When I was a kid, we had a monthly ritual. We’d line up at the entrance to the garage, and Dad would set us against the door jamb to measure our height. It was great fun and introduced us to some very basic concepts of time and change: “I’m one inch taller now than I […]
Continue ReadingI love the fact that my compact digital camera allows me to take pictures of my geeklet just about everywhere. I can’t stand the fact that when I want to use it with a tripod, I have to lug along a device that weighs easily 15 times as much as the camera. Don’t even get […]
Continue ReadingWe love Skype video-calling. It lets Grandad (who lives way up north) keep up to date with Lois’s latest facial expressions, sprouting teeth and favourite throat-clearing noises, and on some level we hope she has grown to recognise him and his voice too. They last met in person when she was just a few weeks […]
Continue ReadingI recently gave away all of my analog cameras and actually felt bad for the people who received them. Gone is the Nikon 8008, Cannon AE1 and my digital video camera. For their day, these were all the best quality that lots of money could buy. It used to be, "Honey, get the video camera. […]
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