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2013-05-24 12:02:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Afternoon Walk & Talk

With a bit of luck, I'll have all of my photos shot in April whilst in Melbourne processed before the end of May.

Indeed.


#Cableicous   #Melbourne  #Derek #Photography #DSLR

2013-05-24 11:44:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 24/05/2013

Just a little bit of tree - just a wee little bit of tree: sometimes nature does get in the way of civilisation.

It's meant to be like that, yes?

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#Cableicous #AMonthOfCables #Roger   #Photography  #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 +Cableicous

2013-05-24 11:11:47 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

The Toy Box - 24/05/2013

Meet today's toy: his name is Fred and he is newly hatched.  

The younger lad is having a sleepover and, before pasta for dinner, we helped Fred get out of his egg.  Fred's now sitting on the counter under a bright light such that his glow can develop.  The younger lad is now in bed reading and will have another look at Fred before it's sleeping time.

G'day Fred - welcome to the collection.

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from their boxes.

The Toy Box Project is curated by
+Jules Falk Hunter +Steve Johnson +Felicia Renz & +Dave Renz

#TheToyBox #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-24 11:04:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Splashing for +Al Christensen

By the time I had my lunch break, the sun was well and truly out and about and there were mostly light, fluffy clouds about the place and most of the puddles were gone.  I did manage, however, to find a small puddle to do some splashing in though jumping into it wasn't really an option.

Will this do, Al?

#AutoAwesome  #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-23 21:06:11 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Beginning of the Dry

This past Wet Season was rather dry - it's as if we had a nine month buildup to the Wet that never came. On the way home from the working place yesterday, the sky was full of big clouds, some dark, some bright: more storm weather than the beginning of the Dry.  

The thunder and lightning started not long after I made it home after the bus.  The rains started a few hours later.  It has rained most of the night and it's raining now. 

#Sky #CloudClub #CloudScape #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-23 21:02:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Mr Rabbit makes rhubarb chocolate chili tart

Start with beautiful fresh rhubarb, roasted in the oven with a sprinkle of sugar. (180°C for 10 mins) 
Prepare a pâte sucrée replacing 30g of the flour with cocoa. Backe blind at 180°C until the base is biscuity (depends on the thickness of the pastry). Mine was about 30 mins. Leave to cool.
Make a chili ganache with 200g dark choc (I used 72% Frey) & 50g chili chocolate. Or use 250g dark and add chili to taste. Or not...
Break choc into smallish pieces. Try not to eat it all.
Heat 2 dl 35% cream to almost boiling and pour over chocolate. Leave to sit for a few minutes before stirring gently to blend. Leave to cool.
Line tart with ganache, layer rhubarb over it, and cover with remaining ganache. 
Voilà

+Cathy Samuels 
+Mr Rabbit's Big Adventure 
#mobilographypad2013  

2013-05-23 20:13:50 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Friday.

This branch - or That Branch - is a wee bit like #ThatWindow - it's one of those things that must be shot. Often.

#ThatBranch #Antejentacular #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-23 11:03:00 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Crossed

2013-05-23 10:45:20 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I was pointed in this direction by +Lambert Schlumpf: twas much enjoyed.

Sub-titles in English.

2013-05-23 10:23:31 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I read this article shortly after reading a post by +Ted Ewen regarding climate change, science et al: I reckon it's worth a read.

Now to get people to challenge politicians with the science...

2013-05-23 10:00:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

After the Walk

Yes... I'm still processing photos from Melbourne and I've been home for three weeks.  There you go: the monochrome Orb on your left is the one that I processed this evening.

#Orbaliciousness  #Orb #Orbs   #Derek #Photography #DSLR  

Still finding sharing images added to albums other than via 'auto-backup' to be a right pain.

2013-05-23 09:50:22 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Goodbye Hazel.

2013-05-23 09:03:26 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 23/05/2013

The blue, thought not #ThatBlue , is still a blue... and it's another one of those shot whilst walking to the markets with +Cathy Samuels.  No... no... it was shot whilst walking with +Cathy Samuels to head to South Bank for the photowalk...

Silly Charles, silly.

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#Cableicous #AMonthOfCables #Roger   #Photography   #Mobilography   #MobilographyPAD2013 +Cableicous

2013-05-23 09:02:05 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

My terribly British name is Margaret Salisbury.

Margaret?

It's a lovely name and all, but I'm not sure it fits. And Salisbury? I'm dinner now? Oi!

What's your terribly British name?

