World Series by Renault, Silverstone, August 2011
04 months ago
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Hi Everybody!
This years World Series by Renault event was the first one I’ve attended, I had some time off work which coincided, and seeing as the tickets are free I went along. Obviously the free tickets are a huge marketing attempt by Renault, but nontheless it was a very entertaining couple of days! I have to admit, the WSR 3.5 cars reminded me of F1 cars from a few years ago, as in the races (from where I was sitting anyway) seemed quite processional, with little overtaking. But the Clio and Megane races were much more exciting.
You can view the pictures on the gallery as usual. There’s also a short official review video on YouTube. My Dad was interviewed by the WSR TV Crew, but he’s not in it unfortunately!
q
Warwick Castle, July 2011
05 months ago
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Here’s another day out I forgot to post on here!
I went with my Dad, rather appropriately, to Warwick Castle. Aside from his terrible jokes about him being the Earl of Warwick, it was quite a fun day!
Pictures are, unsurprisingly, here.
Really starting to get the hang of video on my 550D now!
q
Black Country Living Museum
07 months ago
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Ello,
More 550D Video! I went to the Black Country Living Museum yesterday, so here are some photos and a collection of short videos for your enjoyment.. I hope!
Pictures are here!. I also went last year, you can view those pictures.
West Midlands Safari Park!
07 months ago
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Hey hey,
So, here’s the first Pictures and Video taken with my new 550D! I visited the Safari Park last week with my Dad. Some of the video was a bit shaky, so I used After Effects CS 5.5 and its new Warp Stabiliser to help fix some of the footage, it does an excellent job, but it does take a very long time to analyse on my Q6600 – I think it’s almost time for an upgrade, probably to an i5-2500!
Pictures can be seen here.
New Camera! Canon EOS 550Deeeeeeeee…
07 months ago
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I’ve been wanting to get a new camera for quite a while, I was going to get one for last years British Grand Prix, but I didn’t get around to it, for reasons too boring to go into here! But this year I’ve bitten the bullet and purchased a Canon EOS 550D.
The primary motivation for it was the HD Video function, which I have used a bit and I must say the quality is outstanding! I will be uploading videos I take to YouTube for your viewing pleasure!
Here’s a review of the 550D, by Kai of DigitalRev. I recommend you Subscribe to their YouTube channel, there’s some good info about cameras and photography, and they’re often quite funny too!
Ubuntu 11.04 Wireless Problems
09 months ago
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Hey all,
So, I updated my parents laptop from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 today. Since then all afternoon they’ve been moaning about the wireless speed being very, very slow. Had a quick browse on the Ubuntu forums and lots of other people remarking about the same thing. The laptop has an Atheros AR5008 series 802.11n card inside. I read a post which had a suggestion how to fix it, and it worked a treat, I figured I’d post it here for future reference.
I downloaded the latest nightly wireless drivers from Here, and I installed the latest ath9k drivers. Rebooted the system, and everything is running at normal speed again!
q
Twycross Zoo
09 months ago
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Today Dad and I visited Twycross Zoo! I’ve uploaded lots of pics to the gallery.
Here’s a video of some penguins!
q
Trentham Monkey Forest
11 year ago
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This morning I went to Trentham Monkey Forest – I didn’t even know the place existed until @misssarahstar mentioned it on Twitter a few weeks back. I took my camera, and you can view pics here.
Ook!