Browsers
I seem to have fixed my rendering problems with IE6, but for some reason I can’t get my embedded Animoto video to show in that browser. Grumble. One interesting statistic from Google Analytics is that Firefox is by far the …
Category: Ramblings
Brain dumps
Internet Explorer Woes
I just discovered that my home page doesn’t render properly in Internet Explorer 6. I don’t use Internet Explorer at all and the only Windows system I use regularly runs IE7, so I hadn’t noticed. So I guess it’s time …
Animoto
Today I discovered Animoto, an online service that produces something rather special – slideshows from your photographs that aren’t boring. It couldn’t be easier to use. You upload some images, select (or upload) some music and away it goes, analysing …
Not very popular in Wyoming?
Wyoming
I was showing someone Google Analyitics yesterday, and when I pulled up the Map Overlay screen and drilled down to the USA I saw this. For the last month I’ve had hits from every single United State except one. Now …
Space Navigator
Space Navigator
I added a new gadget to my desktop last week – a Space Navigator. For those with an interest in obscure old gaming controllers, it’s a bit like a desk-mounted SpaceOrb – a little puck that you can push and …
DIY Radio Shutter Release
As I’m primarily a lightpainter, I do a lot of work in dark studios, and as a result, trip over things a lot. In an effort to reduce this laughter-inducing behaviour I built a radio shutter release for my camera. …
Lightpainting Tutorial
I’ve been meaning to write up a lightpainting tutorial for a while now, but didn’t really think it was worthwhile without some behind-the-scenes example shots – so when I was in the studio shooting this image of Jay last Friday, …
Albumen
I’ve decided to have a go at making some albumen prints, so I spent the evening breaking eggs and separating the white from the yolk. Having witnessed the fate of a good dozen of its fellows, one egg made a …
Klutz
Went out shooting 5×4 with McInnes at the weekend and managed, with some skill, to tip my KMZ Horizon out of my camera bag onto the only piece of concrete for miles. It’s externally unmarked, but sadly no longer works. …
First Post…
After much procrastination, and occasional battles with PHP, I finally gave up and installed WordPress here. All I have to do now is remember to update it semi-regularly.