#H201306220700
#TerriblyBritish

2013-05-23 08:54:56 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

The Toy Box - 23/05/2013

I scraped my knee, I did, I did: the adhesive bandages worked a treat.  And they didn't hurt when I yanked it off, either.  Two miracles in one, perhaps?

Mr Jesus came with the bandages: he's meant to set on top of a pencil but he's not an eraser so instead I leave him sitting on top of a canvas.  Most of the time...

All I need now is an exorcism - where is Francis?

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from their boxes.

The Toy Box Project is curated by
+Jules Falk Hunter +Steve Johnson +Felicia Renz & +Dave Renz

#TheToyBox #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-22 20:11:12 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Thursday.

Wishing you a happy +23 on the 23rd.

#Antejentacular #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-22 10:57:23 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

The Toy Box - 22/05/2013

This is the newest toy in my collection of toys (I can't really count the toys that I got for the lads as being min, can I?) and it was a gift from #goodman  +Paul Pavlinovich.  For those of you who bother checking the EXIF information for images, you'll note that it's geotagged as being at Mount Donna Buang - that's the location where Paul took it out of his bike bag and passed it to me.

The orb lights up when you bounce it and it makes me laugh every time I do so: it's obviously one of those things that I will always cherish - even if it gets taken away for a few days by the lads (which has happened twice already).

Thanks Paul, muchly.

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from theirb... more »

2013-05-22 08:25:49 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 22/05/2013

Today's cable beauty is another of Jewell Station at night - this time from the other end of the station to that posted a few days back.

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#AMonthOfCables #Cableicous #Roger   #Photography  #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 +Cableicous

2013-05-22 08:22:20 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Ok, yeah, it's auto-magicked. But I took em and I think it's pretty cool. :D

2013-05-22 07:53:09 (10 comments, 4 reshares, 22 +1s)

Mystery solved...

Thank you. Thank you.

2013-05-21 20:53:40 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

I CAN HAZ POSTCARDZ?

My pobox was recently full of fire: not to worry, it wasn't a damaging fire - just a few postcards +Lady Fran W made and sent to me from images she shot during #BrunswalkWithFire .

Thanks Fran - these gorgeous cards will now have pride-of-place in my office such that I can continue to have wonderful memories of our evening together.

2013-05-21 20:42:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

In case you missed noticing, there is a huge civil disobedience campaign against Coca Cola and its products here in Australia. It's called Out of Order and it tells Coke that they were Out of Order to come into this country and ban a viable container recycling scheme in the Northern Territory through a loophole in the law there.

+Greenpeace Australia Pacific has taken on Coca Cola Amatil as well by means of an advertising campaign using online media. Watch the video. Get informed. Stop buying Coke and Coke products.

+Coca-Cola has now bought paid advertising spots on Google so when you search for Greenpeace you get a face full of Coke propaganda.

Boooooooo!

#outoforder #cocacola #greenpeace  

2013-05-21 20:16:16 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Wednesday.

#Antejentacular #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-21 11:27:28 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 21/05/2013

I go to Melbourne at least twice a year.  The reason that I visit Melbourne regularly is to visit a specialist of the medical variety.  The joy of visiting Melbourne is in re-engaging with friends that I've known from when I lived there in the 80s as well as the forming of new friendships with people that I've met through G+: live long and proper Melbournites - see you again soon (though not soon enough).

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#Roger   #Photography  #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 #Cableicous#AMon... more »

2013-05-21 10:59:40 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

The Toy Box - 21/05/2013

As well as the myriad #Bionicles  that were gifted to myself and the lads some years back, the boxes also contained a partial Lego Mindstorms set.  Fortunately, that partial included this bit of beautiful nerd heritage: a Lego Camera.

http://rantz.me/?page_id=3471

This camera has been used for broadcasting Pond Cam  for the past five years and I trust that it still has many years of service left in it.

It also gets used, occasionally, to shoot other projects but it certainly works well - your kilometrage on this may vary - for the special purpose of the pond.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms#Lego_camera <<--- The Lego Camera portion of Lego Mindstorms on Wikipedia

Saturday Swimmin' and Streamin' <<--- a video shot in April 2013 using this wonderful piece of kit: whichrem... more »

2013-05-21 10:47:43 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Let's Interact
This circle consists of 23 people that have recently circled me that I have circled back - or the other way around.

In this group of 23, there is interest to be found: a few artists and more than a few photographers, a heap of nerds and myriad lovers of Science Fiction but, generally, just lots of #GoodPeople.

Many in this circle I have met through #TheToyBox  project as curated by +Dave Renz, +Felicia Renz, +Steve Johnson and +Jules Falk Hunter .  I highly recommending visiting #TheToyBox   #hashtag  to see the treasures that are being shared there.

