Winter migration
and that’s the blog migrated to a new host and different picture gallery plugin.
I’ve corrected image links on this year’s posts over on livejournal, but the older ones will have to stay broken for the time being.
And now an edit to see if the cross-posting works again.
I never knew that
PC World reveal the hidden feature of the iMac. 7 hours battery life ! Must try pulling the mains lead out and seeing what condition the batteries are on mine.
Ukes to Cellos
Following on from the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain doing Kate Bush we have Metallica on cellos
Dept of Taking The Piss – Continuing sagas
so, the old joke discussion of hifi-nuts comes round again. a quick google later I find myself so far boggled I still don’t know how to cope.
Possibly the ultimate mains fuse. Rhodium plated pure silver conductors, which are both demagnetised and cryogenically treated. Only available in 13A size. £39.95 each.
Santago Cats
Spent a day this week with friends photographing leopards in a private reserve in North Herts. Organised through Photographers on Safari four of us had the place to ourselves to photograph to our heart’s content. Our guide, John Wright, gave us hints and tips all day, luring the cats into photographically convenient paths to let us capture what we could. With occasional breaks where we reviewed the previous shots and took further advice it was a wonderful day and a rare chance to get really close rather than have to deal with the enhanced safety measures at a public park.
Despite coming away with many hundreds of shots very few are really worth keeping except as an object lesson to myself in how I get things wrong. That said, some of them are really nice, a few can be found below.
A killer arrives
A new arrival in the land of the thugs. Following the demise of Conan 3 weeks ago friends remaining cat, Ghengis, has been alone and howling. Well, the howling has stopped; to be replaced by the angry hissing of the newest occupant, Freddie Kruger.
Visiting the US – Occasional Report – pt11
Over a week late, but a final update.
Saturday morning, following the essential coffee I mentioned in the last update, was spent trying to get the used to framing photos whilst looking up. Since I knew the day was going to be spent on my feet I dawdled around Bryant Sq.
until the New Balance shoe shop opened so I could get a pair of the sort they sell to postal workers and other foot-bound workers. Then a little bit of wondering how you frame a building that doesn’t have consistent straight sides like
.
Lunchtime and it’s all the way downtown to meet up with Simon & Christophe. After a gumbo lunch on the waterfront it’s an afternoon spent wandering and photographing, with stops in the obvious photo-shops to see if there’s anything to tempt one into debt. Slowly but surely heading back northwards to the allure of the Apple store on 5th Avenue. Christophe took his leave of us at this point and then Simon & I wombled off in search of food. The main problem being I was staying close to Times Square so everything is pure tourist. So, after dropping my accumulated goodies from the day at the hotel we headed up-town to Simon’s neck of the woods to the Heights Bar & Grill for a bite, drink and natter.
Sunday, and gentle amble around until lunch, pausing to note the
Free Tibet demonstration in Bryant Sq. Then after a suitably chunky burger for lunch it’s time for the tourist trip and an open-top bus ride of Uptown. As much as anything this was a test of the dual camera approach, switching depending on which lens was needed. The necks straps definitely get in the way but I’d like to avoid an ‘oops’ moment so maybe some sort of wrist-strap and clip might be an idea. As usual, a selection of the captures are available in the gallery Items of note, we were brought to a stop for 15 minutes whilst in Harlem due to one of the lightning protests
following the verdict in the case against the officers who shot Sean Bell.
As for Monday, not a lot to say. It was raining and dull, so the Downtown bus trip was a chance to look at the ground floors of buildings through steamy bus windows. A very nice Cobb salad for lunch and then a very slow taxi ride to the airport (over an hour) before the tedium of the flight home.
And when do I blog next ? Who knows.
