Simon's Blog: June 2011

Thursday 30 June 2011

Terns and wet feet

I'm standing in a field just off the beach with wet feet. The feet are wet due to having to cross a burn to get near to, but not too near, a tern colony. I wasn't interested in the nesting birds, that would be unlawful , but rather the birds flying to and from the nest site . Hopefully the wet feet will be...just had to put my coat on for a rain shower!

Really great morning with reasonable phone coverage... oh and now the rain has stopped. Just gets better.

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Wednesday 29 June 2011

Apart from bitching about the lack of WIFI/3G

Apart from this we are having a great break in Northumbria. The weather on the whole has been really great but mire importantly I have just had time to draw and draw ( this is no doubt due to lack of WIFI etc - god I am a contrary so and so!)

So today we are hitting the high life of Alnwick. Originally we were going to visit the castle & grounds but at £44 for the two of us this was a no no - it is no wonder the Duke of Northumberland is a rich man. So we are busying ourselves in a lovely coffee shop in the town with, you guessed it, good WIFI connections.

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On and off WIFI

My god what a moaning old fart I am but this wifi connection is up and down more often than a whores draws. One moment I'm on line then I'm not. What a soft southerner I am!

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Lovely wifi

Two days without Internet connection is getting beyond a joke. So what joy having found a wifi hotspot in Alnwick.

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Tuesday 28 June 2011

Surprise , surprise - it's raining in Scotland

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Sunny Edinburgh

A bit of culture today - Edinburgh National Gallery and all that. Sod all that - free WIFI - oh what luxury.

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Sunday 26 June 2011

Summer's evening

Standing over looking the sea listening to Carole King - what could be better - no wait Texas has just come on the Genie mix - it just get better.

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Saturday 25 June 2011

We've arrived

Four and half hours driving but we got
here. A bit tired but weather is fine. May the fun begin

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Sunday 19 June 2011

Phillip Brooks - 60 Degrees North (tags: iPhone, iphoneography, RPS, Phillip Brooks))

I have just spent an interesting afternoon listening to a talk by Phillip Brooks talking about his long term project 60 degrees north. During the session I couldn't help myself but I just had to try out my new app Wordfoto and this is the result. I think it is quite interesting and this shows great promise as another edition to the iPhone armoury. The iPhone 4 really boosts the photographic options although there is still something to be said for the poor quality of the 3G.

Sent from my iPad

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Thursday 16 June 2011

FaceTime is more like nostril examination time.

Been playing around with FaceTime and I have to say I am underwhelmed. I am sure there are many people out there who really like using this but I don't think I will be one of them. Not sure looking up people's nostrils is my ideas of holding a meaningful conversation . I'm on line at:

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Hipstamatic and Van Gogh

Day 2 of the iPhone 4 era and I have bought Hipstamatic. I'm still trying to get grips with this product and I'm to.d that you can get extra filter packs but I have still to workout how to do this. Still it does look like a bit of fun. So for Van Gogh. At my final art session at Melton I want to produce a portrait inspired by Van Gogh. This is really hard so I though I would start to practice this before next Monday - this is my first attempt. As you can see I still have a lot of work to do! But it is an intestine challenge.