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The road junction for the narrow road to Inverlussa (foreground) and the main A846 which can be seen crossing the Lussa River looking South.
Isle of Jura.
November 18 2013.
"Remote control me rightRemote control me leftRemote control me rightRemote control meManipulate me hereManipulate me downManipulate me upManipulate me"
Remote Control (me) - Electric Six
St Bartholomew, Sloley, Norfolk
In this wild area of remote villages with churches in wild graveyards, where narrow lanes wind through fields and woodlands, St Bartholomew is a clean-lined church in a neat, trim, bowling green of a graveyard. I couldn't help wondering if this was because it sits so close to the railway, and perhaps the bourgeois spirit of Norwich has made its way down the line from that fine city. That said, the south side of the churchyard has been left as a nature conservation area, so here we have the best of both worlds.
The anatomy of this church is a complex one, and the building is best seen first from the east, as you do from the train. Here, we see that the tower is at the west end of a long, low north aisle. The high, broad nave stands to the south-east of the tower, and beyond it there is a short south aisle. The development is slightly clouded, because the 19th century restoration here was so rigorous, but the dripcourse of a higher structure survives on the east face of the tower, and the part of the building that shows its age the most is the south aisle, and so it is possible to make a judgement about what has happened here.
The north aisle is on the site of the original Norman church. The tower was built at its west end in the early part of the 14th century, and then the Black Death intervened. A century later, a vast clerestoried new church was built to the south of the old one, which was then demolished, and replaced with a new north aisle beyond an arcade. Finally, on the eve of the Reformation, a south aisle was added.
In the early part of the 19th century, St Bartholomew was refurnished, probably before the major restoration. The furnishings were considered good enough by the Victorians to remain, and so we are left with a good example of a pre-Tractarian plain and simple evangelical interior. It is a good reminder that the 19th century revival in the Church of England did not begin with the Oxford Movement in the 1830s, but a good thirty years or so earlier with the so-called Clapham sect - indeed, John Henry Newman, one of the architects of the Anglo-catholic movement, had grown up and learned his faith in an evangelical revivalist family.
Such a homely, neat setting then, for one of the great treasures of medieval Norfolk. This is Sloley's seven sacrament font, an example of the first rank. Although it bears a resemblance to those at Burgh-next-Aylsham and Brooke, it is finer than either of these. The font at Seething was probably recut by the Victorians using this one as a model. As at Burgh, the stem is set on the symbols of the four evangelists, not lions as Pevsner claims.
One of the remarkable things about Sloley font is its condition. It has been carefully repaired, but not much recut. No font I know has such characterful figures, such apparent movement. Simply, the people on the Sloley font look alive.The extra panel, facing east, is the Baptism of Christ. Look at the expression on the bearded Christ's face as the water is poured over him! Heading clockwise from the east, the panels represent ordination, matrimony (a deacon performing the ceremony), baptism (the font recut, the infant about to be totally immersed), Mass (an odd one - the most repaired. Did the Priest originally face towards the altar?), confirmation (of a group of children, including infants), confession (in a shriving pew) and last rites, with quite a crowd around the bed!
The font is the star of the show, but there is some good early 20th century glass by Powell & Sons in the west window depicting Justice, Charity and Fortitude, the figure of Charity apparently made from Henry Holiday's earlier cartoon for the workshop. A roughly contemporary heraldic shield has been squeezed uncomfortably into the east window, and there is an inlay for what would have been a priest's chalice brass in the south aisle. The second hand bookstall is one of the best in the area, and, after a browse, outside is a pleasant place to sit for a while in the sunshine, the birds singing, the occasional train passing not far off.
Gunman F6F Hellcat WWII plane.
Stopped by the remote controlled airfield for short time for the first time in quite a while. A friend of mine was flying a few of the 31 planes he owns. Only got photos of 2 of them while there, the first two red ones and the last six photos here. Fun watching how skillful these pilots are doing aerial maneuvers, takeoffs and landings. I always send any photos I take for them to post on their club site. Sorry for so many photos, just saving to my album. :-)
The late nineteenth century Hotel Connor in Jerome, Arizona. According to what I've read, in the 21st century it has returned to being quite a good hotel.
