Bar & Grill

[Ryan]

Just a thread where people can come in and talk about off-topic things and get to know everyone better!

Some of you might recognize me from MF.

[MacHeadCase]

Howdy Ryan! Welcome to MacApper!

And what a cool idea, this thread! Are you keeping the bar for tonight? If so, I believe I'll have a beer, if you'd be so kind! :thumbup:

[Ryan]

Sure thing, what kind would you like?

[MacHeadCase]

Hmm

Ok dokay, I'd like a very cold Rousse Bitter from the microbrewery La Barberie (http://www.labarberie.com/). Extraordinary beer, all natural... :drool:

[Ryan]

Here 'ya go!
*slides drink to MHC across the bar*
http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/15151.jpg

[MacHeadCase]

Ah that's great, Ryan! The next round's on me. :coolthumbup:

[Ryan]

Glad you liked it!

[MacHeadCase]

So, is school over for you and if not, when does it end exactly?

[Ryan]

So, is school over for you and if not, when does it end exactly?

Well I have two more days this week, monday off next week and exams tuesday through thursday, then I'm done!

The exam schedule is great, so I'm excited about that.

[MacHeadCase]

That indeed sounds like the ideal schedule. :)

You have anything planned for this summer?

[Ryan]

Well, I plan to do a lot of hockey camps and open hockey sessions, but I don't really have much planed as far as trips.

Our exam schedule is pretty good, on tuesday and thursday we get there at 8:15 take our exam and leave at 10:30, and on wednesday we get there at 8:15 have our first exam til 10:30 have a huge break before our last exam which is from 1:00 to 3:15.

[MacHeadCase]

Great schedule! That way you'll be able to rest between exams. :thumbup:

[Ryan]

Haha, yup. Which will mean more studying!

[MacHeadCase]

And you'll be this Super Duper Student! :w00t:

So who's gonna win the Stanley Cup this year?

[Ryan]

And you'll be this Super Duper Student! :w00t:

So who's gonna win the Stanley Cup this year?

As much as it pains me to say, the wings. I'll be pulling for the Pens though!

[iKitten]

Yay! I was wondering who would start a "Bar & Grill" here. :thumbup:

(It wasn't gonna be me, 'cause I can be shy 'bout starting threads! :blush: )

I'm busy converting cassettes to MP3s (the hard way?) Today a friend of mine (a few years younger) asked why I don't just buy them from iTunes. Um, wish I could. Most of these cassettes are obscure artists from a time before compact discs existed! :rolleyes:

[Kilted]

Good morning everyone,
I just got to work it's 06.30 here in Noggin land...I froze my feet on the cycle to work this morning it was only 4 degrees C.. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

PS.(Zombie Homer Simpson voice).... neeeed Coooffeeee

[MaDDoG]

Ahh winter is upon me. Getting cold here tonight. Oh I love summer. B ut yeah Ryan, pass me a beer too thanks. Lets see, just a Moosehead for now or a Cascade Premium if you have one at hand.

[Kilted]

Have a few on me MaDDog. Great to see you here

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h174/Freelandersporrano/IMG_0051.jpg

This is becoming a refugee camp :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Wow Kilted! Seems like summer is hard to kickstart over in Norway. We still have our cold-ish mornings here, last week we had an accidental 6C, but it gets warm in the day(in the 20s), the sun is blazing hot this time of year.

We did get a few rainy days in a row though. Good thing it was nice for the long weekend though or I would have rented those lenses for nothing. :)

And Ryan is our cool Bar&Grill starter guy! It was a terrific idea!

[iKitten]

We're having a cold snap: it's only gonna reach 83f/28c today. ;)
A few days ago we had a four day stretch of over 100f.

Maybe I'll contact an admin, but I canNOT figure out how to make this site stop sending me emails about new posts in my subscribed threads. And, yes, for the hyper-conscientious types, I have unchecked every email option there is in User CP! (I have saved that sucker three times with my preferences.) :confused:

[MacHeadCase]

That's a COLD spell for you guys? Pffffttt! :tongue:

That's 'cuz the forum doesn't want you to forget about it. LOL

Nah teasing you. You did go check Quick Links -> Subscribed Treads -> View all Subscribed Threads -> click on Selected Threads and select from the drop down menu that appears Delete Subsctiption, right? (See screenie below)

That's the only thing I can see right now...

[iKitten]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't want to unsubscribe! I just don't want emails telling me of new posts. :crying:

[MacHeadCase]

Ohh... Well then maybe an admin would know how to set this up properly then.

I talked with Steven, he's pretty cool.

http://macapper.com/forums/member.php?u=83

[iKitten]

Actually, my last attempt with the User CP seems to have worked. I won't bug anybody else yet! :tongue_smilie:

And yes, for this time of year, it's a cold snap! I'm having to wear socks today. :bored:

[MacHeadCase]

Sorry but... does not compute! LOL :tongue:

Man whenever it reaches 20C +, it's summertime here.

Well ok, not exactly but you know those snow banks are embedded in our collective memory here and it does make us strange. :rolleyes:

[iKitten]

Ha, you probably never experienced 100-108f/38-42c up there in the Great White. Hence the lack of computation!? :biggrin:

Okay, yeah, edit while I'm replying. :tongue:

But I have wondered how y'all can stay sane with the cold and snow!

[MacHeadCase]

Easy... We lock the door, call for pizza and stay inside till it thaws out there. :tongue_smilie:

[Sherman Homan]

OK, first post here, conversations about beer and pizza brought me out of the "lurker" mode! Hi MacHeadCase! And iKitten, it is 52 and raining here sunny New England...

[MacHeadCase]

Hello hello Sherman! So glad to see you among us! Welcome to MacApper! :thumbup:

[Steven Owens]

Hey everyone....I'm glad to see all the activity here! As for 83 F being a cold snap...I don't know about that. Here in PA it has been in the 60s for the past few weeks. I'd say that's more of a cold snap for end of May.

[MacHeadCase]

Whaaaaaahhh!

It's 14C = 57,2 F here... :crying:

At least, *sniffles* it's warmer than where Sherman is.

[MaDDoG]

Have a few on me MaDDog. Great to see you here

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h174/Freelandersporrano/IMG_0051.jpg

This is becoming a refugee camp :thumbup:

Thanks oh Kilted one. I don't suppose youv'e got a bottle opener under that sporran?

