SARCASM ON
On way to work today there was a surprise for people cycling through Kensington Gardens (London, UK). On the 100m path between a car road and a cycle path in the park, a civil police car was waiting. I saw a crime in progress, a lady cycling on her way to work, and it was swiftly dealt with by the police. The lady was stopped, pulled aside, interrogated and handed a penalty. Now this is really great, knowing that police resources are well spent.
SARCASM OFF
Another more serious crime is a retired lady that for some reason is not able to afford housing and is forced to sleep/live in a pedestrian subway. She might not have any family or friends left but she is definitely let down by a state that is not able to provide a shelter for the less fortunate.
Low light (night) photography
Night shots are characterized by low light. The camera shutter needs to be open for prolonged time to get enough light for a proper exposure. The drawback is that there is risk for blurred photos if your camera is not steady enough.
One common tricky scenario is a foreground (FG) object, e.g. a person, in combination with a back ground (BG) view, e.g. a night time city sky line.
Below are some easy steps that that will let you take better night shots.
Polish wedding in Zakopane
Congratulation Mr. and Mrs. Blog Improvements
This blog needs the following (and some):
- New graphical layout (php includes)
Provide link to Google translation for ge, fr, it, pt. See Taran 🙂- No pop-up for comments. Use same page as individual entry
- List of notable entries, prolly drop down
Drop downs for date and category archiveRecent comments, users and names and article names on main pageObscure email addresses(mt feature actually)- Random photo on first page
add personal info (cv, biography). Me not like blogs without thisadd contact form (email form, mobile)List Archive by categoriesRemove links that open in new windowDevelop small application that recognises visitors by their IP and presents personal messageCheck for Google search term in referal and recomend articleUse redirection via local file for external links (anti-spam meassure)
Sony Ericsson HBH-35 vs HBH-60
Sony Ericsson HBH-35 HBH-60 blue tooth mobile phone
After stepping on my HBH-60 blue tooth mobile hands free, I had to look for a new one. I had been very pleased with the HBH-60 but a new product was on the market, a new version of HBH0-30, the HBH-35.
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| HBH-35 | HBH-60 |
Unsolicited (scam) postal mail
What is up with all the scam letters lately? The ones that claim you have won a large sum of money or a luxurious holiday.
Yesterday Carla received a new one. It pretended to be a parcel notice from Canada so I opened it. “You have won a Sony digital camera worth £599 or another item. Just send in £25 processing fee and £5 administration fee and you will receive your digital camera or another item.
En route to work
(En route)
The power of women
Just been getting a coffee from local Cafe Nero and the barista serving me was so keen on serving the two ladies behind me he:
- Forgot to charge me. I had to remind him after he was done with the ladies.
- Messed up my order. Served me regular instead of Grande.
- Forgot to stamp my loyalty card. I had to stretch over the counter and stamp it while he was busy chatting up one of the ladies.
The moral of the story? I am a loyal person who is satisfied with less and too honest his own financial good.
Motion synthesizer and Gait recognition
Did you know that social and biological information about you can be picked up from your motion pattern? That is, the way you are walking reflects your biological set-up (heavy, female, etc) and your emotional state (sad, nervous, etc).
The people at the psychology department at Ruhr-University-Bochum have developed a simple computer model where you can alter some basic parameters to control the characteristics of human walking. They call the demo BMLWalker. I bet that you will subconsciously be able to recognize the emotional states of the walking stick but not be sure how and why.
Me: Male, heavy, relaxed, happy 🙂 Make sure you turn on lines and try rotating the figure for better view.
Read more about Gait Recognition and it’s possible use in airport security.
(You need flash player 5.0 for the demo)
[Listening to: Just The Way Im Feeling – Feeder – Comfort in Sound (04:22)]
Spooks: Season 1 DVD
Spooks is a British drama series about Series B, a counter terrorist section of MI5. This is the best drama series I have seen in a long time and the DVD presents it very well. The series uses suspense, intense music, split screens and realistic scenes to hold it’s viewers in a grip (or in the sofa).
The episodes were no surprise as I have seen most of them on TV but the added bonus on the DVD I would like to rave about.
First of all, the standard (boring) menu system has been replaced with an interactive movie of an intruder to the Section B office. You steer him to select audio options, scene index and cut scenes. First time I watched the DVD I actually thought the menu system was the first episode 😉
5.1 sounds makes the episodes even more dramatic than the TV version. Shame no sub-titles were put on as the dialogs tend to get complicated, especially with the addition of various British and American dialects.
Get the DVD here.