Archive for October, 2006

A Search Engine for painting and sketching

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Sometimes, looking for specific information has that needle in a haystack feeling. Not only can you get 6,000+ results from a simple query, the most relevant data for you can be buried way down the list.

 There is a new kind of search engine that offers refined  results once users start engaging with the results. Every click refines the search strings, creating a responsive, dynamic result that is both customized and highly relevant. 

Buzzclouds are a list of search tags that are popular or recently typed into the swicki. It is a bit like overhearing your community’s conversation at a water cooler – the buzzcloud shows what is going on in their searches. This is useful as it drives more traffic by surfacing what is already at the top of your users’ minds, and suggesting interesting things to look at.

Well, if you look at the right hand column of Indigo’s Home page, you will see a search box and buzzcloud with white text on blue background that you can add to your webpage or blog.

Just click on this link , copy the code and paste it onto your site.

This is a very interesting addition, because this search engine ‘learns’ with every new query, and you – as a community member – can also suggest new terms to be added and collaborate to focus the results. 

 

From “La Alondra Infinita”

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

As requested by Clari, here are some of the pictures that were published in the book “La Alondra Infinita”. Some of the originals, like “The White Tablecloth“, can be seen in my Gallery.

Soneto Para un Atardecer

SONETO PARA UN ATARDECER

Navega mi recuerdo en aquel río
que se pierde en el tiempo y la distancia
en el vuelo inocente de mi infancia
cuando moría la tarde en el estío.

Dramático paisaje inolvidable
que se grabó en mis ojos y aún perdura
con su mágico encanto y su hermosura
en un hechizo eterno e imborrable.

Enrojecidas sendas en el agua
horizonte hecho sangre, fuego y fragua
de llamas que anudaban un abrazo.

Recuerdo de aquel sol que se moría
derramando en el río su agonía
como esfumado adiós… en el ocaso.

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