David Q. Romney

Thomas Jefferson: A Lifetime of Learning and Leadership Thomas Jefferson was a remarkable example of lifelong learning, discipline, and public service. From an early age, he pursued knowledge with purpose—and never stopped growing. 📘 A Life of Continuous Learning and Achievement Age 5: Began formal studies under his cousin’s tutor Age 9: Studied Latin, Greek, and French Age 14: Explored classical literature and additional languages Age 16: Entered the College of William and Mary Age 19: Began studying law under George Wythe Age 23: Opened his own law practice Age 25: Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses Age 31: Wrote A Summary View of the Rights of British America Age 32: Delegate to the Second Continental Congress Age 33: Principal author of the Declaration of Independence Age 36: Became Governor of Virginia, succeeding Patrick Henry Age 41: Served as minister to France alongside Benjamin Franklin and John Adams Age 46: First U.S. Secretary of State under George Wa...

What a remarkable—and at times sobering—era to be living in. The pace of innovation continues to amaze me. Our pursuit of faster, bigger, and more powerful technology seems almost boundless. Now IBM has introduced a storage device capable of holding 120 petabytes of data —that’s roughly 24 million MP3 files , or about 120,000,000 gigabytes for those who think in those terms. It makes you pause and wonder… who will be the first to step up and fill such a digital “black hole”?

The Power of High-Definition Imaging This high-definition crowd photo—captured just before the Vancouver riots—demonstrates just how far imaging technology has come. The level of detail is remarkable, making it possible to distinguish individual faces within an enormous crowd. Take a moment to explore it yourself. As you zoom in, the clarity continues to hold—revealing more and more detail the closer you look. Here’s the link to the image—see how far you can go: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6778805424205502742/1175120624800724372?hl=en#

Little Cottonwood Creek , a photo by jbdavies on Flickr. Didn't know this existed. Nice shot. Plan a little excursion there. I'd say this was about 10-20 second exposure at f16-22. Could have some NDs on this to, and of course a tripod.

Herriman From On Top of South Mountain , a photo by Clownbot3000 on Flickr. Herriman...