WOW – obvious with hindsight!
Month: September 2017
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Berries shining in the sun.
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In the advert they boast about the “smart” owl.
Have you noticed it’s eyes?
A truly smart owl (and any pilot) will know that the coloured navigation lights are standardised and red should be on the left/port and green should be on the right/starboard.
Previously I was using a Timbuk2 Messenger – which was HUGE! The main problem was I would always try and fill it! I decided to downsize. I may have gone too small but this is what I’m using at the moment: an Olympus Mini Messenger bag.
As I said this is really close to the minimum I can get away with carrying.
- In the right hand side of the main compartment I have my Olympus Pen-F with 17mm lens, spare battery and the provided external flash.
- In the left hand side I have my sunglasses (optomist) and my reading glasses (getting old)
- In the back, between the back of the bag and the camera padding insert is just enough room for a Kindle Paperwhite (gives a good idea of the dimensions of the bag)
- In the slash pocket at the front I have a spare memory card, train ticket and security pass for work.
The bag is working great for me at the moment – my only reservations are: you really need to make sure the clasp is closed (could be just because I have it FULL) and I have no space for an umbrella.
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View from my office today.
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View from my office just now.
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When I last changed Gas and Electricity supplier I got a “free” smart meter. No more meter readings to be sent in, instant display of your consumption and costs – fantastic!
I have just changed provider again and shock horror my existing smart meter is not compatible with my new provider! I will need to get another “free” smart meter.
In all the adverts for switching, they make a big point about it being the same gas coming down the same pipes so it’s no big deal to switch. However, surely it’s the same data going up the same “wires”? What this is indicating is that the national roll out of smart meters obviously didn’t have any standards in place to ensure that each providers smart meter systems used the same data in the same format to ensure interoperability.
<irony>At least the smart meters are “free”, with their costs coming out of the company’s profits and not being covered by increases to my bill.</irony>
Nothing groundbreaking here but new to me.
I knew about is technology but I had never seen it in the one package before.
Plugging an SD card into a USB dongle and shoving it into your computer is hardly an innovation. Your phone also has a USB port in it but it needs to be an “On The Go” or OTG device in order for your phone to recognise it.
I have just found this:
This allows me to grab the SD card from my camera, use this, transfer the images to my phone (yes I do prefer to use a real camera rather than a camera phone) and then process and upload them to where they need to be.
This little beauty (when I purchased it from Amazon) was only £6.99.
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Favourite Photos – August 2017
Various photos from my birthday weekend away.
Saltburn by the sea – helicopter monitoring a cliff rescue.
Whitby – starting to get wet and wild, one of the last photos of the day – never made it to the end of the pier – maybe next time.
Steam Train – uncoupling at Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway.