{"id":239,"date":"2009-02-07T23:53:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T07:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2009-02-07T23:53:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T07:53:42","slug":"kiev-and-everything-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/kiev-and-everything-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiev, and Everything After"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still groggy from the flight over &#8211; I got on a plane at 12 noon on Friday, and got off at 7 p.m. Saturday.\u00c2\u00a0 In between, I got stuck in the middle seat on all three flights.\u00c2\u00a0 And in each case, the good folks at Northwest managed to put the three biggest guys on the plane all in the same row.\u00c2\u00a0 I am convinced that that is done just so that they can then watch clandestine surveillance footage and laugh their asses off, as three big guys all try to contort themselves and not elbow each other.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-005.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_243\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-243 lazyload\" title=\"Spy novel night in Kiev\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The fog, wet pavement, and industrial setting made me feel like I was in some kind of remake of &quot;The Third Man.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fog, wet pavement, and industrial setting made me feel like I was in some kind of remake of &quot;The Third Man.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/a>The assignment here is to teach a group of newspaper reporters how to shoot, edit and post video.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m also going to take a morning to teach them about some of the emerging ad models on the web, since so many of the problems attendant to online video have to do with the uneven schemes for monetizing this kind of content.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on an internet connection here that is a bit iffy, so I&#8217;m going to experiment with a gallery plug-in that may or may not get me marked as a spammer, as well as uploading the shots.\u00c2\u00a0 So bear with this experiment, and there should be more eye-candy goodness as the week progresses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_242\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242 lazyload\" title=\"Shoppers of Orange\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Schipohl Airport is starting to become familiar to me. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schipohl Airport is starting to become familiar to me. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-239 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/kiev-and-everything-after\/kiev-feb-09-005\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/kiev-and-everything-after\/kiev-feb-09-007\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-241\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-241'>\n\t\t\t\tAerial view of fallow Dutch fields. (click to see larger)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/kiev-and-everything-after\/kiev-feb-09-002\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-242\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-242'>\n\t\t\t\tSchipohl Airport is starting to become familiar to me. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/kiev-and-everything-after\/kiev-feb-09-016\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiev-feb-09-016-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-243\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-243'>\n\t\t\t\tThe fog, wet pavement, and industrial setting made me feel like I was in some kind of remake of &#8220;The Third Man.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m on an internet connection here that is a bit iffy, so I&#8217;m going to experiment with a gallery plug-in that may or may not get me marked as a spammer, as well as uploading the shots.  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