Archive for August, 2008

X-Bomber - Available for pre-order on DVD

I ‘Became a Fan’ for the X-Bomber page on Facebook and noticed that somebody had posted about the fact that Starfleet: X-Bomber was due to be released on DVD soon. It’s up for pre-order on Amazon here:

Star Fleet - Series…

Walk pictures

I went for walk this afternoon - from Littleborough to Ogden Reservoir, via Hollingworth lake.

Hollingworth Lake

The pictures are up on Flickr (and can be viewed by clicking the pic above). The walk itself was around 8 miles altogether. My legs and…

Get your retro…the Warrington Music Collective years

Ditch, liveA couple of nights ago I was chatting to a friend from Warrington on Facebook about music in the town - and specifically his acoustic performances at Porters. This reminded me that I hadn’t long ago spotted that a new…

Water droplets

Water droplet - slight elevation

50mm 1.8/f and 580EX II camera-mounted. 1/4000th second exposure. Unfortunately the only glass container I’ve got is a Pyrex measuring jug - so need to try this again at some point with an unmarked dish.

New flash

Canon 580EX II

Today my new flash arrived for my camera. It’s a Canon 580EX II - and it looks like a cute little creature. Maybe.

I’ve been playing around with it this evening - mainly taking self-portraits, bouncing the flash off the ceiling and…