I haven’t been out taking pictures for a while but last night during the hockey game I decided to make a little planet out of one of my kayak shots!
iPad apps
A friend asked me about what apps I currently use on my iPad so here are my favorites.
It is rare that I will pay full price for an app, most I get for free or from a price drop here.
1. FileApp Pro: I use this app to transfer books to my iPad. I created a network drive on my computer so after I turn the file sharing function on my iPad, I can simply drag and drop my books right to my iPad. The PDF reader is quite good but no sepia tone so it can be quite bright when reading. I can, of course, also just open them in iBooks. More here.
2. WordPress: I use WordPress for this blog and while I code javascript and HTML and all that great stuff it is really great just to be able to click on my WordPress app and I can upload my photos anywhere in the world as long as I have access to the net. I am certainly no super-user but it is really quite intuitive! And because it is open source, there is lots of documentation and updates! More here.
3. Splashtop: I was looking for an app that would allow me to control my desktop PC and Mac. This scans my home network and then mirrors my desktop on my iPad. That way I can use my iPad to control my main home network computer. Very useful since my desktop is my media centre. My iPad controls my media! More here. Oh, and I received an email with detailed instructions on how to fix my particular issue literally minutes after I sent an email to the developer.
4. AirVideo: I want my iPad to be my device that can stream audio and video from my main desktop computer. This app connects to my computers and allows access to my entire folder structure so I can stream and use my iPad as my monitor. More here.
5. VLCRemote: And finally, for today, VLCRemote mirrors my running version of VLC on my desktop. It gives me a complete playlist and the ability to control VLC on my desktop. Great app. More here.
I will continue with Travel apps and others tomorrow!
Nature before the freeze.
Across from the cottage is a dry swamp with some interesting trees and other foliage that are the last holdouts against the coming winter. Here are a few with the Olympus 60mm. The last is with my Tokina 11-16mm.
Rough waters :)
Here are some images from Saturday. The weather was a beast! The first photo is from the morning, the rest beginning an hour later!
Last weekend at the cottage kayaking.
I have to sacrifice a few goats now that my prayer for one last kayak of the season was granted. We had a wonderful time at D&K’s cottage!!!! While it was turbulent weather on Saturday, Sunday morning was rough waters but sunny so I dragged the kayak from its winter berth inside the shed, checked for spiders, and headed out for some pictures. My shoulders were sore but I had a ton of fun riding the waves until I entered the quieter bays and inlets. The trees were bare and the only wild life I saw were flocks of ducks and geese racing for warmer climes.
Focus stacking
Here is an example of focus stacking. Combining two images at different focal points and then blending the focused areas together.
Finally, some good tv…..
Sherlock, will return on Jan. 17!
My favorite sleuth will return for season 3. I know it will be only three episodes but they will be three amazing episodes if the last two seasons are reliable indicators. Thank god since there is just nothing left on television. I’m also patiently awaiting another Masterchef from down under. Three weeks and I still don’t miss cable. The over-the-air HD antenna is functioning really well! I get the news and watch the occasional hockey game. 🙂
more from Better Out Than In
Here.
I love the new sphinx made from cinder block. I figure it will be dismantled and sold online within three hours.
And check out the beaver from October 10. Awesome!
Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where’er I go,
That there hath pass’d away a glory from the earth.
early Kubrick
I really enjoyed The Killing last night. This early Kubrick film from 1956 was fantastic! It had an interesting narrative structure, skipping back and forth from character to character back and forth in time as they plan to rob a racetrack. Great characters! The pacing of the horserace in an early scene must have been great on the big screen in a theatre. I hadn’t seen that Kubrick film before but his budgets grew from this early gem.
On another note, my hallway floor is now 75% complete. I will post images when finished! My buddy Darren is great with renovations so I am lucky to be getting such great work! 🙂
The weather is turning cold and it is damp. I really noticed it this morning as I went to the gym. Scary stuff!
