Watch out for drunken idiots, it's Adidas who sent a boot into my camera, obviously needing to be in a group as he has the balls of a bunny rabbit. I feel when him (or his parents) get hit with a money order for a £400 lens and potentially a £400 camera their jaws will instantly drop in court.

Protip; don't assault the guy who has mugshots of you and is bringing them in on tuesday on both analogue (high quality photo paper) and digital (CD) media to the central police station where I'll be asked to give a full statement. Hopefully they have a mugshot of him already the fecking menace; facial recog software will have him in seconds.

Who can think of a better attraction than a creeper to blowing you up? Protip: take screenshots of creepers with diamond sword at the ready. Otherwise they blow up.

#ProTip: When working in close quarters, consider using a fisheye lens to capture more of the scene, creating a more dynamic image.

Captured by Olympus Visionary Frank T. Smith with the OM-D E-M1 Mark II and the M.ZUIKO 8mm f1.8 Fisheye PRO.

Please extinguish all flaming compost before placing in bin. #ProTip

Got a long, cold, grueling ride in on a short winter day. For the record, it's not ALWAYS sunny in The Dalles. Route: ridewithgps.com/routes/3470632

I went to the 17th annual Burg Bieren Bierfeest in Ermelo.

Protip: Next time, do a double check on spelling, before printing signs.

Here's a great protip: enamel paint burns, and thin copper melts. Hold the twisted wires in lighter fire for a few seconds and the enamel will burn away, leaving a welded copper bond.

A multimeter resistor bank.

MacSimski assisted me with lighting, equipment and protips.

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#Protip: Compose your photographs with minimal, leading lines for a clean shot.

Captured by Jose Antonio Araujo with an OM-D E-M5 Mark II and the M.ZUIKO 12-40mm f2.8 lens.

ProTip: If you're going to donate food this holiday season, please make sure it came from this decade. This box predates 1990 - Kraft has owned the brand since then, and this box had a General Foods logo on it. Other hints = the prominence of the "Microwave Directions" (who highlights that anymore?), and the top of the box had a price point with the cents sign. Oy.

Lens: Lucifer VI

Film: Blanko Noir

WHAT THE HELL!!!!

I went to college, majored in graphic design... and was never told about the use of [ or ] in photo shop.... well I will just end my life by choking on custom brushes since that was all they tough me. D=

PROTIP: This makes a great desktop background. He'll take over the world, one screen at at time.

And now to follow - 8 weeks of hell.

I broke my finger last Monday and it is the most annoying thing that has ever happened to me. First it was the week of pain, now its this. A splint that has to hold my finger in a hyper extended position for 8 weeks. Because I didn't just break a bone, I broke off the piece of bone that attaches the tendon to my finger. In the week since doing this - that bone has actually moved further away from where it was supposed to be. So now I have this splint that causes constant discomfort and is a major source of frustration as I'm supposed to try and use my finger normally - because if I don't I will either lose ROM, or constantly holding it up will end up causing severe pain in the tendons up my arm from straining so much to lift it.

I'm just a little frustrated right now. Pity party at my place - bring your own ice cream.

/end rant

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go tape a plastic bag over my hand so I can have a shower.

#Protip: Always make your #Backups!

PROTIP: Filia is the closest thing we have to a "main character."

Protip: I like topping my mojitos with Fresca rather than boring soda water. It's lovely.

Here you can start too see the swirls in the M79 and the details of the coreburners

Protip: Duct tape does not repair windows.

Protip: You can get in for free via 15ish miles of doubletrack

Protip:

If you catch this guy roaming the halls of the convention, get him to "squaaa!" for you. It's precious :)

#protip: Stop grating your sweet potato just *before* you hit your fingers. #paleo bit.ly/183Z7XX

Focus protip: put something deep in the foreground, so you can be certain at least some of it's in focus.

Protip: If you go on a four hour hike at three pm, remember that its dark by six pm. Thanks daylight savings time. Bring a flashlight. Getting lost in the middle of the Georgia wilderness, with nothing but the light of a cell phone screen to lead the way really, really sucks. Especially when you didnt deem it necessary to charge the phone the night before.

A multimeter resistor bank.

MacSimski assisted me with lighting, equipment and protips.

Someone recently asked me about #paleo and #bulletproofcoffee... the answer is YES! Here's how I like it: 8oz of hot #coffee (I like @Starbucks House Blend via my @Keurig), 1 tbsp #Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter (unsalted), and 1 tbsp Nutiva Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. Throw it all in my #MagicBullet blender for 15-20 secs or until it has a smooth froth on top. Pour and enjoy! Grass-fed butter really matters because corn or soy-fed cows don’t make butter with the same fats. Those butters don’t blend well, don’t taste good, and don’t make you feel #Bulletproof! #Protip: Pre heat your blender bottle to stop things cooling down. ift.tt/1ji8ezv

PROTIP: Put your food-selling establishment right outside an exhibition hall diametrically opposed to its purpose

Protip: it no longer suns after a certain amount of hours, each day.

