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A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Saturday of a 3 day Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
There were 2 Visiting Engines and some of 5 of the Home Fleet Locomotives scheduled to run on an intensive timetable.
Here, on my first Steam Heritage Railway Visit of 2022, a Cab Photo of 52044 has been the motive power for the journey back down the valley to Keighley Station. after dropping off Taff Vale 85 at Haworth Sheds...
52044, is a Barton Wright and Aspinall designed and Bayer-Peacock built 0-6-0, originally for the L&Y as no 957, later renumbered 12044 for the LMS and 52044 for BR.
52044 was the locomotive used as "The Green Dragon" in the 1970 film "The Railway Children".
For More Info about 52044 ...
kwvr.co.uk/locos/957-52044-ly-class25/
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After a good period of FOMO over not being able to get up to York this year which has resulted in the creation of a York-based spreadsheet, I’ve realised I’ve not quite got enough of York’s buses on this Flickr page in proportion to all that I have taken, especially from my most recent visit there. So, well, exactly one year on from the last time I went to the inner city on arguably a ‘test run’ for my London trip that weekend, here we go!
These University buses have always been something quite curious to see in York. And so it seems I'm always struggling to get good photos of them. Perhaps it's down to being in the wrong place at the wrong time except for the railway station? To be quite honest, I'm not sure myself. But back to the FOMO, there is now a new window of opportunity for York for the next time I go - all First York services are being tracked live on bustimes.org! I know where I'm going straight to first when this whole mess is over - if only the rest of First West Yorkshire could be given live tracking, then it would be absolutely perfect!
Starting out a good stint of uploads from last year, taken a year to this day is First York's 'yourbus 66'-branded 37066, a 2008 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini with an unintentionally-befitting fleet number which was new to First Bradford, initially branded there for their Leeds-to-Bradford 72 service, however coming to York in mid-2015 and gaining its present route brand upon the awarding of the University of York bus contract to First, is seen here passing through a very busy York Railway Station working a 66 service to the University of York 'Campus East'.
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Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience guide to the D500.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
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A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Saturday of a 3 day Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
There were 2 Visiting Engines and some of 5 of the Home Fleet Locomotives scheduled to run on an intensive timetable.
Here, a quick shot as my Train passed Haworth Sheds captured 46100 "Royal Scot" waiting to come on Duty and 78022 which was on this day a spare locomotive in case any of the locos failed.
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If your team isn't co-located, you can use a spreadsheet or online collaboration tool like BoardThing to map out insights from research.
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You know that feeling when you've created a spreadsheet, then spent hours entering data from a paper copy? Then, after a few hours, you think "that's not right". So you investigate, and find out that you haven't been given all the sheets? So now, you need to go through every month, checking if there is missing data?
And you lose the will to live?
That.
I needed a break from the computer. I had a cream cake for afternoon tea break, but needed to wash up first.
I've got another task now, so tomorrow will be yet more data entry. Oh, and there is no elegant way to eat a chocolate eclair!
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A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Saturday of a 3 day Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
There were 2 Visiting Engines and some of 5 of the Home Fleet Locomotives scheduled to run on an intensive timetable.
Here, on my first Steam Heritage Railway Visit of 2022, no. 46100 "Royal Scot" and 45596 "Bahamas" as a LMS Double Header approaching Keighley Station.
For More Info about Loco 46100 "Royal Scot" ...
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/46100-royal-scot-lms...
For More Info about Loco 45596 "Bahamas" ...
kwvr.co.uk/locos/45596-bahamas/
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A Photo from Day 2 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
At Didcot Railway Centre, their Diamond jubilee Gala had 4 steam locomotives with 2 each on the "Main Demonstration Line" and the shorter "Branch Line." 2 diesels powered some early morning and evening trains.
Several Steam Locomotives were also on Static Display and it was possible to go round the sheds.
No 1340 "Trojan" , Works No 1386 built by the Avonside Engine Company is a 0-4-0ST Pug Locomotive pictured here after its work on the Branch Line and heading towards the Display lines in front of the sheds.
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This week-end involved 2 Heritage Railways with the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, after arriving at Sheringham for their Steam Gala Event, I get a Cab photo of Loco 53809, a Fowler designed, and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn (RSH) built at Darlington as Class 7F - 2-8-0 for the S&DJR (later LMS and BR).
There were 6 Locomotives in Steam for the Gala Event Sunday.
For More Info about 53809 - see ....
www.nnrailway.co.uk/portfolio-items/class-7f-2-8-0-no-538...
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yellow pollen loads very clear to see.
Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock' has big male catkins which are great for the bees at this time of year.
a wonderful bee plant that fits in any garden, easy to control spread and it comes in various pre-set sizes (as it is grafted onto a stem of another willow). Smaller formats do well in a pot.
I planted this one about 12 years ago and it has grown pretty well. But for some reason, last year, there were only a handful of the male catkins. The plant seemed otherwise well but i was worried that it might have stopped producing the profusion of catkins that I had come to expect in previous years.
I am so glad to see that it has decided to make up for the lack of catkins last year!
For my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
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A Photo from Day 5 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
The East Somerset Railway (ESR) runs trains from Cranmore station to Mendip Vale station and back on a 5 mile round trip along its Heritage Railway line.
Along the line, there is also a halt and Cranmore West Station which is near the Sheds.
There is ample car parking at the Cranmore end of the line on normal running days so I started there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there was only 1 steam Locomotive running although (4555) another was at the sheds and could have been steamed if thought necessary.
Here, Just outside the Sheds, 4555 is a GWR "Class 45xx" Churchward designed Swindon Works built 2-6-2T Loco.
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I don’t know too much about her I haven’t read up on her yet. Awhile back I created a spreadsheet for every Justice League and Teen Titan member and with the spreadsheet I mark off who exists and that I have a Lego of and everyone else I try to make a custom off. Skitter was one of them I know she was a Titan during the New 52
Apparently, some people won't stop celebrating.
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Don't tell me you didn't know that my street work can now be seen at my secondary Tumblr blog, www.tumblr.com/blog/smilefromthestreetsyoushoot. Amazing, isn't it? Enjoy it then, why not? Of course you will. I know, you know it.
How accurate have UK opinion polls been in recent years? Are some polls more accurate than others? Are they getting more exact as the technology gets better? Can I make a pretty image out of these questions?
See if you can spot any patterns.
Visualisation for The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/may/06/general-elec...
Data here
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More visualisations here
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A Photo from Day 3 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
The Swanage Railway runs trains from Norden via Corfe Castle, another station and a halt to Swanage Station or the other way round so there is some very pleasant scenery to look at and photograph when travelling along the line.
There is ample car parking at the Norden end of the line so I started there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there were 2 trains running both hauled by Steam Locomotives.
Here, 31806, a Maunsell designed SR U Class 2-6-0 loco is ready to go back to Norden while Bulleid Pacific 4-6-2 34028 "Eddystone" is approaching Swanage Station into the other platform.
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A Photo from Day 6 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record but unfortunately I didn't get any journeys on this day.
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) runs trains along a 16 mile Heritage line from Kidderminster station to Bridgenorth station. Highly is one of the stations along the line and there is The Engine House Museum and Visitor Centre there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there were 4 steam Locomotive running on various Steam Excursions where due to Covid19, Compartments were being sold to families and there were some tables for groups of 2 or 4 people but nothing really suitable for the solo traveler.
Here, in The Engine House museum very near Highley Station I took this photo of 47383, a Fowler designed and Vulcan Foundry built for the LMS, Class 3F - 0-6-0T locomotive.
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Gear available for purchase is listed here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zrBzcCe2moh0CvZkhUuWSKXi2...
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A Photo from Day 6 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record but unfortunately I don't get any journeys on this day.
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) runs trains along a 16 mile Heritage line from Kidderminster station to Bridgenorth station .Highly is one of the stations along the line and there is The Engine House Museum there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there were 4 steam Locomotive running on various Steam Excursions where due to Covid19, Compartments were being sold to families and there were some tables for groups of 2 or 4 people but nothing really suitable for the solo traveler.
Here, on the way through the woods from a car park near Highley Station, I managed to get a photo of 43106.
43106 an Ivatt designed LMS "Class 4" 4MT 2-6-0 loco which was buit at LNER's Darlington Works.
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In Rowallane bees were working this hard today, 12C, this is about 600m from the hives.
Pollen load on view on this one.
For my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
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A Day Trip to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the first day of their Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, Having just arrived at Grosmont Platform 2 is Southern Railway Class S15 Loco no. 825, a Urie / Maunsell designed and built at Eastleigh Works as a 4-6-0.
For More Info about Loco No 825 ....
www.nymr.co.uk/southern-railway-825
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This is my Netbook review...
What's a netbook? It's a sub-notebook sized laptop, originally designed for net surfing. They are extremely portable, and usually sell in the US$200-$400 range.
I have been in the market for a netbook for well....the last 8 months. Every time I think I have identified the one I want, a better model comes out. This is especially true of ASUS, who seems to introduce a new model every other day.
