The sound of money not whooshing out the door
Nikon have conspired to leak the specs of their next top-line pro DSLR, the D3X. Naturally, I want one. Because, you know, what Nikon user wouldn’t? I’ve spent most of the week trying to work out the best way to cart camera gear to the states for UDS week. I’ll be there all week (try [...]
Here we go again
From BBC News: A prayer group in Washington DC is claiming the credit for the recent sharp drop in the US price of petrol. Rocky Twyman, 59, a veteran community campaigner, started Pray At The Pump meetings at petrol stations in April. So, market forces anyone? Well… Mr Twyman is sceptical that market forces might [...]
Creating a cult
I have had various reactions to my wearing the above at UDS today: From Bacon himself: "Oh. My. God." From Julian Edwards: "Wh?" From Dave Murphy: "I hope you’re not joining the Cult of Bacon. From one apparently insane UDS delegate: "Sexy" From two UDS delegates (including the aforementioned insane one): "Can I get one [...]
Top commands
I don't do memes as a rule, but this one's been doing the rounds on Planet Ubuntu, so I thought I'd give it a shot, too. So, the results of the query are: graham@bloodnok: ~$ history|awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " "}}'|sort -rn|head93 bzr66 python2.446 sudo44 cd39 grep22 make19 ls18 vim11 tail11 lpvim [...]
Testing technology
So. I'm writing this on a Nokia N95 with an iGo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard. It's useful, but it's not exactly the most svelte of devices in the world and, to tell the brutal truth, it makes its user look several different kinds of idiot, sitting here with it perched on his knee. There again, though, [...]
Portrait of the Artist With a Root Vegetable and a Magnificent Hat
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 28 No, I have no idea what this is about either. You have my apologies. On the other hand, I do love that wide-angle lens.
Say what now?
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 14 I got a new toy today, a Sigma 30mm/1.4 EX DC HSM lens. Very nice. Very good for portrait work. Heavier than expected. Being alone in the house with no other subjects I decided to muck around a bit with it. This [...]
Cthulhu is Watching You – He doesn’t like what he sees
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 10 I tried to get pictures of the spectacular sunset tonight but couldn’t seem to get the colour balance and focus right. Ah, well. So instead, you get Cthulhu’s ugly mug. I bought him when I was working at Monstermob. He was meant [...]