Investigate what you find here - you might find a few new people for your G+ experience.

#letsinteract #circleshare  #GoodPeople  

2013-05-20 21:05:30 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

The Aliens: They Have Landed

The loverly +Cathy Samuels made a photo of this find well before I visited Brisbane.  As we were walking to the markets on my last Sunday in Brisbane, Cathy was kind enough to walk me by this area such that I could make my own alien invasion photo.

Thanks Cathy!

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-20 20:34:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Improving patients' care in hospitals

My main medium for stuff outside of the interwbez is radio.  More particularly, it's Radio National on my ABC.  I listened to this particular show last evening and have just listened to it again this morning.

There is so much Terry Platchek (Medical Director for Performance Improvement, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital) that Terry identifies in this piece that needs to be fixed in the hospital system - around the Western world - that I see and deal with as part of my day job.  _So much_.

I commend this show to you.

2013-05-20 20:09:27 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Tuesday.

#Sky #CloudClub #CloudScape #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 #Antejentacular #罗杰

2013-05-20 13:22:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

A bit of number humour after reading numbers for a few hours.

G'night.

2013-05-20 10:19:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Shooting with Friends: Old & New

On the Saturday, there was #BrunswalkWithFire .

On the Sunday, there was a motorbike ridge to Mount Donna Buang.

On the Monday, there was a visit to the beaches around St Kilda with +Vikki Sinnott and +Al Christensen: we shot, we ate, we shot some more, we walked, we shot some more, we drove, we shot some more, we drove some more.

And then we said g'bye to +Al Christensen: thanks Al, twas a pleasure to meet you and I'm glad we were able to catch up given that our Saturday locations didn't quite match.

#Derek #Photography #DSLR #Melbourne   #Orbaliciousness   #PortPhillipBay   #StKilda  

Yes... I've finally managed to process a few mor images from the visit to Melbourne - shan't be long until I've finished with the Melbourne photos and can get back tofini... more »

2013-05-20 08:39:38 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

The arguments and false controversy over whether global warming exists (it does) and whether humans are responsible (we are) are ones generated by the public due to politics, deniers, interest groups, and lack of education.

According to the majority of climatologists and other informed analysts, most of the claims made by global warming skeptics on TV, online, and in print aren't based on legitimate science.

An extensive review of the scientific literature was just published on May 15, 2013 in Environmental Research Letters and is the most comprehensive meta-analysis on the subject ever performed to date.

The review looked at ~12,000 international studies on climate change from peer-reviewed scientific journals over the past 2 decades (1991-2011). Of these, ~4,000 studies specifically evaluated and expressed a stance on anthropogenic global warming: an... more »

2013-05-20 08:30:52 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 20/05/2013

Not only #Cableicous  but +23 friendly, too: shot on the last Sunday of April whilst awaiting the arrival of +Paul Pavlinovich and others for a motorbike ride to Mount Donna Buang.

http://goo.gl/Ixkgp <<--- Mount Donna Buang

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#Roger   #Photography  #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 #Cableicous #AMonthOfCables   #23s  #23 #twentythrees  
+Cableicous

2013-05-20 08:07:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Bear In Space!

Something for kids from 1970 Russia ... with a twist!

http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/bear-in-space-1970.html

2013-05-20 08:11:54 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

The Toy Box - 20/05/2013

You've kept me on top of that computing box for over a year: your time is up - I am coming down and I am coming down now.  No excuses will be heard, no apologies accepted.  I am your excitement for the day: get used to it..

In late 2006, a colleague was moving interstate and her children were dispensing with a childhood's worth of #Bionicles .  This colleague was aware of my toy collection and, more to the point, she was aware of how much time the lads spend with me: the three boxes of Bionicles were given to me and the lads... along with another surprise, which shall be for the morrow.

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from their boxes.

The Toy Box Project is curated by
+Jules Falk Hunter+S... more »

2013-05-19 21:00:28 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

These are my favourite images from the final performance night of Trybe. Thanks to the amazing +May Ng for getting me in. It was an awesome experience.

2013-05-19 20:13:26 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Monday: this branch - or That Branch - is a wee bit like #ThatWindow - it's one of those things that must be shot. Often.

#Antejentacular #ThatBranch #Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #罗杰

2013-05-19 09:35:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

Above and Below

I still haven't acclimatised to the changes in how the newest incarnation of G+ doesn't share images added to albums as a single image with the album linked (other than for those uploaded with Auto-Backup, of course).  As such, I've uploaded a bit of #Cableicous  beauty shot whilst in Melbourne, re-ordered the album such that the image I wanted to share is at the top (or the beginning - depending on your view-point) and now share it with you.

