Weblog and Playground of Gord Fynes

Still waiting on my first roll from the Holga. Since I’ve been on a toy camera kick lately, here’s a snapshot from the Lomo Supersampler. If anyone has any leads on a Diana please let me know.

Laurel picked me up a Holga camera just before the weekend, which I’ve just started snapping with. I haven’t bothered to tape it up or remove the insert from it yet. I’d like to get comfortable with it first before doing any minor modifications. So what if the first roll looks like shit. I’m just glad I was able to load the 120 film without making a total mess of it.

Stay tuned for at least one semi-okay photo.

Happy Birthday Philly!

After several months of strictly city dwelling, we managed to get away for the day and visit the in-laws up north in the country. What a difference an hour’s drive can make. It also was the perfect opportunity to attempt another panoramic (Quicktime required).

So, the old rust bucket is on its way out fairly soon as we’re getting the same make that’s a year younger and in much better condition. But not before I head out to work this morning to find that the slow leak in one of the back tires that we’re filling up twice a week has lead to a total flat overnight. We’re talking right down to the rim. The foot pump in the trunk for such emergencies, in hopes of getting some air happening in order to drive to the local service station to fill up the flat, is broken. As I’ve had more than my share of flat tires, I managed to get the “donut” on in about ten minutes, wheels up to wheels down, so to speak.

Within a couple of hours of arriving all flustered to work, the button on my pants falls off. After failed attempts to hold the top of my pants together with a butterfly paper clasp, I began to discreetly ask around for a sewing kit. Luckily, I only had to ask three people before finding one; none of ‘em asking what I needed it for. Then it’s off to the men’s room to see how good I am with the needle and thread. Of course, this requires taking off shoes and hanging the pants on the hook while standing in one of the stalls (not much space to work with). As co-workers are in to do their business, you just know they’re wondering what the hell’s up with the shoes on the floor pointing in a direction they normally wouldn’t be pointing in, given the setting. The fact that there’s a pair of bare-legged, stocking’d feet must make it all the more strange.

Luckily the needle was already threaded or there would have been some colourful language, which would really have people wondering just what in the hell is going on in there.

I don’t like Mondays.

Congratulations Gillian, Robert and big sister Zoe on the new addition to the family! Welcome aboard, Jonathan!

Busy weekend ahead. The bro is in town from the UK this weekend and the Mom arrives tomorrow from Shanghai. Dad the following week. We haven’t seen the folks since September, so they’ll be excited to see the boy and how much he’s grown.

Since I got the Canon Powershot S230 back in December, I’ve been wanting to get into doing Quicktime panoramas, but didn’t have the bucks to drop on the authoring software. Much to my surprise this past week, I’ve discovered that I’m able save panoramas as Quicktime VRs, especially in the 360 degree format! See for yourself (Quicktime plug-in required). I’m glad I made this discovery at 7am rather than at 11pm as I would have been up all night in the monitor’s blue glow with my new found powers!