Pictures That Lie

After visiting Pictures That Lie by CNET, I chose the picture entitled "Trotsky's Elimination Image". I chose this photo because I found it almost humorous that Leon Trotsky was simply erased from this photo (and others). It's as though the Communist Party was attempting to remove any evidence that Trotsky had anything to do with their party, as though they were trying to change the past, despite the roles he played for the Soviet Union. This particular image is one of many pictures that once displayed Trotsky with Stalin. Trotsky was ejected from the Communist Party and deported from the Soviet Union. The removal of Trotsky from images that also contained Communist leaders was not harmful as far as I know, just an interesting maneuver by the Communist Party to distance themselves from him.

Field Trip!

Last Thursday, we took a tour of the AT&T Center for Learning and Technology, located on the first floor of the library. I've been down to the first floor for some of my other classes before, but this was my first time to the CLT. I think it's really incredible that we have all of those resources at our disposal, whether it be for school work or for recreational use.

I could definitely see myself going down to CLT to work on homework assignments for our class that have more specialized needs that my own computer may not be able to fulfill. It would also probably be a good place to do research or work on a project for one of my other classes. I don't have any personal projects that I see myself using the CLT for right now, but because I know what resources it provides, I can do some kind of project that I may not have chosen to do otherwise.