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UK bill to provide photographer protection.
Interesting news that a politician is actually doing something useful for once and is trying to get a bill that basically provides more protection from police harassment to photographers taking pictures on the street. There have been several cases where people have been stopped for taking pictures in public – the silliest one being a…
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PS3 fun
So after a very long week at work I needed to relax and we’d been thinking of getting an Xbox or PS3 and playing RockBand. We tried RockBand out in Best Buy earlier this week and it seemed like fun so last night I pooled my birthday money and savings and we got this set.…
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Bad traffic
I had to go to a customer (twice) today and the second time the weather was pretty bad. What took me 20 minutes this morning took over 1hour and 20 minutes this afternoon to get back to the office. The GoogleMaps picture shows what the traffic is like now. Scarily enough, even with the fact…
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Coffee?
Kristen and I came back to our hose this afternoon and got distracted by a cafepress box that was waiting on the doorstep. We opened it and she was pleased with her “I knit….So I don’t kill people” mug and tshirt. We’re holding the coffee mug and Kristen asks me “So why did we come…
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Shrove Tuesday pancakes.
Today is Shrove Tuesday or commonly known as pancake day in the UK. A special day in the Helsby household due to the connections with the Olney pancake race that mum ran in a long time ago. Last year Dad apparently ran in his local pancake race too. This year I just tossed the pancakes…
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1099G?
I received a 1099G yesterday from Ohio but I’ve no idea what it means or what I have to do with it – I guess I’ll find out when I get around to doing my taxes. I’m still waiting for some statements from the bank before I can really start.
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I won a wallet this week.
I had a nice surprise to see that I had won week3 of Lifehack’s competition to win a dbclay wallet (worth $48). They look pretty cool so I’m really looking forward to seeing what the new one is like. I’ll be posting pictures when it arrives. They have another round this week so hurry up…
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Flickr Southern Theatre Tour
I had a really good time at the Southern Theater yesterday with the Flickr Group – I think there was about 50-60 people there so you had to be careful about who you were stepping in front of but it was fun. I’ve not captioned the 60 photo’s I am in the process of uploading…
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Photography workflow.
I think my daily picture taking process should get a bit easier now. Up until now I’ve been ejecting the compact flash, SD or XD card from the camera and then putting it in the card reader. However tonight I plugged the Canon into the usb cable and saw it come up as a mobile…
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My first ski session.
A bunch of us from work are going skiing tonight – it starts at 10pm and finishes at 3am (and then we have a 45 min drive home). I’m really looking forward to it as I’ve never been skiing before. Always wanted to go but it probably wouldn’t have been as much fun on my…
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