Close Call

Nearly bought a new camera today but talked myself out of it.

Never mind, there is always tomorrow…

A Very English Wedding

Went to a wedding today. Not been to one for a while. This one was splendid. We had super weather, a really great ceremony.

..and a really great setting.

This is Thrumpton Hall.

.. and looking the other way.

Thanks to Mark and Juliette for inviting us along, and all the best wishes for the future.

Windows 7 is Speeding Me Up

Aside from a few niggles with Nero, I must admit that Windows 7 is speeding me up. Moving around windows and getting things done is faster with the new system, and the generally quicker performance (apart from strange delays at certain times, for example importing Raw images into Photoshop) is much appreciated.

In fact, I like it so much that I’m not going to put Vista back on my machine.

Profound Question Number 35

if you had a camera that could travel faster than light, could it take a photograph of itself?

Star Trek Review… but not as we know it

First things first. The movie delivers. From exploding planets to starship battles to green women in bed with James T, Kirk. They even had a chap turn up with a forgettable name in a red outfit who joined the mission and then was summarily disposed of. The only thing missing was a self destruct sequence, but then blowing up the brand new Enterprise in the first movie is probably not a plan I suppose.

The elephant in the room is of course that once you open up the possibility of alternative timelines (and Star Trek has been doing this for years – at least in this timeline) then they can do pretty much anything they like with the plots and characters. So they have. And it is great.

The new Captain Kirk works really well. And doesn’t have an actor who. puts. extra. full. stops. in. the. middle. of. his. sentences.  However, the new Spock is even better. They seem to have a found cast of folks I’ve never seen before and this is fine too, because you are seeing the character first, which with this kind of baggage is the only way to travel.

Everything works, everything is shiny, and I’m definitely going to see it again.

Let’s hope that that the inevitable sequels are as good.