Watching shows on Hulu.

The same thing has been happening to me, Regina. Strange. I just figured it was my wonky Internet connection but it continued even when I upgraded to turbo.

See what happens when troll-bots invade the 'what are people doing' thread?

edit: if you're in Vancouver, get over to Steamworks by 10pm. We're headed out for drinks and some good ole fashioned street photography.

Also, wondering how I'll celebrate if or when a photo of mine is finally accepted into the pool.

Darwin, Australia 1409 hrs

Crikey Regina, thanks. I thought it was my computer playing up too. For days it's been doing it intermitantly in that post. I get the opening paragraph then a blank page and nothing else.

Well, I'm hungry so i'm going to cook pancakes.

00:16 madison
Scanning (8/18)
Time remaining: 4 min.
Tri-x from chicago

also listening to bassnectar

Near San Francisco, CA 22:20 hr.
Digesting a hamburger while I am mostly vegetarian. In a weird mood and have uploaded and then deleted 3 photos and going onto my fourth. Not sure what I am looking for but would like to make a change in my photo approach. Hoping that If I write this, there is a slight chance it could occur.

2.33 am México city

went out for some beers apparently my contax t2 stopped working properly will have to take it to service.

the digital went out, asked strangers if I could take their picture none said no. well one said no at first but then accepted. got a nice sense of security

just loving the juxtaposition of netsimon's photo with Griff le riff's at the head of the pool right now.

getting ready for the wedding, everything charged etc

probably should have some breakfast?

london 09.30

in bed. about to get up and go running.

regina - you have started a monster. i hand over all responsibility to you.

amsterdam, 11.11
ah well, that's the danger of posting things at 4.57 in the morning, monsters. i am glad lightened your burden, ben.

the friend i left the party with somewhere after 4 yesterday had to start work at 9 this morning. think i am heading over for some moral support (and tea and cake) in a while. but first some breakfast and some actions having to do with being this newly desginated admin in this not so great flickr group...

Near San Francisco 02:37

Still badly digesting that hamburger. Probably was a bad eating decision for a mostly vegetarian.

I've reached my quota for the ep-1 comp, 45 photos. The last 10 or so were all backyard flowers etc coz I couldnt be bothered anymore. The camera is now safely in the box, back to shooting for real. I've wasted enough time.

11:39 Huddersfield

Just got out of bed, that's quite possibly the longest lie in I've had in 9 years (since before the kids). Weather looks a bit torn, but I might venture out with a camera later.

7:09
Heading off to the farmers' market.

amsterdam, 16.27
hooray, just got back from a walk and i only took three pictures!

milan 8.46pm
looking at the cut under my foot sole, wondering how and when i had it

next walk around i'll wear flip flops, i want to check if a slower pace will get me to watch around better

i need some lidocaine

0700 hrs Darwin, Australia

Looking for inspiration, thinking about where to go shoot today.

23:35
On Phlow for no particular reason.

(edit: I is also is Chiswick)
(edit 2: I mean Chiswick in London)
(edit 3: London Uk not CA)
(edit 4: Yes my life is this sad)

23.58 - noticing how sunburned i got out photographing today - even though the weather seemed crap.

7:49am, london:
Slightly hungover. Sneezing. Off to work in a few hours. Oh the joy.

amsterdam, 9.57
once again working on the piled up amount of photographs. getting there. heading to rotterdam this afternoon to catch up with a friend and take pictures of her. she's in her third trimester, should be exciting to take pictures of her, but somehow i think the usual chatting nonsense over glasses of wine will be a bit different this time.

19.18 Cheongju
Back after a weekend in Seoul. Went to see the World Press Photo 09 exhibition, then wandered up into the hills behing the Seoul Arts Center. Just got home and starving as all I've eaten today is a small but expensive chicken sandwich from a posh cafe in the arts center.

11:34 Huddersfield

Re-organised the main group page links and indexed the HCSP gallery threads in a random moment of OCD.

Heading out to the home of some friends to plan a route for a fell walk in mid september - also going to take some photographs of them tending their urban vegetable garden.

phlowing..

04:00 back from beach house and vetiver concert. after berlin, poland, the baltic sea, weired car rides, ship cruises, plane flights, the loss of one waterproof cam to the gods of water and the demage of a zoom lens by my own clumsiness. tomorrow black lips and deerhunter. and headache, of course.

21:53
Negotiating for a slide projector.

05:06, thinking that exploring more than four bars per night is an unhealthy waste of time. and sleep.
asking myself when and by whom the new ressurected image discussion thread will be resurrected.
not sure whether i missed it, or if i should confess that i did, just in case i did.

Midnight
Florida
hot

amsterdam, 18.08
my new job is pretty awesome and the no-internet policy is just what i knew i needed :)
home, making some food, turning on the phlow, you know, to say hello, but all i get is echo echo echo echo echo echoechoechoechoechoechoecho echoechoechoechoechoecho echo

19:08 Hudds

Just viewed Joni's excellent Last Orders on Burn, and I have to say that the commentry on there really doesn't ever seem to improve. Well done on the edit though Joni, I think Ben R summed it up well.

omg omg omg. that was rock 'n'roll! can't remember when i bought my last band shirt. maybe twenty years ago. tonight i did it again.