I believe that is the early twentieth century silent film theater, the Liberty, behind the Connor.
The idea behind this was something along the lines of, guy finds a remote control that controls absolutely every electrical thing, then uses it to drive another man insane.
However, thanks to the ever so lovely uni deadlines, it ended up just being an animation of a guy finding a remote control in some box and finding it fascinating that it controls a blender and some DVD players. w00t....
This was finished over a period of 3 days where it's all I did (the half with the conversation and walk in was done over 2 weeks, ages ago). It's so jerky as I didn't have time to do all the frames I needed to. I finished it off this morning after getting just 2 hours sleep inbetween filming it, then charging the battery of my camera after an hour.
The sound isn't great quality... but I'm no studio lady. The voices are done by Matt Dayton (he is not mattness) as he is a great voice person of great voice ways, I shall be bugging him to do it again :P. Unfortunately I had to use my own voice at times when putting all the sound in this morning as the whooole animation is basically completely different to my script as they didn't give us enough time to do both animations well AND the essay.
*breaths*
Oh yeah, sorry it's orange and just photographed, I had no time to scan it and photoshop it either.
Ah ok, it's generally just piss poor... but here, you can watch it anyway :P
Plus, how many times does that guy morph into someone else in just a minute? XD
December 26th, 2023... Where is the snow??!! CPKC 100-23 the Vancouver IMS, BC to Toronto Yard/Vaughan IMS, ON intermodal takes the siding at "CPKC Marathon" on the Heron Bay Subdivision. Its Boxing Day and where is the snow??!! Instead its been above zero and plenty of rain/sleet/freezing rain thanks to a Colorado Low sweeping across Lake Superior.
CP ES44AC 8900 is on the headend with KCS 4683 as mid train remote and CP 8100 on the tailend of this 9638' train. 122623
rewired the charger pads directly to the +/- of the lipo. added a reedswitch so the pads only have power if a strong magnet is present. so i can safely handle the remote even in saltwater without shorting the battery. to charge it i use a lipo charger which is doing a much better job then the crappy builtin charging circuit.
The remote mounted in an old Mini-Disk box and connected without extension to my Canon EOS 350D.
* If you press the first button, the camera does all the metering and focus.
* Keeping the metering button pressed and pressing the second button takes the shot. (you can also do manual bulb with that button)
* The switch is used long exposure in bulb mode. You can switch it on and go away, the shutter will close when you switch it off.
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This is a homemade EOS remote control, to take shot from a distance and use it as bulb.
It's based on this schema and should have the similar functionality as a RS-60E3.
The cost is virtually null except for the connectors (see the note on the photos) as you need a 2.5mm connector which is not very standard.
The material used is:
- 1 switch and 2 buttons all already soldered on the front of a cannibalized VCR (power switch+two control buttons) FREE
- 1 3.5mm jack from an old pair of earphones FREE
- 1 2.5mm male to 3.5mm female jack connector, ~3.5£/6.5$
- optionally a 3.5 jack extension (2m) lead, ~2£
The connectors where found at a normal "media" shop that sells CDs, earphones, etc...
TV Remote Control in the circles of Secular Jews seem ubiquitous as a Mezuzah for Orthodox Jews
Each Mezuzah contains the parchment of Hear O Israel... with the TV Remote Control Israel may Watch TV as well as Hear it.
RC pistol controler, build for the White Ice. It can be controle with 1 or 2 hands.
With the small stick on the back the steering can be controled by the thumb.
Controler is based on LegOscar's pistol controler.
Remote sensing was performed, using magnetometers and radar to “see” below the ground’s surface – allowing Dr. King and her team to anticipate features that might be missed from shovel testing alone.
34x22" map with 1" grid, compatible with Star Wars Miniatures.
