Year: 2005

Up to the sky

Up to the sky

Leaving the office today morning after my night shift in NOC I saw a crane with a bunch of guys who were cleaning windows of our office building. Everything around was wet after the rain which stopped just few minutes before, a very cloudy sky with just patches of blue and cyan, and a bright rising sun combined with window cleaners caused me to feel off balanced. In order to compensate myself for the akward situation, I decided to make a picture.

I usually think very slow and do all sorts of stupid things when I am pushed outside into bright morning sun after being hacking inside for the whole night, so the first thing I did was to put a polarizing filter on my lens. Yeah, right. Very smart move. Actually I wanted to put a lens hood, but go figure… Anyway, I think it came out pretty good after some minor Gimp manipulations.

Album location: /photos/2005/2005-01-15_POTD

How to use knife, fork, and spoon

Just after I posted the chopstick using guide, I realized that some people I go out for food don’t even use knife, fork, and spoon properly. It would be unfair of me to point them out only to the chopstick resources. So, here you go with this link, this link, this link, this link, and this link. Once again they all basically tell the same with a slightly different wording.

How to use chopsticks

For some strange reason, noone from all those people I eat Chinese and Japanese food with knows how to use chopsticks. I guess that this is mostly due to the lack of experience rather than anything else. I have explained how use chopsticks to each and every one of them at least once. If I am not a good teacher at that, here is an excellent resource with links to, like, every possible explanation of the matter.

Review of the Kata R-102 Photo Rucksack

Gizmodo points to the review of the Kata R-102 photo rucksack at Shuttertalk. This one cool bag to consider for $125 USD.

I am currently using Vidpro VID 100 Durahyde Video/Photo/Digital Camera Bag ($34 USD), which I find very comfortable and big enough for all my gear. I don’t have that much of it yet though, but there is plenty of space still. I doubt thought that it will suffecient for two cameras plus lenses and flash units. When that time comes, I’ll be looking towards waht Kata has to offer.