Time Recursion

Shoving aside the largely unsuccessfully propagated, mostly true and real prejudices about the dangerously low health factor of fast-food and similar mostly American “fat-food goods”, I was delighted to stop at McDonald’s last evening. Again. After a few days’ break though, to console the irritated uprising horde of readers flashing a mix of alarming reactions on their clearly shocked faces. Hey, I can’t help myself! A nicely packed, warm, tasty Big-Mac is still a Big-Mac, no matter the rampaging economic crisis. And surprisingly enough, an unhealthy meal at the said “restaurant” is still much cheaper and commonly affordable than it’s healthy equivalent of the same caloric composition served in a fancier ambient. And not to mention that it takes less time and effort to order and consume it!

With the advent of cheap digital cameras and various image editing programs, the possibilities a casual photographer has, to give a final touch or to simply play around with his photographic masterpieces have exponentially increased. Nowadays you don’t need an expert with a secret underground laboratory, or some expensive software that makes you glad the burglar stole your car, instead of that ugly piece of code, for which you were putting your money aside those last ten years. Today you can correct red eyes, adjust the lighting or draw a moustache on the photo of your neighbor yourself, and what’s more, without spending a cent!

But of course, for someone that exhibits his extraordinary image editing skills only on special occasions, even that free software doesn’t look too appealing, and those 10 minutes of installing usually take a whole lifetime to finish. That’s why we’re glad there’s Mr Flash.

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