Anyone into interesting bite-size audio chunks of Apple history should check out the Macintosh Folklore Radio podcast http://is.gd/3lM5 :)
Inbox Zero! Yay!
Listening to Groove Salad streaming ambient and trying to catch up on my email
@rstein Oh, come on — there’s only three hours until October…
@boagworld Let me know if there is. Think I looked for one and failed to find it.
@Artoo_UK No! Just buy matching exercise balls to sit on! At least running in to each other will be funnier :-)
@jacintuk How about we go into business selling battery and CF card cases with bells inside them? :)
Watching Firefly
Playing with Google’s new Top Draw for OSX. http://is.gd/3hWB
@bertpalmer Ta for the info; may be interesting if she does a lot of travel (she must do some; she’s from Australia :) )
Idea of the day: SLRs should have an extra battery and circuitry so they beep pathetically if you pick them up without a card or battery in.
@bexxi I talk too much on both!
(She’s a musician, not a photographer, so I’m thinking something easy rather than something uber-controllable.)
Friend needs point-n-shoot camera, wants a good all-rounder but low-light ability would be a plus. £100-£150, new or used. Any suggestions?
Kellogg’s Oatbakes are in fact, not a breakfast cereal, but actually small tasty more-ish biscuits. Don’t think they’ll last until breakfast
@talkie_tim when in doubt, reboot!
@Nose_in_a_book Odd. Thought Cabot Circus would draw a lot of people away. Ah well. Never too bad for me, because I can walk to the zoo…
@rstein Already taken that warning to heart after listening to a Leo Laporte podcast where one burst underneath him! http://is.gd/3dzI
@rstein Currently have a little back pain, but that’s probably just because I’m bouncing up and down on it like an idiot because it’s new!
@rstein Ta. Ball is now at its “proper” size and luckily seems a good height for typing.
Matt’s Expert Exercise Tip Of The Day: Don’t inflate a 75cm gym ball in a room with a 65cm doorway.
Was feeling awful earlier on. Some painkillers and an hour’s kip seems to have improved things. Adding coffee to the mix. Lots to do.
@Nose_in_a_book Why is everyone at the zoo?
Anyone know what pressure an exercise/gym ball should be? Or should I just keep going until I hear a popping noise?
Hmm. College Green Marriott just been evacuated.
Waiting for full breakfast at Ferry Station. Not eaten here before. Other people’s food looking good.
Snapping the new Feek and Paris graf at St John’s gate. Word.
Damn! Came out without my camara for a change… But it’s all foggy and beautiful. Going back.
@spamvictim I believe it was September 30th, 1908.
And while we’re on the subject, how can it cost £7 _more_ to download rather than shipping it to me in a box? Hello? Anyone home? Dime bar?
Hey, UK Adobe Store, how about not adding insult to injurious prices by losing your bloody Flash scrollbars that fail with my mousewheel..?
@Ihnatko evil# sort revengelist | uniq | head -n 10 | xargs kill —extremeprejudice
@WilHarris Love the @leolaporte interview, smoking jacket, pipe, poop and all :)
Lazing on the landing stage in Castle Park.
@KellyJanner do your makeup in the three minutes, then pack the cat in a lunchbox and eat later. All problems solved.
Awesome morning. Hopefully got some good photos using new ND-grad filter
Finally fixed minor bug on uniquesentence.com that’s been annoying me for about a year. Took about ten minutes. Feh.
Gah! Just seen my first Father Christmas-shaped chocolate for sale! Kill me now.
@pjakobs Gah! That’s bad news in any language :)
@bexxi Hemisemidemi? Ah, fast and ornamental, that’s how I like my goddesses.
@floyduk Thanks for the recent Lightroom 2 tips shows! Just learned about ten things that will definitely make my life easier!
@Nose_in_a_book You know, I think that might be the kind of burden I could carry :)
I hope they’re all going to be wearing hats with "I’m Famous" written on them; I wouldn’t want to walk past them without knowing.
