Go purchase a disposable camera! Any means necessary, buddy.
Now that you've decided to join our rosters, we need you to spread the word even farther. Call your mom! Inform your professor and/or boss! Write your local government official! Or maybe post a little link in your blog, that'd be nice too. I'll be sending reminders to the participants, just to keep you on task. Unannounced entries will also be accepted, as long as they meet the stated criteria. Final photos should be emailed to me with your name, your GMT time zone, location, and a brief description. If you are unable to scan your photo, please snailmail it to: James Taylor, 10703 Sierra Oaks, Austin, TX, 78759, USA and I'll scan it for you. I'll do my best to mail it back if you desire to keep it. I'd like to turn this into a monthly event if this goes well enough the first time around, what do you guys think about that?
Synchronously Onward!
James Taylor
Source
Further reading
[So far only 20 have signed on. Oh, well, at least they're spread around the globe! -v]
James Taylor wants everyone in the world to take a picture at the same time.
By James Taylor, NautOne.com
[No, not THAT James Taylor, but an interesting cyberhead. -v]
The concept of time is loose. It continues to shift and mutate, driving itself further into obscurity. The overseers of the atomic clocks that hold GMT/UTC add extra seconds and days to keep scientific time in synch with the decay of the planet's time. The several standards of time currently can be as much as 30 seconds apart and continue to drift away from each other with every passing second. All of this disorganization, in the strict field of science that controls our governments, our commerce, our daily lives. The everyman operates even further from truth, running on his own set time, with each quartz and spring-driven clock releasing energy at slightly different frequencies. How can so much faith be placed into such a slipshod system? These mere missing moments could be the difference between life and death! OMG, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS MADHOUSE?!
Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's still a bit disconcerting to know that time is so fragile. So, I propose a project involving people, their cameras, and various time zones they live in. I want these adventurers around the world to synchronize on Greenwich Mean Time and upon 17:17:17 GMT on August 17th, they will all simultaneously SNAP a photograph of their own design, be it a scenic vista, someone they love, abstract light formations, or just whatever they may be doing at the moment. By coordinating these photos together, we will create a single moment in time that we can prove exists. We have the photos! We were there! All of these photos will be collected soon after and displayed here for all to see, spanning the absence/presence of the sun, varying weather climates, and regional cultures. We currently have participants in locales ranging from Brazil to Switzerland to the United States to Great Britain to Hong Kong to Canada and a couple places in-between. But we'll need more! We'll need you! So, if you are interested in such an epic project, email me and get ready to take your picture for August 17th. Digital, film, pinhole, any camera will do. Don't have a camera? Go purchase a disposable camera! Any means necessary, buddy.
Now that you've decided to join our rosters, we need you to spread the word even farther. Call your mom! Inform your professor and/or boss! Write your local government official! Or maybe post a little link in your blog, that'd be nice too. I'll be sending reminders to the participants, just to keep you on task. Unannounced entries will also be accepted, as long as they meet the stated criteria. Final photos should be emailed to me with your name, your GMT time zone, location, and a brief description. If you are unable to scan your photo, please snailmail it to: James Taylor, 10703 Sierra Oaks, Austin, TX, 78759, USA and I'll scan it for you. I'll do my best to mail it back if you desire to keep it. I'd like to turn this into a monthly event if this goes well enough the first time around, what do you guys think about that?
Synchronously Onward!
James Taylor
Source
Further reading
[So far only 20 have signed on. Oh, well, at least they're spread around the globe! -v]
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