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Back to work

So my week off was really nice. I watched films, read books, took a quick day trip to the new forest with a friend down from London.

I won’t mention too much about the films and books other than to say Dune is an incredible book, I will be buying the whole set of them soon, Star Wars IV is far more dated than I remember (i guess it has been ~15 years since I last saw it), Batman and Batman Returns are slightly dated, but the incredible directing of Tim Burton makes them incredible nonetheless.

I have barely had time to do any real work even though I have been back for two days. Blue Fusion is taking up a lot of my time at the moment. On Thursday week we will be setting up for the event to run, so that leaves little time to finish everything off. Expect lots of posts about Blue Fusion after then as I will try to describe the activities we are running.

I just wish I had more time in the day so I could catch up with all the blogs I neglected to read on my week off.

Beaulieu Palace House




Beaulieu Palace House

Originally uploaded by antonpiatek.

I found an online photo editor called picnik and decided to try out the online editing. It allows saving directly to Flickr, so I posted the image up there.
I have not used flickr much before, and it is actually rather nice… The geotagging is rather cool!

Proof of what can happen if a wife or girlfriend drags her husband or boyfriend along shopping

This letter was sent by Tesco’s Head Office to a customer in Midsomer Norton:

Dear Mrs. Murray,

While we thank you for your valued custom and use of the Tesco Loyalty Card, the Manager of our store in Banbury is considering banning you and your family from shopping with us, unless your husband stops his antics.Below is a list of offences over the past few months all verified by our surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s trolleys when they weren’t looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine products aisle.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, “Code 3″ in housewares….. and watched what happened.

5. August 14: Moved a ‘CAUTION – WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.

6. September 15: Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing department and told shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring sausages and a Calor gas stove.

7. September 23: When the Deputy Manager asked if she could help him, he began to cry and asked, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?”

8. October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, picked his nose, and ate it.

9. November 10: While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in the Housewares aisle asked an assistant if he knew where the antidepressants were.

10. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously, loudly humming the “Mission Impossible” theme.

11. December 6: In the kitchenware aisle, practised the “Madonna look” using different size funnels.

12. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed, yelled “PICK ME!” “PICK ME!”

13. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker,assumed the foetal position and screamed “NO! NO! It’s those voices again.”

And; last, but not least:

14. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while; then yelled, very loudly, “There is no toilet paper in here.”

Water Drops

I have been rather busy lately, hence no posts for a while. Mostly busy with work, but also reading Dune, which is a fantastic book and has me completely addicted. I did get the chance last weekend to play with my camera.

Water drops are not the easiest things to take photos of, it requires fast shutter speeds and the focus is hard so a small aperture is needed. To get enough light I used a big flash and sheet of white paper behind the drops to reflect more light back. The hardest part though is getting the timing right. These are probably the best photos out of several hundred!

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