Celebrities for tomorrow’s Cabot Circus launch includes Yasmin Le Bon, Sinitta, Marilyn Manson’s ex-wife, and someone from Big Brother. Hmm.
@bexxi Thanks!
@ahnlak Will at some point, but it was emailed to me from friend who took its iPhone, which made Flickr upload complicated :)
http://twitpic.com/cz0i - In Borders. Engage smug mode.
@boagworld Not saying a word. I have a Jimi, and they’re fab; really makes sure I don’t carry tons of unnecessary crap around with me.
My old Nano made a "top ten" of engraved MP3 players. Not sure it deserved to, looking at the competition http://is.gd/321N
@pjakobs No, but a few people will, so and I’m sure even the new prices of the old models will drop in the shops now.
@pjakobs I’m thinking there may be a small flood on the secondhand market - the old model will be fine for me!
@pjakobs I nearly bought a lensbaby on Saturday. Glad they weren’t in stock now!
@JButtitta Had to copy files from card to disk and from there into Lightroom last time. Maybe it’s a Canon-RAW-specific problem…
@JButtitta Looks like it’s a problem with RAW file handling, not with 10.5.5 (came out on same day, I think.) http://is.gd/31Cz
Gah. Looks like Apple have broken bits of mass storage in 10.5.5. Having problems getting photos off my CF card, as are other people.
@chriswebb Lots of friends with good skills, plus @chrismarquardt and his podcast and forums, plus lots of contacts on Flickr.
WTF? Safari 3 isn’t supported by eBay?!
@DaveHamilton Did you install Schrodinger’s App? If you have, iTunes can’t know how many app updates there are until it’s opened your iPhone
@KellyJanner Oooh, ta. 127 film, huh? At least I have an interesting bit of photographic history. Will see if I can get shutter working…
Just bought myself an insane old camera in a charity shop. Oh lazyweb, what’s a ‘V P Twin’?
Broadmead populated entirely by men in hardhats and hi-vis jackets. Wonder if new shopping centre will be ready for launch on time.
@Seanabc a museum curator having the brain of an economist brings quite strange images to mind.
Dammit, will the world just slow down for a moment and let me catch up with my email?!?
@Artoo_UK nice. Yes, blogging always seems more difficult than it should be, technically…
@Artoo_UK it can be painful. Updates seem quite frequent at moment, too. Have you discounted wordpress.com?
Chilly this morning! Nice, but chilly.
@bertpalmer Looks to me like one of those features that might get a bit of attention in the next version. Just barely functional now.
@rstein It’s not just replies that are different, is it?
Just set self-made brick tile background on my Twitter page. It’s all @talkie_tim’s fault.
@bertpalmer It may be very small if you’re exporting full-size pictures, but works for me at size I want.
@bertpalmer It’s quite limited. But: set the “Copyright” section in the Metadata, then export with box checked.
@bertpalmer You can add a copyright watermark in LR on export; think you have to use the Web export to get borders; maybe customisable…
@russelldavies you’re scheming and plotting in Bristol? Should I look for a new volcano with a false top on my way home?
Walking in Alexandra Park.
@chrismarquardt will have to experiment! Have you done a tfttf segment on presentation, framing (web/physical) ever?
Gah. Going to London for weekend and haven’t even started packing yet.
@chrismarquardt if you could change one thing in Flickr, big or small, what would it be?
@chrismarquardt glad that was a mistake. With Flickr they’d have much more chance of fixing something that’s not broken!
Failing to get the hang of the new Facebook.
@Ihnatko I’m mostly worried about someone climbing out of my house window with my highly-redundant data while I’m not there…
Hmm. A blog site has copied my copyright work without permission. Have left a polite comment on their blog.
@bobbyllew If you die in debt, you’ve won.
Gah! Late for work.
Yay! See that: http://is.gd/2Lhy — I wrote a chunk of that, I did.
