another potpourri…

By  | February 26, 2011 | 0 Comments | Filed under: Misc

the iliadToday I have a couple interesting links for you to check out. The first is a High Dynamic Range video taken inside the ruins of an old Polish church. This may be one of the best ways to see the potential in using HDR methods for photos or videos.

This video is spectacular enough such that I really can’t think of anything more to say…just to go to the link and see for yourself.

Beautiful Chapel in Poland Captured in an HDR Time-Lapse Video
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/02/03/beautiful-chapel-in-poland-captured-in-an-hdr-time-lapse-video

This next link provides a reasonable perspective upon such related topics as Saint John’s College curriculum (great books, and little else), the classical education movement in private primary schools, the idea of Great books, and finally a platform to discuss which books you think are worth spending that much time with…

Great Books
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/great-books/

Finally I found a link to iTunes podcasts which contains a huge array of audio lectures covering Stuff You Missed in History Class. There are some related podcasts covering such things as Stuff you should know, and some tech stuff you should know. These (free) lectures are produced under the aegis of How StuffWorks.com (a website which you could spend a lot of time…).

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