A Break in the Action in Everyday Ramblings
- July 18, 2014, 2:22 p.m.
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I know this is a little dark but it was the best I could do with the iPad camera up at the lookout point near The Chart House on my 8K loop on Terwilliger Boulevard yesterday evening. I've taken pictures of this balanced rock sculpture before but like my other 8,000 photos they are not accessible right now.
The adventures in technology continue. I now have this marvelous little bluetooth keyboard for my iPad mini. I will be using it this weekend as we set up Most Honorable's older Mac Mini desktop here for the transition period between now and when we have a pretty decent amount of recovery and the new hard drive purchased for my MacBook Pro installed next week. Or when I save enough to buy a new laptop, either an Air or another Pro.
The Mac Mini with it's brand new large monitor is then going up to Seattle to live in my oldest sister's bedroom. We are a family that shares technology. :)
My sister is getting better. I received a remarkably normal email yesterday from her about something she is passionate about, using the history of a building to tell a story about the local history of a people. This was about our courthouse here in Portland, the one smack in the center of downtown that has been restored. It is not big or imposing but it has a rich history.
There is a pretty good chance we will be able to recover most of my photos.
I have a couple hundred of the most important ones (including the ones of Mr. Finch) saved on the cloud but none of Stella so that will be nice. I do have actual prints, remember those? of Stella as a kitten but not the just hanging around being her sweet neurotic self pictures.
I heard about some technology that is being developed right now called "Light Field". It is something that will be used for virtual reality and gaming and military applications but also, this just blows my mind, a camera that takes pictures that you can focus after the fact. Whoa baby.
Saint Joe is adapting to life without his father and is very focused on work and fully operational again. Our fiscal year is over and for pretty much the rest of the summer my work load is reasonable for the first time in at least three years. What a gift this is!
And as my sub lease is up at the yoga studio I have no weekend classes right now. This is the first Friday in six months that I have been home that I have not needed to go to the studio. (Well, except for the snow storm in January).
I very much need the break to rest and restore my vital energy. And maybe even have some fun too.
And enough time to get around and check in with all of you I hope.
Lyn ⋅ July 18, 2014
Wishing you good technology karma and wonderful R & R this weekend.
I like the rock sculpture.
RoseS ⋅ July 18, 2014
i have a lot of catching up to do... was without much internet for the last three weeks, but a couple of years ago we got our daughter a Lytro camera that i think is what you are talking about... can change the focus after the fact. When we got it, it was only available online but i've seen them in best buy. She hasn't had time to play with it much, but the options sounded really cool.
seedys ⋅ July 18, 2014
balanced rock sculptures here and in the Yukon are called 'inukshuks' by the natives. Love this photo and love that you have some easy time for yourself and at work.
noko seedys ⋅ July 18, 2014
Oh that is good to know. There is a large totem pole across from it. I didn't realize they were connected but thry must be.
Deleted user ⋅ July 18, 2014
You know, I never mastered that old-timey film technology. Am I relieved that it's gone or scared by post facto focussing? Not sure. I hope you can recover the lost ones.
gypsy spirit ⋅ July 19, 2014
edna million ⋅ July 29, 2014
SO glad you ended up getting your pictures back-- and what a neat rock sculpture. We went for a walk over the weekend on an dirt road near here that runs along a very rocky creek and at one point someone had make a bunch of rock pile sculptures in the creek. It was really neat-