Photos
I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by taking a photo of my new Vanishing Point (posing with my moleskine and my iBook) with my 6630.
The picture quality isn't quite up to the D500, but it does produce proper EXIF data;
jhead reports:
File name : 20050121(004).jpg
File size : 540253 bytes
File date : 2005:01:21 23:10:56
Camera make : Nokia
Camera model : 6630
Date/Time : 2005:01:21 23:10:50
Resolution : 1280 x 960
Flash used : No
Focal length : 4.5mm
Exposure time: 0.050 s (1/20)
Aperture : f/3.2
ISO equiv. : 800
Jpeg process : Baseline
Here's one from today's Friday afternoon meeting; Mike demonstrates his enthusiasm:
Not bad! Pity it doesn't have a flash or a vanity mirror — I thought they were standard features on modern phones. Ah well.
Posted at 2005-01-21 15:24:14 by Richard • Link to Photos
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Nokia pros and cons
A con: Nokia Album (a picture manager for the 7610) will install but not run on my 6630. Disappointing — I'm not used to this kind of deliberate incompatibility. Python makes up for it, though!
A pro: Judging by recent correspondence,
Ora Lassila is a very nice chap indeed, and (like myself) uses
OpenMCL. The link? Ora works for
Nokia, and developed
Wilbur, which I'm using in my latest work.
This emphasis on the Semantic Web at the Finnish mobile giant is quite encouraging;
Patrick Stickler is also a Nokia-ite working on the SW. He happens to be responsible for Concise Bounded Descriptions, which are almost certainly going to come into play in my current work.
I might as well move to Finland!
Posted at 2005-01-21 14:43:40 by Richard • Link to Nokia pros and con…
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Interesting things
- sizeofwales.co.uk: convert all sorts of measurements into the size of Wales. Genius.
- Patrick Logan points this out, on CNN, correctly noting that apparently we have the answer:
Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider
- The Mountain of Worthless Information provides a great insight into estimation, using a 747 as an example.
- Today I had the pleasure of receiving mine and Anthony's Namiki Vanishing Points (fountain pens with retractable nibs). I find my nib too broad, and his is too narrow, so we'll see if we're more satisfied after swapping.
- Paul Graham suggest a few things that you'll wish you'd known. Worth a read, as usual!
- How wonderful is this (from Ben Hammersley)?
- Life's going a lot better at the moment — nice films, nice company at work, and coding going well. I suppose I have Wilbur, Araneida, and Common Lisp itself to thank for that last one!
Posted at 2005-01-21 12:01:30 by Richard • Link to Interesting things
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