Illustrated for Armored Cartographers (www.adventurers-atlas.com) in 2011.
Inspired by the Clone Wars cartoon episode "Rookies"
Hinxhill is a small village in the shadow of Wye down. I say a village, its a couple of houses and the Hinxhill Estate, which you can't see from the road.
St Mary has been a church I have wanted to see inside for many years, and I have never found it open. But for this Heritage weekend, I had high hopes.
And I wasn't disappointed.
St Mary has a very fine 17th century memorial on the wall, two nice figures on it, and as well as some nice Victorian glass, the light coming in at just gone four in the afternoon made photography perfect.
One of those visits you remember for the lights, so a church well worth waiting for to visit.
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Remote and peaceful Hinxhill is the archetypal country church. Almost all dating from the 13th century, the narrow north aisle is a typical give way – designed to be used as a processional space without benches. The lovely lancet windows, with trefoil headed tops are small and low whilst the north chapel has one with a rere-arch, a sign of wealth in the latter 13th century. The odd chancel screen is dated to the 17th century and the woodwork of the pulpit is probably of that date too. The stained glass is Victorian and mostly by the Scottish firm of Ballantyne – a catalogue of changing fashion. The south chancel window of Christ weeping is particularly good. The fine Royal Arms is one of several in Kent by Marten of Tenterden and well worth a look. To the north of the chancel is a seventeenth century tomb with good effigies and skulls beneath – which legend says was walled up with plaster for two hundred years before being re displayed by the Victorians. In the vestry is a delightful piece of continental glass of probable seventeenth century date.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Hinxhill
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HINXHILL,
USUALLY called Hinexsell, and in very antient times written Hengestelle, is the next parish eastward from Kennington. The manor of Bilsington claims over a great part of this parish.
HINXHILL is an obscure parish, but little known, and having very little traffic through it. The village consists of only four or five houses, one of which, is the principal farm-house of Sir John Honywood's estate here, and another the parsonage. It stands on high ground, with the church on the west side of it. The antient mansion stood close to the south-west corner of the church-yard, having a fine prospect over the adjoining country. The kitchen is all that remains of it now, being made use of as an oast and stowages for hops. Not far from the church, northward, are Great and Little Plumpton, the former was for some time the residence of the Andrew's, the latter of the Whitwick's. Below the hill from the village to the north and west, it is a deep and most unpleasant country, the soil a stiff clay, with much boggy ground, especially westward, where it is joined by the river Stour. About the village it it tolerable fertile land, but southward there is much sand, mixed with the quarry or rag stone.
A fair is held here yearly on the Saturday in Whitsun-week, for toys and pedlary.
In the year 1727, a species of subterraneous fire was taken notice of in the valley between Goodcheape in this parish and Wye. This fire began in a marshy field, on the side of a little brook, near the water, and continued to burn along its bank without spreading much for some days; afterwards it appeared on the other side, and extended itself for the space of some acres over the field, consuming all the earth where it burnt into red ashes, quite down to the springs, which in most places lay four feet and more deep. In the space of about six weeks it had consumed about three acres of ground, at which time it burnt in many places, and sent forth a great smoak and a strong smell very like that of a brick-kiln; but it never flamed, except when the earth was turned and stirred up. For some space where it was burnt the ground felt hot, though the grass seemed no more parched than might be reasonably expected from the dryness and heat of the season. In several places where the earth was turned up, it was found to be hot and wet near four feet deep, and much hotter about two feet deep than nearer the surface; and when this earth was exposed to the air, though it was very moist, and not hotter than might be easily borne by the hand, yet the heat of it increased so fast, that in a few minutes it was all over on fire, like phosphorus made with allum and flour. The soil of the field is of the same nature with that the turs is made of in Holland. The surface of it is always wet, except in extreme dry seasons; but this season it was somewhat more parched and harder than usual. It was difficult to carry any of this away, on account of its firing; one piece in particular firing in the pocket of one who was bringing it away, had almost burnt its way through before it was perceived. (fn. 1)
In the stone-quarry by Swatfield-bridge, at the southern boundary of this parish, as well as in many of the rag-stones about the adjoining parishes of Sevington and Willesborough, is found the ostracites stone, very large; and on a rag-stone at Lacton, in the latter parish, the flat shell of one measured eight inches diameter; and the late Mr. Thorpe, of Bexley, had two in his possession, very large and fair, with the convex parts entirely filled up with solid stone, which were given to his father, Dr. Thorpe, by the earl of Winchelsea.
ONE ÆTHELFERH, a servant of the abbot of St. Augustine's monastery, about the year 864, by will gave the land of Hengesteselle, which was a parish, as Thorne says in his Chronicle, contiguous to that of Willesborough northward, to that monastery; but Hugo de Montfort, in the time of the Conqueror, got possession of it, in spite of all the efforts of the monks to oppose it: and accordingly this estate seems to have been thus entered in the survey of Domesday as follows, among his possessions:
In Langebrige hundred, Gislebert holds of Hugo one yoke, which a certain Sochman held of king Edward. It is and was worth four shillings. There was nothing there nor is.
Of Etwelle, which Herbert the son of Ivo, holds without the division of Hugo, he himself holds fourteen acres of land within his division, and it is worth two shillings.
And still further in the same record, under the like title, is the following entry, which evidently relates to his possessions, part of, or at least adjoining to those before-mentioned:
In Langebrige hundred. In the same hundred, is one rood of land in Suestone, which one Sochman held of king Edward. There is now one borderer paying twelve pence. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth thirty pence, and afterwards eighteen, now three shillings.
Robert de Montfort, grandson of Hugo above-mentioned, having afterwards incurred the displeasure of king Henry II. all his estates, and these among them, them, came into the king's hands, after which it appears that THE MANOR OF HINXHILL, with that of SWATFORD, alias SWATFIELD, was afterwards held by the family of Strabolgie, earls of Athol; but Alexander Baliol, lord of Chilham, became possessed of them at the latter end of king Henry III.'s reign, in right of Isabel his wife, widow of David de Strabolgie, earl of Athol, and held them, by the courtesy of England, during her life, she having been, on the death of her brother Richard de Dover, s.p. become entitled to them for her life, the inheritance of them belonging to John, earl of Athol, her son by her former husband, as heir to her brother before-mentioned. At length they descended down to David, earl of Athol, who died in the 49th year of king Edward III. leaving two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, the eldest, married to Sir Thomas Percy, a younger son of Henry, lord Percy, and Philippa to John Halsham, of Halsham, in Sussex; the latter of whom, by her father's will, became entitled to these manors. At length her grandson Sir Hugh Halsham, in the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign, passed them away, in the 3d year of that reign, to Sir Robert Scott, lieutenant of the tower of London, brother of Sir William Scott, of Braborne, and afterwards of Scotts-hall, whose only daughter and heir Alice, marrying William Kempe, nephew to cardinal archbishop Kempe, he, in her right, became entitled to them; but his grandson Sir William Kempe, about the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign, alienated them to Browning; from which family, about the reign of queen Elizabeth, they were alienated to Robt. Edolph, esq. son of Robert Edolph, of Brenset, and brother of Simon Edolph, of St. Radigunds, who bore for his arms, Ermine, on a bend, sable, three cinquesoils, argent, (fn. 2) who afterwards resided at Hinshill court, as did his son Sir Robert Edolph, who kept his shrievalty here in the 6th year of king James I. but his son Robert Edolph, esq. dying s.p. in 1631, gave these manors of Hinxhill and Swatford, together with the court leet of the half hundred of Longbridge, by will to Cecilia his wife, for her life, or so long as she continued unmarried; but she afterwards remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, of Reading, forfeited her interest in them, upon which they came to Mr. Samuel Edolph, her former husband's next brother, who some years afterwards conveyed them to his brother in-law Mr. John Angel, of Surry, for the more effectual performance of his will; and he, sometime after the death of king Charles I. passed them away to Edward Choute, esq. of Bethersden, who afterwards resided at Hinxhill-court, as did his son Sir George Choute likewise, who was succeeded in them by his son George Choute, esq. who was created a baronet in 1684. He pulled down this mansion, and removed to Bethersden, where he died s.p. in 1721, (fn. 3) having devised these manors by will to Edward Austen, esq. of Tenterden, afterwards baronet, who sold them not long afterwards to Sir William Honywood, bart. of Evington, who died possessed of them in 1748, and his direct descendant Sir John Honywood, bart. of Evington, is the present possessor of these manors.