@johnfbraun It may well be that time has marched on since I last used SuSE, anyway; it was just a thought…
Going to watch a few of @floyduk’s Lightroom tip videos. May follow it with this shiny remastered DVD of Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Floydtastic!
@johnfbraun Huh? Don’t you just run an update in YaST after you’ve got the network working?
Aaaand we’re back. And I’ve already noticed and improvement; my Wacom mouse worked on the Login screen. Think they broke that in 10.5.4…
@DaveHamilton Don’t feel too bad. The spammers think everyone’s a 90-year-old impotent man. Including my grandmother.
Updating the iMac to 10.5.5. At least I know I’ve got a working MacBook as backup…
@chrismarquardt Have you considered simplifying your life instead of adding more technology? :)
@floyduk think you’re able to install the ‘combo’ update over the top when it’s available for standalone download to be sure.
Haircut done, now for acupuncture. Still, at least having bits cut off and needles shoved in me is better than being at work.
According to e-sign, my bus is 2 mins away. Then again, it has been for 10 mins now. Feels like I’m installing Windows.
@Artoo_UK Because otherwise you’ll find you have no clue whatever what you’ve been doing for the last decade?
@davidpatrick I’ll install it on the iMac this evening if you don’t suddenly drop off the net today :-)
Wow. It’s *early*.
Okay, that second Microsoft ad actually made me laugh. Nice feeling to it.
Oh, so _that’s_ why Back To My Mac keeps failing. I open up my MacBook at home, it steals the ports from my iMac & my router never recovers.
@talkie_tim It’s not _that_ bad. Is it?
Night all. I’m off for an early one in the hope of getting an early start in good light for photos in the morning… It’ll rain, won’t it?
Yay! Band whose photos I took at a gig last week wants to put me on the guest-list for a halloween gig and arrange a photoshoot for them.
Installing keyboard firmware, iTunes, Quicktime and OS X 10.5.5 update on my newly-repaired MacBook. *crosses fingers*
@bertpalmer OSX 10.5.5 out? Oh, great, now I’ve got to decide whether to update now or defer it until braver people have tried!
@davidpatrick Aha. Not sure I’d have recognised her from that! Cool; will tag my photos!
@johnfbraun Interesting; according to this translator here it says, “Help! I am a prisoner in an apple factory!”
Can someone hipper than me identify this exuberant young Skins actress who jumped up and down for me this morning? *grin* http://is.gd/2FFy
Apparently it was “Skins” they were filming. Now have shots of an actress jumping up and down for me. Feeling slightly paparazzi.
@johnfbraun One thing on the cam: get it working plugged directly in first. They can be oddly sensitive to hubs under Linux.
@d_arkchocolate thanks, but I already have one of those.
PS: I don’t want a smart phone. I want a _wise_ phone!
@JButtitta yes, but I’m saying that it’s such a common operation on ‘smart’ phones that I think it should be easier than that!
@d_arkchocolate I’m guessing this is both a secondhand and slightly broken Monday you’re selling, not a new and shiny one?
Why don’t modern phones have a ‘reboot’ option?
@ahnlak In my recent experience, about an hour to knock it down to the three good ones, then five minutes each :-)
Filming for some kind of drama going on by the Cottage. Got some snaps on the way past.
Retweeting @zen_habits: Ninja cat is awesome! http://tinyurl.com/5yqjfv
@Artoo_UK Reboot everything!
@pjakobs If Uncle Steve thinks it’s good for you, then it’s good for you. Trust in Uncle Steve. Come, join us. Don’t be afraid, etc. etc.
Cool, I just got my first picture in Flickr’s Explore. Nice end to a good weekend. http://is.gd/2Cx2
@d_arkchocolate Nah, it wasn’t that wonderful, just a strange coincidence.
@pjakobs Odd coincidence, I didn’t see the challenge until @rstein mentioned it either, but also too my first reflection photo in ages today
Think I’ve finished the tax return. I spend much more time _worrying_ about doing it than I do actually _doing_ it.
