HereticSun

In 1935, the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger posed a question to illustrate a problem with the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics when applied to everyday objects. The ‘experiment’ proposed was that a cat is placed inside a sealed steel box with a radioactive source, a Geiger counter and a flask of hydrocyanic acid. If the [...]

My tyres were on their way out, so with the replacements waiting to be put on, it was time to have some fun killing off the old ones.

On Monday, I took my car to the garage to have its new ECU mapped. So Wispy and I headed over to drop it off.

Things didn’t start well when I realised after we left the garage that having given them my mobile phone number, I had left both my phones in the car.

We had promised to take a barbecued burger back for Gill at the garage when we returned. So in true Top Gear style we figured…

I am now the proud owner of a shiny new (well refurbed) Canon EOS 400D. So far I have been playing around with it and just seeing what a difference having a decent camera makes. Already I have been impressed with the results that can be produced just using the presets available. Needless to say that all this technology still does not make up for an inability to use a camera properly. Hopefully, as I use it more, I will learn how to make better use of it, learn more techniques and my photos will steadily improve.

Having arrived back home from Austin and SxSW, the following day held in store a once in a lifetime experience that no amount of jetlag would keep me away from.