Musings

Dill pickle day over at the neighbors. We just watched. Well, I did. The Guru did trouble-shooting on their…connectivity*. [Note the REAL Mason jar!]

* The fine connectivity we had with our me-fi system this spring has given way to less robust service, which the Guru attributes mostly to the leaves on the trees and the increased humidity (if I followed the discussion accurately). Likewise, their satellite dish system is…slowed, I think due to the same variables.

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In trying to familiarize myself with new-cam, I checked out the zoom, and discovered (reminded myself) that the backyard is GREEN! This is max zoom from the back door. I like how this Sony handles the color…seems slightly more saturated and true than I seem to expect after working with the other-cams.

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I’m going to call the New-Cam the DOF-Cam, since it’s sensitive to depth-of-field.

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This Land Rover is ready for off-road adventure and the Fourth of July!

Well, the Fourth is over, and…it’s been parked for days…weeks…on a neighborhood street.

Love the reinforced panels over the fenders and the shovel and super-high jack—won’t stay stuck long!

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Mostly, I quite appreciate my Fitbit One. Lately, it’s been quirky…actually, a little error-producer.

Here, I’ve caught it in the act. The pie chart is accurate in that the red section reflects 10 active minutes the Fitbit was registering minutes before. Honest minutes of activity. The legend has already deleted them. Sure enough, after a refresh of the browser, the pie chart reflected 0 active minutes.

I just want to say: arrrrgh.

A bit of googling indicates other people are having the same problem—a minority though, and some indication that Fitbit-corporate is aware of it. Seems like the code for this can’t be terribly complex. I see a company in amidst a downhill slide?

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I’ve been wanting to photo the trillium carpets we’ve been seeing, and just haven’t stopped to do so. Now, the leaves on the trees above are filling in enough to leave these spring ephemerals in shadow, making the photos like this, spotty, and less eye-catching.

Second post because I forgot to mention that the toilet plumbing project Part 2 happened as hoped. Now that there are no leaks, we still have the excess humidity of the tank to deal with, so I’m desirous of one of those nifty models with an insulated tank.

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I spent about three hours this afternoon watching these fixtures hanging from the ceiling of this music hall—and the events below them. Just light diffusers? Or also sound reflectors?

Yeah, I’m admitting I couldn’t concentrate on the main speaker’s…um-hmmm…yawn….

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I’ve been wanting to try Waterlogue again. I didn’t have anything good for this from today, so this is a Florida sunset photo from our recent trip. I’m liking this better than previous efforts….

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Giving that watercolor-filter app another try….

I think I have to make a crappy hyper-contrasty photo to start with. Or maybe I have no eye for this at all….

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I got a tip last night that this app* did fun things with regular photos—a watercolor transform. I have been wanting to try it on a Bridge photo, so I dug one out of the archive a few minutes ago. In my mind’s eye, it looked even better. I’m still early on the learning curve….

I just had a spoken name for the app, so it took me a while to discover it’s Waterlogue. $2.99 USD.

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