Brunch eaten. Railway visited. Photos processed. Coffee drunk. Can’t put it off any longer. It’s time for the tax return.
Another experiment in HDR: http://is.gd/2Bre
Dammit, where are my PostSecret Sunday Secrets? Clearly I’m up too early.
@boagworld iMovie 08 is fab if you’re not expecting it to be iMovie 06-only-better. Very different product.
Curses! It’s a lovely day, and I’ve got to do my tax return :( I Just know that if I take it to a cafe, I’ll forget some bit of paperwork.
@Artoo_UK You could be right. Have taken a few bracketed exposures today :)
Why don’t Twitter have a “just block this obvious spammer” link in their “you have a new follower” emails?
Queuing at Brunel’s Buttery.
Heading for Underfall Yard
Yay! Just won £50 on the Premium Bonds. One day after I was wondering whether I should spend $99 on Photomatix. Hmm. Hmmmmm.
Personally, I’m only going out fairly locally, to the Docks Cottages and Underfall Yard. Tomorrow I’ll visit the Rocks Railway.
@davidpatrick It’s normally-closed areas of all kinds, from behind-the-scenes at the Library to private art collections. http://is.gd/1XxL
Don’t forget, Bristolians! It’s Bristol Open Doors Day 2008 - go out and see something you’ve not seen before!
@davidpatrick If that was me, then your geographic IP service is a bit off :)
Just generated my first HDR. Just a test image, but it looks okay, especially viewed large. http://is.gd/2zSz
Oh, of course. Photomatix export is faster in the registered version because it doesn’t have to muck about watermarking the image…
Took a photo of a boat called “Countess” today, and have had Thea Gimore’s “Contessa” in my head ever since.
@davidpatrick And yes, it is an odd key to hide, and I don’t really know why…
@davidpatrick Option (alt) + 3
Slowly moving my iPhoto library to another drive so I have enough room for my Lightroom library. Think I need a Drobo for my birthday.
@spamvictim Ahhhhrrm. Ok-ay. So, that Microsoft ad makes perfect sense to me now.
What the hell _is_ a churro, anyway?
@floyduk I’m guessing your music collection’s bigger than mine. I only have just over 5000 songs.
A moment from my journey to work this morning: http://tinyurl.com/4koj8m
@ryanCoates Really? Took about 5 minutes on my old iMac, and it didn’t freeze while it was doing it…
Curses. Have now generated good enough HDRs in the Photomatix trial version that it might be worth buying it to get them unwatermarked.
@johnfbraun All you fundamental particles are belong to us!
@Phooto buy an HD cam; every frame of those is a pretty good still!
@Phooto yes, and you should then donate your DV cam to a worthy cause *puts on worthy face* :-)
@floyduk Don’t think I’ve ever owned a computer that Just Works. Not for a several-year lifespan, anyway. Well, maybe that Acorn Electron…
@floyduk If this one kernel panics again, you can have another one to go with it.
Gah! Another kernel panic. Starting to wonder if my iMac hardware is on its way out.
Any Mac-using photographers out there using software to correct barrel distortion from wide-angle lenses? All pointers gratefully received!
Hmm. Failing to Get Things Done quite spectacularly tonight. Think I’ll go to bed instead.
Huzzah! Looks like I’m snowboarding in January.
@talkie_tim On t’other hand, Two Day looks like it could be worth a walk. If it ever stops raining! Ta for the link :)
@talkie_tim Top of St. Michael’s Hill? Oh well, I suppose I need the exercise! May try Barista’s instead, though :)
@pjakobs Beautiful DOF on the chameleon (it is a chameleon, isn’t it?)
“…my nice chocolate now?” I was going to say, before I pressed the wrong button.
@talkie_tim Yep, closed as in sad-goodbye-letter-from-all-the-staff-in-the-window closed. Where am I going to get
Damn! Fresh and Wild just closed their Bristol store. And I was going to buy coffee this evening, too.
Literary observation: piles of discarded books average one Michael Crichton per metre.
