I have an Inner Stickler. Poor spelling, punctuation and grammar really irk me.
Many folk tell me to lighten up, saying that accurate spelling is no longer important and that it's the meaning of the words that really matters...
😯
I rest my case.
Archive for 2013
No peace for the wicked
So there I was, sitting in a car-park in town after dropping-off one daughter to meet the other for some united retail therapy. While waiting for them to return I was enjoying a rare moment of peace and quiet until this little fecker decided to shatter the peace and take umbrage at me and my car. It didn't hassle anybody else and I've no idea what I'd done to upset it but it was barking like mad while chucking nutshells and bits of stick at me and the car. It wouldn't shut up or leave me alone until I'd recorded its noisy antics on the phone and then played it back at max volume:
https://www.youtube.com/v/7d26oBHrm5Y
I'll have the little sod next time - I'll take my catty and some ball-bearings and then we'll see who's the boss. He'll go well in a game casserole 🙂
Observing Report 13th March 2013 Part 2 (Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4))
As promised, some more pics from Wednesday evening's Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4) observing session:
Moon and Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4), 13th March 2013.
Nikon D50, 35mm prime lens, 0.8s @ f/2, ISO 200, static tripod.
Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4), 13th March 2013.
Nikon D50, 70-300 lens @ 300mm, 5s @ f/7.1, ISO 800, static tripod.
Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4), 13th March 2013.
Nikon D50, 70-300 lens @ 300mm, 10s @ f/7.1, ISO 800, static tripod.
Moon with Earthshine, 13th March 2013.
Nikon D50, 70-300 lens @ 300mm, 1s @ f/7.1, ISO 800, static tripod.
We're hoping to bag some more pics sometime during the next few evenings if the weather decides to play along.
Observing Report 13th March 2013 (Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4))
I managed to get away for a couple of hours around sundown last night, it was the first clear(ish) evening for a while and the first chance we'd had to have a look at Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4). Finding it was an interesting experience - too soon after sunset and the skies were still too light, and later when the skies had darkened the comet was so close to the horizon that it stood a chance of being lost in the murk of haze, cloud and light-pollution.
Persistence was the key. Eventually the bank of low snow-cloud moved away and revealed the target. It's not visible with the naked-eye yet during these conditions but it's an impressive sight through 10x50 binoculars. The 70-300 lens on the D50 picked it out quite easily.
Here's one of many pics from the evening, I'll post a few more later:
Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4).
Nikon D50, 70-300 lens @ 300mm, 5s @ f/7.1, ISO 800, static tripod.
Feed me!
Hmm... Google is to retire Reader and a handful of other useful services.
That'll fcuk-up a few bloggers and smartphone users, I'll warrant.
Helping Auntie
Here you go - a basic visual aid for the Beeb's Six Nations commentary and pundit team, specifically for Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio:
"If you're having trouble, here's a little trick to help you remember... they're different words.
You see - they contain different letters which are pronounced differently!
Different words!"
Simples!
Especially for someone that's half-Italian.