I first saw the first tiny ASUS netbook more than a year ago, I imagined how nice it would be to be sitting on the beach in Bali or Phuket, sucking down beers (can't make a martini at the beach without ice) and keeping up with my emails. In my profession, you are never really "on vacation". I typically get about 100 emails a day, and just 'answering" an email from a cellphone is often not enough. I might have to open a spreadsheet or write a formal document while sitting on that beach, so that means running back to the hotel and opening the laptop. This rules out "Blackberry" type devices, and my Nokia smartphones as well. I need a real computer with a real keyboard and Microsoft Office. Anyway, the IPOD and cellphone will be there on the beach with me anyway...
I already have a full-sized Sony laptop already so I wanted something that was so inexpensive and portable that I wouldn't mind carrying it along. Also, I figured that I spend about 20 hours a week either sitting in a plane, sitting in airports or waiting in a hotel lobby to go to the airport. I hate dragging out the big laptop and booting it up. A small netbook in standby mode would be very productive.
IDENTIFYING THE REQUIREMENT
When choosing any gadget, you need to first decide on what features you really need.
I decided to give in to the hidden desire for "cool-looking" as one of the criteria.
The danger is that you can get sucked into the "Apple Syndrome"...picking something because it looks good and seems to be popular, even if the functionality is limited. Case in point - The IPOD. Beautiful design, but poor function. Many people buy one just to "follow the crowd" and hope it will make them "popular". Some of these same people don't even have music content to load on the machine...just wanna be seen with an Apple product.
It's a big joke that people have IPOD's with 160GB drives that are 1% full.
And the software is crap...that's why I replaced the IPOD firmware with the free, open source ROCKBOX (www.rockbox.org). Goodbye ITunes s/w.
Anyway, back to Netbooks...
The other key criteria that I was looking for are:
Not bigger than the ASUS 901 series.
Windows XP pre-installed.
Should support Photoshop
At least 5 hours battery life
VGA output so I can use an external monitor (but not on the beach!)
Should be easy to upgrade, add memory, etc. without major disassembly of the computer
Today, all netbooks have the same basic features, which are built-in webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth and the Atom processor.
Additional, nice-to-have features would be :
battery life up to 9 hours (what they call "all-day computing" in the netbook world)
3G support - A place to insert a SIM card....nice, but not necessary, as I could just use a USB air card for a cellular connection. Sorry to my friends back in the US, but with the cellular provider monopoly there, you still can't get this. In Thailand, I can walk into 7-11 with $5 and buy a SIM card for my phone or 3G laptop, plug it in and have internet, free incoming phone calls, international SMS ... oh well, don't get me started on the sorry state of wireless services in my home country...!
USB ports that can function as a charger for the phones and IPODs, even with the computer turned off.
Keyboard should be resistant to martini spills (just kidding!)
After months of evaluation, here is what I have come up with.
ASUS
The company that started it all. The ASUS 901 is so cute, and now comes with 3G support so you can use it where WiFi is not available. Also, a nice battery that gives more than 5 hours of life.
I have been following the ASUS S101 model for several months now, and I thought that this would be the one to get. It is almost as thin as a Mac Air, has all metal construction and a 64GB SSD drive, which makes it one of the most expensive netbooks. But the annoying factor is that it only comes with Linux. I would have to install Windows XP myself. It is very difficult to find a legal copy of XP here in Bangkok nowadays (pirated copies are in the stores at $3 but I want a legal copy) and Vista is crap. I have heard that Windows 7 Beta works ok on this platform, but I really don't want to have to tinker for weeks to get all the drivers working on a new computer. Having a solid state drive is cool (like in a Mac Air) but it's really not that important to me.
Last weekend I gave up on the S101 and decided on the ASUS 1002HA, which is metal like the S101 but has a 160GB hard drive and XP pre-installed.
I also looked at the latest version of the ASUS 1000 series, the 1000HG. It has the super 8000mAH battery that should let it fly for more than 9 hours (!) and a place to plug in a SIM card for 3G support. Wow! It also has a "chicklet-style" keyboard like the Macs (in Thailand, the stores have mistakenly printed their brochures to say it's a "chocolate-style" keyboard!). But the 1000 is just so chunky-looking and still has that EEEPC plastic toy appearance....even though the quality has been confirmed.
TOSHIBA
Toshiba was late to the market with their netbook offering.Their NB100 looked like my 2001 Toshiba laptop shrunk down to a netbook size. Also, the battery lasts only 2 hours.
But now they are releasing this month the NB200, which may be a killer. It has all the usual netbook features, but has a 9-hour battery and a 160 GB hard disk with an accelerometer. and it looks very classy. It's USB ports can be used to charge your phone or IPOD even if the computer is turned off, which is nice.
