http://www.spatho.com do you know where your towel is? Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are a few things I've been thinking about recently. Geek stuff I have passed my final exams :) I am now a qualified ACA: this is a good thing. This is me I posted about XKCD once before. Like the comic strip I pulled out then, I feel I can relate to the ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/09/24/assorted-news-moans-and-observations/ [Past Posts: Photo-a-Day 2008; Week 1; Week 2; Week 3; Week 4] Having completed this year's challenge, I have a varied selection of photos; some of which I'm pretty pleased with. But I'd like to know what other people think. So if you've got a few minutes, please take a look through ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/08/19/photo-a-day-round-up-which-were-your-favourites/ [Past Posts: Photo-a-Day 2008; Week 1; Week 2; Week 3] Well I'm a bit late in posting this, but here's a round-up of my photos from the last ten days of this year's challenge. Still in exam mode on 22 July, I had to grab a quick shot in the house. I ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/08/11/photo-a-day-week-4/ I just received an email telling me someone has commented on the one video I've ever posted to YouTube (being the conclusive cake-cutting in the Scissors vs Pizza Wheel experiments). This guy calls me a 'jerk-ass' for not using a knife. I think he's missed the point. Plus, what stupid insult. The ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/07/27/jerk-ass/ [Past Posts: Photo-a-Day 2008; Week 1; Week 2] This past week I have been struggling a bit for inspiration. On 15 July I had a go at another reversed-lens macro shot, which allowed me to get the following shot of my monitor, showing individual pixels. The front lens (I was using ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/07/22/photo-a-day-week-3/ [Past Posts: Photo-a-Day 2008; Week 1] Nearly half-way through now! It's getting difficult to think of new ideas, but I've had some results I've been pleased with this week. Here's a run-down of photos from the second week: I think this one, from 7 July, is my favourite so far. Lego + ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/07/14/photo-a-day-week-2/ Well, I've made it to the first weekend. Following on from my last post, I took a couple of photographs indoors for days 2 and 3; first a slightly lazy shot of my laptop and then a more interesting arrangement of video game controllers:      Also on the 3rd, I was leaving ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/07/06/photo-a-day-week-1/ Here we go again: it's time to dust off the camera and take one photo a day for a whole month. There'll be some panicked moments when inspiration is running low and I can't find a decent shot, but I hope to end up with some interesting results and aim ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/07/01/photo-a-day-for-july-2008/ I subscribe to the xkcd comic strip* on RSS and it can be pretty amusing on occasion. Well, amusing for a maths/science/computer geek like me... Anyway, I enjoyed today's comic very much. I've been saying this all along. *(it's the only comic amongst a bunch of intelligent, cultured and generally highbrow media ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/06/11/purity/ I bought some Moo MiniCards last week, and I'm pretty chuffed with them. Selecting and cropping some of my flickr photos was quick and easy, and from there delivery was pretty speedy (I ordered late on Wednesday evening, and they arrived on Saturday). Each card is tiny and pretty appealing, ... http://www.spatho.com/2008/06/03/moo/