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Wow you are way younger than I thought you were. Damn. It seems like everyone here is way younger than I thought they were, must be a sign of getting old! ;)
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
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Me My Wife My Home Brew Fridge My Kayak My Ride
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Cool! You have no idea how many times in my life I've come dangerously close to building a home brew fridge with a tap on the side like you did.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
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Rob Manderson My bloghttp://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
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You might have to login to the site to see it, but I'm at the beginning of this video. http://www.kvue.com/video/fitness-index.html?nvid=169180[^] I really don't like the "weight bar" that the reporter built, I think straight sandbags are much better and more versatile for a home workout. The watermelon is cheesy too, but other then that, it's not too bad.
This blanket smells like ham
All I get is a perpetual "Loading Video..." message. How long does it take to load?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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That's a very familiar looking stretch of scenery, isn't that part of an F1 course?
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
Might be. Honestly, I don't know. It was at the border between Italy and France, right on the Mediterranean, just a few kilometres up the road from Monaco so it might have been.
Rob Manderson My bloghttp://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]
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I like the HDR shot in the cave. I liked the link to the original highest and lowest exposures, but I'm curious why the long exposure is still so dark. You say it's highly exposed, but I've experimented a bit with getting pictures inside hollow logs in the bush etc (not HDR, never tried that) and I'm guessing you could have gone a *lot* longer and got more from the black area at the far back of that cave. Is there a limit for hdr or did you want to keep the back of that cave black?
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
John Cardinal wrote:
and I'm guessing you could have gone a *lot* longer and got more from the black area at the far back of that cave. Is there a limit for hdr or did you want to keep the back of that cave black?
hehehe, yes, actually there is.... It seems my instructor and I shared the same camera model for the class on digital photography, and we both brought the remote control (RF) control for the camera so we could take long exposure. Since they both ran on the same frequency, and in a cavern were always close enough that they interfered with each other, I pocketed the remote and ran completely by the shutter button. A D70 via the shutter button had a maximum exposure of 30 seconds. I could adjust the Fstop, to wider aperature, but then I loose depth of field... so it was a careful balance of getting what I needed out of the tools at hand (not in pocket). ;) All in all I did pretty well for giving up the remote. And no, I couldn't go off his signal, because many of the exposures his triggered the big flash, mine triggered my flash, and thus the problems. I switched to manual and I could still operate for what I needed to do. But the class had to have the big flashes at a different sequence. One of these days I want to revisit a couple of places, I want a private tour of Slaughter canyon cave and lower cave, which is pretty easy, you arrange it and pay for the ranger's pay 100% for the time and travel, plus a bit of overhead. Cheap actually when I heard the cost. Some day.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Well after viewing Vikram's post of their night out. I got to wondering what do the rest of these CPians look like. So I want to know if yall have any videos or pictures that you don't mind sharing with your CP family. Here is what I have to share with yall. YouTube.com[^] By day I am a computer nerd and by night(actually I never stop being this) I am the youth director, along with my wife, at our church. The video remix is of our youth trip last year. It is all pictures because someone(me) forgot to grab the video camera before we left. I am not in many of the pictures but you can catch me in a couple with a red shirt and black hat. Well will be interesting to see some of yall in videos or pictures.
God Bless, Jason
God doesn't believe in atheist but He still loves them and INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX too.me too me too! my kids are here: http://shazware.com/pic[^] me here: http://shazware.com/me[^]
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Well after viewing Vikram's post of their night out. I got to wondering what do the rest of these CPians look like. So I want to know if yall have any videos or pictures that you don't mind sharing with your CP family. Here is what I have to share with yall. YouTube.com[^] By day I am a computer nerd and by night(actually I never stop being this) I am the youth director, along with my wife, at our church. The video remix is of our youth trip last year. It is all pictures because someone(me) forgot to grab the video camera before we left. I am not in many of the pictures but you can catch me in a couple with a red shirt and black hat. Well will be interesting to see some of yall in videos or pictures.