[MaDDoG]

See ya guys....gots to goes to work now......

[MacHeadCase]

Ciao MDDG! Here's to an uneventful day at work for you! :thumbup:

[iKitten]

Hey everyone....I'm glad to see all the activity here! As for 83 F being a cold snap...I don't know about that. Here in PA it has been in the 60s for the past few weeks. I'd say that's more of a cold snap for end of May.
Yeah, 60f is chilly for PA at this point. My grandparents live in the Allentown area.

Normal for those of us in the Valley of the Sun is hovering around 100f at the end of May. :coolthumbup:

I'm allergic to the cold. When it gets below 60f I'm in hibernation mode! Literally.

[Ryan]

It's sunny and around 80°F, around 26°C, here in North Carolina, perfect weather I think!

[Kilted]

It's 6 am and I'm sitting at my desk.. I should be working. I've got that Friday feeling ... Have a great day Mac Geeks!!
:thumbup:

[Kilted]

Thanks oh Kilted one. I don't suppose youv'e got a bottle opener under that sporran?


We use our teeth here:laugh: :laugh:

[MaDDoG]

We use our teeth here:laugh: :laugh:

This is Australia - we use New Zealanders eye sockets.......:scared:

[Kilted]

This is Australia - we use New Zealanders eye sockets.......:scared:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

[MaDDoG]

An American Decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.
So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando , thinking that he
would start by working his way across the USA from South to North.
On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a
golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read '$10,000 per call
.
The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the
telephone was used for.
The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000
you could talk to God.
The American thanked the priest and went along his way
Next stop was in Atlanta . There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same
golden telephone with the same sign under it.
He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Orlando and he
asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.
She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he
could talk to God.
'O.K., thank you,' said the American ..
He then travelled all across America, Europe, England, Japan, New Zealand.
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same '$US10,000
per call' sign under it.
The American, decided to travel to Australia to see if Australians had the
same phone.
He arrived at the Gold Coast, in Australia and again, in the first church he
entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under
it read '40 cents per call.'
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. 'Father,
I've traveled all over the world and I've seen this same golden telephone in
many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in all of
them price was $10,000 per call.
Why is it so cheap here?'
The priest smiled and answered, 'You're in Australia now, son - it's a local
call'.
KEEP SMILING
If you are proud to be an Aussie pass this on!

[Kilted]

When God created the world there was one country he sent extra time on to get it just right. He created many exotic animals, and wonderful deserts and landscapes with all manner of tress and plants to grow there.
One of the angels pointed out that he thought it unfair that God should use more time on this one country than the others.

So to compensate he created Austalians to live there :lol: :lol:

[bobtomay]

Yeah, 60f is chilly for PA at this point. My grandparents live in the Allentown area.

Normal for those of us in the Valley of the Sun is hovering around 100f at the end of May. :coolthumbup:

I'm allergic to the cold. When it gets below 60f I'm in hibernation mode! Literally.

That makes 2. But, I'd just as soon not see anything below 70.

Ah, Key West here I come.

Naw, never mind. Don't think I could make it as a shrimper.

[MaDDoG]

I so love prawns or shrimp if you will. Love them!! Eat them I can sayeth Yoda.

[MacHeadCase]

You guys are hilarious! :thumbup:

[MaDDoG]

You guys are hilarious! :thumbup:

Look out. The northern hemisphere is awakening.........

[bobtomay]

awakening and have to go - tgif

got a 3 day weekend though :w00t:

and don't have a darn thing planned

wife already called in sick at 4:30 this morning

wish I was further down the totem pole and could get away with that sometimes :sad: at least they go by fast enough, ain't no slack

[MacHeadCase]

Look out. The northern hemisphere is awakening.........

Yeah this morning I am particularly in limbo upon getting up. :bored:

I'm drinking my cup of coffee but feel I'd need ten more to become intelligent again. Yowzha!

awakening and have to go - tgif

got a 3 day weekend though :w00t:

and don't have a darn thing planned

wife already called in sick at 4:30 this morning

wish I was further down the totem pole and could get away with that sometimes :sad: at least they go by fast enough, ain't no slack

Well you just have yourself a grand day there bob. Three day weekend! We had one last weekend! Wouldn't life be just dandy if we had three day weekends every weekend? :w00t:

[MaDDoG]

awakening and have to go - tgif

got a 3 day weekend though :w00t:

and don't have a darn thing planned

wife already called in sick at 4:30 this morning

wish I was further down the totem pole and could get away with that sometimes :sad: at least they go by fast enough, ain't no slack

Go for it Bob 2 May....Friday is over here. But it was a good day.

[bobtomay]

Go for it Bob 2 May....Friday is over here. But it was a good day.


It'd be nice - but the owner is off today, and when she's gone - I'm the guy. Think 'I'm the guy' even when she's there.


Tried to talk her into letting me go to a 3 day seminar to learn how to do my job better last week. Didn't get past the second sentence. She just looked at me and responded, "What, are you going to 'teach' it".

Had a co-worker come into my office to ask a question - another one came by and asked what he was doing - His response, "Well, I came in to ask what time it is, and he's teaching me how to build a watch".

Think I need to start slackin' some? :blink: I'm gettin' too old for this.

[MacHeadCase]

Hmm.

Think you have to find a doctor that can write good tickies for some time off. ;)

[MacHeadCase]

How dumb is dumb?

Well, it's when you have a Yahoo! account to catch up and stay up to date with some newsgroup, namely the Terragen Yahoo! group. Then you find out you don't need to follow them this way anymore, they have started their own forum.

But the most important point is that you hear that Micro$oft really wants to buy Yahoo! even if they do it in a very inelegant way and that your only dealings with M$ is giving your email addie to friends that use Hotmail and that you immediately get spam emails each and every time right after doing so.

Then you read somewhere that M$ reserves the right to sell to third-party companies any email addie that finds its way in any Hotmail address book. And then you understand about the spam.

So you do the math and you think "Ok I'm ditching this Yahoo! account, I don't want to start getting any spam after M$ bullies its way into ownership".

So you unsubscribe.

Two weeks later, you try to log into your Flickr account...

