photos from the botanics and inverleith park
I had a whole piece written about the weekend, but managed to accidentally zap it, and I can't be arsed rewriting it just now. Anyway, I've just posted some more photos from the Botanics and Inverleit…
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Wee camera
Hmm, I think I need to get a wee camera for taking to parties/ windy-hilltops-when-I've-had-far-too-much-to-drink-\cough\. Looking about, I think its gonna have to be a Canon. Why Canon specifically?…
Shadowtrees
I went for a wander in the Botanics this morning with the two D's (David+Diego). Glad to get out of the house on such a nice day, as I spent all yesterday in bed with a headache. I took some photos of…
Symbian phone hacked
Booo, someone beat me to it! Anyway, I followed the instructions here, and they worked perfectly; I can see all the private interesting folders and do pretty much anything I want to my phone now. I ca…
ipodsync python script
I am fed up with using GUIs to sync my ipod with my music database, so I hacked the attached script together this evening. It uses the python bindings of libgpod. Originally, I thought of using rsync…
St Bernards well photos
I finally got round to processing these.. They're from a few weeks ago, when St. Bernard's well was open, so we headed there with friends. Afterwards we went to the Botanics glasshouses. Hmm, my first…
Terrarium
These tiny terrariums seem kinda cool. Unfortunately, given our prior history of plant keeping, they'd die from dehydration. Or get knocked over and die. Or get hit by a tiny meteor, but survive, only…
Chinese lantern photos
I finally got round to processing my photos from the Chinese lantern festival; they're here! My first real attempt at taking photos in the dark; some are better than others! :)
Phorm, ISP monitoring, and privacy
In case someone hasn't seen this already (several people I know haven't), I thought I should pass this on. It doesn't affect me as I am not a customer of any of these ISPs. It has recently been reveal…
Crochet
I found this interesting use of crochet (scroll down for the pictures). I like the sea slugs best myself :) Oh, and this is pretty cool too: long exposure photography using flashlights. Next time we'r…