newcomers, Charlie and Antoine

Charlie joined our lovely household few weeks ago, but I had no time to mention him yet.

Voila! Lovely retro record player. I do not have a tv and I do not want to have it, as long as Dawid does not need social recognition at school - I want to enjoy the silence! I need the news though, so Charlie is my best friend in the morning and in the evening my drinking pal:) (do you remember the radio listening in the evenings? we used to do that with my parents, ah, I miss it).
Second newcomer is Antoine, my new digital camera - very basic one, but 12 MB, Kodak baby. I am just starting to play with it and the weather is crap, so I will upload just photos of the device here.


As you can see it is quite slim, it is extremely light and has its own battery (no need to carry million rechargeable ones! which is something I like Kodak for). It's fully functional as a digicam, with HD video included. Another, maybe minor, still crucial thing - comes in a box with all possible cables, European and UK chargers, and all USB cables one can imagine!
It's the type of camera you can just buy on a way to the airport (in the UK half prize at the moment!) and use it as you take it out of the box.
For me perfect for the back-up camera or one to take to work (I do not feel like carrying Nikon DX40 in a bad with secondary lenses etc all the time).
All I need is a proper tripod now, well I might bing mien from Hungary this summer anyway. The rest is sorted, I think:)

more gadgets

Finally managed to get my new eee pc sorted.

I got one week ago, but the key board was faulty. Boys from PC World proved to be very helpful and exchanged my fist buy to a new, baby-blue computer while my dear son convinced the security guard that he has to take him on his knees and let him play with all the CCTV systems installed in the store (do not ask how...). I left the shop loved for being patient and for having a charming son....and headed off to the neighboring military shop (have a long, also genetically coded passion to militarism and need to check the shop out again) where I managed to find a small laptop case made by Web-Tex with great care and perfect quality, only for £12!!!Anyway, ASUS is perfect for my needs - I can type and save my writings wherever I am (with battery lasting up to 3 hrs!), preview my fresh pictures directly from the SD card; browse the web, check mail and organize my tasks and plan the week at and outside of work. Yes, it is a well developed organizer, but if you are stubborn and really want to use Microsoft on it, get the 4GB and install it! I am not sure if I will be able to use my 3 mobile broadband on it, but there is no need. For traveling the wireless is picked up easily, at home I work on my Packard Bell anyway. The main idea was to have a small pc, and I think it is not too big. not much larger, than my wallet...

I have found two quality blogs on the device. One is mentioning new release of SDK for ASUS (great news!) and other development options, as well as news. The other one delivers world wide news about it and makes me sad i do not live in Hong Kong...yet;)
I bet there is more, this was a quick Google search.

I have no name for it yet. Any suggestions? Sam is too good, need something more down-to-earth...

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long weekend, full of sport and gadgets

Hi there, I am dying in front of my pc, but before I go off to bed, let me just explain why I was so busy tonight...one of my new gadgets (it's scary, I start to like the word GADGET!) is little WD Passport, which is nothing more than 160MB external hard drive, but for me great back up for my photos.

Since I was going for eee pc, I managed to budget for this too, and I have no regrets. So eee pc is left in the corner of my desk, waiting...I managed to try it out on the bus from London to check my photos from London Marathon...

...and must admit - I didn't realize and we were back in Oxford! So for now I know one - eee pc is a great tool for a photographer working with digital cam.

All right, nightnight, I need to get some rest before the new week. (not that I haven't worked tonight, but this just for the peace of mind;))

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Forced to sit in front of pc...actually did something useful...

meaning I managed to find a place where I can get photographic equipment so cheap, that it's unbelievable! Ebay, of course. So here is a shy attempt to do more of still life this month:


It's called photobox, and it helps to gain lovely one-colored backgrounds for still life or add photos. It is actually just a box, so paying £40 for it sound a bit strange, but for £6 it already gains on value and it's good aspects - easy to carry (so I can go to the garden, pick a flower, put the box in the sunshine and still create a cool effect!), made of material which allows to use the lightening from sides or from behind (even more fun) and with backgrounds available in four colors! Ah, I am so happy! Cannot wait to try it out!:)

Such a tiny thing can make a blondie's day!:P

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