As I explained in my last blog, this entry will attempt to examine the situation of train simulators at present. I should emphasize that I make many generalizations below based on experience. If you want me to elaborate further, get back to me. Sometimes I expect you'll know something that I don't.…

11 years ago / 8 579 visits / 2 comments / 1 person likes

Introduction This post is a break from what I usually write, as I have a backlog of photos to scan, and for the moment I won't have anything new in the way of photography. As everyone knows, iPernity is an art site, as much as a photo site, and this is partly what makes it preferable to Flickr. You…

12 years ago / 879 visits

Well...I've run into another technical problem. My upcoming video project is threatened (at least to some degree) by my camera breaking down. I'm having a problem with the "mosaic" interference on MiniDV tapes that's normally caused by a dirty play head, but in this case it seems to be connected wi…

14 years ago / 2 348 visits / 3 comments

This is connected to a Czech Facebook group for auto safety, Nemyslíš - zaplatíš!, which is connected to a larger nationwide safety campaign... http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=39 4563290990#!/photo.php?pid=73981&op= 1&o=global&view=global&subj= 167358171878&id=100000475054895& fbid=1028201297…

14 years ago / 430 visits

I've been putting off this blog entry for a few days, basically because I've been trying to scan and post-process older shots, but now I have a question... Does anybody know where I can get these rolls of 120 film scanned in Prague? I don't want anything fancy, just 1200dpi scans to .tif, .bmp, .jpg…

14 years ago / 472 visits

After completing a major upload a few days ago, I noticed that I hadn't written a blog entry since I had had trouble with Greasemonkey. Apparently, both Greasemonkey and the Flickr to iPernity Importer now work, so that problem is solved for the moment, thanks to an upgrade to both (in addition to F…

14 years ago / 369 visits

My enormous catchup effort continued today, and there are plenty of new photos up today for you to see, albeit from my cameraphone. The Flickr Importer for single photos failed today, however, as I was uploading to iPernity. I'm not sure who to contact about the Greasemonkey problem, but being a rea…

15 years ago / 452 visits

As of yesterday (technically, as it's midnight now), I uploaded all but one roll of my film backlog. In the meantime, basically February-July, I tried to keep shooting (with a few exceptions) by using a new Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman cameraphone. It's the first digital camera that I've used extensiv…

15 years ago / 408 visits

I should first of all apologise to everyone for dropping off the radar for so many months, as I've only made my first uploads this week after 10 months of nothing, with none of my 2008 or 2009 photos displayed until a few days ago (with all my 2009 photos still waiting). It isn't that I haven't been…

15 years ago / 601 visits

I was sent the following this morning, but in spite of its optimistic tone, note that the more important thing is that it includes a link to fliers to distribute against the next vote, as the bill isn't dead yet. So, in any case, here's the email I was sent... Dear Group, Thank you for all your effo…

16 years ago / 713 visits

This was forwarded to me.... Hi Everyone, Bad news… Conyers, Berman and the House leadership are in active discussions to pass the House bill NOW. We had a scare earlier tonight when we thought that the bill would be put on the suspension calendar this evening (which means it would be voted on), but…

16 years ago / 742 visits

Below is another mail from the Illustrators' Parnership buuutt......first I should mention a few additional things. Google may indeed be compiling genuine Orphan Works, as what they want to do is create a giant archive of public-domain material. The problem is that they claim it would be too much of…

16 years ago / 673 visits

Here's the link everyone.... www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.ht ml?tid=30849 Nag Congress if you want to keep your copyrights!!!

16 years ago / 567 visits

Okay, in response to at least one person on Flickr who pointed out that the Orphan Works Bill does not explicitly set up a copyright database, I should clarify why the register will still be an inevitability under this legislation. I think the source of this confusion was my fault, as I didn't use c…

16 years ago / 591 visits

Okay, first of all, iPernity has effectively disabled my blog by installing a rich text feature that doesn't work, then refusing to provide a simpletext alternative. Therefore, I had to initially write this blog in the comments box...and then I tried the email feature. In any case, getting to the bl…

16 years ago / 437 visits