So right now, i'm waiting for the NB200 to appear in Bangkok.
Some other models that I had evaluated...
HP
HP's original 2133 netbook looked great, but used a Celeron processor and was so hot on the bottom that you could iron your clothes with it. Most stores have them turned off in their showrooms for that reason. And to really kill it, it came with Vista pre-installed which made to perform like maple syrup. They are coming out with an Atom/ 2140 model that looks pretty good, but I can't help remembering all the problems my colleagues have had with their HP and Compac notebooks over the years. They just seemed to fall apart. However, the keyboard on the HP's is probably the best of all netbooks.
LENOVO
The Lenovo S10 and S9 are really good looking but the battery life is below average. If it weren't for that, I probably would have one for the S9.
SAMSUNG
The NC-10 is famous for its battery life, but i'm not convinced about the build quality.
MSI
One of the original netbook leaders, but 2 hour battery life !
ACER
I have heard that you have to dis-assemble the computer (and void the warranty) just to upgrade the memory from 1 Gb to 2 GB. Also, I heard that the battery life is not that impressive.
FUJITSU
Their entry looks too plastic and toy-like. Usually I respect Fujitsu because they still manufacture in Japan.
Because they are so cheap, I have decided to get two netbooks..one for the real requirement, and one to play with (and maybe the "beach" model). Some of the original netbooks with small 20 GB SSD drives and Linux are getting really cheap...less that 7000 baht (about US $200).
If they get REALLY cheap (just before they are discontinued), I may get one and install Windows 7 (free evaluation from Microsoft until June 2010) or an optimized version of XP.
There are free utilities that lets you strip many unnecessary features from XP to a final installation size of only 700 MB and 20 second boot up time! The SSD drives are solid state so their are no moving parts. This would be almost a disposable netbook. Also, the ASUS models let you plug in an SD card with becomes part of the logical C drive. For example, the computer has a 20 GB SSD (basically flash memory) which appears as the C: drive. But if you plug in a 16 GB SD card (included free with the 901 model), you C: drive now appears as 36 GB. You can get 32 or even 64 GB SD cards nowadays, but 36 GB is more than enough for a netbook.
On the "beach" model, I may even stay with Linux (to avoid the world of viruses) and use the free Linux Office alternatives for Excel and Word.
I looked at some of the websites of US retailers...looks like they are still trying to dump the unpopular models on the public (The Asus 900, which doesn't have the Atom processor, or HP models with Vista (yuk!).
Vista is so terrible in a netbook that many computers are shipped with a XP "downgrade" pre-installed !
As usual, Asia is the place to get the latest and best hi-tech gadgets.
Compositionally Challenged Week 6 is Self Portrait - not to be confused with selfie. The challenge is to take a photo to portray who we are!
I love to garden, but I don't just stick seeds in the ground. I use graph paper to mark where and when things are planted. On a spreadsheet, I keep track of the varieties planted, how much was harvested, and assorted other notes. Just the other day, I went over my notes and seed inventory, ordered some more seeds, and started the 2017 spreadsheet. I do believe this says a whole lot more about me than my enjoyment of getting my hands dirty.
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A Photo from Day 6 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record but unfortunately I didn't get any journeys on this day.
The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) runs trains along a 16 mile Heritage line from Kidderminster station to Bridgenorth station .Highly is one of the stations along the line and there is The Engine House Museum there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there were 4 steam Locomotive running on various Steam Excursions where due to Covid19, Compartments were being sold to families and there were some tables for groups of 2 or 4 people but nothing really suitable for the solo traveler.
Here, in The Engine House museum very near Highley Station I took this photo of 4566, a Churchward designed and Swindon Works built for the GWR, 45xx Class - 2-6-2T locomotive.
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A Photo from Day 4 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
The West Somerset Railway runs trains from Bishops Lydeard station to Dunster with a bus transfer to Minehead at the moment due to a problem with a level crossing.
There is ample car parking at the Bishops Lydeard end of the line so I started there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there were 3 steam excursion running hauled by Steam Locomotives.
Here, 7822 "Foxcote Manor" is about to power the Steam Excursion I have a ticket for. 7822 is a Collett designed GWR "Manor Class" 4-6-0 loco.
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Nikon D500 - an informal ISO Test, both JPEG and NEF (RAW).
JPEG images make use of Auto 1 White Balance, High ISO NR-Normal and Long Exposure NR-On.
Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
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Empty Dairy Queen sign.
The large multinational brands pull out first. No connection to the community. Just a store number on somebody's spreadsheet.
This was my go-to for ice-cream you heartless bean-counting bastards.