Brooklyn - yeah, good to see Pig on Burn...and good to see John Gladdy trying hard to be a contrarian.

Amused that some people on blogs are questioning whether Melissa Brandts' photo-op squirrel is a fake, e.g. the squirrel is stuffed. It happens to all the greats -- Capa, Martins, et al.

Also, the photo seems to be part of a Nat Geo rights-grab competition. Hope she actually retains copyright of the image.

[By uploading a photograph, you agree to the Terms of Use:

5. By uploading material, posting comments, or providing other content to the Site ("User Content"), you grant National Geographic (which includes its subsidiaries, affiliates, joint venturuers, and licensees) the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivatives of the User Content, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional, and trade uses in connection with NG Products.]

Edit: I have seen one version of the photo where it states "copyright National Geographic Society. All rights reserved". In other places it is copyright Melissa Brandts. Confusing.

12:29 Weymouth.

Just realising that this is a new thread.

9:20 Orlando

going home tomorrow then back in Florida in two weeks for a job that's 500 feet from the Atlantic. Just in time for the hurricane season.

8.36 pm mexico city

flickr is into something, im not seeing any photo at any pool.
still lists the number of items. they are having real issues.

Here's the word/lowdown on the hicc'ups.

Brooklyn - Listening to Mr. Mister, spotting, drinking beer.

Blog: Interview, New Work, Editing

On leave , gardening, long walks around the reservoir....

taaaake these broken wiiings....
ah well, it's better that what's on the raido in utrecht, the office, 9.59
doing two jobs at teh moment, which has lead to some entertaining/embarassing mix ups on the telephone so far. ah well, just a few more weeks of that.
liking the look/feel/phlow of my first page right now. maybe i can get myself to actually not upload something for the coming few days.

@ paul, i didn't know ben's face and my feet looked so much alike.

13:07 Cardiff

off to Indonesia

21.32 Cheongju
Hoping to deity that this isn't pigsick.

hoping with you.

the weather is amazing and i am stuck at the office again. sometimes windows suck.
thank god it's not as bad as some other offices
www.jandirk.com/ (klick kantoor cultuur)

wondering whether the silence on the other end of the line still belongs to "just a minute, please", while trying to find out whether the plan to pretty much turn my life upside down, due to start in 13 days, might just have been f*ked up by a lost envelope.

edit: a lost photo appears to be the not so big problem. "phew"

Just treated myself to the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 lens. What i like most though is the review on Amazon which states - "Its not very good for telephoto work"

Does anyone remember a thread in the past year (maybe) where Jim O'Connell posted a really nice, long and somewhat instructional post about shooting street, about being up-front and honest with what you're doing? I can't find it.

www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/discuss/721576035518702...

what, there is two chrisprojects?

No, I just talk to myself sometimes.

18:52 Hudds

Just got back from Solihull, may have snagged a company car - fingers crossed!

Sent 8 rolls of 120 & some 4x5 sheets off to the lab. Am now going to enjoy some beers.

Bochum, 17:24
chuckling over the "SOMETIMES I WEAR AN MP3 PLAYER THAT GIVES ME A BARRIER" from linked thread. Oh, and over the "twochrisprojects"
[timetravel to now]
Opened a bottle of wine, thinking about ending the day with an excessive Fallout 3 session.

Fallout 3, eh? Whoa! Does that mean?

Love Fallout 3! Such a great game.

Just got my Olympus XA-4 w/ A11 flash in the mail. Near mint, for $100 CAD. Seems like I got a pretty good deal. Can't wait to try it out. Noticed several HCSP members use them. Holy shit is it small. Maybe this is where I'll start using a flash in public.

haha. well, the headline is spot on about my age.
And Jizzon to the rescue! :)
(update: Rejected the invitation spoken out by Mrs. Wilson to stay for dinner, instead obliterated the Wilsons and Smiths - I kind of objected to their policy of feeding their families by means of killing random wastelanders - and fry them. Spared the kids, though;)

Do I look bummed and fat in this?

13:00 Vancouver
Only 3 and-a-half hours of work left until I am off for 11 days. On the road tomorrow morning for new locales, lots of film, lots of anticipation. A long drive.

Coincides nicely with the realization that I need to strike a better balance between theory and practice. That means less time on internet. A lot less.
And of course, more time planning, shooting, scanning and figuring out what the hell it is I am trying to accomplish through photography.

Where you heading Gary?

@jizzon: wish I had an xa4! I have xa1's and xa's only :oD

I am heading east from Vancouver to an area called the Kootenays, about 400 miles away, just above the Washington/Idaho border. Visiting family, reconnecting with a long-lost friend, and hopefully burning (lots of) film.

Maybe even fit in a tour of the brewery that makes my favourite beer.

You know, for research purposes.

You know, I don't even like beer but I loves me a good brewery. We've got one in our town (Three Floyds) thats really cool. Planning on stopping by with some friends this weekend.

@Dr Karanka: I really like your work, and it was in checking out your photos that I got clued in to the camera. You seem to make good use of it. I hope to do the same.