Gah. :blink:

[Kilted]

There is so much weather talk here.. Do you know there is a little weather Easter egg on your Mac

On the standard weather widget do this
option++click on the town name.. you'll get the weather forecast for "Nowhere"

[MacHeadCase]

AHAHAHA :laugh:

I didn't know that one, Kilted! Very cool man! :coolthumbup:

[iRye]

Neat trick!

[MacHeadCase]

Well howdy there stranger! :laugh:

[Kilted]

iRye ?.. Welcome

[MaDDoG]

Hello iRye.....

Good one Kilted. I wondered what nowhere is like this time of the year and now I know.

[MacHeadCase]

Kinda nippy ain't it? :)

[MaDDoG]

3 degrees here now and i'm about to go out into it.... brrrrrr shiver shiver

[MaDDoG]

Anyhooo I gots to go . Bye all back later

[MacHeadCase]

Go out? Why? It's Saturday for you! :O

Well tata then!

[MaDDoG]

Yes but even on a cold Saturday we still have things we have to do. See I'm back now and about to leave again....... shopping with my daughter for a birthday present for "She Who Must Be Obeyed" otherwise I may have to wash my own socks forever after.......

[Ryan]

Neat trick Kilted! How'd you figure that out?

I'm glad I have a 3 day weekend now, time to relax!

And welcome iRye!

[iKitten]

There is so much weather talk here.. Do you know there is a little weather Easter egg on your Mac

On the standard weather widget do this
option++click on the town name.. you'll get the weather forecast for "Nowhere"
It didn't work for me. :sad: What came up was the weather page for said town!?

Hey, iRye!

[MacHeadCase]

iKitten, did you click simultaneously hold down the command and option keys while left-mouse clicking? It worked for me... A bit tricky though. But this is what Nowhere is like right now... Colder than here! :O

[MaDDoG]

Question - how do you delete widgets? I have a growing number and need to do some surgury and remove some.

[MacHeadCase]

As far as I know, there are two places you can find them.

Paths are:

Macintosh HD -> Users -> your user account -> Library -> Widgets

Or

Macintosh HD -> Library -> Widgets

You just drag them to the trash and empty the trash. As long as you quit Dashboard before as precaution though I guess.

[MaDDoG]

I actually need to delete them from the dashboard screen and not the system as such.

[MacHeadCase]

I actually need to delete them from the dashboard screen and not the system as such.

Oh well in that case... Click on Dashboard and once the widgets are all loaded, click on the little + (plus) sign in a black circle you see at the bottom left. This will make Xs appear in the upper left-hand corner of each widget that you have on your screen. You just click on that X to disable it.

[MaDDoG]

Thats the one....I knew there was an easy way but do you think I could remember. Thanks.

[MacHeadCase]

Glad I could help MDDG! :)

[Kilted]

Hey Mods wake up we are being Spammed up by Kevinflys. This creature did the same at a site where I moderate

[MaDDoG]

Hi Kilted - I think you and I are the only ones awake here. I have clicked the little yellow report the post box and in desperation even emailed MHC which seems lame as she is not a mod here hahaha

[MacHeadCase]

Yeah I reported the spam too. When I see listed as Mac specs:1 I am now officially suspicious... A lot of the spammers here list the number 1 as their Mac specs. Betcha they don't even know the Mac so they can't post any specs for it. :cursing:

[MaDDoG]

I wish they would just go waste Windows users time. Ours is more valuable.

[MacHeadCase]

No kidding. Spam is the most hateful invention known to man... :angry:

[MaDDoG]

I am working on reinstalling a windoze laptop at the moment. I have been here for hours just getting updates. sheesh.

[MacHeadCase]

Why are you fixing it? Are you selling it?

[MaDDoG]

Not sure yet. Might keep it next to the mac so I remember how bad windoze is......... No I have some uses for it as most of the stuff I do for work is windoze based.

[MacHeadCase]

Ah ok gotcha.

You can't use Boot Camp for that stuff?

[MaDDoG]

boot camp on a windoze machine?

[MacHeadCase]

No, Boot Camp on your MacBook Pro.

[MaDDoG]

yeah have that.......

[MacHeadCase]

You could use that instead of your Windoze Flabbergaster machine. :biggrin:

Well we done a good job burrying with our posts all that ungodly spam... :)

[MaDDoG]

24 more for gold star.......

[MacHeadCase]

Oh crap... Looks like there's another one of those Mac Specs:1 guys online now... Crap is gonna hit the fan I betcha.

[MaDDoG]

who where?

[MacHeadCase]

The guy/bot that has numbers for a username. And this in his member profile...

[MaDDoG]

ahiza....new member no specs?

[MacHeadCase]

No, 0805...etc.

But then again aziza posted that spam that I reported too.

[MaDDoG]

if you have a look at the members list there are some really strange dudes in there.......

[MacHeadCase]

Yeah I agree.

[MaDDoG]

lots with no posts and no specs.... I think I saw one that last posted in 1970?

[MacHeadCase]

Wow! This forum is real old. :laugh:

[MaDDoG]

92 now

[bobtomay]

Well, we needed to go to Petsmart today and decided we'd like to find some good Thai for lunch while we were out.

Found a few restaurants with user ratings on line. Found one with 8 user reviews, all giving it 5 stars and has an online coupon for 15% off. And it's right next door to a Petsmart. Think it's meant to be. Haven't had any good Thai food since I moved up here, can't wait. :w00t:

[Steven Owens]

Hey Mods wake up we are being Spammed up by Kevinflys. This creature did the same at a site where I moderate

I would like to apologize for this. I am the only person really moderating these forums and I am in the throws of moving as well as managing the main portion of the site. I will be looking to bring on at least one moderator in the next week or two...so shoot me a PM if you are interested. These forums have been dead since they started so if you guys could put up with things for a bit while I get everything fixed that would be great.

I really appreciate all of you coming and actually making the forums active!

[MacHeadCase]

In the meantime, I can help out. And maybe look for someone that has a different timezone than I do. Kilted who lives in Norway or MaDDoG which is in Australia so the surveillance would be around the clock or close to it... If one of them wants to, that is.

Oh and good luck with the move, Steven!

[Ryan]

Well, I really like these forums, we have a lot of great members so far!

[MacHeadCase]

It has a lot of potential but I like it a lot so far too.

