Feel the Greatness of These Great Books

People in Cardiff, United Kingdom had a chance to fell the greatness of literature while the Cardiff central Library was being remodeled. Instead of using traditional temporary front, until the new building is completed, they used giant bookshelves, creating an quite dreamlike atmosphere.






Residents in Kansas, USA were asked to nominate influential books that represent kansas city. Sizeable versions of the winning nominations were then used as the exterior of the library car-park.

Use electricity wisely

South Africa’s state owned electricity provider Eskom leads by example in this cool advertising campaign.

Google has Purchased the Shortest Possible Domain Name

Google has purchased the shortest possible domain name to make it easier for Chinese users to find Google: g.cn. Interestingly, "g.com," along with most other single-letter and single-digit domain names are reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The IANA is the master arbiter of domain names and addresses on the Internet. There are a few one-letter domain names out there, though: Z.com is owned by Nissan, Q.com by Qwest, and X.com is owned by PayPal. There was a proposal floated a few years ago to auction off the one-letter domain names, but nothing has come of it.

How to Write Articles in Simple English

As you may know Simple English is similar to English, but it only uses basic words. If you want your readers to understand your article, you should use only the 1000 most common and basic words in English. You should also use only simple grammar, for example shorter sentences. Simple English can make it easier for people to adjust to a second language and improve understanding for people whose first language is not English. Other readers of your article may be children or have learning difficulties. Remember that you want to use simple language, but the ideas do not have to be simple.

There is simple method to write articles in Simple English. Write your article; use normal words, as you would speak to another person. Look through words, if a word is a name, idiomatic (the meaning of the words is not clear from the roots), slang, or jargon (special words which experts use), then it should be replaced. For detailed writing about politics, science, or religion, articles sometimes need some complex words, then you should explain all the hard words in the article. Next, change sentences to active voice. For example, change from "The bird was eaten by the cat." to "The cat ate the bird." Check that you use verbs in past, present or future only.

When you are writing article in Simple English try not to use bad grammar and bad spelling. It is not good idea to use bad words; you are trying to write in Simple English, not Bad English. Do not use idioms (words or phrases that mean something other than what they say). Try to keep the structure of an article simple too. And, finally, do not write articles so short, that they offer no useful information as the article you just have read. :)

Shooting against the light simple solutions

When you shooting against the light your subject will appear too dark. You can choose to set a longer exposure in order to have plenty of light over the near subject, but in this case the background will appear burned. Below you will find a pair of shooting against the light simple solutions.

Use Flash Even in a Sunny Day: If you are close enough to your subject, like for instance in portrait photography, using the flash even if it is a very sunny day will fix the problem in a very simple and effective way.

D-Lighting Function: But what if your subject is too far away and you can’t or just don’t want to try a different angle with the sun behind you? Or what if it is night and a lamp illuminates the place? Will you be pleased with the overexposed lamp due to the long exposure needed in night conditions? Some new cameras come with a function called D-Lighting (or adaptive lighting). This function will solve the problem automatically.