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It was about 46 degrees and really windy today, I had been out for a couple of hours with nothing to show for it except some wind burn. Then I found this guy, he made my day. After this one a few more found their way to my hook. Among fishermen this is what’s known as “grinding it out”
I saw this on Woot Shirt, they sell an apron version, pretty clever don’t you think??
They have an unfortunate habit of coming apart where the bottom (flat part you sit on) attaches to the frame. The use plastic “Christmas tree” connectors that get chewed up with regular use and they wont’ stay stuck. If you use your kayak a lot like I do, this will happen to you sooner or later Here is an easy and quick solution that will make it better than new. All you will need is’;
I want to thank Andy at ACK for showing me this repair. I thought there were many others who could benefit. I thought this was interesting, I was surprised how homogenous the names were across states. If you see a woman between 43 and 57 and don’t remember her name just call her Jennifer.
This phrase has come and gone. It went from a hugely successful catchphrase to”duh, that’s so obvious” it goes without saying. I think this was one of those really big shifts (notice I didn’t use the term pyridine shift because I don’t want to be considered one of those people). It’s one of those changes like the proverbial 500 mile an hour tidal waves , the people out on the ocean don’t even feel it (us) but when it bumps up against some island or coastline (Microsoft, HP) it feels like the end of the world. Back in the day, people thought to themselves . . . I need a computer to write letters, make a newsletter, keep notes on my projects . . . and you were told to get a PC and a program like Microsoft Word because it could do that and so much more! So you bought it (for big bucks) and you proceeded to use about 10% of it’s capabilities. A year or two later you were told you needed the next version of Word because it could do everything the old version of Word could do PLUS it could do it in 17 languages, and 20 extra fonts, and a more sophisticated mail merge! So you bought it. Now you are using 5% of it’s capabilities. And so it went. The first apps were extremely simple and not very powerful. Turns out, that if you wanted a reminder to meet your friends for dinner you didn’t need a big powerful relatively expensive time management application. “Yes, but can your tiny (free) app tell you how many hours you spent at dinner, what your mealtime efficiency quotient is, what about color coded tasks in 67 different languages ?????” “No, no and no. And I am OK with that.” Gasp! And you know what? People were OK with that at least most people. Others were in denial that you would reject color coded tasks in 67 different languages. Because these apps were simple and they ran on devices that you seldom paid more than a couple of hundred dollars for, they were either free or cheap. A copy of Word could cost more than your phone. More importantly, now people think “I want a really simple way to send my friend a note” or “I just want to know how hard the wind is blowing down at the beach”. And you know what, that’s right, there’s and app for that. Of course, phones and tables have more power and memory than most of the PCs that have been sold in the past. Apps are growing back into applications, it’s inevitable. But, the next big thing is wearable computing and the little jobs they will do will be a lot like the little focused apps the phone ushered in. That my friend is a whole nother can of worms. As many of you know Linda and I took a trip to London. Linda went on a business trip then I joined her and we spent 5 days in London. Before I got there the weatherman predicted rain every day of our holiday. When we were sitting in the terminal waiting for our plane home we saw our first drops. We stayed at a hotel that was perfect for our visit. It was not real fancy but it was clean, reasonably priced and the best possible location I could imagine. We got a 7 day TravelCard which allowed us to ride all the trains, subways and buses in London, and we put it to good use. Most of our days were spent zipping here and there checking out all the typical London attractions although more than once we just hopped on a bus and went that-a-way to see what was out there. Our favorite spots were the Tower of London and the various markets we visited. I could write pages about what we did and things we learned but instead I will offer a few pictures and tips;
Here are some pics we took. This was the first trip ever where we didn’t take a camera, just our phones. My cameras take better pictures but you can’t beat the convenience of the cell phone camera.
I want to show you something that I think is not only very very cool but something that will change things from movies to theme park rides to advertisements. To simplify what is going on here there are robots, screens, a projector and the software that runs the whole shebang. It’s important to note that if you were standing in the studio where this was recorded you would see the exact same thing, no “post production tricks”. In fact, I have read that it is even more impressive in person. The synchronization and precision that the combination of digitally controlled robots, projected images and camera positioning (the camera is also moved and operated by a robot) is stunning. I an see the company putting this stuff together Bot & Dolly being the next ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). This stuff makes what is real and what we think is real even blurrier than it already is. They have been involved in other efforts like commercials you may have seen.
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