I was a bit burnt by the troubleshooting-only posts I made over there but here it's more of a social gathering and I very much welcome this new type of laid-back, relaxing and joking atmosphere among friends.

All my thumbs up... :coolthumbup: :thumbup:

[Ryan]

I like the atmosphere here too, it is more laid back, but still a place where people can ask questions and be helped right away. I think it's a great balance!

[MacHeadCase]

Dang! I just went to that other forum to get rid of some of the attachments that were more personal in nature i.e. not the troubleshooting attachments and I can't delete any. :uhh:

Phooey!

[Ryan]

Good idea, I just went back and did that.

It seems waaayyy to crowded now.

[MacHeadCase]

You deleted some? How, Ryan? I can't edit old posts and went into my member profile to the attachments page but have no control over them... Didn't see any way of deleting them.

[iKitten]

Eh, I as just over there and don't really care about what's left behind. But then I was never as much help as some of you! Thought about changing my p/w to something I wouldn't remember. :rolleyes:

[MacHeadCase]

Ohhhh what a lovely avie, iKitten!!! Love it.

And yeah I agree with you. I was a bit burnt out with all the help and not getting much in return, in terms of human contact, in the end.

This here is much more community minded and I love it. Over there it was fast-food tech help.

Meh. :glare:

[Kilted]

Maybe we should keep this place a secret ??

[Ryan]

Haha, I like this secret of ours!

[iKitten]

Shh, Be Vewwy Qwiet!! ;)

[MacHeadCase]

MacApper? Who? Where? What? :uhh: :confused: :bored: :mellow: :blink:

[Kilted]

I'm off to bed it's tomorrow here now. Good night sweet Mac Geeks :)

[MacHeadCase]

Goodnight Kilted. See you soon. And sleep well. :thumbup:

[iKitten]

Well, I trying to decide if I'm going to convert another cassette today. I've been at it for five days... gotten 59 songs done so far. It's getting easier with practice but, as one tutorial says, "it's real time, so 45 minutes takes 45 minutes." :tongue_smilie:

[MacHeadCase]

Ok let's cut a deal here. Once you're finished with your cassettes, I'm gonna send you mine so you can digitize them. Is that ok with you? :biggrin:

[Ryan]

Good night Kilted!

[MaDDoG]

Eh, I as just over there and don't really care about what's left behind. But then I was never as much help as some of you! Thought about changing my p/w to something I wouldn't remember. :rolleyes:

Love the new avi iKitty

[MaDDoG]

I'm off to bed it's tomorrow here now. Good night sweet Mac Geeks :)


Good Morning MacGeeks. (Rooster crows in background) its a lovely morning here in the land downunder.

[MacHeadCase]

Well it's getting close to dinner time here... 19:30 almost.

But you're in the future so... what were the results for the lottery drawing (http://macapper.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5243#post5243) last night?

[Ryan]

Wouldn't that be cool if that worked!

[MaDDoG]

0937 Sunday here according to MBP

and the numbers were......drum roll please

[MacHeadCase]

Now you behave MDDG. I'm off to get some dindin in me. :drool:

[MaDDoG]

bon apatite

[bobtomay]

Shh, Be Vewwy Qwiet!! ;)

LoL - yep like that new avie too

[MaDDoG]

Normally pretty noisey when I'm around.

[iKitten]

^^ I would never have guessed! :laugh:

Thanks for all the positives on my new avvie! I won't be stuck on one like I was over there. :thumbup:

MHC, I wouldn't mind converting your tapes, but you might mind my methods! I'm playing them in the closet (for sound proofing) and recording into GarageBand. None of this sophisticated, highly technical stuff for me!

[MaDDoG]

and you can fit the whole studio plus a band in the closet. omg.

[MaDDoG]

What an afternoon. I bought 2 solid state hard drives for work. Bought them home to set them up (and fix a few normal hard drives that had died). Unpacked the first one and plugged it into the windoze machine I have using a ata to usb bridge. Wouldn't see it. Tried it on the mac - same result. Researched stuff downloaded programs and fiddled for about 4 hours and still nothing. I sat there looking at the other SSD thinking do I unwrap it or not. They were just over $500 each for a mere 16 Gb. Eventually I unpaked it and plugged it in. Windows went bing I see you wizards started and partitioning and formatting commenced perfectly. One drive was dead right out of the box. Grumble grumble grizzle grizzle.:angry: :cursing:

[MacHeadCase]

Are you gonna take it back? It's DOA and you shouldn't have to pay for merchandise like that. :mad:

[MaDDoG]

Pay before you walk out the door of course. The fact that I am also getting another $1500 laptop from them tomorrow may help my cause.

[MacHeadCase]

Yeah you let them know 'cuz this makes no sense at all.

Hey! We're already at page 14 in this thread. w00t!!! :w00t:

[MaDDoG]

It was just really frustrating. Not al bad though. I got to relearn some of my windoze skills

[MacHeadCase]

You have my sympathies. :tongue_smilie:

[MaDDoG]

You gots to make positives outa negatives you know.

[MacHeadCase]

I see in the banned members list, there's a Jessie. Isn't that the Buddhist spambot? He/it was making the rounds in some forums, I've seen. Jessie was even banned twice from the same forum! Buddha wouldn't have approved.

[Kilted]

Only an hour before I leave with my kids to watch the new Indiana Jones film... If I listen hard I can hear the music .. Dan dan der dan dar dandar dan der... you know the rest :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

Reviews are mixed about this movie.

I rarely go to movie theatres now, mostly rent DVDs. No cell phones ringing during the prez in here... ;)

[Ryan]

I want to see it, that and the new James Bond film this november.


MaDDoG, you are getting some cool new toys, I wish I had the money to do that! My Macbook isn't outdated yet after almost 2 years of having it, although I did upgrade the RAM and Hard Drive.

[Kilted]

My Opinion ...I think 3 with Sir Sean was better

[MaDDoG]

Still want to see it though. U
I didn't realise how long ago the last one came out. We of course expect a full movie review!

[MaDDoG]

I want to see it, that and the new James Bond film this november.


MaDDoG, you are getting some cool new toys, I wish I had the money to do that! My Macbook isn't outdated yet after almost 2 years of having it, although I did upgrade the RAM and Hard Drive.

The new Asus laptop is for my daughter. I will keep her old one to muck around with as I need to keep Windoze skills up for my work.

