I've got plenty to learn about regarding my new toys. I recently got myself some new camera parts with a gift card I was given for my birthday.

I've learned two things so far.
1: I greatly over estimated the effectiveness of an ND8x filter. Sure it blocks out 87.5% of light, and sure it drops your effective ISO by a factor of 8, but even on an overcast day, with my aperture as tight as possible, I still couldn't get the slow shutter speeds I was hoping for. On the bright side I should be able to just get another ND filter and just stack them. Mathematically if I stack an ND4x on my ND8x I should get an effective ND32x meaning a little over 3% of light entering the camera.

2: Using a lensbaby is a lot of trial and error. Mostly error. It's a type of lens that you can bend off center for interesting focus effects. But it has no electronics, so my camera has to be in full manual mode which I'm not used to. On top of that, my camera has no ambient light sensor in the body. All the light sensing is done by the individual lenses that you attach. Meaning that I have no idea if a picture is going to be under or over exposed until I take it.

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After uploading a new picture I went and sorted through my gallery. I was confused when one of my images didn't have a thumbnail. Upon opening the image it still didn't have one. I even dug through the page code to find the direct link to the image and tried loading that. I was rewarded with a 404 not found (additionally another 404 not found was encountered while trying to find the error document for an error 404). The only thing I can guess is that DA had eaten one of my files.

So, so anyone who may be paying attention to me, I'd advise you to take a quick look through your gallery and make sure none of your files have been devoured.

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The cake is a lie

The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie

Yes there is reason to this rhyme.

But not to be revealed right now.

2 plus 2 is ... ... ... ... ...
10 ...
IN BASE 4! I'M FINE!!!

I want my weighted companion cube back...

So! Been a while since I did a journal. I'm notorious for being a man of few words, unless I really like the subject in which case I'm quite vocifierous. Or however you spell it. Anyway! Some updates. I'm working, getting money. Been doing that for a couple months now. And, recently I moved. Any closer to Boston and I'd actually have to be living in Boston again. Still, it's close enough that I can bike to all the major locales in the event that I don't want to take the B line that swings out here. I right like it more than my last place really. Last room was roughly 90 square feet. This one? Just over 110 square feet. Now, that may not sound like a lot of difference, but not only is this room is two feet longer than my last room (10x9 vs 10x11) it's configured differently. The door and closet are on different walls which allows me to spread my furniture out more evenly along the walls. Plus I've bought some of those metal wire stacky built it yourself crates and made a right proper display space for some things. Even with those, my original furnishings, and some boxes that I still have to put away, I've got room to spare! I like it. Plus now that it takes me 20 minutes to get to work on bike as opposed to an hour and 20 on a bus, a train, and a trolley, I get home somewhat tired, but not exhausted. Leaves time for other things.

And I'm not stopping yet! Today is my day. My birthday. I am 24 years old. And today I'm going to spoil myself stupid, or something like that.