You know who owns Dairy Queen, Warren Buffett. Berkshire acquired Dairy Queen in 1997 for $585 million in cash and stock.
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Nikon D500 - an informal ISO Test, both JPEG and NEF (RAW).
JPEG images make use of Auto 1 White Balance, High ISO NR-Normal and Long Exposure NR-On.
Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
blog.dojoklo.com/2016/05/24/nikon-d500-setup-guide-spread...
You know that feeling when you've created a spreadsheet, then spent hours entering data from a paper copy? Then, after a few hours, you think "that's not right". So you investigate, and find out that you haven't been given all the sheets? So now, you need to go through every month, checking if there is missing data?
And you lose the will to live?
That.
I needed a break from the computer. I had a cream cake for afternoon tea break, but needed to wash up first.
I've got another task now, so tomorrow will be yet more data entry. Oh, and there is no elegant way to eat a chocolate eclair!
If anybody was wondering what I was doing at work today. I was going through three of these excel spreadsheets, each this size with around 7000 cells with increasingly meaningless numbers in. Numbers that I have entered and now have to compare, compile and tally. It's taken me 3 days to get this much done, and there is little hope in sight of me actually finishing these results this week.
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And with a lovely double-whammy of fleet numbers comes... well, another MMC, that funnily enough, I had to correct the registration of in a spreadsheet I keep of buses I haven't got yet. And... well, that's all I have from that Friday, I'm afraid. I've well and truly exhausted Kingswood Retail Park in my opinion, and it would be of great help in the next few days if someone could set up the trackers at Stagecoach correctly for the Manchester Enviros...
Coincidentally coming in with double numbers just like the bus that had followed it, Stagecoach in Hull's 26266, a 2019 ADL Enviro 200MMC, turns into the bus stops at Kingswood Retail Park as it works the 6 towards Hull Interchange via Beverley Road.
I spent an enjoyable 15 minutes on Saturday chasing bees with the camera on a single but very striking clump of this herbaceous perennial in the walled garden at Rowallane.
A superb plant, and makes for a very summery look in April.
For my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Spreadsheets to write, then data to input. But first, important stuff. Nails to paint and coffee to drink!
Gear available for purchase is listed here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zrBzcCe2moh0CvZkhUuWSKXi2...
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Cosmos garden cultivar. Botanic Park Belfast - great big beds full of these in full flower in front of the palm house.
Interesting to watch the bees moving randomly between the white, pink and purple flowers. I had wrongly assumed that the bees would have stuck to one colour. Honey bees always stick to one type of flower as they forage unlike bumble bees. I have watched carder bees and white tail bumblebees fly from flower to flower on the pots on my patio irrespective of colour and plant family.
Interesting to see that the honey bees can ignore colour when appropriate.
For my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
I guess I have an extra errand (next year I'll have to keep a spreadsheet). Post office to mail a package.
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Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm 1:1.4 (waist level)
Kodak TriX 400 / Epson 4490
Self-developed with Kodak HC-110 (dil. B)
'dilutions spreadsheet' provided by Ralph Lundvall
Development details on FilmDev
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Hey you! You didn't know that you can follow my street work at my secondary Tumblr blog: www.tumblr.com/blog/smilefromthestreetsyoushoot, did you? Amazing though, isn't it.
Ok, you go now, enjoy it, why not? Of course you will. I know, you know it.
Body and controls of the Nikon D500 - Illuminated Buttons.
Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience guide to the D500.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
blog.dojoklo.com/2016/05/24/nikon-d500-setup-guide-spread...
My table is my organization place for gear planning for an adventure. This is my gear for a 100 miler. Much of this is re-supply and prep. Labels on the parts.
Route : docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10ChPSjkUtE3-iC0XVRTZ_yJOO...
Scilla bifolia -alpine squill.
Very attractive mass plantings in flower at Rowallane at present.
This seems to be an extremely attractive flower for the bees. Loads of them frantically collecting pollen. Interestingly the pollen loads look pure black looking at with naked eye but very dark violet with the camera. (clearly seen in this picture)
A new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Nikon D500 - an informal ISO Test, both JPEG and NEF (RAW).
JPEG images make use of Auto 1 White Balance, High ISO NR-Normal and Long Exposure NR-On.
Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
blog.dojoklo.com/2016/05/24/nikon-d500-setup-guide-spread...
Nikon D500 - Simulated view of the D500 Viewfinder, showing Single Point AF and the grid.
Example Images from Nikon D500 Experience guide to the D500.
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D500 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
blog.dojoklo.com/2016/05/24/nikon-d500-setup-guide-spread...