Category: Tech

Scan I Am

  • August 2, 2011

My old scanner is ancient and didn’t work on the Mac so I bought a new one. A Canon Canoscan LiDE 110, for $56 on Amazon! It arrived today and I just tested it using the four postcards my dad sent me from Germany as test subjects. Here they are, each accompanied by an extract from what he wrote!

d

I suspect he has some of the same genes as you Robert

c

There are just no funny cards…

b

Maybe this is the reason the natives here…

a

We drove up to Seelisburg to enjoy beautiful views over the lake of Willhelm Tell

One day I shall visit The Fatherland 🙂

As for the scanner, it’s swell and groovy for the price, and I have big plans. Watch this space!

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  • Robert

Doctor Florence

  • July 28, 2011

My great friend SFL (here’s her twitter) is defending her dissertation and earning her PhD in physics today!

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I believe that true understanding of what it is like to earn a PhD is difficult without having done it yourself, so you’ll have to take my word that it is difficult, thankless, seemingly-unending, endlessly frustrating and very, very often makes a person doubt themselves. To finally finish is no small endeavour!

So congratulations Florence; you’ve done it! You’ve killed the PhD beast, earned enough experience, and now can level up to ‘Doctor’ 🙂

New Old Australia Video: The Rest

  • July 24, 2011

Here’s the rest of the older videos I felt worth sharing. Apologies to AW for revealing his darker side to the world at large (in my defense it was the least embarassing AW video I had…).

As for my hairstyle… I have no defense 🙂

For starters, here is Dad drinking the world’s worst smelling beverage:

Jump backwards in time 8 years to see dad show off his new Gameboy. I wonder if he’s beaten that high score (5087) by now:

Here’s mum in the same year, never thinking this particular video would ever be publicly available worldwide:

We’ll call this next one the segue to the two left to come. Notice mum laughing in the background:

And then there’s this video for which I take no responsibility since it was shot by my brother:

Ok, ok I have to comment. What were we watching Adam? Was that wrestling? And were you referring to the wrestler Raven? It’s interesting how empty your shelves are…

By the way if you’re wondering about that hair, I present the official 0th worst photo of me ever taken, which was a self-portrait taken during that 2000 trip to Australia:

Self Portrait

Word’s sort of fail me now, so I shall let my 2000 self do the talking in this last video: