Friday, 7 October 2011

7th Oct 2011 Apple In Mourning

Oct 07A
According to President Obama, the most outstanding merit of Steve Jobs is that most parts of the world immediately know of his passing, because of one of his inventions. I don't quite understand. It must be a metaphor. I am also somewhat ignorant about the exhibition of the bowing received by the creator of Apple which, dressed in mourning, empowering the entire Web in way of lit candles in a mass funeral.

 
The visionary inventor of iPad and all the rest of gadgets nominated with a minute 'i' is receiving universal praises. I don't undervalue the wonderful achievements of Jobs because, amongst other things, it would be an idiot indeed to do so; just that I am amazed of the thundering echo. I believe that never ever before in the history of humanity, has congregated voices of so notable mourners, of every nationality and in the entire universe. Never before such collective pain exhibited in thousands of shops that deal and sell Apple products in every corner of the planet.

 
I have re-read the speech of Jobs given in Stanford. He said, as always, very sensible and energetic things, adequate to lift spirits in our present time of global crisis. But, later on during the speech I couldn't help the idea that popped up in my mind, that his thinking could well be the advice lovers of horoscope receive everyday from all sorts of media and prints: 'You should trust that the points always come together in the future.'

 
Naturally, good perspectives in love, and be careful with investments.

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7th Oct 2011 SOS For A Dying Cactus

Oct 07
It's not exactly news, nor seems to interest the media even with the repeated appeal to save a gigantic and very old cactus now half dead. The old houses around it, in the district of Hostafrancs of Barcelona, had been pulled down but the spectacular cactus of unusually huge size, badly wounded during the blasting, as shown in the photo below, was left there dying a slow and agonizing death.

The inhabitants there, most born with the cactus accompanying their growth from infancy to adulthood to old age and now with the grandchildren round their knees, had never been without this old friend, who now struggling to survive but seems like it's gradually losing the battle, unless the local Town Hall did something real quick to save it. Local people have begged to have it at least moved to some parks or gardens, care and nurse it back to health, to delight people who have always enjoyed seeing the magnificent evergreen plant that's not green any more.
Old Cactus
How can anyone have the heart to let such a rare specimen die??
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