My EOS 30D with the 50/1.4 finally arrived last Friday and I got to play with it over the weekend, so expect to see some photos in our gallery soon…
I now understand why photography is an expensive hobby. I’m already eyeing a number of lenses, a flash, a decent tripod+head, some filters, a camera bag, and the list goes on. The only consolation is that the equipment generally lasts a very long time if looked after properly, and has high resale value.
Time to start budgetting for the next few years…
Edit: You can find some of the photos I took over the weekend here and here.
For those of you who don’t mind a bit of profanity, here’s a rather entertaining clip of some WOW player going nuts. Despite the fact that I don’t play the game, I still found the amount of personal attachment to the game rather amusing even though I have no idea what he’s screaming about.
It’s scenarios like this that I’m glad I don’t spend that much time playing games online anymore.
Joyce has been quite busy with RICE stuff at the moment so don’t expect any posts from her any time soon. I’ve also been a bit busy with other stuff, but I thought I’ll post this just for amusement value…
On my daily commute driving to work, I inevitably end up having to squeeze myself from a small side-street (Cliff Rd) into a major road (Carlingford Rd) in congested peak hour traffic. Needless to say, the cars that are queued up on Carlingford Rd, and have right-of-way, couldn’t care less about cars that are trying to get out of a side-street. So, the only time cars can get out of Cliff onto Carlingford is when some nice obliging driver lets you into the traffic.
In an attempt to have more of a say in squeezing into traffic, I tried different “tactics” and noted the response of each one. What follows is a rough description of the quasi-experiment and its results and observations. Note: this is in no way scientifically rigorous, nor does it make a serious attempt to be – I was just bored sitting in peak hour traffic doing squat, so I amused myself with this…
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