Future Predictions Imperfect
I've read a lot of Sci-Fi novels, more in the past I must admit, but I've always found it funny/interesting how some of the common tech of today was not predicted at all. The classic example is phones. Generally at best there's some sort of pager, but in most cases people have nothing. Home phones, often with video, are more the norm. I can understand this too, 'cos I was growing up while mobile phones were becoming a thing. I knew people with a mobile phone and I never really saw the point. (...)
Lens-a-thon
Yes! There are fitness benefits to photography! I often walk around all day with 10+ kg of equipment in my backpack. (Yeah, backpack. I've tried other styles but they are too tiring too fast. Mine's a Lowepro Flipside 400 AW II, might rant more about it later.) And it sure burns off energy. But I don't do it every day. So it probably doesn't work too well...
I would like to start doing long bushwalks though. I'll have (...)
Dave's garage
Dave Plummer had a cool video with associated source last week highlighting some of the how's and why's of Windows ASM software. It's an interesting summary of the power of Windows software... and at the same time why it's a bit pointless doing ASM; you're at the mercy of the Win32 libraries so if they are not running as efficient as your own code you are no longer the (...)
Mega Memory Menance
I bought the ASUS ROG Flow Z13-KJP. Pretty cool machine which I like very much, and I really haven't done much that really pushes it that hard. Mostly photo work, which it handles well as it has 128 GB of RAM..... yeah.... crazy stuff. But while that's really cool and useful and all, it does come with issues. Mostly in relation to when you're not using it. Sleep and hibernation.... yeah. Keeping alive that much memory uses a lot of battery life and I haven't got around to testing how long it (...)
Fitted For But Not With Mirror
So what is the deal with "Mirrorless" cameras? One of the most silly ways to describe a product; by something it hasn't got. EFI wasn't called Carb-less after all. I suppose it's the result of "DSLR"s (Digital Single Lens Reflex) being so descriptive... but... really it wasn't all about that. The SLR was just one aspect of the cameras, what was really just as important was the ability to change lenses, focus, change, aperture and shutter speed. "DSLR" is a incomplete term as much as (...)
One Year Later
So I've been at this zen Slog thing for over a year now... and not really achieving the primary goal sad to say. Or even the secondary goal. But keeping it active was a goal so that's all good. I really do need to get back to the whole software aspect though, which should be easier now I've mostly caught up on my photo sorting backlog. Hurrah!
Sunk Time Truthality
Sometimes I spend so much time researching a product I end up buying something just to make the time spent researching not a waste of time. 'cos otherwise I'm likely to just go and do the research again and then end up with the same dilemma. That's the problem of today; it's hard to believe anything in product specs or reviews. People can be wrong, mis-informed, lying, or just have different perspective/priorities to you. So IMHO you've gotta read the specs and read (...)
Wind up Wind down
Back on language? Yeah. But this one really did get me thinking. I was asked if I was going to sleep soon and I said something like "Yeah, I'm just winding up a few things." To my surprise I got the reply "Don't you mean 'wind down'".... and I'm not really sure what I said back as it's kinda interesting.
To me "wind up" is what I meant. To me it means finishing up, with the comparison being that you wind up clocks before (...)
Charity is not really my thing
As said before, I need the exercise. So when a charity step challenge was mentioned at work I figured..... sure, why not? But holistically I think it's gonna be a fail for me. But prove me wrong; here's a link to Starlight Super Steps
So why the negativity? Well mostly 'cos charity really isn't my thing. I see these organisations that run (...)
View to a wall
Stayed in a hotel recently and I was able to pick the room and floor online with the app. 13th floor. I thought "this'll be a good view of XX". I even brought a tripod. Seemed like a good plan. But nope. My view was to a neighbouring wall about a meter away.. If I got real close to the window and looked forward I could kinda see something. But not really.
I do wonder what's the point in this. A bad view, such as blocked (...)
