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A New Photo

2012-01-31T18:07:05Z

I finally got around to developing this particular image. I took this last summer (I can't remember when, but it was during a vacation week, which Sarah reminds me: I had one each in June and July) up on Rt. 8, north of Utica. It's a scenic overlook of the West Canada creek. If you look closely, you can spot a chap fishing. This was taken with my 1930s Kodak Recomar 33, with my usual 9x12cm Efke ISO 100 black and white film. Click the image for a bigger view.

A Little Music, Perhaps?

2012-01-21T21:27:48Z

I've been tinkering today, since I have a lot of extra time, with my Yamah DGX-640 portable grand piano. And I've also been playing with getting a nice media player for the website. Since SquareSpace doesn't provide one, really, I've found what looks to be an excellent one that I've put in that will do both audio and video. Today's an Audio day, so here's 'Danny Boy':

Updates

2011-10-18T20:33:40Z

I really need, at some point, to put more RAM in my laptop. It runs well for the most part, but some intensive tasks can bog it down a bit. All in all, it's not bad.

I updated my Apple products to iOS 5, and have started making use of some of the iCloud features. I retain my Google mail, of course, but am trying out the other products like calendar, reminders, address book, and photo stream. I'm very pleased with the photo stream functionality, since it means I'm no longer doomed to email photos to myself to get them on other devices.

Overall iOS 5 seems to be a success, though - I do enjoy the new notification system, and there's just enough other tweaks in there to make it all very worthwhile. I do not see myself upgrading to an iPhone 4S, though. Although, the 8 megapixel f/2.8 camera is a pretty nice touch.

I picked up 110 more 78 RPM records at the Ithaca book sale this past weekend. Almost all are single-sided pre-1920 records, so I'm very happy about that. It seems like the quality of the records gets better every year!

It Runs In The Family

2011-09-21T22:37:59Z

My grandfather

My grandfather is driving an old John Deere, though I confess I don't recall the model. I'm driving a '55 International Harvested 300 Utility.

It Still Fits

2011-09-13T02:03:11Z

Such as it is...it hasn't been pulled out in years, so this evening I picked up some fitting pants, and test it out again. As it is, the vest needs some button help. I seem to be cursed in life to sewing buttons on every remotely nice piece of clothing I have.

The 2011 Wayne County Fair

2011-08-18T16:19:15Z

Credit for these photos goes to Hannah Taylor.

The 2011 Pageant of Steam

2011-08-18T13:50:58Z

My Winter Coat

2011-07-28T22:51:42Z

My Mom picked up this coat for me last year. It's a nice, vintage, wool overcoat.

But, after enough years, the leather-shank buttons were wearing out. So, I have found buttons that match pretty closely. See below!

The original style is on the left, with my replacement on the right. I could only find these from one online retailer, and they had a minimum order of 6 packages of 2 buttons each, so I have enough buttons to last this coat a while!

More Site News

2011-07-28T16:08:20Z

I have moved the site over to the Squarespace service provider. For $20 / mo., I can have unlimited bandwidth and storage. The interface for building the blog is also quite nice. So, as I tweak things and add to it - look out!

At the moment, none of my music links or YouTube links will work, but I'm working getting that going again.

Site News

2011-07-22T14:02:36Z