Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Some pics from our break #4
Had a day in the car today... Drove to Caernarfon for a wee donder about. Pretty successful charityshopping hunt: 4 books & 2 CDs (more later). We walked round the castle but didn't go in... Felt good just walk & talk. We then headed out to a beach near Llandanwg. We'd visited it a while back & wanted to revisit it. It has a mythical quality... endless sand & a beautiful church in the sand dunes. Delighted we found the beach... & enjoyed the downtime beside the water. On the way home we got caught in our first heavy rain. It made a nice change to the mid-20s heat but the novelty wore off very quickly. Spent the evening watching the fab Brendan Fraser film "Inkheart". Another fab day. Tx
Some pics from our break #3
The shops in Llandudno are alright and worth a donder round... but nothing too exciting. That said... I did find the first "Christian Resource Centre" I actually liked - Fair Trade was their main product with a dinky coffeeshop & some "resources" secondary. More should follow suit. After lunch we headed to Conwy & it's fab castle. We were not disappointed. Awesome structure. The Nikon was smoking... I took that many pics. Later on... after some fab take out... we went to see Transformers 2 at the local cinema. The we'ans enjoyed it & I wasn't disappointed. Not as good as the original but far better than the reviews said. Glad we chose to "suck it & see" so to speak. All in... another fab day. Tx
Monday, June 29, 2009
Pics from our break #2
The Nikon has been out in force but I don't have wifi here to upload the pics from the beach at Rhos-on-Sea. We've been worried about the weather but weren't let down yesterday. The sun was hot & strong yesterday on the beach. We're all burnt in obscure places. Later on we took a trip out in the car. We were actually heading to ASDA to get a DVD. What ASDA shuts at 4pm? Anyway... drove around the great Orme & ended up in the picturesque Conwy. We're heading there today with the Nikon for a donder. Tx
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Some pics from our break #1
I'll sort all the pics on Flickr when I get back... but thought I'd give you a wee flavour for the place we're in... & where we've been. Llandudno is a really sweet town & our digs a few miles out a fab. Just hope we get some nice weather.
Tx
Tx
Friday, June 26, 2009
Happy Birthday Miriam!!!
My youngest is now 8... when did all that happen???
She's a wee cheeky monster... with a twinkle in her eye... but we love her dearly.
So yeah... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRIAM!!!
Tx
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I feel such a potzevateh but Miriam's birthday is the 27th... but we are celebrating it today because we are travelling south tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
When do you tweet?
“People mistakenly think that tapping is not as distracting as talking,” she said. “In fact, it can be every bit as much if not more distracting. And it’s pretty insulting to the speaker.”Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners :: NYTimes (via psfk with thanks)
Read this article in the NYTimes this evening and its made me think about my iPhone usage socially... at work... in meetings... and in the church gatherings I attend.
I have a low attention span and checking tweets is a welcome distraction. This isn't necessarily a bad thing... sometimes a change is as good as a rest... and the distraction provides the needed energy burst of inspiration to carry on.
It is, however, pretty rude to check tweets when in someone's company. This is something I am bad at... and take this opportunity to apologise if I have been distracted in this way while in your company.
I have to switch off "DestroyTwitter" when I am recording the podcast... or I would sound way more distracted and rambly than I normally do.
I do tweet in our church gatherings. This is more about my attention span than a lack of engagement. I have thoroughly enjoyed the recent run of sermons that our Officers have brought to us... and my tweeting shouldn't be seen as detrimental to them.
So here's the question... when do you tweet? Specifically... do you tweet when you are on your own, when you are in company, or both? Do you consider it to be rude... or is there a new etiquette evolving where we give each other permission to remain connected with the twitterverse when interacting socially?
Let me hear your thoughts... Tx
Monday, June 22, 2009
I like to think of my iPhone photos in the same way I would think of a Polaroid...
"I like to think of my iPhone photos in the same way I would think of a Polaroid or a throw away plastic camera. They are fast, efficient and have a quirky quality that can be hard to achieve with film or large megapixel digital cameras. I have learned to embrace the noise and low quality resolution as a positive. The look it gives your photos is very unique and the camera is easy to use."Koury Angelo :: beyondmegapixels.com
Couldn't agree more. This is why I have two iPhones... I use the 1st gen one predominately as a camera... and keep my iPhone 3g for tunes & communication. Some folks may think this is greedy... but it makes sense to me.
My first pack of Polaroid 600 film
Just wanted to say thanks to Laura aka @takebrokenme for her extremely kind & generous gift of a pack of 10 x Polaroid 600 film.
I'm totally stoked at the thought of playing with my new camera... albeit... I don't want to waste a single pic.
Keep an eye out for the pics... although it does seem ironic that I'll need to take a pic with my iPhone or Nikon of the Polaroid pic before I can post it to the ol' nanolog and Flickr.
Thanks again Laura!
Tx
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Proud Dad
Dayna & Miriam became "official" members of the Young People's Band this morning.
My sincere thanks to everyone who has helped the we'ans to get to this point... especially Joanne, Yvonne (pictured) & James.
Tx
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