tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post9174070439279288653..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Thursday comment: What's missing from the sphinx?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-65701049668989969952014-01-10T07:22:00.301-08:002014-01-10T07:22:00.301-08:00Hello Dr. Russell, RoseMary and everyone.
RoseMar...Hello Dr. Russell, RoseMary and everyone.<br /><br />RoseMary, it is nice how you applied CSEs. <br /><br />For this challenge, tried first searching images of the Sphinx. Looking them noticed the Cobra and from then did other queries. <br /><br />About "Tell me what your problem is" talks, for me they are the best way to learn and something that you don't forget. I had them in college many times and still remember what they told me, what I learned and why I asked them. Don't know why but it is easy to remember in that way that in normal class.<br /> Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-18791023985714349032014-01-10T06:16:03.205-08:002014-01-10T06:16:03.205-08:00Unless she's tagged in the image, it's jus...Unless she's tagged in the image, it's just random luck that you managed to find her in the pile. There's no face reco (or anything similar) going on here. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-7688006339698906162014-01-10T06:12:32.479-08:002014-01-10T06:12:32.479-08:00Thanks, Rosemary -- that's a great (and unexpe...Thanks, Rosemary -- that's a great (and unexpected) use for CSEs. Nice. <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-73866988500975240472014-01-09T23:00:06.488-08:002014-01-09T23:00:06.488-08:00just curious - is your acquaintance named Helen Ko...just curious - is your acquaintance named <a href="http://www.adventuresofgreg.com/HPVlog/photos/08-20-06/BADbadBAD/big/DSC02997.JPG" rel="nofollow"><b>Helen</b></a> Kolodziejzyk?<br />… but not this <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hrNYhOxhjv8/S02vA9DHL4I/AAAAAAAAFYg/uiayT3166k0/s640/Paris+-+Mus%C3%A9e+du+Louvre+-+Great+Sphinx+of+Tanis+%2B+Mom2.JPG" rel="nofollow">woman</a> nor this <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/egyptian-reanimation-of-woman-bearing-offering-and-great-sphinx-of-tanis-stanley-morganstein.html" rel="nofollow">Sphinx poser</a>…<br /><br />the <a href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/head-sphinx-king-djedefre" rel="nofollow">Head of a sphinx of King Djedefre</a> link you found seems to be the same one "passenger" references (although they used the French version and you kindly used the English option.) <br />The nice thing about the Djedefre example is that it clearly shows the stylistic use of the cobra body across the top of the head/"plain linen nemes".<br />Djedefre also illustrates that noses, ears, beards, nemes, Uraeus were all subject to damage… accidental, intentional and just time.<br />Great Sphinx or Giza being an example. <a href="http://thestoryofpics.tumblr.com/post/69589836759/sense-of-scale-a-man-standing-on-the-sphinx" rel="nofollow">Giza</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_003.jpg" rel="nofollow">seems in line with contemporaneous descriptions</a><br />"reportertanya" (#6) had a good summary of the Uraeus used in the Lower, Upper & unified Nile Valley… vulture and/or cobra.<br /><br />found a couple of other items that may be of tangential interest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l0_fP7nGrY" rel="nofollow">Bibliotheca Alexandrina</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Kahle" rel="nofollow">the collection of information</a><br />and <br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013741/mediaindex?ref_=ttmd_md_sm" rel="nofollow">interesting images - #2</a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013741/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt" rel="nofollow">see Uraeus depiction</a><br /><a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/09/lost-and-found-hbo-and-ernst-lubitsch/" rel="nofollow">Lubitsch, 1922</a><br /><br />lastly, don't want to activate any latent curses, but Brian Griffin may be Thoth incarnate…<br />Brian:<br /><a href="http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/briandead__131125213028-275x198.png" rel="nofollow">Brian, entering the spirit world</a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbQ499_dI6w/Tck_W6TVR_I/AAAAAAAAA5c/LT7sbdhI7-U/s1600/1122940279_StuffBrian.jpg" rel="nofollow">Brian in pose</a><br /><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=ps289491.jpg&retpage=15505" rel="nofollow">Thoth, Brian-esque</a><br /><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/p/painted_wooden_figure_of_a_cro.aspx" rel="nofollow">Thoth backstory</a><br /><br />more serious Thoth:<br /><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/q/quartzite_figure_of_a_baboon.aspx" rel="nofollow">Thoth, 'He who cuts off the face of him who cuts off your face' British Museum</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-18260085937625482622014-01-09T18:23:12.950-08:002014-01-09T18:23:12.950-08:00I started by looking at lots of images and noticed...I started by looking at lots of images and noticed that there is an 'asp' on the foreheads of some sphinxes. I googled 'sphinx forehead asp' and found a little bit of info. If it is an asp it is because that sphinx was female, and the asp was the serpent of the Nile.Mamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285071359979692739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-75223979900709451922014-01-09T10:45:22.767-08:002014-01-09T10:45:22.767-08:00In this search I did 'image search' lookin...In this search I did 'image search' looking at many images. In part I would pan across the thumbnails looking at the URLs in search of credible websites such as archives and libraries rather than relying on blogs and Wiki. I looked at lot of images. During this process out of the thousands maybe millions I see an image that has an acquaintance of mine standing before the Sphinx. I'm wondering if this was just one chance in a million or some function of Google image search. She lives in the same city but we have never been in the same photo, I have no photos of her nor her of me and I didn't use any keywords related to her. We are both curious how Google could find her out of all the Sphinx images?Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-90846825473610845442014-01-09T10:28:42.006-08:002014-01-09T10:28:42.006-08:00Now that Dr. Dan reminded us to ‘reword the questi...Now that Dr. Dan reminded us to ‘reword the question’ I went back and did this. I normally do reword before I start but what I think can help me is throughout the search when I want to reassess my strategy based on new findings reword the question again. So I went back and in a few key strokes found credible information. <br /><br />Query [sphinx louvre missing cobra]<br /><br />Result http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/head-sphinx-king-djedefre <br /><br />The best description I've seen and it was at the Louvr. It describes the head of a sphinx which is what we are talking about and refers to it as “recurrent features on a sphinx”. It’s also the only image that gives a clear view of the top of the head.<br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53845765395195224792014-01-09T10:14:21.483-08:002014-01-09T10:14:21.483-08:00Dr. Dan mentioned a couple weeks ago that using cu...Dr. Dan mentioned a couple weeks ago that using custom search engines can be a good strategy if you will be reusing the same sources frequently. I knew nothing about CSE but then knowing this could be done an opportunity came to make use of this tool. I created a CSE to save me steps in something I do very frequently. <br /><br />I am studying spanish and on my Chromebook I find at times that I want to quickly find out “How can I get a quick verb conjugation of a spanish verb? Normally it would be several steps to get what I wanted. But now it’s all done in one step. This should work on any device.<br /><br />I went into “Manage search engines” and ‘Added a search engine’ chose a label for the SE and then a keyword, then added the webpage I wanted. So for example I added the label “Spanish Verbs” with keyword ‘conj’ and the URL. Now when I want to conjugate a verb I just type in the search box for example - ‘conj vener’ and there it is. I also set it up to do Spanish to English translation and English to Spanish. I can use that when double clicking on a word to translate doesn’t work. I can see how this can be applied in many ways. There may be more to creating CSE ‘s but this is my experience.<br /><br />Also, I don’t see my posting for this week’s challenge but I will check back. And now that we have further advice from Dr. Dan I’ll take another look.<br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.com