Sounds like fun, Scale. I want to get out that way. It should be a hot one. So in addition to research, that beer may turn out to be about survival!

I'm headed west to the islands. We have a friend who operates a small apple farm on Galiano and we usually visit once or twice a year.

When the "Photography and the Art of Seeing Rules #6"?
Edit.: I like because this is the one way to see my pics on HCSP :D

2:13 pm. Los Angeles - Going to the phlow.

22:57 London

In the toilet at the moment.

23.47 London

cycled 46km today, and did a 6km orienteering race.

now i am ruining my day of exercise by opening my 6th beer!

doh!

14:47 Kuala Lumpur

enjoying free WiFi at the airport while waiting for the flight to Jakarta

@elio: sorry, I forgot! too busy!

ben: it's all about balancing the beer and the excercise (i'd say you deserved a 7th one).
utrecht, 9.51. at work. i got no motivation. where is my motivation.

12.18 still no motivation. reading this thread a it more thoroughly.

shocked that my fellow ruleofthirdbeers admin openly confesses to not liking beer. thought we were keeing that secret...

also laughing about the toilet thing. yesterday i and some coworkers were explaing the different social network sites to another coworker and we came to the conclusion that twitter was for letting people know you were on the toilet. guess we got it wrong.

bartendermagic.com/bartricks/trickbeercan.asp

13:54, London:
Geared up for another exciting afternoon of spelling.

Thinking it's a while since we had a good snarky flamefest here. Oh, there you go...

Brooklyn - Sad I missed the opportunity to chat with John Gladdy.

15:24, london:
getting really pissed off with flickr's constant 'cannot find server' messages. Is that just me?

edit: read back over the thread. it's not just me.

Wondering why Lasalis got deleted... was I the only one to notice that?

Nope. Assumed he/she/it deleted itself.

quitting photography. taking up being a prophet.

Is it so difficult just to be open and transparent with your identity?

[Exception made for photographer's in witness protection or that have psychologically disturbed exes cyber stalking them]

ben, you should've timed your delete with more care, now we _know_ you are lasalis!

3:42pm
Chicago

Sitting at my desk, agonizing over whether I'll spend my last $10 cash to buy cigarettes or pick up two rolls of film. I know this should be obvious, but I really am torn. :^(

yeah, what bennehboy said....

tiffany: i find it very funny that you feel the need to give all your smilies a nose but chose to get rid of it on the profile picture...

okay, almost 11, bed time.

hah, thats cuz its so big.

hey, i think adrien brody and vincent gallo are handsome.... nothing wrong with a big nose.

amsterdam, 7.22 breakfast. feeling slightly more motivated than yesterday. i guess it helps that it is friday.

regina, did you see The Brothers Bloom? My girlfriend loves Adrien Brody.

waiting for letters to turn up through my door. detailing the latest excuses

i haven't yet, chris. it's ont he ever growing 'to see' list.
and what can i say, he's not hard to look at...

I'll be damned, Kodak actually came through and sent me eleven rolls of expired film, just like they promised: 6 rolls of Portra 160 NC, 4 rolls of 160 VC and 1 bonus roll of ektar 100.

Nice.

01.26

saw "inglourious basterds".

it was great.

21:29
back from the rehearsal cook out. tired. time to watch squid billies or flight of the conchords.

10:49

8 rolls of 120 & some 4x5 sheets back from the lab, first view looks promising - going to have to wait until tomorrow to be scanned as I'm going to a kids birthday party all day (actually it's just an excuse for the 36 adults attending to get really pissed).

amsterdam, 12.54
downloading some tunes, making some lunch, gathering courage/energy to clean up my living room because my parents are coming over tomorrow, listening to yacht.

yacht!



12.31 London

gonna go walking.

haha. face dropper :P

Boy I slept great last night - and dreamed I was traveling through a street photographer's paradise, through the kind of kitschy American suburbs Shore and Eggleston dream about. Little cottage houses with old cars in the driveway, quaint yards surrounded in chain link fence with the dogs and kid's play sets out, the houses all still having their Christmas decorations up, old steel mills and grain silos, wrecking yards, and coal plants in the distance, trains coming through, gentrified but still old town squares full of little bakeries and breakfast diners. In my dream I was saying to myself, "I'd like to shoot all this on slide film."

7:41 Near San Francisco
Nice one Mark. Maybe someday we will be able to photograph our dreams but probably not likely in film.
Off to San Francisco to eat, snoop around, and hopefully find some interesting light.

1206 hrs Darwin, Australia

Rode my 600 cc Honda today, for 900 km.. Going to lay down because my arse is too numb to feel atm.

Mark, I live in NW Indiana. You just described this area to a T. You should come visit some time. I'm sitting on a few rolls of MF slide film that I shot at a little diner near me where they meet up with their old cars every week. The place actually still has girls on roller skates who bring your food to your car.

finding out my color calibration has fucked up all along... now trying to figure out best way to resolve this. man I've been adding too much curves...Damn it!

@Mark_H, I have dreams like that fairly regularly, and invariably I don't have a camera with me in them :/

@ its probably for training your eyes only. :D