Dichotomy: high tech vs low tech | La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

Dichotomy: high tech vs low tech

Posted in Buildings & Houses, Details | Saturday, July 29th, 2006 | Trackback

hi-tech low-tech, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

Often in La Antigua Guatemala you find this dichotomy: old against new, high technology against low technology. The juxtaposition of a 360° closed-circuit camera (probably wireless with internet access) and a brick-n-mortar chimney is a very good example.

Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / chimney / camera

One Response to “Dichotomy: high tech vs low tech”

Sponsored by

Pamela Says:
July 29th, 2006
He he, that’s one of the things I notice about here too.

Leave a Reply

Search
Support Our Sponsors
Main Menu
- About
- Become a Premium Sponsor
- Buy a Photo!
- Contact
- Directory of Other Daily Photo Cities
- Navigate Sitemap

Browse Photos by

Support LAGDP
- Buy a Photo Now!
- Donate from Amazon Wish List
- Donate Towards Hosting Bills
- Flickr Account Renewal Gift
Get Updates by Email

Enter your email address:

+ information
Get Updates by RSS
Daily Content Feedback
Random Entries
- Chicken Bus Chronicles: The Groceries
- Please, braid my hair
- Yearning for a Better Future!
- Candles on Sale, Candles for Santo Hermano Pedro
- Escuela de Cristo Church in Antigua
Recent Entries
- Wonderful Sunset and Power Lines
- What A Wonderful World!
- Chicken Bus Chronicles: El Ayudante
- Chicken Bus Chronicles: The Groceries
- Chicken Bus Chronicles: DVD Players
Online Now
- 7 Visitors Online
Recent Comments
- janna: Yay, Rudy! What a way to turn an annoyance (power lines) into something artful! Excellent! I agree w everyone...
- MO: Great shot Rudy!! You have redeemed yourself with this shot. You have exorcised the electrical wire demons out of...
- erica: hey the green light actually gives it a good effect
- Javier: LOL!! I think this is a great picture, I really like the color contrast between the sunset’s blue and...
- La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo: is the follow photo as requested by Matt and MO. Don’t you ever say I...
- La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo: is the follow photo as requested by Matt and MO. Don’t you ever say I...
- Rudy Girón: MO, La Puerta Fingida can be found at the end of 5a calle poniente, corner of Calle de Los Recoletos and...
Browse Topics:
- Animals (29)
- Arches (32)
- Art (3)
- Art & Folkart (37)
- Atriums & Churches (62)
- Buildings & Houses (45)
- Cemetery (18)
- Children (39)
- Clothes & Textiles (8)
- Color palette (40)
- Compañía de Jesús building (14)
- Cultural (89)
- Details (84)
- Doors & Windows (72)
- Elders (11)
- Ephemerides (25)
- Flowers & Plants (75)
- Food & Drinks (97)
- Fountains & Gardens (32)
- Guateflora (14)
- History (2)
- Holy Week (21)
- Indigenous (60)
- La Antigua Guatemala (114)
- Lamps (11)
- Libraries (3)
- Literature (4)
- Market (14)
- mountains (2)
- Music (11)
- News (7)
- Night Photography (14)
- Parks (68)
- People (201)
- Plaques (6)
- Processions (16)
- Restaurants (17)
- Roofs (2)
- Ruins (15)
- Series (77)
- Signs (87)
- Sky (6)
- Slideshows (10)
- Stairways (3)
- Streets (87)
- Theme day (8)
- Tourists (47)
- Vehicles (52)
- Videos (19)
- Volcanoes (26)
- Wallpapers (22)
- Walls (44)
- Washbasins (5)
Browse Archives:
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
Antigua's Favorite Entries
- Antigua Guatemala’s Map
- Antigua’s colors, post #100
- Arches reflected on Tanque de la Unión
- Daily Photo Theme: Doorways (framed shadow)
- Entrance to the Popenoe House
- Everybody walks in La Antigua
- Fire and Acatenango Volcanoes
- Guatemalan dolls
- Guatemalan Sweet Bread Sampler
- I don’t care about the world
- Independence Day Slideshow
- Monk in San Francisco El Grande Church
- New Aesthetic Values for an Old Town
- Palo de Izote tree
- Resistance is Futile, The Pollo Campero Borg
- Shadow casting lamp
- Slideshow of Antigua Daily Photos
- Stairway to heaven
- What’s in a name? That which we call La Antigua Guatemala
- Where is La Antigua Guatemala?
Daily Photo Resources
- Daily Photo Blog Portal
- Daily Photo Blogging the how-to guide
- Daily Photo Cities Directory
- Daily Photo Forum
- Daily Photo Link Repository
- Daily Photo Map
My other sites
- Antigua Virtual News and Buzz
- Apuntes efímeros (active)
- My first fotolog (inactive)
Other Guatemalan links
- About Guatemala
- Blog de Daniel Chang
- Chapinadas (Guatemalan things)
- Congo Days of a Guatemalan Woman
- Diablógico (from U.K.)
- El Canche (the blonde)
- El Curandero Gallery
- Guatemala The Book
- Immigration Orange
- James Rodríguez’ World
- The Gringologue
- Today’s picture (Guatemala)
Powered by
- Apple iMac 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
- Apple iPhoto
- Apple Mac OS X Panther
- Apple Mac OS X Tiger
- Apple PowerMac G3/G4 Beige
- Apple PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHZ
- Canon Powershot A620
- Flickr
- Wordpress
Support Other Proyects
- AMA: Associación Amigos de los Animales
- ANIMAL AWARE
- Biodiesel Antigua Project {ñ}
- Caldo de Piedra Library Project
La Antigua Guatemala Weather
- Temp: 11°C
- Humidity: 77%
- Wind: N at 26 km/h
- Dew Point: 7°C
- Barometer: 30.36" Hg (1028 hPa)
- Clouds: clear skies
- Visibility: greater than 10 km
- Sunrise: 04:06 PST
- Sunset: 15:29 PST
- Gathered at: 02:00 2008-11-22 PST

counter stats