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Nikon D90 video test.
October 10, 2008 · 9 Comments
The D90 is Nikon’s latest mid range consumer DSLR. It does everything a good Nikon does and brings relief to my shoulder that normally carries the weight of a D3. Although compact compared to other 12.3 Megapixel DSLR’s it has most of the guts of the D300. It’s a DX format sensor and shoots up to 4.5 FPS with ISO settings up to 3200. More than most consumer users will need and enough to keep even some pros happy. The screen is a hi-res 3″ LCD, and is a long way from what I remember on my first Nikon... [Read the full story]
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Nikon D90 video test.
October 10, 2008 · 9 Comments
The D90 is Nikon’s latest mid range consumer DSLR. It does everything a good Nikon does and brings relief to my shoulder that normally carries the weight of a D3. Although compact compared to other 12.3 Megapixel DSLR’s it has most of the guts of the D300. It’s a DX format sensor and shoots up to 4.5 FPS with ISO settings up to 3200. More than most consumer users will need and enough to keep even some pros happy. The screen is a hi-res 3″ LCD, and is a long way from what I remember on my first Nikon... [Read the full story]
Technology
iPhone Solar Charger Case
October 7, 2008 · 10 Comments
On this very wet British morning my postman handed me a soggy jiffy bag from China. Inside was a black box containing my new iPhone Solar powered sheath (as they call it). It was well packaged and only took a week to get here. If i remember rightly i payed around $50 including postage and packaging from a company in Hong Kong called Brando. Here is a first look.. So far so good, the instructions are pretty easy to follow and at the moment the iPhone is sat on my office window quietly charging. I will tell you more after... [Read the full story]
Journalism
A moment with Tony Benn
June 26, 2008 · 9 Comments
Today whilst passing through London and before descending into the tube, I just happened to pop outside Euston train station and spotted Tony Benn sat on a bench lighting his pipe. I was on the way down to Southampton to pick up a car and although I have no idea what made me pop outside the station after getting off the train, I am glad i did. I was not going pass up the opportunity to chat with a lifelong hero of mine so I wondered over and introduced myself. We had a brief discussion about the National Union of Journalists... [Read the full story]
Social Media
Dear Twitter
September 24, 2008 · 15 Comments
Dear Twitter, I have had a great idea… I suddenly realised that over here in the UK you have no offline presence at all. No skyscraping head office, no billboards and no sponsored parks or roundabouts. How could this be? Especially with you being such an incredible international social media tour de force. This got me thinking. I believe I have one of the most sociable cars ever built. It also just happens to be ‘Twitter‘ colour. As the car is so rare in the UK people already stare as I drive by. Wherever... [Read the full story]
Podcasts
Episode 44 - Kiss Privacy Goodbye
August 10, 2008 · 3 Comments
Back on June the 25th, for the second year running myself and Dr John Perivolaris, visited George Orwell’s grave for his birthday. This year we were accompanied by Phil Campbell and Brian Jones and as we picnicked in honour of Eric Arthur Blair, we also discussed our ever diminishing civil liberties, asking what is public and wondering If George Orwell could ever have known that it would not be the tyranny of socialism but the triumph of capitalism which is making us kiss our privacy goodbye? If you have not subscribed... [Read the full story]
Music
Melanie Safka
May 13, 2008 · 7 Comments
I’m so glad my parents were hippies. Without that fact, my musical upbringing would not have been a diet of the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. One of the first sounds I heard was needle on vinyl and my first memory was gazing out of the window of a Welsh farmhouse to see silhouettes dancing around a bonfire playing acoustic guitars and singing. The day I was born Melanie was also celebrating her birthday and had already performed at the Isle of Wight Festival and at Glastonbury... [Read the full story]
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Dear Twitter
Dear Twitter, I have had a great idea… I suddenly realised that over here in the UK you have no offline presence at all. No skyscraping head office, no billboards and no... [Read more]
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A moment with Tony Benn
Today whilst passing through London and before descending into the tube, I just happened to pop outside Euston train station and spotted Tony Benn sat on a bench lighting his... [Read more]
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Back on June the 25th, for the second year running myself and Dr John Perivolaris, visited George Orwell’s grave for his birthday. This year we were... [Read more]
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Sorry for the delay in getting this into my podcast feed. I had some strange issues with the way i had encoded it and it took a little bit of time to get... [Read more]
Whilst feeling a little bit guilty for not having posted a (self-made) podcast in a while I decided that I would paste a couple of random recordings together... [Read more]