Another round of choreography performances tonight, and more photos to match:
I’m becoming increasingly pleased with iPhoto to store, process and export my growing picture library. Enhanced picture adjustment in the new version along with extra spangles for iDVD will more than justify an upgrade to iLife ’05 some time soon, particularly since it’s only �35 for students.
I’m doing camera duties for Laura and Sean over at the 2nd year dance choreography performances for the next few nights. Trying to neatly frame dimly lit, constantly moving forms over a long focal range is something of a hit-and-miss affair, but the results can be pretty interesting:
The replacement midplane board arrived in a box about the same size as the iMac, plus some padding. It was really nicely packed, with hefty layers of shaped foam holding the board in antistatic wrapping. I’d already warmed up my PowerBook with the pdf of the instruction manual – but that became redundant since they’d included it in the box, along with a UPS return shipping label, spare screws and a magnetised Philips screwdriver. I was impressed by the level of detail here.
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Sometime last night moblogUK, the thinking person’s phonecam site, unexpectedly went all wrong when the server containing photos started to eat itself. World-class good eggs Mat and Alfie have apparently been sweating buckets to get it back on its feet, but it looks like most if not all pics from Sept 22nd onwards have probably been lost.
This is a great shame, and I can certainly understand people being upset to have lost stuff, but I really think this is one of those times when the community aspect of the site will help everyone to pull together and get through it.
Hence my first post of this new dawn:
Somewhat surprised to see this popping up on BoingBoing, too.
Still, looks like we’re back in business.
Okay, although I didn’t have access to a camera during the unpacking ritual (hence the phonecam shots on my moblog) I’ve now got Tranquility in something resembling a decent order, so here are a few snaps of the latest light of my life:
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I’m off dahn saaff for the weekend, to see Becks and Steve gettin’ hitched. I’m really looking forward to the next couple of days, partly because it’s my first real wedding – in a real church! – and also since I’ll get to see lots of old friends and have a lovely party.
So I’ll be gone from here, but watch my moblog for exciting updates.
Once I get back Top Girls will be only one week away, so I guess I’ll be busy. And Tranquility should be arriving, too…
This term I’m assigned to be the technical assistant on Caryl Churchill’s play Top Girls, which will go up in a few weeks time.
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I’ve just onlined a couple of batches of photos taken on strolls over the last two weeks:
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I’m tired from nine hours there-and-back on a coach, but spending the weekend in London was a lot of fun, and I really needed the break.
As previously reported, it was moblogUK‘s first birthday party last night, and a great time was had by all.
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moblog.co.uk, the thinking person’s phonecam site, is running a competition which I think presents some rather interesting points about the nature of the artform.
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