The courts baron for the manors of Hinxhill and Swatford, have been for some time disused; and the court leet for the half hundred of Longbridge has been for several years past held by the constable of it, solely for the appointment of a successor in his office, as will be further taken notice of hereafter.
WALTHAM is a place here, which was once accounted a manor, and antiently belonged to the family of Criol, from whom it went by marriage into that of Rokesle, and thence again in like manner to the family of Poynings, in which it continued till Sir Edward Poynings, governor of Dover castle, and lord warden, dying possessed of it anno 14 Henry VIII. 1522, not only without legitimate issue, but even without any collateral kindred, who could make claim to his estates, this manor, among others, escheated to the crown, whence it was immediately afterwards granted to Sir Richard Damsell, who not long after passed it away to Goldhill; as he did about the latter end of queen Elizabeth's reign, to Mr. Robert Edolph, of Hinxhillcourt; since which it has passed in like manner as the manor of Hinxhill before-described, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the present possessor of it.
GOODCHEAPES, as it is now called, but more properly Godchepes, is an estate in the northern part of this parish, which for a series of many generations had owners of that surname, one of whom, Thomas Godchepe, as appears by the inquisition taken after his death, died possessed of it in the 31st year of king Edward I. and in his name and descendants it remained fixed until the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign, and then it came by the will of one of them, named also Thomas Godchepe, after the limitation of it, to several different persons, who were become extinct without issue, to the last person mentioned in remainder in the will, Mr. John Barrow. The circumstances of which bequest is thus related: Mr. John Barrow, being an attorney, was called upon to make the will of Thomas Godchepe, and by his direction inserted the names of eight persons, who were to succeed each other in the inheritance of this estate in tail, and being asked by Barrow, whom he should add more, he was answered by the testator, that as there had been a reciprocal friendship between them, he should place his own name next after them all; and they all deceasing in course of time s.p. this estate in the end devolved to him and his heirs. Circumstances similar to the above have happened in relation to other estates in this county, particularly to the Leeds abbey estate, by Sir Roger Meredith's will, who died in 1742, s.p. who having sent for Mr. Walter Hooper, an attorney, to make his will, after having devised his estates to several different persons successively in tail, seemed at a loss who to name next in the entail, when Mr. Hooper mentioned himself and his nephew; and all the prior remainders having ceased, they both successively enjoyed that estate by the will. (fn. 4) Mr. Barrow, who bore for his arms, Lozengy, or, and azure, a grissin, salient, ermine, resided afterwards here, and died in 1578, leaving two daughters his coheirs, whose eldest daughter and coheir Elizabeth, marrying Mr. Robert Edolph, the purchaser of Hinxhill-court as before-mentioned, he became entitled to it sometime about the latter end of queen Elizabeth's reign; since which it has passed in like succession of ownership as the manors of Hinxhill and Waltham before-mentioned, down to Sir John Honywood, bart. who is the present possessor of them.
Charities.
MARTHA WADE, by will in 1722, gave an annuity of forty shillings, out of lands in this parish and Wye, to the use of the poor not receiving alms, vested in the churchwardens and overseers.