God Bless, Jason
God doesn't believe in atheist but He still loves them and INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX too.Here is one of me on my birthday, hence the cake. Not that I'm insinuating that I have a birthday very often outside of Code Project :laugh: Hogan
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John Cardinal wrote:
and I'm guessing you could have gone a *lot* longer and got more from the black area at the far back of that cave. Is there a limit for hdr or did you want to keep the back of that cave black?
hehehe, yes, actually there is.... It seems my instructor and I shared the same camera model for the class on digital photography, and we both brought the remote control (RF) control for the camera so we could take long exposure. Since they both ran on the same frequency, and in a cavern were always close enough that they interfered with each other, I pocketed the remote and ran completely by the shutter button. A D70 via the shutter button had a maximum exposure of 30 seconds. I could adjust the Fstop, to wider aperature, but then I loose depth of field... so it was a careful balance of getting what I needed out of the tools at hand (not in pocket). ;) All in all I did pretty well for giving up the remote. And no, I couldn't go off his signal, because many of the exposures his triggered the big flash, mine triggered my flash, and thus the problems. I switched to manual and I could still operate for what I needed to do. But the class had to have the big flashes at a different sequence. One of these days I want to revisit a couple of places, I want a private tour of Slaughter canyon cave and lower cave, which is pretty easy, you arrange it and pay for the ranger's pay 100% for the time and travel, plus a bit of overhead. Cheap actually when I heard the cost. Some day.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
One of these days I want to revisit a couple of places
Yeah I find no matter how hard I try with a picture I always want to go back and have a redo down the road. I guess because you learn so much more every time you go out.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
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All I get is a perpetual "Loading Video..." message. How long does it take to load?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
I've noticed that it does that sometimes, all I can say is that it usually clears up after a few minutes.
This blanket smells like ham
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WOW, I didn't know you lived in Austin. I work in Waco and live in Whitney.
Andy Brummer wrote:
straight sandbags
I agree.
God Bless, Jason
God doesn't believe in atheist but He still loves them and INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX too.It's just the local news. Yeah, there are quite a few Texas CPians, though none quite as famous as John.
This blanket smells like ham
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Cool! You have no idea how many times in my life I've come dangerously close to building a home brew fridge with a tap on the side like you did.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
It is so easy to do. Just take measurements and you can get the wood cut for you at Home Depot. Then all you need is a drill.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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El Corazon wrote:
One of these days I want to revisit a couple of places
Yeah I find no matter how hard I try with a picture I always want to go back and have a redo down the road. I guess because you learn so much more every time you go out.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
John Cardinal wrote:
I guess because you learn so much more every time you go out.
Life is a learning experience every day. When you stop learning, you're dead already.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
My what a nice gun you have there.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Very cool Andy, I too get excercise with a wheelbarrow but it's packing gravel to the trails we're building in the back of the property not primarily for excercise but I've sure noticed the effects of doing this for a few weeks now. The newscaster at the beginning talks like he just got his wisdom teeth removed or something. And what's that sound at the beginning when your describing the ab rollers you made, it sounds like a rattlesnake just off camera. :)
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
Yeah, you can't really see too much of it from the video, but I got the wheelbarrow to build a sandstone patio and path, though it looks like it is a little smaller scale then then one you are building. Loading it up with weight and running a few sprints with it will get you tired out pretty quick though.
