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Archive for October 2011
Yet More Photos.
October 28, 2011 by Hawk.
Here’s a few more pics…
As always, click the small to see the big.
Oddly enough that wasn’t the only dog I saw doing a balancing act on the handrail. There were two others including a 50+ pound boxer but of all the rotten luck I had put my camera back in the case when they went walking by. The spider is out with his friends by my pool. {shudder}
Hawk (Not a spider fan)
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Crazy Tracking…
October 27, 2011 by Hawk.
Ordered some bulk household stuff from Amazon (great prices and discounts, BTW, with their Subscribe & Save feature) and when I went to check the tracking I found this…
Melbourne, FL, United States 10/24/2011 5:55 A.M. Out For Delivery
Jacksonville, FL, United States 10/23/2011 10:37 P.M. Departure Scan
Melbourne, FL, United States 10/23/2011 8:08 P.M. Arrival Scan
Jacksonville, FL, United States 10/23/2011 1:10 P.M. Origin Scan
United States 10/22/2011 1:16 P.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS
My package {snicker} was ready on the 22nd. Picked up by UPS on the 23rd in Jacksonville, FL at 1:10 PM. It then ARRIVED in Melbourne, FL some 200 miles away the same day at 8:08 PM. THEN it departed Jacksonville at 10:37 PM, two hours AFTER it arrived in Melbourne and finally was out for delivery at 5:55 AM from Melbourne on the 24th. Wait, it did WHAT?
Jacksonville –> Melbourne –> Jacksonville –> Melbourne?
Did it go back? Did it teleport? It arrived before it departed and then departed again!
Hawk (I need a nap)
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Moar From the Beach.
October 21, 2011 by Hawk.
Here’s a few more pics… and yet more to come!
Click the thumbnails above for larger (much!) images.
Hawk (ShutterbugBIRD)
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One Year (plus) Kindleversary
October 19, 2011 by Hawk.
Pre-ordered on August 23, 2010, delivered on September 13, 2010. What a horrible wait that was. I didn’t even realize the one year mark had slid past without a peep. It has been literally a full year since I read a book made of paper. Not even sure how many books I’ve read since I got the Kindle, I was up to around 130 in my ‘completed’ collection on the Kindle when I had to have a warranty replacement (May 2011 if you’re interested) a spring that held up one of the next-page buttons had come loose and was rattling around inside the case. The button still worked (a bit louder than before) and the Kindle still functioned but loose metal in an electronic device isn’t a good thing. The replacement went amazingly smooth. I wasn’t on the phone ten minutes with Kindle Support. They agreed to ship me a refurbished unit with 2-day shipping, arranged for UPS to drop off a pre-printed return label when I told them I didn’t have a printer. So maybe another 60 - 80 books since May? I’ve stopped cluttering up the Kindle and just delete what I’ve finished and only keep a handful of books on it at any one time.
I still ABSOLUTELY love the Kindle. My arthritic hands no longer have to hold up large hardback books or force open paperbacks. The adjustable font size makes reading a truly pleasant experience. Get tired but want to keep reading, up the font size with a couple clicks. eBook readers and eInk screens have to be one of the greatest inventions I’ve ever owned (2nd only to the digital camera). With a built in dictionary I can instantly look up almost any word I’m not sure of. 3G connectivity and, to be honest, free basic web access means I can amuse myself updating Facebook from the doctor’s office or check the local weather forecast and radar image. Google image search while slow (and all in 16 levels of grey) is still useful and amusing if I want to see what something mentioned in a book looks like and I’m too lazy to walk over to the computer
Mom’s too hasn’t touched a paper bound book since getting her Kindle in December of last year. She adores the ability to make any book a large print book and not having to get books from one special section of the library.
I’m not even jealous of the Kindle Touch (the Fire is NOT a Kindle no matter what they’ve named it). It’s clever and neat but I’m quite happy with my old 3rd generation Kindle.
If you read and haven’t tried a Kindle, I highly recommend heading to one of the stores, Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, Target, etc. that sell them and check one out. It’s a whole new experience.
Hawk (Book worm? Book bird!)
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Gnu Camera Part the 2nd
October 18, 2011 by Hawk.
Have a bunch of photos worth sharing. Will spread them out over a few posts.
Be forewarned, the linked images can take some time to load.
Took the new Kodak Z990 to the beach Monday. Shot a couple hundred pictures (kept 20 or so) and a couple videos..
And I did a little experimenting with the panorama stitching feature on the new camera…
Click the above thumbnails for full size images.
A moment at the beach video. Shot in 720P to save some memory card space:
YouTube video.
Hawk (Liking, not yet loving the new camera…)
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Gnu Camera!
October 15, 2011 by Hawk.
Saved up a bunch of points from several survey sites and converted them into Amazon gift cards. Was thinking about getting a new TV but I saw this at a really good price so I decided to update my camera rig instead. Meet ‘Max’, my new Kodak Z990 camera, 12 MP BSI CMOS sensor, 30x optical zoom (!). That’s the equivalent of 28-840mm in a film camera.
Click the small to see the big.
Haven’t really had a chance to do more than update it’s firmware and read the user’s manual while popping off a few quick test shots. Hope to have more to share soon…
Hawk (OMG I spent HOW much?!)
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Four, yes indeedy, four…
October 11, 2011 by Hawk.
Hawk (*cof*)
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Pictures for a rainy day…
October 8, 2011 by Hawk.
It’s raining. I have a camera. 2 + 2 = pictures! YAY!
Click the above for much larger images.
Hawk (all wet..)
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Color Me Unimpressed.
October 3, 2011 by Hawk.
Recently Mitsubishi has been running a series of TV commercials about how they took two of their new Outlander models to the most dangerous road in the world, Bolivia’s Yungas Road, to prove how good their cars are.
You can view the commercial here.
Do you know what else drives this road, daily?
50 year old trucks.
Bicycle tours and regularly scheduled busses.
20+ year old mini-vans.
30+ year old American land yacht gas guzzlers. Okay, it’s stuck for the moment, but the bike riders can push it out or the truck can drag it backwards three feet.
Yes, Mitsubishi your new Outlanders are as impressive as… the daily traffic that crosses the Yungas road without four-wheel drive and no need to brag about doing it. Your cars are as sure footed… as a 10-speed bike or a ’70’s era Dodge. THAT’S impressive. Wait, no it’s not.
Hawk (would do it on a unicycle! if I could ride a unicycle…)
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