Sunday 21 July 2013
Summer light
Almost forgot I had this blog! I guess I should actually spend some time on writing a proper entry, but for now, here's a photo I took last week.
Sunday 13 January 2013
52 week challenge - week 1 - sin
What's this "52 week challenge" I hear you say. Well, for 52 weeks (a whole year) I have to take at least one photo relating to the theme for that week, the themes are released each week; week 1 - Sin. Not the strongest of connections with this photo, but she shouldn't have been on the settee and she knew it!
Friday 28 December 2012
Friday 7 December 2012
Friday 30 November 2012
Dell, Winter mornings, a Sunset, and a Train station
Brrr, winter is here. I hate the cold, the short dark days, and the illness that often comes with it. That said, I actually enjoyed taking the dogs for a walk at 7:30am this morning, crunching frosty grass under my feet and breaking thin ice on puddles gave me more pleasure than it perhaps should have done!.. You have to take pleasure in the little things though - as the film Amelie (well worth a watch if you haven't seen it) orchestrates.
Yesterday I opened up my brand spanking new Dell 15 R Special Edition laptop, YAY-NO, it had a 'hot pixel', a bright white patch on the screen; after a total of about 4hrs on the phone to Dell the problem is hopefully sorted. If you're looking to buy a new computer soon I would advise you to go to anywhere but Dell. Their minimum policy on returns for screens is, one customer service adviser stated, 125 dead pixels (the "industry standard") in order to get a free return or to qualify for a replacement. 125 dead pixels; if that were the case there would be about an inch patch of nothingness on the 1080p screen. Diabolical. Looking on their website, hidden in the depths, they state that 6 or more dead/hot pixels qualify for a free return/replacement... That was posted in 2009 though... How they can legally set such arbitrary limits is beyond me.
My 50mm F/1.4 lens gives some nice 'Bokeh'.
Naturally I argued against this 125 dead pixel policy, and eventually he agreed he would put in a 'request' for a free collection (for a refund, I wanted a replacement) against their standard £20 fee. They send out faulty products, then charge you to return them - makes sense?! In my final attempt I ended up talking to a 4th adviser, and now I hopefully have someone coming on Monday to replace the screen. Fingers crossed.
Because the Laptop was being delivered to a different house then where I usually reside, I had to catch the bus and train to get there - the sunset was taken through the bus window.
Yesterday I opened up my brand spanking new Dell 15 R Special Edition laptop, YAY-NO, it had a 'hot pixel', a bright white patch on the screen; after a total of about 4hrs on the phone to Dell the problem is hopefully sorted. If you're looking to buy a new computer soon I would advise you to go to anywhere but Dell. Their minimum policy on returns for screens is, one customer service adviser stated, 125 dead pixels (the "industry standard") in order to get a free return or to qualify for a replacement. 125 dead pixels; if that were the case there would be about an inch patch of nothingness on the 1080p screen. Diabolical. Looking on their website, hidden in the depths, they state that 6 or more dead/hot pixels qualify for a free return/replacement... That was posted in 2009 though... How they can legally set such arbitrary limits is beyond me.
My 50mm F/1.4 lens gives some nice 'Bokeh'.
Naturally I argued against this 125 dead pixel policy, and eventually he agreed he would put in a 'request' for a free collection (for a refund, I wanted a replacement) against their standard £20 fee. They send out faulty products, then charge you to return them - makes sense?! In my final attempt I ended up talking to a 4th adviser, and now I hopefully have someone coming on Monday to replace the screen. Fingers crossed.
Because the Laptop was being delivered to a different house then where I usually reside, I had to catch the bus and train to get there - the sunset was taken through the bus window.
Oh and, **** you Dell.
Thursday 22 November 2012
Snake - Pastel Royal Python
So as a hobby I keep quite a few reptiles. Here's one of the baby snakes I have for sale!
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