Monday, June 15, 2009

SHARING IMAGES

I'm back! Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to post anything over the last couple of weeks (although I have been diligently completing each sennight's little Web 2.0 module - trust me, I'm an honest salt-of-the-earth fellow...). Right, back to the matter at hand, viz. sharing images...

We have been asked to upload an "interesting image" from Flickr (which, incidentally, is a deucedly useful tool / resource). Well, here it is - behold the photograph below:




Not bad, eh what? It was taken by a gentleman named Rafal Malinowski, whose Flickr username is after.design.

Now, assuming that You are not fluent in Polish, You may be wondering what this piece of graffiti/artwork represents and why I selected it. Permit me to elaborate...

It is a mural celebrating the 60th anniversary of my beloved football club, MKS Pogon Szczecin, founded in 1948. The yellow-lettered "Duma Pomorza" translates as "Pride of Pomerania" - Pomerania, naturally, is the region of Poland in which the city of Szczecin is situated. Just out of interest, if You haven't made the connection, the name of this blog is a tribute to the club's badge, which is derived from the heraldic symbol of Szczecin - the griffon.

Right, time to effect an exit. The next post shall deal with the fascinating subject of RSS feeds...