Jim Seaman – web log

For the last couple of days I’ve been installing and customizing a new feature here on my website. It’s called Exhibit Engine and it allows for displaying my photography in various ways. It’s built around MySQL and PHP and with it visitors can create photo galleries on the fly based on different categories.

I’ve only uploaded a few dozen photos so far and created a few static galleries. I’m still learning all that it is capable of and there is really nothing fancy setup yet. Give it a try: HERE and see what you think.

While browsing the web recently I ran across some sites that host some of the art of MC Escher. Seeing many of these familiar pieces reminded me of my time, back in the last century, when I was in college at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
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I am totally fed up with the blaming of all of America’s ills on the flow of illegal aliens from south of the border! The people spouting this crap are either bigots or seriously don’t understand the situation. I live in North Carolina and we actually have a rather large population of Mexican and some Central American immigrants. And it is true that many of these are here illegally. Why are they here illegally?
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The recent flap over a collection of cartoons that were originally published in Europe supposedly depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam in an unflattering light is well summed up with the above political cartoon.

For those wondering what the whole mess is about, the original cartoons may be seen here: http://www.faithfreedom.org/Gallery/Mo_Cartoons.jpg In my book, they are absolutely nothing to get excited about. Even more images of Mohammed can be seen by clicking on this link: http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
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Last Saturday was my birthday (Gabino’s as well since we share the same birthdate) and we went on a vacation to Florida. We played the parts of typical tourists and went to the typical tourist sites. This was a quickie trip, we left here Tuesday night and got back on Saturday night. Half a day in St. Augustine, 2 days at Disney World and half a day at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge and the beach.
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