The poor constantly relieved are about twelve, casually eight.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURIADICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is a small building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, having a low spire steeple at the west end, in which are three bells. In the high chancel, on the north side, there is a handsome monument, well preserved, for Robert Edolph, esq. and Cicely Browne his wife, having their effigies kneeling on it. He died in 1631. In the south isle are memorials for Coveney, arms, On a bend, three trefoils slipt. The north isle is very narrow indeed; in it is a memorial for Kennet Backe, gent. captain of the train-bands, obt. 1687. On the south side, in the church-yard, are several memorials for the Wightwicks, and a very antient stone, coffinshaped, with a cross story on it. It appears by the parish register, that many of the Edolphs are buried in this church, from the year 1588, when Mr. Robt. Edolph, sen. gent. was buried in it, to the present century. Mr. John Barrow in 1578, Sir Edward Chute in 1634, and others of some note in life, appear likewise to have been buried in it, for whom there are not any memorials.
¶The church of Hinxhill was antiently appendant to the manor, and continued with it till Robert Edolph, esq. by will in 1631, gave the manor of Hinxhill to his wife Cecilie, for her life, or until she remarried, and the advowson and patronage of this church to her and her heirs for ever. By which means the advowson being separated from the manor, became an advowson in gross, and though it afterwards was possessed by the same owners as the manor, yet having been once separated it could never afterwards be appendant to it again. (fn. 5) She soon afterwards remarrying Sir Francis Knolles, forfeited her life-estate in the manor to her late husband's next heir and brother, Mr. Sam. Edolph, and some years afterwards alienated the reversion of the advowson, (for she appears to have presented to the Rectory in 1666) to him. Since which it has continued, in like succession of ownership with the manor of Hinxhill, and his other estates in this parish, to Angel, Choute, and Austen, and from the latter to Sir William Honywood, bart. whose descendant Sir John Honywood, bart. is the present owner and patron of this church.
This rectory is valued in the king's books at 7l. 16s. 8d. It is now a discharged living, of the clear yearly certified value of thirty-four pounds. In 1578 here were communicants seventy-one. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds, communicants seventy. There are ten acres of glebe.
The Prius is a hybrid powered car manufactured by Toyota. Its form of motion is via a 1.8 litre petrol engine, an automatic gearbox, coupled with an electric motor and associated battery pack.
This is a rental car and I used it business purposes on Motorways and fast roads. In total over 3.3 million Prius’s have been manufactured – this car is an example of the 3rd generation of Prius.
Initially the Prius is a strange car to enter and operate. Entry to the car can be made in two ways – pressing the unlock button on the remote fob, or touching the drivers door handle (as long as the fob is within reading distance). The fob is not required again, as the car detects the presence of the fob. There is no key.
Once seated, and the START button is pressed, the instrument panel comes to life, and a small ‘Ready’ indicator shows it’s OK to drive off after you push the stubby shift lever on the dashboard into Drive. If you like, one of the three modes can be selected EV, ECO, or PWR via the three dashboard engine management buttons.
The Prius defaults to ECO (economy) with smooth acceleration (using the electric motor to move the car away from standstill until around 20mph, then the petrol engine assists), or you can press the PWR (power) for more aggressive performance. If you need full power, you get it in any mode by flooring the throttle pedal. The Prius will accelerate from 0-62mph in 10.4 seconds if required – so it’s no slouch if speed is required.
Selecting the EV button (electric vehicle mode) will enable you travel up to one mile at 25 mph before the petrol engine kicks in, which is a nice trick for creeping away early in the morning or making sleepy people in an early morning Tesco car park do a double-take. Car moving, no noise, Huh?
What the cars mode of propulsion is displayed on the dashboard. There are no conventional internal combustion engine gauges such as water temperature or rev counter – but of course this isn’t a conventional car.
It’s almost impossible to detect when the petrol engine is running. The only indication of what source the car is running on is on the dashboard display and when you slow down to a stop – the car is silent and vibration free.
During the return journey the car spent 2 miles in a slow moving traffic jam. During this time the car used no petrol – the car was entirely propelled by the electric motor. At this point of use the car created zero emissions – replicate this in a town centre with the majority of the vehicles being powered in this way is some way to improving pollution in built up areas.
