Going 28mm – new glass
I briefly twitter’ed last week that I’d got my hands on a Canon EOS 28mm f/2.8 prime lens. I won it on ebay, and as well as being in great condition and working out cheaper than retail, it came with …...
View ArticleLife in miniature
On a whim, yesterday we decided to visit one of the BBC website’s 20 hidden tourist attractions, namely Bekonscot Model Village in Beaconsfield. It turned out to be only about a 40 minute drive away,...
View ArticleMOO Notecards
The awesome MOO have moved on from their wildly successful Minicards to produce Notecards – 10cm square cards which you can post, and which stand up with a little folding flap to one side. I just...
View ArticlePlaying around with Skitch
I’m sat in Edinburgh airport and thought I’d have a play with Skitch. Skitch is a new screenshot / drawing tool for OS X. It is currently in closed beta. The application is by plasq.com, the makers of...
View ArticleInteresting events this week
A couple of events in London that look good: 24 Hours of Flickr, tonight at Tate Britain Science in Virtual Worlds, tomorrow night at the Apple Store on Regent Street Technorati Tags: events, Flickr,...
View Article24 hours of Flickr in London
Ola and I went along to Tate Britain last night for the London leg of the 24 hours of Flickr tour. I’d heard about it from Upcoming, via the Flickr group, and thanks to Heather Champ reminding HackDay...
View ArticleFlickr tagging – it’s not bad, it’s cool
I’m gradually working my way through the ~5000 photos from HackDay in London on Flickr, to see if there’s anything interesting that I’d missed. So far I’ve found a number of pictures of our team’s hack...
View ArticleMoo – the party
Last night I went up to Exmouth Market in London for the launch of the new StickerBooks by Moo. An excellent party. I think it was Suw who commented that they promised us a “hot and sticky” party, and...
View ArticleWhere have I been?
Have I been a bit quiet? That’s because I’ve been here: And enjoying sights like these: And also spending time with our nephew: More photos on Flickr, as usual. Last week I did about 1000km of driving...
View ArticleFrosted
Frosted Originally uploaded by andyp uk This photo was taken around about this time two years ago, one from my archive… and it was certainly cold enough over the weekend that I could have gone out and...
View ArticleGlare
It has been a lovely weekend for walking in the sunshine. Yesterday we went to one of our favourite haunts, Virginia Water. It was mid-afternoon and the sun was pretty bright, so I thought I’d try...
View ArticleOn Flickr and Video
I just renewed my Flickr Pro subscription and spotted that Flickr has introduced the ability to upload video. In some quarters there has been uproar. I was thinking about this. It doesn’t make sense in...
View ArticleIBM Hackday 5
I just uploaded a small set of images from the local Hackday event at IBM Hursley to Flickr. Feel free to add tags or notes if you took part.
View ArticleGadgets part 3: Eye-Fi
Here’s something I’ve wanted to get my hands on for a while now… an Eye-Fi SD card. If you don’t know about these things, essentially they are standard 2Gb SD cards that fit into any camera that will...
View ArticlePhotos I’m particularly happy with
Taken whilst in London for the Thames Festival a couple of weeks ago.
View ArticleCreative Commons and attributions
I noticed Laura Fitton (aka @pistachio) twittering about Flickr and Creative Commons licensing of photos recently. You can find the photos which I have CC-licensed here on my Flickr stream. This...
View ArticleShout out social!
My friend, colleague, blogging buddy and Opportunity Australia Ambassador Jasmin (aka the remarkable wonderwebby) is spearheading the social media drive around an event called Shout Out Social: Shout...
View ArticleFace
I was playing around with my EF-S 60mm macro lens last week and came up with this shot. I really like it, but other people are telling me it’s a little creepy… the doll itself is perfectly nice, but I...
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