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Photo Friday – Glamour
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I haven’t particularly been in the mood for blogging the last couple of days. So I figure this weeks Photo Friday challenge is a good place to start.
Glamour! “Oh heck, how am I going to do that” I thought to myself. Thankfully an idea presented itself to me in the form of a photograph that was sitting on my T drive (T for temp – get it) where I keep all my unsorted digital images.
I would like to thank my model who was a very good sport in allowing me to submit it, I’m just not allowed to mention who it is.
I think we know who it is though.
Cybermen
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If you have been watching the reruns of Doctor Who on everybody’s ABC you would have been treated to some classic William Hartnall stories, however due to failing health, by the fourth season Bill was unable to continue with the series leaving the BBC with a problem of having a very popular series but no lead actor. An interesting solution was devised and after a battle with the evil Cybermen the Doctor was so physically worn down that he regenerated into a new person, literally..
Enter Patrick Troughton.
The story “The Tenth Planet” unfortunately is lost so we will never get to see it which is a shame because it contained the regeneration and introduced the Cybermen, who would rival the Daleks in their popularity. A second Cyberman story “The Cybermen” (also lost) followed shortly afterwards with the third Cyberman story “The Tomb of the Cybermen screening tonight.
If you haven’t watched the early episodes of Doctor Who, this is a good one to watch.
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Photo Friday – Emptiness
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This weeks Photo Friday was a bit of a challenge. I knew from the offset what I wanted to do but I just could not make it work. I also tried going for some literal interpretations, however in the end I didn’t need to. I had my inspiration and took the photo with the intention of converting it to black and white in Photoshop.
I wasn’t completely happy with the black and white, it took away a point of detail I was wanting to capture so in the end I decided to drop the colour on the background only. Funnily enough I had done the same technique to a photograph of Emily midway through last week.
This photo successfully pissed off my ex-wife enough for her to cut my access with my children :(
Phone problems
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At 4.20am this morning the alarm went off on my phone as it does every work day morning, and just like every work day morning I hit the snooze button to cover myself if I fall back to sleep before I have had chance to wake up.
Just like every work day morning I put the phone back down on the table beside my bed, but unlike every other work day morning instead of the barely audible sound of the phone touching base with the table I got the very audible “plop” of the phone submerging itself in my glass of water.
I shot out of bed, turned the phone off and took the case off to dry it. I then left it powered off for several hours before giving it a test run..
Nothing!
I literally cannot be without a phone, it is the life blood of my business so at 8.30am I begrudgingly went to the Telstra shop to buy a new one.
Roll forward another 9 hours and I turned on the broken phone while typing this blog
“Insert sim card”
FUCK!
Update 2010 – And it’s still working to this day
Penguin Challenge
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For those who read my Tragic Loss post and then my subsequent post Corporate plunger (the plunger part anyway), will be devastated to know that my latest coffee plunger is no more. Emily wanted to see what kind of lovely note it would make if she tapped a spoon on it. Apparently the note sounds not unlike breaking glass!
Back to the drawing board!
Wyn posted a link to Penguin Baseball (which you will now find archived on my links page) and I spent a good 10 minutes playing before I decided if I didn’t stop now I wouldn’t be stopping at all. My high score was 317.1, probably easy enough to beat, and my low score was 65.5.
I now open this challenge to you. Can YOU get a lower score than 65.5? If so please tell me your score in the comments box. Oh and zero doesn’t count!
Hide and Seek
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Emily’s favourite game at the present is Hide and Seek, but she has failed to grasp one of the fundamental points of the game, and that is to stay quiet.
Oh sure, she can hide really well and she is even starting to find some really challenging spots but making noise is still her downfall.
Example
Emily My turn to hide Grandpop
Grandpop OK, 1, 2, 3, 4… (goes silent and drinks his coffee)
Grandpop (after a short while) .. 19, 20. Where are you Emily?
Emily I’m by the washing machine.
Effective!
Epic Fuckwits
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It is amazing the lack of thought some companies give to the wider community, especially if that company is involved in the supply of an essential service. One of the major players in the states energy infrastructure, Epic Energy decided to do a major service on the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline and has, as a result, reduced the gas flow output to everyone, including the government owned power utility Western Power.
As a result, for the next two weeks all residents in the south west of Western Australia are on power restrictions to limit the possibilities of blackouts. Particularly targeted are air conditioner units with Western Power concerned that if temperatures go into the high 30’s for a few consecutive days, the demand on the power grid will be too much.
According to The West Australian, Western Power has a few tips for conserving energy during peak times.
The suggestions include reducing the use of air-conditioners, using pool pumps in the evening and cooking with microwaves and barbecues rather than ovens.
It has also recommended that people avoid showers or using washing machines and dishwashers before 8pm, until the gas supply is returned to normal on February 3.
As if that wasn’t enough, the Main Roads Department is now advising that power blackouts could result in traffic signal failure
A Main Roads spokesman said yesterday the restrictions could lead to temporary blackouts at traffic intersections from Kalbarri to the south coast.
Now it is understandable that a company needs to carry out maintenance, but as the peak usage for electricity is in the height of summer and the peak usage for natural gas is mid winter, surely the logical time to do these repairs would be March through to May or October to December.
Apparently not, so I would just like to say a big hello to the nice people at Epic Energy.. You fucking idiots!
Photo Friday – Motion
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