The petrol engine will also shutdown during long decents, for example there is long decent on the M6. During this period, the electric motor is now a generator, this energy is used to recharge the battery.
The Prius encourages law abiding smooth driving. I’ve never driven a car that I wanted to be so careful in, economy wise.
Miles driven: 281 miles
Average MPG: 58.6 MPG
Type of driving: Motorways and A roads
Likes: Economy, technology, Heads up display (displays MPH on windscreen), silent operation at low speeds, keyless entry and starting, zero annual car tax, encourages law abiding smoother driving.
Dislikes: Rear ward vision poor due to large spoiler on tailgate, lack of cruise control seems odd.
The MPG figures from previous users were stored on the computer. MPG was never less than 55MPG for the whole life of the car (just over 20,000 miles). Impressive considering this is a rental car and rental cars are usually driven hard.
Data for this vehicle:
Date of Liability: 01 03 2013
Date of First Registration: 05 03 2012
Year of Manufacture: 2012
Cylinder Capacity (cc): 1797cc
CO2 Emissions: 89g/Km
Fuel Type: HYBRID ELECTRIC
Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate: £0.00
12 Months Rate: £0.00
The large number of Prius-owning celebrities in 2002 prompted the Washington Post to dub hybrids "Hollywood's latest politically correct status symbol".
Former CIA chief R. James Woolsey, Jr. drives a Prius because of its low fuel consumption. Woolsey stated that Middle East oil profits find their way to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, meaning that Americans who buy inefficient vehicles would, in effect, be indirectly funding terrorism. "I have a bumper sticker on the back of my Prius that reads, 'Bin Laden hates this car.'"
Brian Griffin, the talking dog from Family Guy drives a Prius.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Griffin
All work and no sleep makes Akiko a tired Lass.
Then again...being on the road for 13-hours would make me tired, too (and...it did).
woman with an infrared remote control pointing it at the viewer while changing channels on the television
When I saw Victor W.'s Do-it-yourself projects, I decided to try something myself. With a little (ok, with a lot) of help from Victor I built this radio remote for my EOS 450D. I knew that the plug that the original cable release has is an usual 2.5mm plug and that I would only need something that already uses wireless components to modify. I took a cheap wireless doorbell from eBay, disconnected the speaker, cut out the LED that indicates a signal and replaced it with an opto-trigger (MOC 3020), that closes the circuit of the cable from the camera, when the button of the remote is pressed.
Unlike Victor's projects, this is nothing that kills you, so if you want any details just ask, I will try to help best I can.
You can build you own cable release for about 2€ by the way, just buy a stereo cable with a 2.5mm plug and rip off the isolation. One of the wires connected to ground will make the camera focus and shoot, the other wire connected to ground will just focus, try it, it's really easy. If you look closely at the top photo, you see a thin wire with blue isolation next to a blank wire. Those two connected focuses and fires the camera. The other wire of the stereo cable has the same with red isolation, those two are for focusing only.
Oh, and.... total costs: 8€
The Remote Shooter is now a reality!
The project to build a portable system for remote control and time-lapse shot without using your PC or laptop for many digital cameras is a reality.
Il progetto di realizzare un sistema portatile di controllo remoto per scatto e Time Lapse senza usare PC o Notebook per molte delle macchine fotografiche digitali e' finalmente una realtà.
NEW NEW! Now Remote Shooter 3.0 on igg.me/at/remshoot30/x/2778971.
It's a crowfunding campaign, help us to become it a reality!
english version
glptech.blogspot.it/2012/03/remote-shooter-10-usb-remote-...
Some people call it living out of a suitcase but most of the time I call it living out of an old fishing hut or wood cabin in the jungle or even a tent if I have the room to bring one. A few select clothes and 85% camera gear. I have dreamt of sharing this beautiful world and helping make it a better place for others too. Five stars for me is the bliss of such a sunset in remote beautiful places off the beaten track. Oh and you can come too if you really want to...