This blanket smells like ham
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Thank you! This whole area I live in is pretty much entirely rain forest and it's damned hard to photograph it properly. About the only one I'm happy with is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23716568@N00/422160926/in/set-72157600625107774/[^] which makes excellent soothing wallpaper if you download the largest size and was entirely a fluke. I've experimented all summer trying to get a proper rain picture. The forest here is super mossy and deep dark green with rampant growth all over the place. It can look absolutely incredible to the naked eye and often does but I'm only just starting to learn how to photograph it properly. I'm actually looking forward to this fall and winter in the rainy season to try the stuff I've worked out this summer when it gets really gloomy and mysterious looking. This area is why the early X-Files had such an iconic look, those guys knew what they were doing.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
Wow. That picture is amazing. I set it to my desktop background and now I can't see any of my icons. :laugh: Seriously though, it's really beautiful. Those are the kinds of pictures I love the best.. so peaceful, and subtle, and calm. You mention X-Files - in fact this sort of photo is precisely what I loved about X-Files in the early years.. the show itself had the same sense as these kinds of pictures do, and it simply stimulated the most interesting parts of my mind. The Outer Limits (new series) was pretty good at setting that sort of mood as well.
The early bird who catches the worm works for someone who comes in late and owns the worm farm. -- Travis McGee
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Well after viewing Vikram's post of their night out. I got to wondering what do the rest of these CPians look like. So I want to know if yall have any videos or pictures that you don't mind sharing with your CP family. Here is what I have to share with yall. YouTube.com[^] By day I am a computer nerd and by night(actually I never stop being this) I am the youth director, along with my wife, at our church. The video remix is of our youth trip last year. It is all pictures because someone(me) forgot to grab the video camera before we left. I am not in many of the pictures but you can catch me in a couple with a red shirt and black hat. Well will be interesting to see some of yall in videos or pictures.
God Bless, Jason
God doesn't believe in atheist but He still loves them and INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX too.Since we are sharing, I recently updated my profile photo to be a pic of my wife and I from a charity ball earlier this year for Camp Quality. Open my profile to check her out... ;-)
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Wow you are way younger than I thought you were. Damn. It seems like everyone here is way younger than I thought they were, must be a sign of getting old! ;)
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
If it makes you feel better, YOU are younger than I imagined you would be...
------------------------------------------- Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just bugger off and leave me alone!!
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Wow. That picture is amazing. I set it to my desktop background and now I can't see any of my icons. :laugh: Seriously though, it's really beautiful. Those are the kinds of pictures I love the best.. so peaceful, and subtle, and calm. You mention X-Files - in fact this sort of photo is precisely what I loved about X-Files in the early years.. the show itself had the same sense as these kinds of pictures do, and it simply stimulated the most interesting parts of my mind. The Outer Limits (new series) was pretty good at setting that sort of mood as well.
The early bird who catches the worm works for someone who comes in late and owns the worm farm. -- Travis McGee
Thank you. Yeah the icons are a bit rough with that one. Those shows were both shot in and around Vancouver B.C. Canada, which is not far from here, a really good friend of mine worked for years on the X-Files. Also all the shots in the forest on Caprica in the new Battlestar Galactica were shot in the bush outside Vancouver. For anyone who lives here it's instantly recognizable. Particularly when there is some ocean and many solidly treed islands in the background which featured prominently in Battlestar Galactica many times. One of the reasons so much gets shot here is that this province, B.C. features every one of the climatic areas around the world so you can have desert, ocean, rainforest, taiga, steppes, chapparal, tundra, deciduous forests, grasslands, mountains, glaciers etc etc, you name it and it can be found somewhere here. When they moved the X-Files shooting to California for the last season it really ruined the show, the first episode I saw shot there had brilliant sunshine and it just didn't fit at all with the mood they had built up for so many years. It was super jarring. At a guess I'd say at least 10% of everything you watch on U.S. TV and movies these days is shot at least partially in this neck of the woods. I've been working on some techniques for a few months now to perfect my rainforest shots, I want to capture the gloomy misty mossiness of the forest with it's brilliant colours. I think I've hit on some good techniques, just waiting for the rainy season to start. One of the biggest problems here is that the trees are all well over 100 feet high and it took me a while to figure out how to deal with them as you can never get them entirely in a shot but there is a strong urge to do so since they are so impressive when you're standing there.
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork. - Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
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If it makes you feel better, YOU are younger than I imagined you would be...
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