Quentin Stafford-Fraser's blog
One should always have something sensational to read on the net...
Here's a list of actors, who have something in common:
What ties them together?
They all acted in Star Trek.
And they were all born in the 19th century.
I think that's quite cool.
Thanks to this page for the info.
Mmm. I guess that particular (plain white) plate shouldn't have gone into the microwave after all...
(We have hi-tech bike sheds at the Computer Lab.)
Autumn is definitely here.
Today I went go-karting at Rye House. This is something I've done before, once, almost exactly a third of a century ago. I remember the year because my older step-brothers had to lie about my age to get me in to the track!
I've been karting a few times in the intervening years, but never in weather conditions which were as bad - that is to say, as much fun - as today! I think I've been on windsurfing trips which involved less water. We all got completely soaked and had a wonderful time.
Oh, and it made for some nice photos, too!
Many thanks to Ray Gordon for organising the trip.
Those of us with a firm belief in the scientific method need to read this Economist article about how easily it can fall short of its ideals.
The good news is that this is being brought to light... In fact, I would propose the term Metascience, if nobody has already coined it, to describe this kind of work: the application of the scientific method to the scientific method!
I was telling Rose about a small photographic accessory that plugged into the hotshoe.
"The what?"
"The hotshoe."
"That's what it's called? I thought you sneezed."
This is St Mary’s church in Saffron Walden, and I love the contrast of dark and light. Doesn’t it look as if it might be floodlit? But that’s all natural light, on a somewhat overcast day. Larger versions here.
More experiments with my new Fuji X-Pro1 this evening. This is a fairly ordinary landscape shot, but I'm pleased with it because there was very little light, it was hand-held (with a monopod) at 1/9 sec on ISO 1000, and it was raining slightly.
Click for a larger version.
Parking in our street used to be a free-for-all, but they've added some double yellow lines now.