[Kilted]

Still want to see it though. U
I didn't realise how long ago the last one came out. We of course expect a full movie review!

Watch it yourself I'm no wordsmith. It's very enjoyable. I just won't spoil it too much for you:cool:

[MaDDoG]

Well its that time of the day. Log off and off to the office. See you all on the flipside.

[Kilted]

I have to get my bike ready for the morning Commute. I'll see you all in the morning. Thanks for a fun Weekend guys :cool:

[MacHeadCase]

See ya guys! Hope you have an uneventful day at work. :)

[Ryan]

I'm watching the 5th Harry Potter movie now. :)

[iKitten]

It's the States' turn to enjoy a three day weekend. Tomorrow is Memorial Day and am I glad!

[bobtomay]

Movie day for everyone - we're watching National Treasure 2 tonite.

[iKitten]

Anyone seen Wild Hogs? Planning to watch it tomorrow with DH.

[mathogre]

In about 10 minutes, there will be a press briefing on NASA TV regarding the landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv

[Kilted]

Well I biked to work and now I have to do some ..see you guys soon

[mathogre]

Enjoy the day Kilted!

I just watched the NASA briefing, and now it's just after 1AM here. I need some sleep, but frankly I think it's pretty exciting to see pictures from another planet.

[Kilted]

By the look of that landing leg photo. I think it landed in my back garden :biggrin:

I'll follow with interest

[MaDDoG]

No its all filmed in a shed in Nevada.... or maybe they moved the shed to your backyard?

[mathogre]

It's photoshopped. :scared:

[MacHeadCase]

OMG

I say...

Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy!
:laugh:

[Ryan]

All joking aside, it is pretty cool and interesting to see, thanks for sharing MO!

[MacHeadCase]

AHAHAHAHAHA

Hey guys! Whatddaya know? Stretch is a member here too!

http://macapper.com/forums/member.php?u=141

Howdy Stretch!

[Stretch]

Hello. Don't mind me, I'm still recovering from a long night ;)

[MacHeadCase]

Hello. Don't mind me, I'm still recovering from a long night ;)


Drinking yourself silly again?

[Stretch]

maybe :huh:

[MacHeadCase]

:laugh:

Well in your blog I see you're gonna have quite a wonderful vacation time!

[Kilted]

Welcome aboard Stretch

[mathogre]

Hiya Stretch!!!!!!!! Good to see you. ^_^

[MacHeadCase]

He had joined before us but never posted. Guess we smoked him out of hiding! :laugh:

[bobtomay]

Hey Stretch, nice to see you're alive and well.

Possibly only semi-well this morning? :rolleyes:

[Ryan]

Great to have you here, Stretch!

MHC, I was going to ask you if you'd talked to him about joining, but I guess he's been here much longer than all of us!

[MacHeadCase]

Well I've asked Stretch to follow me a few times and felt very self-conscious about it this time so didn't ask him. I didn't want him thinking I was a pain...

And, no, you don't have to answer that, Stretch! :tongue_smilie:

[Stretch]

lol, I beat you guys here, but when I first joined there wasn't any life in the forums so I didn't stay around long.

[MacHeadCase]

lol, I beat you guys here, but when I first joined there wasn't any life in the forums so I didn't stay around long.

Well if you help us, we'll make this place lively. :w00t:

[MacHeadCase]

When are you supposed to get your lenses for your EOS 400D btw?

[MaDDoG]

Hi there stretcher. Hang over cure = hair of the dog.;)

[MacHeadCase]

Well, on Memorial Day not much is happening on the web... :blink:

I'm looking for news and bleh.

[Stretch]

When are you supposed to get your lenses for your EOS 400D btw?

its supposed to come in tomorrow

[MacHeadCase]

Well keep us up to date on when you go and try them out!

[Stretch]

Oh, you'll know when I get it. I'll have posts all over my blog.

[MacHeadCase]

And you can let the rest of the community know about it too by posting your photos in the Artistic Endeavours (http://macapper.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43) forum. We'll try to be nice in our critiques. ;)

[MaDDoG]

Yeah stretch show us some works. I am just learning myself so it is always good to see others at work.

[MacHeadCase]

Well MDDG, did you know that Stretch-0 bought two Canon lenses, one of them an L series lens no less. The L series lenses are professional grade lenses.

[MaDDoG]

I looked at a couple when I bought my 75 - 300 and nearly fell over at the price.

[MacHeadCase]

He bought the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM (http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=14&sort=7&cat=27&page=3).

I am green with envy... :sleep:

[MaDDoG]

I have one like that at work which I can borrow if need be. Quite heavy compared to my lens.

How do you make those links MHC?

Ohh 3 stars.... you'll have a tiara soon

[MacHeadCase]

I just click on the link icon and instead of leaving the link by default as text, I copy/paste the name of the webpage and add a bold tag to make it stand out. I've read somewhere that when you write in the name of the webpage as link, it's easier when you do a search after.

A tiara would ruin my hairdo, buddy. ;)

[Stretch]

Yeah, MHC has it. I ordered the 70-200mm F4 L, along with the 50mm F1.8. It will be a huge upgrade from my current lens, the 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II. Its a decent lens, but I have a feeling it will be nothing compared to the 70-200.

They'll get alot of use this summer.

[MacHeadCase]

If I win at the lottery I wanna buy myself this ol' thing (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082009canoneos1dsmarkiii.asp) which isn't out yet... :drool:

[mathogre]

Go for it MHC! It's you. ^_^

[Kilted]

Nice camera . I'm a Nikon man myself. Having said that I haven't yet purchased a digital Nikon.
I have an FE2, FM2, and F50 (Wifes) My fav lens is my 20mm

Digital wise I have a Canon S3 IS and an old sony DSC 55C 2,2 Megapixels (My mobile takes better pictures)

I'd go for it Mac you certainly can justify it with your great photos

[MacHeadCase]

Nothing like a little bit of spam to start your day... :cursing:

[bobtomay]

Now, there's one where you're certainly paying for the technology. The parts surely don't cost them anything close to that.

Back to the old grind today. The extra day off sure was nice and a real benefit. Feel relaxed this morning. But, guess I better get up and go since I already know I have 2 days worth of work to do by 2:00. Oh well, can only do what I can. Need to get the other estimators to bring in some work to cut me some slack.

