Got the Canon 350D

Orchid
Originally uploaded by mandus.

Today I got my Canon 350D with the EF-S 18-55 kit-lens, which will do for now, as I need to learn using a SLR anyway.

Just to get started, I tried a closeup of this orchid. Have done a bit post-processing, but I think it is kind of ok. Even though the kit-lens is no macro lens, it can go fairly close, and I can do stuff I never was able to do with my old camera. Guess this will be fun.

Take care!

New camera!

New camera!
Originally uploaded by mandus.

There won't be many more crappy shots with the Sony P52 - a new camera is coming up, and it seems to be the Canon 350D. It will still take a few days before it arrives, though, so I have to relax.

And the Sony will be with me anyway, it is nice to have the point 'n shoot for those occations I can't carry the big dSLR.

Update

New camera - take2
Originally uploaded by mandus.

It is already on its way!

As always, take care!

Flowers!

Flowers!
Originally uploaded by mandus.

It's been a very nice in our area of Norway today, so I have been out most of the day together with my family. Captured these nice flowers in the sun right outside our house.

Days get longer, the sun warmer, and colours fresher - definitely spring-time!

Take care!

Planet Debian - on search Engine Optimization.

Planet Debian:

Others do this, so I do it too:
Hommingberger Gepardenforelle

Let's see whats happend :-)

De kan få sagt det: digi.no - Dobbeltkjernet Pentium

Idag sier Digi.no:


Dobbeltkjernet Pentium offisielt lansert: "Prosessoren, som er basert på 90 nanometers prosessteknologi, består av omtrent 230 millioner prosessorer"

En slik prosesssor, det vil jeg gjerne ha!

Take care,

A tree at Brunstad, by night

brunstadByNight_04_croped
Originally uploaded by mandus.

I captured this tree in a kind of nice light, right outside my cabin at Brunstad. Brunstad is the place the church have the conference center, and there are nice cabins there.

As I stay in the cabin for a few days to work intensively on the paper already mentioned, I captured my PaD late yesterday evening. Unfortunately, the camera I use isn't quite capable for this kind of stuff. Hopefully I can afford something better not to far into the future... ;-)



Take care.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts (1 Pe, 1:19)

Watch out for new photos

Watch out at my gallery for new pictures. I don't add everything here.


Besides that, there won't be much update here this week, I am to busy writing my paper.

Todays picture!

Click the picture to head over to the full-size version! Maybe not a very good picture, but I somehow liked it anyway. The important thing to notice is that it is springtime in Norway! Soon, the colours will be nicer, the weather much warmer, the days longer! And after that, there will be another winter. So we have to enjoy the summer while it is here. Until then, we enjoy spring!

Not sure there is much more to say today. I am still writing my research-paper. Guess I will be busy with that whole next week as well - it's a tough paper to write, but I'm sure it gonna be very good. Look out for it in a journal near you (not sure which yet, though).

Take care!

A picture out of my window!

I just figured out it will be nice to capture some pics right out of my window in my home-office. This is what it looks like early in April!
You can just click the picture to go to my album where you can see that picture (and maybe later on a few more of my special creations) in larger sizes. My plan is to follow up this with a series of pictures captured at the same spot, maybe for as long as one year, to document how nature changes throughout the year.

Of course, mostly pointless, but I thought is may be kind of fun...

By the way, camera used for now is a Sony Cybershot P-52. I start looking for something better. I want to have the Canon Rebel XT/350D, but maybe I have to go for something a bit less expencive!

Todays quote:

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;(phi 2:14-15)

Linux and Firewire audio device

Right now, I learned that there is a project called freebob that try to implement a GPL driver for firewire breakout-box audio devices for linux. And the particular device that I own is on the list of their test-devices!


This sounds really cool - it may be just a matter of months before I can do even the serios soundstuff (blæh..) that I am doing, on Linux. Way cool!

todays quote:

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; (1 Pe 4;1)

What do I want to say today?

I am very busy writing a research paper these days, hence not much blogging. Actually, there aren't much techno-stuff to tell about from my dept. lately either. No new gadgets, and not much discovered on the technology side.

Or wait a minute, there is actually one little thing. A few days ago I started experimenting with connecting my M-Audio keystation pro-88 to my linux-running laptop, through usb. Compiling the midi-usb module was very easy, and actually I could use the keyboard more or less right away in e.g., rosegarden. The only problem was that I needed something more to get some sounds. Then I start discovering jack. Using jack, something called qsynth, and rosegarden, together with ardour, a hardisk recorder for linux, I can do everything a need to do music-wice on my linux-box. Only problem now is that I bought a firewire-based soundcard together with my dual-g5 powermac, which is not supported by linux, at least not yet. So I have to stick to crappy sound on linux. Or use the mac for recording, which is always a possibility.

Todays quote:

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (Eph. 6:10)