Don Sutherland's favorite articles

Back in the late 5th century BCE, Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BCE) said, “When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.” His words could not be more appropriate in 2015 with the widespread use of social media and smart phones – all of which have bound people together regardless of distance, borders, and time. Today we communicate with each other all across the world and operate on a 24-hour cycle, checking messages and updates thousands of times a day. The “unconnec…

[EN] Dear friends, Some problems occurred these last days (visit counter, upload, connexion with Yahoo/Google/Facebook IDs). We have solved many of them. Little by little, everything should work properly. Please, wait for 48h before you report bugs. We apologize for the lack of communication. We preferred to solve the technical difficulties first. We also have had to identify the causes to avoid this happens again. We do hope you'll understand our choices have only one aim: keep you sa…

(EN) For few days, christophe Ruelle's false accounts are created. These are SPAM. If you receive a message telling that you won the ipernity lottery, ignore it and contact us immediately. We'll destroy this account. Everyday, we check all new users to avoid this situation but it's not always enough...:( We apologize for this inconvenience. The ipernity team ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (FR) AT…

In 1890 the garbage looked different (as illustrated in Garbage 1890 ), but it was still litter. In fact, in the late 19th century the litter problem was as bad as it could since today’s municipal sanitation services had not yet been established. Streets were at times filled knee-deep in garbage and the air reeked of putrid odors from a menagerie of rotting food and decaying animal corpses. For instance, when a horse died, its corpse remained untouched for months. As a result, children often sw…

[EN] Dear friends Just to let you know that we are currently moving our technical platform to a new and powerful cloud. This is an important step to make ipernity faster and more scalable. We could not wait anymore, so this project started on September and will last until mid-December. In the mean time, bug fixing had to be interrupted. That's the reason why some known problems still occur (black videos, private thumbs in news pages, Picasa uploading...). But be sure they will be fixed as…

Doll (2013) Prior to the early 20th century, garbage was not considered photographic art. In fact it was not considered to be art at all. Consequently, if it appeared in photographs, it was accidental or unavoidable such in pictures documenting poverty and social issues (e.g. sanitation strikes, health hazards). A prominent 19th century photographer that included garbage in his photos while advocating for the poor was Jacob Riis (1849-1914) when he documented the lives of New York City’s…

The French High Court’s March 5, 2015 ruling re: Facebook’s shutting down of Frédéric Durand-Baissas’ account after he posted a photograph of L’Origine du Monde , an 1866 master painting by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) that is displayed in Musée d’Orsay , Paris, France marks a significant victory in the battle against censorship. Facebook’s arguments that Mr. Durand-Baissas was not protected by French consumer rights since their service is free and his account was opened “on his own initia…

Reckless calls for the death of those who engage in free expression must STOP! If one doesn't like a cartoon or some other statement, they can avoid it. For instance, I do not like pornography. Therefore I avoid it. However, at the same time, I do NOT call for the death of those who support this industry or participate in it nor reject their God-given right to do so. As for the cover of Charlie Hebdo No. 1178 -- it is anything but blasphemous or insulting. It humanizes Mohammed (after all in…

…[F]or unto us this day a Savior is born [Luke 2:11] With that momentous event, the yoke of oppression that had suffocated human aspirations was lifted. The “Law,” which had been distorted to suppress human spirit and individuality in lieu of honoring God’s commandments, was restored. ©2013 – William Sutherland God is love. [1 John 4:8 and 4:16] Consequently He intended that we have an “easy yoke and light burden” [Matthew 11:30] , which is encapsulated in the “Ten Comma…

Je suis triste ce soir indignée par cet acte de barbarie qui nous enlève notre valeur la plus chère. Les sentiments se mélangent, se bousculent et hurlent Nous, Humains, sur la planète terre, détruisons ce qui nous fait vivre au nom de l'idéologie de quelques imbéciles. Nous pourrions vivre heureux, tout simplement. Et nous ne sommes même pas capable de faire ça. Je suis triste, écoeurée. Ce soir, nous sommes tous des charlies. Où que l'on soit. Car lorsque notre rage sera baillonnée, a…

Photo credit : CC Roger Feugas [EN] Good news! The migration of the ipernity platform has successfully completed. You are now browsing ipernity from a new powerful cloud which makes ipernity faster - as you may have noticed. We apologize again for the small inconveniences some of you encountered during the migration process. Most of the known bugs have been fixed. It remains some minor problems we are going to solve. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.…

Dear Ipernity members, I receive a lot of invitations to join somebody's network. Some of you might wonder why I don't accept them. The truth is, I don't add people to my network who send me an invitation without looking at my pictures, without writing a comment, or who only add a star as a favourite. For me that is a sign of not being truly interested, and interest in somebody's work and the person behind it is for me the reason why I am here. Love and clicks from Holland! Erato

The end is near for Panoramio, a Google photo site. If you know friends there, it's time to invite them to join ipernity ! By inviting your friends through our invitation process or by giving them your referral code, you will automatically become their referral and you will earn gifts! Learn more: www.ipernity.com/club/sponsorship Catch you soon! The ipernity Team

[EN] Following your comments on our previous article , we have made some adjustments in your news pages: - no more square thumbnails, back to original ratios - on photo pages the "lightbox view" button is back and shows the current contact's photos - on photo pages, the photo owner's name is displayed if you drag your mouse onto the last contacts' photos film - the contacts / family / friends / acquaintances news pages have been totally revamped. No more square thumbnails. Each type…

This is one of my latest which is drying out at present.

Marcher parmi les ombres pour un ailleurs plus sombre Où brûler mes espérances au feu d'improbables errances. Monter vers des sommets, là, où se confond le ciel Aux nuages cotonneux, au visage d'ange de l'azur. Chercher dans ce vaste monde tes yeux, ton regard, Ombre silencieuse floue qui n'en finit pas de s'étirer Alors qu'à la nuit moribonde, se lève l'aube naissante, Qui s'enfuit à grands pas au violet de l'aurore exalté. Effacer, au songe lumineux, ces larmes de sang Versées à…