[MacHeadCase]

Now, there's one where you're certainly paying for the technology. The parts surely don't cost them anything close to that.

Back to the old grind today. The extra day off sure was nice and a real benefit. Feel relaxed this morning. But, guess I better get up and go since I already know I have 2 days worth of work to do by 2:00. Oh well, can only do what I can. Need to get the other estimators to bring in some work to cut me some slack.

Have a nice day, bob. Catch you later. :)

[Stretch]

It's here:

http://www.insidestretch.com/Images/IMG_4215-20080527-134543.jpg

[MacHeadCase]

Looks good, Stretch! :)

Tried it yet?

[Stretch]

A few snapshots. I might take it out tomorrow afternoon when I'm off.

[MacHeadCase]

Hopefully not too many of you got this in an email some time ago... :biggrin:

Engineer vs. manager

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces
altitude and spots a lady on a field down below. He lowers the balloon further
and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him
half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The lady looks up and says: "You are in a hot air balloon, hovering
approximately 30 feet above a field at 42 degrees, 28 minutes and 11 seconds N.
latitude, and 118 degrees, 17 minutes and 43 seconds W. longitude."

"You must be an engineer" says the balloonist.

"I am" replies the lady. "How can you tell?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "although everything you have told me may be
technically correct, I have no idea what to make of your information and the
fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you haven't been much of a help and have only
cost me time."

The lady below says "You must be a manager then."

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the lady, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going.
You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep. You got into your
present position through a lot of hot air and now you just drift along. You
expect people below you to solve your problems, but you can't even make sense of
simple data given to you. The fact is, you are in the exact same position you
were in before we met, but NOW it is somehow my fault."

[iKitten]

Hello. Don't mind me, I'm still recovering from a long night ;)

I must be tired... I thought you said you were recovering from a long night shirt. :laugh:

[MacHeadCase]

Who knows what he was doing in the state he was. Maybe it did involve a shirt. :lol:

[mathogre]

Good evening. What a day it has been, loaded with most everything.

For instance, it seems my iPhone has decided to misbehave. If I buy a song on iTunes on my iPhone, it won't transfer back to my MacBook. After having spent a half hour on the phone with Apple iPhone support, I now have an appointment at the iPod bar at a local Apple Store. That's at 9AM. The lady on the phone suggested I'd probably be getting a new iPhone. That will be interesting, since I have a 4G iPhone (and they stopped making and selling them many months ago). It will be an interesting morning. (Fwiw, I've never messed with my iPhone. I've hacked Linux kernels, but I never cared for the idea of owning a $500 brick.)

Also on the Apple side, last night I created a bit of a large file on my MacBook. It's for a personal project. It's 16G with 207M records, plain text. One of the CPU cores was pegged on cycles while it was being created, and the fan was going at a steady 6200rpm during the process, which lasted about an hour and a half. High level managers at work have introduced me to outsiders (sponsors, partners) as the resident Mad Scientist. :w00t: Anyway, my little MacBook will earn its keep this summer, crunching away at the aforereferenced file and discarding records that are unnecessary. Theoretically what I'm trying to do is unprocessable on home equipment (2.14x10^16 algorithmic passes), but to me that's a challenge. I have my ways. :sneaky2: (Translated: I have a lot of code to write.)

In any case, it's all about having fun. It's late, ~11:45PM here. I'll be poking around the forum for a bit and then will retire for the night. Be good!

[mathogre]

It's here:

http://www.insidestretch.com/Images/IMG_4215-20080527-134543.jpg

That's beautiful Stretch. I look forward to seeing some photos from you with this lens.

[mathogre]

Hopefully not too many of you got this in an email some time ago... :biggrin:

Lol! Suffice it to say I've worked for managers like that.

[MacHeadCase]

Good evening. What a day it has been, loaded with most everything.

For instance, it seems my iPhone has decided to misbehave. If I buy a song on iTunes on my iPhone, it won't transfer back to my MacBook. After having spent a half hour on the phone with Apple iPhone support, I now have an appointment at the iPod bar at a local Apple Store. That's at 9AM. The lady on the phone suggested I'd probably be getting a new iPhone. That will be interesting, since I have a 4G iPhone (and they stopped making and selling them many months ago). It will be an interesting morning. (Fwiw, I've never messed with my iPhone. I've hacked Linux kernels, but I never cared for the idea of owning a $500 brick.)

Also on the Apple side, last night I created a bit of a large file on my MacBook. It's for a personal project. It's 16G with 207M records, plain text. One of the CPU cores was pegged on cycles while it was being created, and the fan was going at a steady 6200rpm during the process, which lasted about an hour and a half. High level managers at work have introduced me to outsiders (sponsors, partners) as the resident Mad Scientist. :w00t: Anyway, my little MacBook will earn its keep this summer, crunching away at the aforereferenced file and discarding records that are unnecessary. Theoretically what I'm trying to do is unprocessable on home equipment (2.14x10^16 algorithmic passes), but to me that's a challenge. I have my ways. :sneaky2: (Translated: I have a lot of code to write.)

In any case, it's all about having fun. It's late, ~11:45PM here. I'll be poking around the forum for a bit and then will retire for the night. Be good!

Wow! That new iPhone is very good news. But how about cancelling that appointment and waiting till these get unpacked and placed in the stores?

Mysterious Apple Product Arrives in North America. Could it be the iPhone? (http://www.importgenius.com/blog/iphone)

Just messin' with ya MO. I'm sure one of the actual new models will do fine.

That little MacBook works hard! :biggrin:

[mathogre]

My saga begins to unfold...

My iPhone works just fine. I saw it. There's likely something wrong with my iTunes setup. Despite that, I was offered a new iPhone because of the problems I was having. I declined. I have another Genius Bar appointment today after work. Will see how things go. Of course I *could* hold out for one of the new iPhones. :)

Well, I need to get ready for work. Wednesdays are short days for me, though today will be a bit shorter in order to see how to make my toys play well together.

[MacHeadCase]

Good luck, MO! Hope things turn out well for you! :coolthumbup:

[mathogre]

Work has been special today. I was booted from a brainstorming session earlier this afternoon. Yes. No joke. I'm still amused by it. For now. Actually, I guess it was more that I was voted "off the island" by a staff member, assuming that's the right expression. (I think it's from one of the reality programs.)

