Took this today with the camera in video mode – thus, 16:9, and in sRGB, pretty much like out of camera:
As always, thanks for viewing. Ssshh… 🙂
Wilma, sleeping
Snapshot from today’s meeting
Had a business meeting today, and here’s some kind of “selfie” taken with the webcam in 4:3 format:
They said: “this looks like studio gear”, so I had to explain a bit… 🙂
As always, thanks for viewing & reading.
Wilma in low light
The two neighbours’ cats – Cookie (as we call him) and Wilma (according to a nameplate which she’s lost by now) – come more or less regularly now, which is nice. It’s not easy to take photos of that smaller female one as she’s mostly very agile, but today she first slept beside me on the ground a bit, then on two sofas, and last not least on my chair. By then it was dark outside already, and the only lights in the room were a small LED reading and one indirect light behind the telly, so I had to crank up the ISO to 6400 to even get to 1/10th of a second with my lens fully open at f/1.8 (and a minus correction of -1.3EV because of my black chair). Looks like this:
Shortly after that, she’s had enough, smooched a bit, ate a bit, and then left. And we always hope that they come back, both of them.
As always, thanks for reading.
Happy New Year 2022
Hello all, and a happy (although belated) new year 2022 to everyone. Our Sunday has been a quiet one so far, as you can see on my first photo from this year:
(first photo of the year 2022),
Mörfelden-Walldorf 2022
And as always, thanks for reading.
Another interesting interview with Paul Davis
Paul is the founder and chief developer of Ardour and Jack, and hearing him is always interesting. So here’s a podcast interview with him which I’ve found via the Linuxmusicians’ forum. Enjoy.
Webcam”selfie”
Bought a Logitech C920s webcam, and I can recommend it. It has nice colours, works just “plug & play” under Linux, and here’s a “selfie” from a program called “Cheese”, in 960×720 pixel resolution (the camera is FullHD, but this is enough for me):
Logitech C920s
P.S.: here’s another one from this evening, with artificial (room) light. Not the ideal lighting, but you could work with this if needed:
As always, thanks for viewing.
Two photos of Wilma
Both with my camera set to black & white:
As always, thanks for viewing. Not easy to catch that small whirlwind of a neighbours’ cat…
Dear Honda company,
please consider making an electric version of your Super Cub – and please make it less than 100kg, and with a removable battery which people could charge from within their homes. Could/Should sell a few more million motorcycles… thanks.
P.S.: for those of our readers who haven’t seen a scooter with a removable battery pack yet, look at the Spanish Silence company and its products. You can buy their S01 model rebranded as a “Seat Mó” from Seat car dealers as well.
Oh, and in Germany and some other countries (this German Wikipedia page lists the UK, Spain, Italy, France), you may ride these with your car licence plus – if you’re younger – some additional theory and practice lessons, no tests needed. See or search for EU licence regulations in class B196 if needed, or ask your local driving school.
Cookie from this morning
In-camera black and white image, cropped to an aspect ratio of 16:10:
As always, thanks for viewing.
Fuel consumption
This:
I saw 3.8 liters on 100 kilometers a moment before, but then the petrol engine started again, probably to keep me warm, so it shows 3.9 here.
An hour after that I went to pick up Zuleikha and two of her class mates from school and had an average of 4.4 liters / 100km on that trip. With four people in the car, and part of the way going 100km/h on the country road.
Not too bad for a car, is it? Better even than my motorcycle which also takes around 4.5 liters on average…