Paul's Journal

04/28/2010 22:12 #51470

nighttime photo 2
Category: mobile

this was a particularly tricky nightshot of a dim lamp in the dark

metalpeter - 04/29/10 17:08
That is a tough shot. For those that know more about this then I they could give a much better reason. As you add light through a flash then the picture gets brighter and you don't see the light from the light.. Also if the camera focuses on the light and reads that as the light level then every thing else is super dark.

tinypliny - 04/28/10 22:14
Very cool lamp - looks like it has molten volcanic lava.

04/28/2010 03:35 #51465

So ready for bed - nexus one tether ya
Category: mobile

I spent the last hour rooting my nexus one so i could tether and write this sentence. Interesting sidenote: once you have tethering enabled both fedora and windows can tether with USB. On fedora it is even easier than windows. I plugged in the phone and it shows up in the network manager as a internet source.

There is no way to get it to work on the mac. For that you have to use a wifi tethering option which sucks because its way less secure, slow and requires extra power to run.

It also has a flash and this picture was taken in darkness to give you an idea how good that works in dark.

The best part is being able to listen to streaming radio n the background. I am sure the new iphone will do that out of the box too.

paul - 04/28/10 23:08
I love it!

tinypliny - 04/28/10 20:47
Try taking shots of food. It makes food look glorious an seductive!

zobar - 04/28/10 20:40
So how do you like it so far?

- Z

04/26/2010 20:26 #51456

Cleaning up

Because I was so sick all weekend and then ended up at cat houses in
the tour, I was ready to suffocate by today. Therefore, I spent all
day wearing a gas mask which actually helps in these situations.

My favorite is ricola and a gas mask.

We had to clean up for our block club home tour afterparty which is at
our house. I dusted each spindle on the stairs which takes forever.
Getting rid of some dust should help my allergies.

We also added a full size couch to the side parlour and it actually
fits. Once the fireplace works I may never leave the room.

lilho - 04/27/10 14:00
i like, my fav for extreme allergies is flonase... it works better than anything else. now i just need an inhaler and i will have to allergy cure match made in breathe easy heaven!!!

heidi - 04/26/10 20:46
The couch looks awesome. (Does the den look bare?)

04/25/2010 20:47 #51451

The dark scary subway tunnel

This picture is dark and crappy. It's not because my iPhone takes
shifty pics but because there was only one light on in the tunnel by
Canisius. On the last set of steps I actually had trouble seeing the
stairs going down in front of me.

metalpeter - 04/26/10 17:55
Even when fully lighted that tunnel was kinda creepy (wait there are two by Canisius and I can't remember what one I mean was creepy so many years ago), is that Deleven or Humbolt ?

04/25/2010 20:45 #51450

Basra is so big now

There is going to be a point where I cannot carry him up the stairs at
night.

metalpeter - 04/27/10 17:51
Thanks

paul - 04/26/10 20:15
He is as wide as I am. That thing is a monkey. As for outside he starts staying out overnight once it stays fifty at night and it's not raining. On te other days it's a lot of hauling up and down the stairs.

metalpeter - 04/26/10 17:57
I have to ask what is that thing in the middle of the Chair?

I don't have any other size to compare him to but he looks pretty big.

janelle - 04/25/10 21:25
I guess I assumed Basra stayed outside all the time. You bring him inside?