The brainstorming session was just three of us, one manager and two staff members, me and the person voting me out. When asked by the manager if I should stay, she stated she wasn't getting anything out of me being there so I left. I take no umbrage in this as she's a known problem. Additionally, she was rude and caustic to the manager throughout the meeting. It's her way.

It was special. I have lots of other work, and need not support her task any more if I wish. I have options. It's all economics, baby.

[MacHeadCase]

Jeez! Some people I tell you! :mad:

Why was she invited to a brainstorming if she didn't add anything to the session? Brainstormings are supposed to be supportive and a show of team spirit.

[mathogre]

In a nutshell, she's a negative person. I'm supporting her task, and she didn't like that I was trying to solve problems she couldn't solve. If something doesn't fit her view of the world, it doesn't exist. Fine. Let her do the job by herself. Not my problem.

Anyway, it's about time to go to the Apple Store to try to get that problem solved. I'll be offline until later tonight probably. Will let you know how it goes with the iPhone then.

[MacHeadCase]

Her bad except she doesn't know it. Ah well...

Cool! I wish you good luck with your iPhone! :)

[iKitten]

My sister and her SO are in town, so tonight we're getting together for dinner, yay!

Good on ya, MO, let her stew in her own juices!

[MacHeadCase]

Cool get-together, hunh? Have fun iKitten. :)

[Ryan]

Well I reinstalled Leopard last night. Its neat having a new computer basically! My computer had gotten pretty cluttered and I was bored haha.

[mathogre]

Her bad except she doesn't know it. Ah well...

Cool! I wish you good luck with your iPhone! :)

She's not worth my time.

Thanks! I think my iPhone is fine! I'm in the middle of a Time Machine backup, but things went very well in the store. The Genius created a new iTunes library (hold the option key while opening iTunes), did a little work, and all seemed fine. While there, I purchased a song via my iPhone and it transfered fine. The problem was apparently a corrupt file in my iTunes setup.

Frankly this turned out the best! While it might have been neat to get a new replacement iPhone, I knew the phone itself was fine. Why replace something that's not broken, even if they're offering? It wouldn't have been right.

My sister and her SO are in town, so tonight we're getting together for dinner, yay!

Good on ya, MO, let her stew in her own juices!

Have fun tonight iKitten! So what are you folks doing for dinner? Mmmm... Okay I'm not hungry now, as I just finished eating a little while ago. But I *am* enjoying a good cup of coffee.

As for my cow-orker, she'll get everything she's earned. It seems we all do.

Well I reinstalled Leopard last night. Its neat having a new computer basically! My computer had gotten pretty cluttered and I was bored haha.

Good for you Ryan! I hope the reinstallation went well for you. ^_^

[iKitten]

We'll probably have Mexican. Yum!

[Stretch]

Acadia National Park is a go. I'll be gone for about a week. Leaving early on the 9th, and will be in Maine all week.

[mathogre]

Now I'm hungry iKitten. ^_^

Stretch, have fun Down East. ^_^

[Stretch]

I can't wait. The new lenses will get alot of use.

[Steven Owens]

Acadia National Park is a go. I'll be gone for about a week. Leaving early on the 9th, and will be in Maine all week.

Arcadia is beautiful...have a great time and take lots of pictures!

[bobtomay]

Well I reinstalled Leopard last night. Its neat having a new computer basically! My computer had gotten pretty cluttered and I was bored haha.

Always like fresh installs myself. Still an old Windows habit of mine. Will say, I can do about 5 times more installs and deletes than in Windows and still have a decent running system. Love that about OS X.

I can't wait. The new lenses will get alot of use.

I can't wait. Some new desktop pics - yeah!! :thumbup:

[MacHeadCase]

Got this in an email... :laugh:

News from home

Dearest Redneck Son,

I'm writing this slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles of your home, so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address because the last West Virginia family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so they wouldn't have to change their address.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure about it. I put a load of clothes in and pulled the chain. We haven't seen them since.

The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days, and the second time for four days.

About that coat you wanted me to send; your Uncle Billy Bob said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.

Bubba locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out.

Your sister had a baby this morning; but I haven't found out what it is yet, so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle.

Uncle Bobby Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated; he burned for three days.

Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pickup truck. Butch was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your other two friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down!

There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much out of the normal has happened.

Your Favorite Aunt,
Mom

[iKitten]

^^ I saw this a long time ago and had totally forgotten it!

"Uncle Bobby Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated; he burned for three days."

*helpless laughter*

[MacHeadCase]

:laugh:

Yeah that is a hoot!

BTW how was the dinner with your sis?

[iKitten]

We had a blast! I picked the restaurant (it's the best mexican I've had in town thus far) and everyone was really happy with it. I guess I have a modest opinion of my own opinion 'cause I was surprised by how much everyone enjoyed it. :laugh:

Today she and I plan to "stimulate the economy." ;)

[MacHeadCase]

Good that everything went well and you all had fun. Stimulating the economy is a favourite of mine. :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

Man I think that not having a job is starting to get to me... :sad:

[Kilted]

Maybe you should work with Computers :rasberry: :wub:

[MacHeadCase]

Did you know that Apple is going to open a new Apple Store (said to be a flagship store, two stories high, etc,) in downtown Montreal?

I could apply there. :)

[MacHeadCase]

Kilted and I are in... :tongue:

[Ryan]

That would be perfect for you, MHC!

Then in your down time you could hop on to one of the many computers there and log on to MacApper! Not to mention the nice employe discount!!

[MacHeadCase]

Oh I read about the employee discount alright! It's 20% off for a full system each year! And then if you buy more systems per year than just the one, it's 15% for the next purchase, then 10% for subsequent one, etc.

I could start my own store. :laugh:

[MacHeadCase]

Watched the presentation M$ did of Windows 7 over at D6 (http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/windows_7_multi_touch_desktop_os_demo_video/).

A couple of thoughts:

- Isn't the name Concierge already used by Apple in its Apple Stores? Welp M$ is using the name too in the next OS release
- The multitouch scrolling feature looks a lot like what can be done on the iPhone and iPod Touch
- Better not eat fries just prior to your using your WinBox... :tongue:

[Stretch]

Well, I think I really need IS. Alot of the images from my 70-200mm are blurry. I'll have to take a tripod with me whenever I use it. I just hand free hand it and get a good shot. Even at 1/400th its blurry. Hope the weather is nice out when I do use it.

