Lately I have been working on RSS feeds. I opened a reader subscription with my e-mail.
There are two sites I subscribe to. One is 'Our Surprising World'. The other is 'The Washington Oculus'. The web addresses are too long to put here.
'Our Surprising World' shows photographs of architecture and sculpture from the Pacific Rim and Indian Ocean. 'The Washington Oculus' posts photographs of skyscrapers in American cities.
I saw no photographs of Sacramento's buildings. Then I left the reader page and went to Google. I entered 'City of Trees' and 'Renaissance Tower Sacramento'. The list for 'City of Trees' contained a lot of sites for cities other than Sacramento. One of the cities is Boise.
The site about Sacramento I liked was http://www.pbase.com/quest21/sacramento. There are photographs of the Capitol and of the city's skyline. The Renaissance Tower is included in some of the photographs.
At SkyscraperPage.com are thumbnail sketches of skyscrapers. The Renaissance Tower was constructed in 1989. It has 28 floors.
A lot of people do not like the Renaissance Tower. They call it the Darth Vader Building. I think the building looks great from far away, but not up close. It does not have interesting light play, and there is no setback to the building.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Natural Light at Work
This post discusses a report about office lighting printed in the Bee's Sunday Business section on April 26, 2009.
The author, Jim Downing, interviewed Michael Siminovitch, Director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis.
Mr. Siminovitch talked about current indoor lighting and the future of indoor lighting. He said that buildings (I assume he means new buildings) do a good job of using sunlight to light buildings. However, he also said that "We do a terrible job of what's called 'daylight harvesting'."
Daylight harvesting is a procedure that reduces the use of electrical lighting as daylight increases. When this procedure is used, the amount of glare in an office is reduced.
Siminovitch predicts that offices will be lit to the specifications of the office user. Not only will a light come on when someone enters, as in some offices now, the light will be a type of light that makes you feel comfortable and allows you to be your most productive.
Mr. Siminovitch claims that in 25 years, lighting systems might not be visible. He states that when one enters their home, a path might light up and the walls of a room might light up. He says, "Well, it could be that the wall pane, the wall surface itself becomes a conductive membrane which actually glows."
The author, Jim Downing, interviewed Michael Siminovitch, Director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis.
Mr. Siminovitch talked about current indoor lighting and the future of indoor lighting. He said that buildings (I assume he means new buildings) do a good job of using sunlight to light buildings. However, he also said that "We do a terrible job of what's called 'daylight harvesting'."
Daylight harvesting is a procedure that reduces the use of electrical lighting as daylight increases. When this procedure is used, the amount of glare in an office is reduced.
Siminovitch predicts that offices will be lit to the specifications of the office user. Not only will a light come on when someone enters, as in some offices now, the light will be a type of light that makes you feel comfortable and allows you to be your most productive.
Mr. Siminovitch claims that in 25 years, lighting systems might not be visible. He states that when one enters their home, a path might light up and the walls of a room might light up. He says, "Well, it could be that the wall pane, the wall surface itself becomes a conductive membrane which actually glows."
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Church Spire
This photgraph was uploaded from Montager. Montager is an option offered by 'flickr' in step six of twenty-seven things.
Imagine resting on the lawn outside this church and dreaming as you look up the spire to that beautiful sky.
Imagine resting on the lawn outside this church and dreaming as you look up the spire to that beautiful sky.
Sierra Foothill Sunset
I thought I'd brighten everybody's day.
Yesterday at Central I stood on the second floor of the Galleria looking east to Chavez Park, the Joe Serna building, the hotel on 10th and J and the old building on 12th and J. The cross on the cathedral looked good too.
It was very relaxing and inspiring.
The Walker
Yesterday at Central I stood on the second floor of the Galleria looking east to Chavez Park, the Joe Serna building, the hotel on 10th and J and the old building on 12th and J. The cross on the cathedral looked good too.
It was very relaxing and inspiring.
The Walker
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A Tree for the Walker
Thank you Antonio for talking me through the Flicker process.
Does anyone like the photograph?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
My Experience with Flicker
Having no personal photographs to upload to Flicker, I asked someone how to put a photo onto a blog. They said to download an image from Google Images or Creative Commons to a Flicker account, then upload the image to Flicker.
After being unable to figure out how to upload then download a picture, I asked for help.
Here are a few steps: Open a Flicker account.
Go to Google Images.
Type the category of image you want.
Click on "Full Image".
Right click on the photo.
Click "Save Picture As".
Give a name to the file.
I cannot remember the rest of the steps. For now I am happy with one image, so I will not download a new image and have to try to remember how to upload.
The Walker
After being unable to figure out how to upload then download a picture, I asked for help.
Here are a few steps: Open a Flicker account.
Go to Google Images.
Type the category of image you want.
Click on "Full Image".
Right click on the photo.
Click "Save Picture As".
Give a name to the file.
I cannot remember the rest of the steps. For now I am happy with one image, so I will not download a new image and have to try to remember how to upload.
The Walker
Monday, May 4, 2009
A Cloudy May Day
Another Bay Area Day. One could be at the Oakland Coliseum.
Walking through Capitol Park, I saw the poppies. They still look good. Have you ever heard the song 'Poppies golden poppies open in the sun, Closing up at evening when the day is done.'?
Then I walked down J Street. The huge dark building at the west end of J didn't look menacing today because it blended in with the gray sky.
The Walker
Walking through Capitol Park, I saw the poppies. They still look good. Have you ever heard the song 'Poppies golden poppies open in the sun, Closing up at evening when the day is done.'?
Then I walked down J Street. The huge dark building at the west end of J didn't look menacing today because it blended in with the gray sky.
The Walker
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