My goodness, does this look like a whole barrel of awesome:
I can’t believe I haven’t heard of Chocolate until now. I must get a copy.
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Storm photos
A casual glance through my photo collection will indicate I have this thing for taking photos of the sky. The weather fascinates me like few things because it is so beyond our control, and yet impacts so much of what we do.
Now that I have a good camera, I want to start taking more dynamic shots – especially of storms. While there are plenty of storm chasing photos out there, I’ve only been able to find one tutorial on the photos. I figured you might also find it interesting.
Lightning Photography – Photo Tips.
Guess I’ll have to find a good tripod.
I was just thinking to myself I should go out and figure out what movies are coming our way this year so I can decide what I want to see. The StumbleUpon brought me the answer from the Film School Rejects.
The list contains the few I did know were coming (Wolverine, Star Trek, Watchmen), and also some that I had no idea about (can anybody say how awesome that totally un-PC Bitch Slap looks?).
It looks like we’re up for Harry Potter #6 (which wasn’t too bad as far as the books go), a new Terminator, and some new treatments on horror classics. Sounds great (even if it all turns out to be mostly crap.
Now to find out when Bitch Slap will be showing in Australia…
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A different kind of resolution
Yesterday, I had an epiphany. Having returned to work after a very comfortable holiday at the beach, I decided I would take advantage of living in one of the best summer cities in the world and eat my lunch outside. The sky was blue, the sun was warm, and I browsed the net effortlessly on my iPod while I ate my satay sticks. And I realised: just because I’m outside, doesn’t mean I have to ditch my favourite toys.
For most of my life, I’ve been a technophile stuck indoors. That’s where computers and their users usually hang out. But the more I hang around the things, the more I realise that the really fun stuff happens outside. It’s like some of Intel’s original Centrino ads where the office worker spends the day in the park. Fantastic stuff! I want to be that guy.
I have so many toys that let me move outside: the laptop, the iPod, the camera, the mobile. And there’s wireless and mobile internet pretty much ubiquitous in Sydney. So why aren’t I doing more with it all? It all just sits at home doing nothing when I’m not indoors.
So, along with all the usual self-improvement soul searching that happens in early January, I want to make this resolution: I will spend more time outside this year, and instead of using the “my toys are all for inside play” excuse, use them to enable me to go out.
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Do or do not, this is no toy!
The Official Star Wars Blog is running an article about a toy that translates brainwaves to Force powers.
Apparently, it uses a headset that will interpret some signal from your brain into movement of a ball within a transparent tube. Whatever the underlying science, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I may have to shell out the $90-100 for this toy (I’m assuming that’s in US money).