A few more shots from my early morning walk on the first day of 2009. Whilst others were recovering from NYE celebrations, I'd already been awake two hours. From six o'clock AM till late afternoon, I shot a lot of interesting photographs of things, places, animals and moments in the Adelaide CBD. Here are a... Continue Reading →
Communicate with Skype
Why would anyone use a landline phone to call friends around Australia when SKYPE provides two amazing options: 1. Skype to Skype = FREE Phone calls. The most amazing offer on the planet. All you need is a decent computer and SKYPE-capable headphones. ADSL would most certainly be advantageous. 2. Skype Forwarding. This is all... Continue Reading →
Fires Threaten Adelaide Hills
We had lunch today at the Bridgewater Mill in the Adelaide Hills to celebrate my brother's 40th birthday. It was a surprise party for him, and a lot of fun for all of us ... all the Xmas and Birthday presents that were missed last year and from my 40th earlier this year were also... Continue Reading →
Catching Up On My Reading
I read articles of varying topics on a daily basis. Thanks to my Bloglines collection of over 200, I daily get inundated with your articles. But I still find myself returning to the same few people who are also upon my Plurk-timeline for interesting stories that either help or amuse me. Below is a sampling... Continue Reading →
Will You Be Worm’d on April 1st?
Reposting Richard Pascoe's article. It's good information for those who rely on Windows to run their lives, oops, I mean computers! Are you about to be infected on April 1st 2009? In the New York Times they discuss the Conficker Worm which will activate itself on April 1st. Should you be concerned? Well, Only if... Continue Reading →
Caught on Film
Last weekend whilst searching the house for my misplaced macro lens, I stumbled upon my old film-camera that shot 800+ photographs of New Zealand back in 2001. That's around 40 x 36f rolls of film! The Canon EOS 500 [Image] was quite a formidable camera for its time. But with the advent of the digital... Continue Reading →
One Good Shot in Every Hundred
"Of all the photographs you shoot per week, what percentage rank as your BEST photographs?". Anyone who claims to take 1500+ images per week might only keep 2%-5% for publication, printing or purchase. Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 2 were fantastic and worthy of print. These days I... Continue Reading →
Buoyant Concrete
A question for the physics-kids to answer: How can a concrete-covered steel tank be so buoyant? Yes, I know the answer, but I'm looking for your thoughts.
Day Trip
Today was a great day-trip with two nieces to Port Adelaide to enjoy a cruise on the Dolphin Explorer. Apparently the boat allows people to photograph dolphins from every deck. But they were somewhat lacking (or too far away to photograph), I enjoyed capturing scenes of the boats and architecture on either side of the... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 