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Re: I’m a strobist now

fredsherbet — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:04:44 -0000

Eurgh... probably the same reason photos emailed from iPhone end up sideways half the time when viewing on Windows.

Re: I’m a strobist now

William Russell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:37:31 -0000

What caused the photo to be upside-down? :P

Re: Epic post about tea. From 1946

fredsherbet — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:22:26 -0000

Tea is a whole new experience when you have it unsweetened. You should definitely try again. You can enjoy the flavour of the tea (rather than the sugar), and apparently tea without sugar is _good_ for your teeth! (though not the colour of your teeth)

Re: Epic post about tea. From 1946

William Russell — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:17:08 -0000

Argh, I read (in "Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down") that 10 days without sugar was enough to never turn back, and indeed Orwell says the same, only a fortnight rather than 10 days. I tried it, figuring that 10 days was nothing, but caved in. Tea without sugar is just empty. Should I try again?

Re: The Mac Pro’s Future

fredsherbet — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:03:23 -0000

Hi JP. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog :) I've been following yours for a while!

When thinking about the people that just want as much power as possible (to reduced build/compile/render times), I wondered about the ability to have farm-like chaining together of computers.
But, Apple like to keep things simple. It's true that Thunderbolt opens up possibilities like this, but it's the software that needs to glue it together. It'd be a big job, and I doubt the market is big enough to make it worth Apple's while.

Would be an awesome solution, though. I could imagine something like this coming from Google, with all the experience they have with their server farms running on cheap hardware, and they traditionally aren't afraid of complex solutions.

Re: The Mac Pro’s Future

JP — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:52:28 -0000

Apple could drop the pro line. They have disappointed in the past and they show a proclivity for consumer 'gadgets'. HOWEVER, they MAY do something brilliant like rethink what a Mac Pro should be. Right now it is as it has been since 1986, a big box with as much room to expand as they think a pro might want. This means expensive busses and drive bays (which may never be used). What they COULD do is make the pro into a component system. It would like like a big mini, but have no hard drive. In a distributed, or component system, the storage is separate from the cpu. The new Thunderbolt system allows external hard drives to be as fast as internal ones. Such a Pro box may have RAM expansion to 12GB and a basic Intel graphics system that could drive up to three monitors adequately for business users. The brilliant part would be if Apple designed these boxes to be chain-able. So if someone wanted more monitors, faster graphics, they could slave one box to the next, going from one 8 core box, to a 16 core "tower". Yahoo, maybe allow up to four to be chained. Maybe unlimited chains and allow Apple to get into serious computing. All conjecture, but I am a professional developer and I would not want to lose my Mac Pro...and I can dream.

Re: My first ‘real’ comic book

William Russell — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:25:47 -0000

So how was it?

Re: If this, then that

William Russell — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:38:03 -0000

HELL YES

Re: Paper cranes in Hiroshima

William Russell — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:01:02 -0000

Pretty :)

Re: Matthew is ready for the beach

Jim Lenke — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:59:26 -0000

soooo nice to see you both again. Very glad to see you are enjoying life and all the craziness of it. Keep it up. Jim & Karen

Re: Screen sharing over the internet, through SSH

fredsherbet — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:37:35 -0000

Then you'd have to open and forward another port on the router. Also, SSH is more secure than just using VNC.

Tunnels are fantastic for connecting to pretty much anything on your home network when remote, such as the router's admin webserver or other computers on SSH or HTTP, without exposing them directly on the external network.

Re: Screen sharing over the internet, through SSH

Oskar — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:30:21 -0000

Why not just go to vnc://ip-to-home:5900 ?

Re: Matthew is ready for the beach

William — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:34:28 -0000

Hehe, what!?

Re: Hiroshima

Shingfield — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:54:52 -0000

Fascinating place and very sad too.
Everyone should be made to visit in an effort to promote world peace.

Love Mum Shingfield xxx

Re: Hiroshima

Janinerussell47 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:26:18 -0000

Very interesting and moving, feel a bit tearful now......love the smiley chef :)

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Angie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:48:48 -0000

Amazing!!! Loving hearing all about what your doing- and the pics are fantastic! Your both very brave, I couldnt of done that climb in a million years!!!!!!!! Well done!!! And enjoy the rest of your trip!!!! xxxxxxxxxx Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu xxxxxxxxxxxxxx love from Angie

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Shingfield — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:50:43 -0000

Sounds a fantastic experience all round - a trip of a lifetime.
Lovely to follow your travels with all the pictures.

Lots of love from us all
Mum Shingfield, Dad and Verity xxx

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Hannah Ellis — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:33:32 -0000

These photos are incredible! What an amazing experience! I'm so pleased you're having such a wonderful time. I look forward to seeing the rest of the photos...small group slideshow?! Much love xx

Re: Osaka

Janinerussell47 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:24:46 -0000

Phew...thank goodness for that, I thought you were still in the bath, was dreading to think how and what was wrinkley by now :)
Loving your interesting and amusing blog, can't wait for next instalment and to hear all about it when you get home.
Keep on having fun xx

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

fredsherbet — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:52:16 -0000

Caroline won. She was seen naked by 17 people! Beating my 11 people.

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

fredsherbet — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:51:17 -0000

We've gotten used to the Onsen bathing. I think it's Onsen, however it's not spring water.

I like the big hot bath. It's been helping soothe my leg.

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

fredsherbet — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:39:33 -0000

I had a look. I was able to read it (a little) using Google Translate, but a lot of meaning was lost in translation. It's interesting - especially the Japanese culture stuff :)

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Sarah Russell — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:33:22 -0000

that sounds and looks amazing....well done you all! a bit epic isn't it :-P

will look forward to the photos, and detailed tales when your back!
keep having fun xx

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Genzhao — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:58:15 -0000

My website is shanliyinxiang.com. It is totally written in Chinese...but there are a lot of photoes there!!

Re: Mt Fuji is conquered, and so are we!

Zhenggenzhao — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:38:20 -0000

Very nice pictures! I hope you have a nice trip in Japan.
Regarding the traditional Japanese bathing facilities, do you mean Onsen?
If it is Onsen (Hotspring), you should wash your boby before you enter the bath tub and do not speak too loudly^.^