Obslife on The Singemonkey

October 28, 2021

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:36:41 +0000

This guy asked me to take his pic when he saw me with my camera this morning near the Observatory station. He’s a local and I used to know his name, but was all thinking about camera stuff and forgot to ask. So there’s a weird thing with digital cameras: people are usually satisfied just to see themselves on the back of the camera. Now I’ve got a bit of a scheme. I want to get one of those Instax printers so I can make a print on the spot from the camera. Unfortunately it won’t be this one. The XE1 came out in 2013 and doesn’t have any wireless connectivity. But it’s something I plan to put together in the future because so many people don’t have any pictures of themselves - for memories or to pass on to loved ones. Pics on phones often end up disappearing with those phones. And few people ever have their picture taken by anyone who’s learned much photographic technique. So I’d really like to be able to make a small but high quality print when I take a picture of a someone I’m not in digital contact with. The instax printer uses a photographic printing technique so the quality is a lot better than that of other portable printers - but the prints are about $1 each. So I’d still have to be sparing.

October 28, 2021

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:23:51 +0000

If you’re ok to completely abandon any hope of ever owning your own home, the smashed avocado on sourdough toast @rust.coffee.bar here in Observatory is really damn good. That’s a joke, of course - based on some inequality-justifying hack’s ludicrous argument for why millennials don’t own homes. But not joking about the yumminess of this toast.

October 31, 2018

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:43:35 +0000

Early lunch at Hello Sailor. It really looks like summer out there on Obz lwr Main. Listening to a podcast about Qt and the future of being able to package python projects for execution.

August 23, 2018

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:47:58 +0000

Just the slightest hint of the coming spring on Station Road today.

October 01, 2017

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 12:52:29 +0000

Long, lazy, Sunday morning chat with this great friend in my favorite place of covfefe, Hello Sailor.

September 30, 2017

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 19:13:45 +0000

We had a fun visit from our neighbour, Coconut, this evening. She and the gremmies are still not sure they’re going to be friends.

September 28, 2017

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:44:44 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted a pic of Famous Skitten.

September 27, 2017

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:30:57 +0000

Trinket has been playing in the yard at the quiet end of a spring day.

September 11, 2017

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:29:28 +0000

Great white #pelicans on our #walk the way to #lunch. Like #galleons under #sail. We also saw a #malachite #kingfisher - our little #jewel with #wings.

September 06, 2017

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 11:42:48 +0000

Strolling to the #recordstore to sell all my #cds on a #spring #morning. It’s a #medicineday, I had the #13thfloorelevators in my ears and #observatory was #perfect.

September 04, 2017

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 14:03:55 +0000

This #boy is #hot. His first #spring and he’s barely #coping.

September 01, 2017

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:09:23 +0000

#springtime for #observatory on #trill and #lowermain.

August 25, 2017

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:12:49 +0000

I do #love hanging out #latenight with this #boy.

August 23, 2017

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:47:51 +0000

August 10, 2017

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:19:13 +0000

A rare bit of #winter #weather this #august. #caffeine is necessary to any forward #movement today. It’s 50 years since the #summeroflove in the #north and results in that time have been mixed.

August 06, 2017

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:52:47 +0000

#pastrami #Brie #tomato and #pickle #sandwich on the #homemade #bread that finished #baking an hour ago. Pretty #damngood.

August 06, 2017

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:09:37 +0000

#Sunday #bread just finished #baking.

March 13, 2017

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:15:38 +0000

#lunch @hello_sailor_bistro again. This is a typical #edwardian or #Victorian #southafrican #shop front. At top right you can see the tail of a #dassault #mirage #jet #fighter with the #wasp of #3rd #squadron of the #saaf.

March 13, 2017

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:20:49 +0000

#babies!

March 12, 2017

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:22:16 +0000

When your significant other is a supervisor @rhodentette

March 12, 2017

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:20:03 +0000

Last one for today. Effie Trinket is only 2/3rds as big as her brother, Salacious Crumb. We are already in #love with them.

March 12, 2017

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:57:51 +0000

Effie Trinket the and, behind her, her big, Salacious Crumb

March 09, 2017

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:53:09 +0000

#lunch at @hello_sailor_bistro. It’s been years and this place never gets old for me.

March 09, 2017

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:09:24 +0000

#famousskitten has decided there are benefits to its #castle after all.

March 06, 2017

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:24:15 +0000

#famousskitten has deigned to use its #castle.

March 06, 2017

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:09:55 +0000

At least some of’s are using its

March 02, 2017

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:43:40 +0000

Y tho?

February 27, 2017

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:40:14 +0000

We got a huge to play on and it couldn’t be less interested 😅