Sorry about the shortness of the last post. I had to go to work. But anyway.
Well, still no camera, on this, the day of it’s delivery. Of course, that comes as no surprise, seeing as it’s t’s approaching 5 AM in the morning.
Glen commented on the previous post… “I’m curious, tell me more”… Alas, as the previous post, despite being only a short one, did touch on a number of different things that have happened over the last few weeks, and all of which also relate to him in distant ways, so I’ll do my best to elaborate
I can’t really say much more about the camera, however, as it simply isn’t here. I know a few people are interested, and with my 200Mb webspace, I’ll add some pictures to the gallery once I’ve got the camera.
Glen also commented on how he’s planning to close sections of the site down, due to bandwidth limitations. It cost me £9.70 until April, when I have to renew. If you upgrade, 34SP charge you theremainderr of your year, instead of charging you a year in one go…Iff that makes sense.
I had second thoughts about going through with the upgrade, right up until I clicked “Purchase”. I have *never* made a penny from this website. And, considering there was talk about me losing my job, upgrading it may have been impossible, and I might have had to close…
Thankfully, this isn’t the case, for now at least. My job is “safe”. They won’t be kicking me out of the door in the immediate future. This distantly involves Glen, as I used to work with him, in the good old days, when our T-Shirts were white, and cold, fresh water was plentiful.
I also cannot believe how I haven’t written a full, entire post on how we had snow just before the new year! Well, the end of this one will have to do. First off, the images!
Oh, bollocks! Wrong images. Hang on… let me just….
Right. That’s better. This is on 28th Dec, just after it started to snow. By this time, I was out in it, on my way down the shops. I was delighted. It instantly started to lay. As you’d have probably gathered, I’m a big kid when it comes to snow, so the sight of snow sends me off in a big spiral of smiles.
Bit hard to explain the difference between this image, and the one above, except it’s a couple of hours later. The major difference is to do with the light source. Summer of 2005 saw the addition of a HPS floodlight to the back of our house, as I’m sure you’re all aware. It also saw the purchasing of a new webcam. I wanted to compare what the new camera looked like when capturing snow, as opposed to the old one, and naturally, the high pressure sodium floodlight was something that may have altered the results. So, I nipped downstairs and switched it off.
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It’s now approaching 2AM in the morning. I was at work at this point, either looking out of the window, or in the carpark, along with Matt and Richard, having a mass snowball fight, or making snow angels in the car park. It’s a fact, that Richard, of SeriousGamer fame throws snowballs like a girl! Anyway, This image captures the “afterglow” of the snow… where there’s still snow in the air, and the streetlights reflect back off the ground, into the atmosphere, causing the remaining snow to be lit up. Ummm. I’m sure you’d like to hear more about that snowball fight… never mind, eh?
As the first rays of sunshine cast a glimmering haze across the whole snow scene, it was time to return home from work, and sleep lots. Would I wake up to more of the same? Would I be snowed in, and not be able to go to work? Alas, it wasn’t to be. The snow stayed for the rest of the day, but no more fell.
Fast forward to the 30th. The threat of snow was in the air. Although there were brief flurries during the early hours of the morning, we weren’t promised any until about 9AM, according to the telly. The sky was onimous. Very dark, and by the time I came home, my floodlight didn’t know whether it wanted to keep itself on or off. 9:45 came, and yes! Snow!
Except it wasn’t exactly snow. It looked like it, felt like it, but it was more water than snow. Technically speaking, if a compressed ball of this shit hit you, it was unlikely to be a soft ball of hilarity hitting you in the face. Instead, it would probably be more likely to give you concussion, mild brain damage, and some hefty bruising. That was it, snow wise. By the time I’d went to bed, and woken up again, it had been raining heavily. Most of the snow had melted…
The snowcam will be back, I’m sure, later on in the year. But at the minute, it’s back to recording pictures of me, eating curry, and scratching my knackers. May I be the first to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2007.
THE EDIT: These are becoming commonplace. Sorry. I’m not sure if they reach the XML update. Either way. Red Hot Pawn. Lost my first match against Dropkick (i.e. John T). The second match is currently underway, and the link on the right will be changed in due course.
I’m still on my first match with Curried Book’s blogmaster, BigBadMick. It’s an interesting match, and one I’m enjoying. Chess is one of those games… everyone has their own strategy… I’d explain mine, but that would be giving the game away!
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