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Chicago
September 30 to October 3, 2006 I went to Chicago to take the course by Edward Tufte on presentation of data and information. I was able to go a day early and take Laura along. As it turned out, we got to spend an extra night, sleeping in a terminal at O’Hare airport courtesy of a particularly wicked series of thunderstorms.
I didn’t take any of my cameras so these images were captured with Laura’s Olympus 4 megapixel camera - a fine piece, both easy to use and carry. Don’t get hung up over the number of pixels. A good image is just easier to make with an expensive camera.
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The Chicago skyline from between the aquarium and planetarium.
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The image is, of course, dominated by the very tall Sears Tower. The view below was taken from the Navy Pier. It’s worth pointing out that “night pictures” generally are not taken at night. They are taken at dusk, just as the light from the buildings matches the light from the sky.
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In the building to the far left notice the office lights are left on to say “Go Bears.” There was a football game that night, which caused us to be chased out of the museum parking early. Yet another reason to dislike football.
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For the most part, big cities don’t do much for me. But Chicago is different - the people are more friendly and the city is cleaner. There were several high points to this trip. Seeing “Sue” the Tyrannosaur at the Field Museum was great. But especially nice was a young girl, maybe 6 or 7 who told her dad to look at how the gorilla skeleton looked so much like the human skeleton - and then assumed the posture of the gorilla, to try it out for herself. Museums really are for children and to see one learning all on her own, was quite a treat. Her father, obviously either not “into” biology or uncomfortable with the idea replied words to the effect “yes, very similar.” But whether or not it “fits” into someone’s system of myths, the skeletons really are similar.
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