You can see a few offerings skulking around the edges of the photo, as well. Protip: don't eat any food you see lying around unattended at Buddhist temples.

Patricia Trijbits is the brains behind 'Where The Pancakes Are' - a pancake centric popup that has turned carbloading into some kind of religious ritual. I was invited to go down and find where the pancakes are (protip: they're currently at The Proud Archivistâ¦but not for much longer!). It is all very scenic and located by the Regents Canal, though I showed up on a bloody freezing Friday evening, so you couldn't really see all that much asides from light reflecting off of the water (which was also kinda cool)

So yeah - what's the big deal about pancakes, you ask? Good point - these are no ordinary crepes, or American style stacks. Oh no. They are 'Buttermilk Buckwheat Pancakes' - made using a blend of buckwheat flower, buttermilk and uhâ¦other stuff. These are, on their own, the best tasting pancakes I've ever had. Each one of them, if you were to take away the topping, is rich, creamy and thick, but not in the indigestion inspiring manner of the buckwheat pancakes I used to make at home. With the perilously placed topping they are almost entirely impossible to eat, which is part of the fun.

I tried a few different flavours, both sweet and savoury. For an idea of flavour combinations, think some topped with kumquat and Cointreau cream, or another topped with oak smoked salmon, chives, hollandaise, asparagus and red amaranth. Some seriously fkn gastro pancake shit going down here. They also do small stacks for children - tiny discerning children. With all the flavours on offer, I can't imagine pancake lovers not losing their shit completely over at least one of these.

Patricia, is an affable and outgoing woman with an unusual accent I eventually work out is Dutch. She told me about her experience of growing up in the 'pancake heavy' culture of Holland. The idea for WTPA supposedly was inspired by a trip to France (I think Britanny) - where the locals are very keen on enjoying their pancakes with a cold glass of cider. To this end she also seems to have some deal with Aspall Cyder because there are bottles of it everywhere. Ever had the 'Grand Cru'? It's bodacious.

She apparently has plans to start a restaurant (possibly in Fitzrovia) in the near future. If Patricia keeps or improves upon this level of quality, WTPA are gonna do very well indeed!

#protip when selecting carpet: more is better

My small stash of prototypes.

After taking the bus down into Devil's Postpile NM (no cars are allowed unless you're camping or have a boat) we hiked out to the postpile. Of course, hiking to the postpile takes all of 10 minutes so we decided to continue on toward Rainbow Falls--3 miles further up the trail.

Protip: If you want to hike both Rainbow Falls AND the Postpile it is best to start at Red's Meadow OR Rainbow Falls Trailhead (both of which the bus will drop you off at). Hike down to the falls and then take the foot path to the postpile. This will save you the aggravating climb back up to Red's Meadow.

Sixty-nine minutes (Yes, an hour, nine minutes) on hold with Verizon.

My neck was getting tired, so I put the phone down, unmuted my microphone, and placed it on the earpiece, so I can rest for a minute.

Attention, Businesses: It's sad when you make your customers do this.

It's even sadder still when you make them sit and outwait the hold music, and hope their phone's battery does not die. If you know it's going to take this long, here's an idea:

Dedicate two queues to the cause:

Queue 1 takes callers already on hold.

Allow callers who have waited at least a half hour to leave their phone number, and a brief message as to what they want.

Queue 2 goes through, and calls people out of that particular queue, so as to, uhm...

Let users who are waiting go use the restroom, cook dinner, eat, shower, something?

Either way... this sucks.

UPDATE: The timer on the phone got up to 88:31, while I called again on my Sprint phone (I wub yuu, Sprint) to see what the hell was going on.

The first number said it was closed, call back tomorrow.

So I called the Repair office, and began ranting.

The guy was apologizing off the bat, when I told him just how long I've been on hold.

ProTip: If you are running an automated system, and your office runs the risk of closing with people on hold, try injecting messages in every five minutes, about 30 minutes before you close, and don't let new people enter the queue after you close. It just serves to piss people off. TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE QUEUE.

Do not just leave them there and go home!

Jesus.

Protip: Do NOT take a lighter to a pile of solid rocket fuel.

Don't ask how I (or cyan2004) know this

Keith's GT wing is so jammin' that it almost broke my hand.

Protip: Upgrade your 350z hatch struts if you put a huge wing on it...or don't be a dumbass and leave your hand around the hatch area when its open.