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Hej FRA
06:32
bq.. Hej FRA!
Det finns ingen anledning att läsa min blogg. Jag har ingenting att göra med al-Takfir wa al-Hijra, Hizbollah eller Hizb al-Mujahidin. Jag har aldrig gjort Shahada eller tillverkat en bilbomb, jag vet knappt ens vad Al Manar betyder. Men tack för visat intresse!
PS. Terroristattacker kommer knappast att planeras över okrypterade mail. Sabba FRA-lagen på www.hejfra.se
Den store vite jägaren, eller hur en stadsbo tog sig ut i skogen
09:11
Första drevet. Jag har fått mina instruktioner – när drevet börjar höras skall jag knipa käft, när skytten säger till eller ser ut att ha spanat in djuret skall jag sitta absolut stilla ända tills första skottet går, efter det spelar det ingen roll om jag så vill sjunga och dansa. Det känns spännande, geväret ser överraskande litet ut. Jag ställer in kamerans skärpa färdigt till skytteavståndet och kollar ljuset – jag vill inte missa.
Plötsligt brakar det till i skogen framför. Varje muskel i kroppen spänner sig och jag glömmer nästan att andas. Lyfter försiktigt upp kameran framför ansiktet. Minuterna går, fem, tio, kanske t.o.m. längre. Jag skrattar åt tanken att jag – ett prima exemplar av internetgenerationen som blir frustrerad när webbsidan laddar längre än 5 sekunder – knappast suttit stilla så här länge sen jag slutade gömma mig under bordet när jag gjort något hyss.
Sen kommer drevet fram ur skogsbrynet, inga älgar här. Men hoppet lever tack vare prasslet. Vid samlingen efteråt spekuleras det om djuret. Antagligen var det en hjort eller ett rådjur, det lät så litet. Kaffetermosarna kommer fram ur ryggväskorna medan man väntar att alla kommer ut ur skogen…
Magic in Google Reader
09:56
Being a subscriber to a plethora of photo blogs, I was very pleased when I recently learned that Google Reader was equipped with a feature to give a lesser preference to “spamming” (i.e. frequently updating) streams by choosing the Sort by Auto, thus diminishing the urge to use the “Mark all as read” button when the reading list grows to numbers uncomprehensible to all but the most brilliant mathematicians in world history.
It was almost like magic, and it seems Google now thinks so too.
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Radion tekstitystä odotellessa
07:11
Kuulin juuri radiomainoksen, siinä mainittiin lopuksi verkko-osoite zodiac.fi. Tai siis, niin minä luulin. Todellisuudessa mainostettu osoite taisi kuitenkin olla zodiak.fi, ainakin mainoksen tyylilajista päätellen, en minä sitä niin tarkkaan kuunnellut ja kofeiinikin kohisi korvissa.
Ongelmallinen tilanne tietysti noin läheiset verkko-osoitteet, kun K-kirjain ei po. sanassa lausuttaessa eroa C-kirjaimesta. Ehkä sitten olisi ollut erottuvampaa mikäli valittu ylätason verkkotunnus olisi ollut jokin muu kuin .fi, tai isäntänimelle annettu etuliite.
Ainakin radiota varten.
Digitalize your favourite film camera
15:47
What if you could pick up that old gear you used to love photographing with, but just can’t be bothered to use because of the hassle of using film over digital? Surely a thought that has crossed the minds of many of us who think that all that really was essential in a camera body had already peaked by the late 70’s.
Well, there was actually an attempt at a concept enabling you to do just that. Back in 1998 a company called Imagek (later Silicon Film) introduced a digital film concept.
Dpreview hosts an article, dated 1999, containing images of a prototype and the specs. A digital film cassette than can store 24 images, designed to fit common professional and prosumer camera bodies and equipped with a sensor boasting a whopping 1.3 megapixels!
A post on photo.net from 2004 includes a brochure like image for yet another prototype mockup. The thread also contains a good summation describing the general atmosphere surrounding the project:
It isnt vaporware; more like no taxes; peace in the middle east; the 100MPG carburetor; the paperless office or paperless bathroom; a woman who has only one pair of shoes; kids who dont ask for money; etc.
Whether or not it was ever more than a joke is hard to say, but, sadly, this dream will probably never be a reality.
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