Grahame

Happy Birthday Vicki! Enjoy your day.

An example of the Hawthorne Effect, Perhaps?

Last night had a meal with a friend, whose manager had just been arrested for allegedly taking $1.5M off the books. http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_21743387/san-rafael-police-arrest-woman-1-5-million We heard lots of juicy details, that no doubt will come to light in court. Lots of similarities with the Koss embezzlement it seems.

^Anything with Bacon?

Al, you could ease your stress, tomorrow by visiting or Sometimes I feel Marin is wasted on me.

What do you know. Endgadget reviews the Matias Quiet Pro ,,, http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/matias-quiet-pro-keyboard-review/

And there was I thinking Denver was full of Clean Livin' God Fearin' Folks. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18125525 Have Fun Guys

Is the SV in transit to Seattle?

I've heard there are these things called headphones that may help ...

108 + 15 = 123 How would you pro-rate 10 years of "Living in Sin"

Concur. Add in some sumptuous period details ( wardrobe, interiors ), and good old fashioned obsession with Class and you have all the ingredients for what has been called "'Posh' porn".

This is HC after all, and cheaper than going back to Paris. If you want "American" French toast ( as opposed to Pain Perdu), May I suggest Fred's in Sausalito. Especially the "Fat Fred" Deep Fried French Toast ( I understand they use Ice Cream in the batter), with Bacon. What a way to go Or you could have the "Millionaire's Bacon" http://www.yelp.com/biz/freds-coffee-shop-sausalito Side trip at the next MOA ?

Sharing a breakfast croissant (can you spot the bacon) Followed by pain perdu (french toast) In Healdsburg http://www.costeaux.com/

^ All you can eat mongolian grill? Hope this doesn't happen to you ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/03/brighton_bloaters/

Semi-WTF Japan? You can already get their brain controlled ears. http://neurowear.com/news/index.html

Saw this on the way home. Must be a south park fan

http://gizmodo.com/5947479/this-is-what-shooting-a-gun-underwater-looks-like

Patience, Grasshopper. Mastery is its own reward. From my wet film days. Breath Control. Posture / Bracing / Grip. (Essentially are you a stable platform for the camera) Squuuueeeezing the shutter release, gently , rather than pounding on it. Keep at it Dinny, and have fun.

Have you had your eyesight checked recently? * Camera Shake? * (too) long exposure ? * too Narrow DoF? * too low ISO for available light? If a zoom lens , fully zoom in , focus on some fine detail ( at max zoom ) then zoom back out for framing ?

Shouldn't this post be in the what are you drinking thread

The Compact Disc is 30 years old - at least if you work back to when the platform first went on sale to punters. The first commercially release disc and player - respectively, Billy Joel's 52nd Street and Sony's CDP-101 - were introduced in Japan on 1 October 1982. The disc was released by Sony's recorded music subsidiary, CBS. http://www.reghardware.com/2012/10/01/compact_disc_is_30_years_old/ I remember first hearing about the CD when a fellow student enthused about this amazing new music format in an article in The Scientific American. He was amazed that thanks to built in error correction, you could drill holes in the disc, and it would still play! (according to the article). Or Seeing the CD pressing plant in the Oxford Street Virgin Megastore. Or buying a CD even though I didn't have a CD player at the time. Happy Birthday CD!

With the warm temperatures in the bay area, we were out on the deck when Joanne had a hankering for Woodlands Market Salted Caramel Ice cream. Being the dutiful husband, how could I refuse? Unfortunately they were out of their own brand, so I was forced to choose. Or not, as the case may be. It may not be Berthillion, but, mustn't grumble ,

Good. Now get the gaming rig installed. Stat!

Speaking of TA, look what they're up to now http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts http://planetaryannihilation.com/

Phew! - ish Bacon shortage 'baloney,' but prices to rise