Lazy Robot

Olympic Existentialism , a photo by craigand on Flickr. Now the Olympics are over, Wenlock retreats into his box to consider the meaning of life.

Found this little fella in the kitchen today having a bit of a rest. Spent over an hour just wandering up and down the sideboard.

Castleton beyond the rocks Climbing to the peak at Ringinglow Many others taking to the moors The valley of Hope and Castleton from on top of a boulder Footpath this way

I've bought various camera apps for my iPhone over the last couple of years, and by and large they've all been rubbish. They either add useless features, such as press-anywhere-to-shoot that doesn't quite work, or make things more complex, or add loads of initially exciting but ultimately unsatisfying effects. The camera app du jour is 645 Pro from Jag.gr. It claims to make the iPhone into a professional camera. It doesn't. A photo of my laptop with this post mid-flow However, that's not to say it's entirely useless. It does have many useful features, including: AF lock so you can focus then shoot rapidly without having to refocus every time AE lock so you can maintain constant exposure while moving around Spot/Average metering selector Quick flash on/off toggle White Balance lock so you can keep constant colours A proper live histogram so you can actually see the levels of your picture A self timer A quick selector to get different aspect ratio...

It's been raining a lot lately. It's pretty grim, and just yesterday it forced us to postpone a lovely walk. However, one advantage of the clouds and dampness is that light is diffused and colours are somehow more vibrant.

You know how it is; you don't get a geeky holiday for ages, then three come at once. Glorious 25th Of May Referencing The People's Revolution of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, today has been co-opted as a platform for raising awareness of and to support research into Altzheimer's disease . It is traditional to wear lilac today, or carry an actual lilac. And, affectionately, a hard boiled egg. I don't have any lilac clothes or, for that matter, lilacs. So I'm making do with a lilac background. Towel Day Today is also used to commemorate Douglas Adams, author, of course, of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, amongst other wondrous things. To quote the 'guide: any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Geek Pride Day Intended to co-incide w...

DSCF2017 , a photo by craigand on Flickr.