new glasses

I always take ages choosing glasses, luckily (well for my wife, it drives her crazy) I don't do it very often. they have to be just right as I am fussy. I actually like glasses, I have never tried contact lenses but don't like the idea.

yesterday I got a new pair (raybans), I had already decided on the frames from looking through hundreds online, so cutting the search in real time down a lot. I also went to somewhere where they make them for in an hour, bit expensive but still. I now have to get used to wearing them as they are varifocals so I will have to see (pardon the pun) how I get on with them.

new things

I was at the other creative and media delivery centre within the learning partnership I work in giving a talk on using a sony HDV camera. I always look round in new places and I happened to see the iMacs in view behind the students balanced on the window ledges.

it's part of a new building called 'the chill'. there is something about the building that makes me relax the open space and the view from all areas seems to encourage listening. I will find out soon as I will hopefully be able to spend more time there over the coming months.

washing line again

it must be the time of year. I was taking photos of my son and his new room when the sight of the washing in the sunshine caught my eye had to re-visit and improve the image from before so here is another. to see pictures of the new room visit davidgeorge.tumblr

orange

the picture above taken today is one that I was using to show ways of using adobe CS4 with some creative and media students.

it is only tonight while I was looking at the images that I was using that I realised just how much I have been influenced by the orange advertising campaign, probably some 8 years ago now perhaps more.

the thing is I am getting fed up with them (orange, not the students) at the moment as they have, while charging me more money, cut my broadband connection speed at home as I have supposedly exceeded their 'unlimited' download limit. I use a 20 megabit connection at work all day which is provided by BT which is more than fine.

orange provide my broadband at home. I do work during the evening as well when and the 6 megabit I was getting was ok (even though I am paying for 8 megabit). tonight and for the last month or more I am getting 0.415 it is a bit silly. really hard to work on anything web based.

surfing weekend

3 days of surfing, not much more to be said! me and moby walking up from the surf!