January 27, 2003
Warning! You may find britishpathe.com addictive. Just browse their archive of film from the 1896 to the 1970s by hitting the "Lucky dip" button. I've just been looking at images of Brighton's West Pier from 1933. The preview of the clip gives you some descriptive text, but to actually view the movie you need to fill out a form and then download the (Windows) media file. The very low quality preview is free (oddly they email you an invoice) and has a seriously annoying "(c) BRITISH PATHE PREVIEW ONLY" banner stuck 2/3 of the way down the screen for the whole movie. Still, you can splash out and buy the high-quality version if you really wanted to.
Promisied for spring this year: 12 million still images.
Posted by Richard at 4:11 PM
The first batch of photos from Les Arcs are up now. We haven't even finished one of the films in the APS camera yet so the photos of us actually doing some snowboarding will have to wait a while, but here are the scenic/general photos for now.
Posted by Jane at 7:32 PM
- Photo
So where are the photos of you on your bum?
Posted by Kirsty on 2003-01-28 12:04:47
So, it looks like the people at FriendsReunited have come up with another idea. They've launched GenesConnected, a genealogical record site. So, you enter your family tree information and share it with other users. You can add your ancestors, and then search through other people's trees to look for matches. If you find a likely looking match, you can email the contact and share your information. It has the same charging fee as FriendsReunited, so it's a fiver per year. And from what I remember about genealogists, this won't be a hard sell...
Posted by Jane at 2:33 PM
- They are thinking of selling Friends Reunited for a cool £25m. Not bad for two years work.
Posted by noinsight on 2003-01-27 17:36:35
- stolen
http://www.spunkythemonkey.co.uk/brainspew.asp?id=1866C81D-A174-4D60-B9E0-D9415321DE10
Posted by SpUnKyTh3MoNk3Y on 2003-01-30 08:21:15
- The sale is off...
according to this article at the Media Guardian - http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,906515,00.html
Posted by Jane on 2003-03-03 10:45:02
January 26, 2003
So, whilst we were on our holidays another bit of the West Pier collapsed. Looks like we lost our opportunity to do a tour of it then! Bah!
Update: Just found these photos. It looks like the front (land part) of the pier has squashed even more.
Posted by Jane at 10:33 AM
I've just been playing with some of the holiday photos, and the above is one of two panoramas I took from the balcony of our apartment - yes, really, that is the view we woke up to last Sunday morning. Lovely!
Posted by Jane at 1:45 PM
- Welcome back
Wow.
The M25 it is not.
:)
Posted by noinsight on 2003-01-27 17:33:05
January 12, 2003
Well, we survived our first snowboarding holiday. We went to Les Arcs, France and had a wonderful time.
No real injuries to speak of, a few bruises and blisters, and a lot of aching muscles but other than that it was a real success for us (less so for Simes and Steff who didn't get as much snowboarding in as Daisy wouldn't settle in the nursery). We concentrated on a couple of runs, and got used to the terrain so that we could learn new aspects rather than spending all our time wondering what we were going to have to deal with next.
Posted by Jane at 11:20 AM
- aha
that explains why it's been quiet around here...
btw i may have a home for your old camera if it's for sale...gimme a ring when you've got a min
Posted by SpUnKyTh3MoNk3Y on 2003-01-26 15:17:26
January 11, 2003
We've had a cracking weekend. A bit of light shopping yesterday afternoon and then off into London (well, Elephant and Castle to be exact) for a birthday/house warming party for Heather. The theme was a children's party so there were sandwiches, sausage rolls, fairy cakes as well as party games - like pin the tail on the (very depressed looking) donkey, and pass the parcel. Excellent idea!
Today we headed off on our first bike ride of the New Year, and it was hard work. The track we often cycle along was frozen so it was a bit like riding a boneshaker at times. Still, it was nice to be out in the fresh air, and it was a beautiful sunny day down here. Shame me and my bike parted company on a particularly muddy bit... Then we met up with one of our friends for Sunday lunch at The Regency Restaurant before stopping to take some photos of the sky at sunset. Then finally, on to see some other friends for tea. An unexpectedly lovely weekend.
Posted by Jane at 8:26 PM
January 10, 2003
There we were, just walking around the streets of Brighton when we came across this scene. As I had my camera with me I thought I'd take a quick snap of it.
Posted by Jane at 4:27 PM
January 08, 2003
After Tuesday's poor attempt at moon photography I decided to find out a bit more about it and read an article on photo.net, one on dpFWIW and got some advice from the forums on dpreview. So this evening, as I left the office I decided to try a few of the suggestions. I'm planning to experiment with a few other settings next time, but I'm much happier with what I got here.
Posted by Jane at 6:11 PM
- oooh we like that
i'm gonna have to have a go now...
Posted by SpUnKyTh3MoNk3Y on 2003-01-13 11:28:17
- And another one...
Technical Info:<br />
Tv( Shutter Speed ) - 1/250<br />
Av( Aperture Value ) - 4.0<br />
ISO Speed - 50<br />
See http://www.janeandrichard.co.uk/blog/img/2002Jan15moon.jpg
Posted by Jane on 2003-01-15 20:00:11
- perhaps you could lend janet your tripod.
Posted by tin tin on 2003-02-07 23:26:22
January 07, 2003
The night sky photos are now added to the gallery, so go and take a look.
Posted by Jane at 6:29 PM
January 04, 2003
Still playing with the new camera! This time with a night shot - something I've never been able to do before as I've never had a camera which you can adjust the shutter time on. So, this was taken at the camera's maximum shutter time of 15 seconds (which I discovered is too long a bright moon!). The only adjustment I've made to it is to reduce the red levels a bit as there was more light pollution in the image than in reality. Tomorrow I'll play with the other photos I took, and will probably add them to the gallery. If I get the feeling in my fingers back that is...
Posted by Jane at 8:38 PM
January 01, 2003
As I threatened before, another "odd" photo. This is of one our Christmas tree lights amongst the tree. I liked the way the light fell.
Posted by Jane at 11:06 AM
- nice!
nothing like a new camera to inspire you to play :)
Posted by SpUnKyTh3MoNk3Y on 2003-01-05 12:09:27
I've been playing with the settings on my new camera today, and the above is just one of many. Somehow I'm sure over the next few weeks, more of these odd images will appear here
Posted by Jane at 7:49 PM
Happy New Year
Just thought I'd start 2003 with a wish for a healthy, happy and successful year for all our friends
Posted by Jane at 11:36 AM
- May I use your page to wish you all a great year 2003? I did! ;p
hugs
SIP
Posted by Sip on 2003-01-03 16:10:01
- Thanks Sip
Hope all is well in Italy for you, and maybe even see you if you manage to get back over to the UK this year...
Posted by Jane on 2003-01-06 17:30:12