I've read that this is a bug and that it's being fixed - I hope that's an accurate reflection of the situation.

#Cableicous #Derek #Photography #DSLR

+Cableicous

2013-05-19 08:41:30 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Savoury Cheesecake

The cheesecake is cooked, the recipe is written, a sample has been consumed: I'll eat a proper serving for dinner whilst watching The Doctor get up to whatever he gets up to tonight.

It's good, +Cathy Samuels, it's good.

#Food   #Recipe   #SavouryCheesecake   #Cheesecake   #Savoury   #NomNomNom  

2013-05-19 08:09:36 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

This is pretty well shot :)

2013-05-19 03:10:56 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Savoury Cheesecake - Before the Oven

This concoction is based on a recipe snaffled from one of +Cathy Samuels' cookbooks during my visit earlier this month.

Recipe to follow.

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #Food   #SavouryCheesecake   #Savoury   #Cheesecake   #罗杰

2013-05-19 01:30:23 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Have a look at this full dress rehearsal of TRYBE.

TRYBE is an enthralling vision of colours, performance art and music running at Chapel of Chapel from tonight to March 24th 2013. Tickets are only $27-$30.

http://chapeloffchapel.com.au/melbourne-comedy-theatre-art/melbourne-events/melbourne-theatre/trybe-an-opera-in-paint-14-24-march/

http://www.anthonybreslin.com/trybe/main/trybe_home.htm

A big thanks to +May Ng  for the oppurtunity and the companionship of our illustrious bunch of photographers.

2013-05-19 01:00:28 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

The Toy Box - 19/05/2013

I've shared a few of the younger lad's gifts from my most recent visit Down South so I thought it time to share  a portion of the elder lad's gift: a dark blue Diablo with aluminium handsticks with green string.

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from their boxes.

The Toy Box Project is curated by
+Jules Falk Hunter +Steve Johnson +Felicia Renz & +Dave Renz

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #TheToyBox #罗杰

2013-05-18 23:07:13 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Cables from Down South - 19/05/2013

One of the benefits of being a member of Zoos Victoria is that you can visit any of three zoos in Victoria (and quite a few interstate) as many times as you like during the year.  Whilst I would have hoped to get better shots of the beautiful elephants during my most recent visit (and no... I still haven't processed the images from #Derek), I did at least manage to get the cables. ;-)

www.zoo.org.au

The Back Story -->>>
Everywhere that isn't Darwin is referred to as 'Down South' by Darwinites.  As I was travelling in Victoria and Queensland during the last portion of April and the first portion of May, I thought it an opportune time to image as many cables as possible to make up for the lack of cables in my suburb.

#Roger   #Photography  #Mobilography  #MobilographyPAD2013 #Cableicous#AMo... more »

2013-05-18 22:39:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Charimage ~ Photographers & Artists For Charity.
Canvas Prints ~ Worldwide DeliveryLowland Gorilla
By +Charles Strebor
Supporting Supporting Hanover Housing
#photographersandartistsforcharity +Charimage
http://stipple.com/photos/44300894

2013-05-18 21:54:38 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Antejentacular Ponderings

The coffee is ready so I'll ponder this image whilst I consider breakfast: good morning, welcome to my Sunday:  _This window_ - or That Window - is a wee bit like #ThatBranch - it's one of those things that must be shot. Often.

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #Antejentacular #MobilographyPAD2013 #ThatWindow   #罗杰

2013-05-18 08:50:49 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Australia from Above

I haven't even come close to finish off the processing of photos shot with #Derek   from the most recent trip to Melbourne and Brisbane: I have, however, almost finished the processing of the photos from #Roger  - here's a selection of photos of Australia from Above.

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #AustraliaFromAbove #罗杰

2013-05-18 08:42:55 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Google Classic: Please Allow 30 Days for your Search Results (Original artist unknown)

2013-05-18 08:17:06 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

2013-05-18 08:06:21 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

The Toy Box - 18/05/2013

After the visit from Albert yesterday, it seemed only appropriate that the younger lad and I get out his Acid & Base kit for a spot of experimentation.

The Back Story -->>>
The Toy Box Project is a time-limited thing of 21 days (11 May to 31 May 2013) where a group of people will be posting the toys from their boxes.

The Toy Box Project is curated by
+Jules Falk Hunter +Steve Johnson +Felicia Renz & +Dave Renz

#Roger #Photography #MobilePhotography #Mobilography #MobilographyPAD2013 #TheToyBox #罗杰