[MacHeadCase]

Well, I think I really need IS. Alot of the images from my 70-200mm are blurry. I'll have to take a tripod with me whenever I use it. I just hand free hand it and get a good shot. Even at 1/400th its blurry. Hope the weather is nice out when I do use it.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. I personally would have shelled out the extra dough for the IS. Unless you have shutter speeds over 500th of a second, any infinitesimal shake of the camera will be exaggerated.

What made you decide on the lens without the IS?

[Stretch]

It was only $550 brand new. The IS model was about $1200.

[MacHeadCase]

Well it's well worth the diff, me thinks.

Besides, you can't buy a cheap tripod, they either become wobbly and unstable within a year's use, they're too light and prone to being destabilized or don't have enough adjustments so you can set yourself up properly. So a good tripod could easily go in the $250-300. More if you go for the good, lightweight carbon tripods like mine.

And... you can't use a tripod every time. If you need to take a shot quickly no time to set up a tripod or you might not have it with you when you need it.

[Stretch]

Yeah, maybe I'll upgrade within the next year and get the IS model.

[Ryan]

Well, school is officially over for me!

I'm so glad it's finally summer, I don't know what I'll do with all my time! ;)

[MacHeadCase]

Yay! Welcome to summer, Ryan! :coolthumbup:

[Ryan]

Thanks! :)

[MacHeadCase]

*Phew*

I finally am done with the sorting out of photos and conversions from RAW to .jpg.

For those of you who did not know, I rented last week two adorable Canon lenses, the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro and the Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS.

The trouble with using top quality lenses such as these is that you wind up with a lot of good photos. The quality of the glass changes everything: photos are tack sharp, colours are much more vibrant, less colour correction and Photoshop work, etc.

Since it always takes me a bit of time to get used to new lenses, I can't say I concentrated on image composition, so images are as is.

So the photos were taken at the Montreal Botanical Garden (http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/menu.htm) (we didn't go in the greenhouses, just took pictures of what was on the outside), Le Parc des Îles-de-Boucherville (http://www.sepaq.com/pq/bou/en/) just outside of Montreal and in the Biodôme de Montréal (http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en) because that day it rained.

I divided the photos in four galleries:
- one for the 100mm f2.8 macro (http://MacHeadCase.smugmug.com/gallery/4996754_Z7dyD#299614679_kZ89R) lens (all photos were taken in the Botanical Garden)

- and for the 300mm lens:
• Botanical Garden (http://MacHeadCase.smugmug.com/gallery/5023859_2K3UQ#301809605_7gUXT)
• Îles-de-Boucherville (http://MacHeadCase.smugmug.com/gallery/5050935_xXWPq#302310691_eisjG)
• Biodôme de Montréal (http://MacHeadCase.smugmug.com/gallery/5050904_GALs9#303598624_KhfNT)

I hope you like them. :)

[bobtomay]

Some nice shots 'D'.

I love ferns anyway, a couple of those are great shots. Liked the parrots and the couple of the Toucan. Oh, and the turtle just climbing out of the water.

In the shots of the deer at the Îles-de-Boucherville, what are the blue colored things. Thought on the first shot they were tree trunks, then maybe a shot through wind chimes, but at the end just not sure.

And a new desktop background for me - check 'em out folks.
I appreciate all you folks with cameras. :coolthumbup:
http://img.skitch.com/20080530-nb7nhirg3smsrbmskc9mfask8t.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/bobtomay/ctiu/picture-2)
Click for full size (http://skitch.com/bobtomay/ctiu/picture-2) - Uploaded with plasq (http://plasq.com)'s Skitch (http://skitch.com)

[Stretch]

Since I'm having sound issues on my new laptop under Ubuntu, I'm gonna try out XP w/ SP3, and see how much I can tolerate it. I have a feeling I'll be going back to Ubuntu soon though.

[MacHeadCase]

Some nice shots 'D'.

I love ferns anyway, a couple of those are great shots. Liked the parrots and the couple of the Toucan. Oh, and the turtle just climbing out of the water.

In the shots of the deer at the Îles-de-Boucherville, what are the blue colored things. Thought on the first shot they were tree trunks, then maybe a shot through wind chimes, but at the end just not sure.

And a new desktop background for me - check 'em out folks.
I appreciate all you folks with cameras. :coolthumbup:
http://img.skitch.com/20080530-nb7nhirg3smsrbmskc9mfask8t.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/bobtomay/ctiu/picture-2)
Click for full size (http://skitch.com/bobtomay/ctiu/picture-2) - Uploaded with plasq (http://plasq.com)'s Skitch (http://skitch.com)

Thank you for the kind words, bob!

The blue-green "stocking" kinda things are some young trees that were planted and the park is trying to protect them from the deer I think. The success rate isn't very high from what I could see. I know we had a very bad winter a couple of years ago: temps were freezing but very little snow on the ground to insulate young tree roots from freezing to death so my guess is that not much made it. But the park hasn't taken these "stockings" down yet.

And if you want a better rez in that image let me know your screen rez and I'll send you a good copy of the image so it isn't stretched out. It should look sharper and better, me thinks. :)

[Kilted]

This place has been down since 5 am this morning... Welcome back, and what happened ????

[MacHeadCase]

God only knows.

No announcements, nothing from staff. Nothing on the main page either.

There could have been at least an announcement...

I know that Steven mentioned they had problems with the server side of things but a warning and an estimated downtime would have been nice if this was planned ahead of time. :closedeyes:

[Kilted]

Things happen .. it's the internet trolls :biggrin:

[MacHeadCase]

Or the spambots. :sneaky2:

[mathogre]

I noticed it this morning too.

[MacHeadCase]

It was offline for at least five hours, if not, more, as far as I could tell.

[Stretch]

Had a fellow scouter contact me today, he saw my photos of Cedarlands from last summer. Apparently council decided to log Cedarlands without talking to anyone about it. The camp has practically be razed. Most of the trees are gone. Looks like they had the crews that eat the Amazon rainforest do it.

[MacHeadCase]

Aww damn, Stretch. That is so sad. It wasn't protected?

[Stretch]

no, because council OKed it.