@davidpatrick And I’d never have to fly anywhere again, either. And it runs on cooking oil :)
Earthrace, tri-hull globe-circumnavigating biodiesel-powered speedboat is currently moored in Bristol. Looks mean! http://tinyurl.com/6rpv8x
Hey, Borders, try getting someone who knows the difference between “its” and “it’s” to write your marketing emails. You’re a _bookshop_!
@davidpatrick I can’t quite see all its logic on that one, but then I can’t see all its logic for my stuff, and the mix still seems to work.
iTunes Genius has led me from Jesus & Mary Chain through Siouxie, Courtney Love, The Damned and Pulp to The Doors. Rock on!
Dammit, I really want a macro lens.
Ugh. Last night’s early-evening nap was a good idea per se, but it left me unable to get to sleep until gone 2am. Now I feel _really_ rough.
iTunes Genius is actually doing quite a good job so far. Wouldn’t’ve personally jumped from Jesus & Mary Chain to Led Zeppelin, but it works
MacBook safely in for service. Am again impressed with Applecare’s no-quibble we’ll-fix-it service, at least.
iTunes 8 Genius needs a “John Peel” slider where you can set its propensity to play random and chaotic things, sometimes at the wrong speed.
@russelldavies Large Bacon Collider?
@johnfbraun No, but a Quicktime update is. Perplexing timing, as I was just about to use QT Pro to make a video. Hmm.
My bloody MacBook has cracked again. Come on, Apple, stop redesigning the iPods and get the quality control on your plastic sorted out!
@debbieweil Don’t worry, it’s just that they have to fix the bugs in @googlechrome before they release the Mac version :)
@foxc Clearly they’re hunting down whoever’s playing Shania Twain :)
@Delicious Thanks! I evenutally figured it out; seemed odd to have to find something a different way to change it when I’d already found it!
@Dr_of_Love following the failed first strike codenamed ‘Microsoft progress bars’?
The most world-changing idea to come out of CERN so is the World Wide Web, rather than any physics. Of course, that might change tomorrow :)
Oh, bloody hell, how do you edit a bookmark in the new delicious.com? Didn’t there used to be an “edit” button?
@Ihnatko Yeah, but you’re just a tindersnarking cat-in-the-hole, aren’t you?
@davidpatrick @bexxi Thanks!
Just pasted together all the stills from this morning’s photo shoot into a 15-second video http://tinyurl.com/5b6wgr
So, there’s a Front Row update for “improved iTunes 8.0 compatibility”, but no iTunes 8.0? Feels like Apple are hurriedly fixing bugs…
@davidpatrick Sometimes they’ll do a staged release. Sometimes they’ll pull a release if they realise it was very broken…
PS: Anyone interested in the LHC who hasn’t heard/seen the Large Hadron Rap should do so right now http://tinyurl.com/5by22l
@Phooto Just been told that they won’t be sending stuff all the way around for a week or two, anyway, so you’ve got some breathing space…
@spamvictim iTunes 8 crashed twice already? Maybe I’ll avoid downloading it for a while. Maybe until my MacBook’s back from repair…
Well, if Flickr had _told_ me they were going to de-widescreen my video automatically, I wouldn’t have made it widescreen in the first place
Okay, apparently I didn’t make a terrible decision; the latest QuickTime Pro can still successfully create video from a sequence of stills.
@rstein It probably doesn’t work quite so well as a radio show!
Hmm. Was going to get stuff done tonight, but have mostly been processing the day’s photos.
@boagworld I88’ll loskook forwarddkfjfd to hearrrring it, thejn! Skype nev***er haa-aas call uality isssssuses :)
@bexxi No, it’s fun! Just go for it with confidence and double-check at the last minute :) Oh, and stay in the outside lane unless exiting!
@bexxi I hated it until I took my advanced driving lessons in Coventry; since then I can cope with it. My instructor beat the fear out of me
On the plus side, I did get some *real* photos of the boat that I might start processing now.