Bang Goes the Telly

We were sat in bed this morning when the FreeView box on the telly just blew up. Flash, bang, smoke and everything. I think one of the capacitors turned into a resistor for a very brief moment, before it turned into a puff of smoke. I remember a theory that I heard ages ago, which is that everything is actually powered by smoke. The proof, as it as told to me, was that if you “let the smoke out” the device instantly stops working.

Well, the theory is working well for me, with the result that  we can only watch five channels. Although I honestly don’t see this as a huge problem. Then we went up town with the camera. Quite a nice sky, and some reasonable light, which was nice.
 

This is PrincesQuay in Hull. A shopping centre over water.

..and this is Queen'sGardens.

Comments

[CrisRowlands]

Thats a pretty nice snap of that shopping centre, does your camera have a panorama mode or did you stitch it together with Live Gallery or something of the sort?

[Rob]

I just take a bunch of pictures and stitch them together with Photoshop elements. The camera I use has a rather nice electronic level that helps me make sure that the camera is not tilted when I take the shots, otherwise the images can get distorted. I'm intrigued by the Sony cameras that have the panorma built in, but I'm not convinced of the quality.

[Steven]

Thats a beautiful area you live in. I can see why you enjoy getting the camera out after having what sounds like a bit of a stressful morning.

[Ben]

Should be Princes Quay, and Queen's Gardens!

[Rob]

doh!. Teach me to enter blog posts at the end of the day. Fixed.