Your Dumb

At Old Town Square in Prague, there was a light show emanating from the Old Town Hall building. It used bright green laser light to write words across the plaza. I'm not sure if it was supposed to mean anything -- SILENCE! -- but at the very least, it was cool to look at.



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Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can't be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for? Honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?

Number Two: Sea bass.

Dr. Evil: [Unconvinced] Right.

Number Two: They are mutated sea bass.

Dr. Evil: Really? Are they ill tempered?

Number Two: Absolutely.

Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.

-- from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Prague In Pictures

This past weekend we went to Denmark to take a sneak preview of what might be the next chapter of our lives overseas... but that story will have to wait.

So for now, back to Prague where I've managed to narrow down about a 1,000 pictures to about 30 of the better ones. Picture-taking conditions were not ideal: it was hazy all day and raining or snowing about half the time. The buildings and bridges all need that first good spring rain to wash the grime off them and brighten them up. I can't wait to go back on a clear, summer day to try this again!

First, a panorama shot from one of the walls of Prague Castle... stitched using the demo version of Autopano Pro. Click to expand:

And then the slideshow:



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St. Vitus

The grounds of Prague Castle hold the impressive St. Vitus Cathedral. It is the 3rd cathedral to be built on this spot, the first built in 925AD and the last started in 1344 but not completely finished until 1929. This is largest and most important church in the Czech Republic. We spent a few hours up around the cathedral -- we attended a short concert in the next door St. George's Basilica.

This first picture is another panorama from stitched together photos. This one was a bit more ambitious and stitches 46 photos together -- click to enlarge:


And a slide show...



Cheers!