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Hi, I'm 21 this year and am a communications undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. For as long as I can remember, writing has always been a passion, be it poetry, short stories or just plain old musings. Not too keen to bare

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Arts & Humanities > Photography Getting started with landscape photography: 1 of 11

How many times have you looked at gorgeous landscapes in a beautifully-bound coffee-table book and wonder: "Wow, will I ever be able to take pictures like that?" While it is true that professionals have special equipment such as the panoramic camera and all sorts of lens filters to help them photograph landscapes, it is...
Arts & Humanities > Photography How to choose a lens for a digital SLR camera: 2 of 5

Lens interchangeability for DSLRs is a godsend, as this allows photographers to match different lenses to different shooting situations. However, the problem here is how does one choose a lens from the myriad of offerings from original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and third party ones? Here are some tips. Identify your styl...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Fear: 124 of 283

The Night Of Broken Glass Words outpour in torrents; deeds render them worthless as green on an elephant. Even deadlier are the barbs vocal; piercing screams steal the silent night, fills it with broken glass and murder. The sound of chaos brings us light. The telephone rings to shatter the tense awaiting, puts to flight any...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Materialism: 11 of 24

Grande Designs All perfect packaging, In the displays of Psychedelia and stark. Inaccessible and utterly unique, Snobbish hysteria. Strange things all around, Strips hang off racks Like spectral entrails Of the Confusion - - Master Marketeer, Maker of really nothing. He accepts cards and cash, Parted from the rash Fauxlander...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Time: 341 of 686

Like So Much Clockwork There beats time inside us all, transcending the biological, shaming the irregular. Military precision and constant revision, we feel a need to leave our own Bodies, trapped upon checkered squares, cautious advance two steps into the future, the king, the bishop, the knights, us soldiers fighting an in...
Computers & Technology > Graphic Software How monitor calibration software works: 1 of 2

How many times have you compared a picture on your display with the same printed one from your printer and realized that they are actually quite different? The causes for this include color casts from the lighting where the monitor is situated as well as faults with the printer. If you experience this, then your devices need...
Arts & Humanities > Photography How to take great pictures with flash: 3 of 5

Almost all cameras these days are equipped with built-in flash, with some having the ability to take on an external, more powerful units. Flash is used for primarily 2 purposes, to illuminate a really dark scene without the need to boost the ISO (light sensitivity) of the camera which will result in noisy' pictures or lower ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Best love poems: 314 of 506

I am planning a romance, Drawn from fiction, its unreal inspiration. And i hope you'll join me. We'll drive up through the woods, And sing lullabies that Hopefully will put the birds to sleep, So they won't peep, In our privacy and shelter, A swim through warm water, A Kodak moment, Framed by hundred years of primeval forest...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Futility: 55 of 86

Eveningtimes It's evening and the Earth spins slower than usual, when the day ends. It's when the shadows come out to play, stumbling 'cross chubby hills and meandering streams. And I sit in the fields a silent observer, shaded in grey twilight. A glint of metal caught my heavy eyes, a bright distraction, an obvious call. A ...
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Internet as a threat to newspapers: 15 of 22

I believe that journalists are the eyes and the cognitive brain of society. The demand for the 'conventional journalist' has been steadily decreasing through the recent years, largely owing to the outbreak of a phenomenon known as 'citizen journalism', showcased daily on blogs and 'Web 2.0' sites all across the internet. How...