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Back on top again!

12 April 2005

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More work completed, and yet another satisfied customer. I received the email this morning, and by mid-afternoon the job was done. An entire chapter translated, proof-read, copyedited, layed-out, quarked and pdf'd in time for Liam and I to get to the retail park and buy Linda's birthday presents (note the plural). I like flowers, and Linda likes flowers, but I don't like giving people cut flowers - because you are giving them something that is dead and wilting. I much prefer to give potted plants, because they are alive, and they last much longer (as long as they are cared for). So this is part of the present: a nice pot full of gorgeously yellow and green chrysanthemums. We got other potted plants too: a beautiful red gerbera and purple lily. We managed to get home just ahead of Linda, but we had no time to hide the plants, so they are an early present. We still have something to give in the morning, which I am sure she will appreciate. Apart from this excitement, I had a long MSN chat with Zak and Northstar, during which I reminisced about my first computer - an old Amstrad 8800 (or some such similar) which had a whopping 640kb RAM, no hard-drive and a DOS interface on a green and black monitor screen. You had to have your wits about you with the two 5.5 inch floppy drives (remember those disks?) - remembering what went where and when. And no GUI interface - just a DOS prompt; and certainly no internet (although up at the uni we had Lynx, which was a DOS-style unix internet that I didn't know how to work, because I kept forgetting the commands that you needed to type in). Interspersed with all this, I had to field Liam's constant questioning on his new favourite subject: Greek philosophers (honest!) and the Roman empire. Liam thinks that I'm a rubbish historian because I don't really know that much about Ancient Greece and Rome. Apparently the period between the First and Second World Wars (the 'Age of Charismatic Ideologies') - that is to say, the period that I am most interested in - is just plain B-O-R-I-N-G. That's me told, then. I'm off to brush up on my knowledge of all things Roman and Greek... Let's see... Julius Ceasar invaded Britain in 55BC... Plato wrote The Republic and drank hemlock... So much to know, so little time before my son examines me (he only asks me questions that he knows the answers to, you see). One item of marvellous news... R*****s lost to Dundee United, so Celtic are back on top of the league - Celtic are now in the driving seat (although we do have to make sure we don't lose at Ibrox - but let's cross that particular bridge when we come to it).

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Nikon D70 ,Tokina 28-200mm f/3.5-5.3 SZ-X MF
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Date/Time12-Apr-2005 23:13:40
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Guest 14-Apr-2005 21:56
Love it!
jypsee14-Apr-2005 16:21
Hmm... bet you can't guess what I was thinking when I saw the title!!??
John Finlayson13-Apr-2005 21:46
Nice pic Stu. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum, you had to load programs in from cassette tape ! I rememeber when my work first got PCs along the lines you describe with a choice of operating systems MS DOS or CPM and 2 big floppy discs !
Guest 13-Apr-2005 20:52
Wonderfully fresh take on flowers. Love the DOF.
Wenche Aune13-Apr-2005 20:34
Beautiful light.
Bill Miller13-Apr-2005 19:46
Quite agree with the flowers but now my wife just thinks I am buying her flowers so that I can take pictures of them. Never !
Guest 13-Apr-2005 19:11
Had a quick look round the CPHRC site - well done.
Great lighting on the image too.
Guest 13-Apr-2005 19:03
I sometimes still use Lynx... Somtime you don't want all the graphics pish! :)

Lovely colour, and composition.
Lee Rudd13-Apr-2005 16:25
I like the subtlety that you have produced here... very good.
laine8213-Apr-2005 14:41
I magine these got a vote from Linda...your getting one from me on the image..it's lovely. You know not to throw that potted mum don't you...! Cut it back & stick it in the garden once the flowers die & you will have the same next year.
Zak13-Apr-2005 11:22
I would be VERY confused with that old pc of yours! :-o
northstar3713-Apr-2005 11:03
Lovely flowers by the way.
northstar3713-Apr-2005 11:03
Didn't Frankie Howerd get mistaken for the Roman Emperor??
Johan Toll13-Apr-2005 10:56
Wow, this is beautiful, Stu!
Karen Stuebing13-Apr-2005 09:53
Beautiful lighting and composition. I bet Linda was pleased.
Guest 13-Apr-2005 08:24
Another great effort in your late night flower series!! :-)
Dominic Kite13-Apr-2005 07:34
Very nice Stu - love the glowing effect.
Susanne13-Apr-2005 05:40
This is lovely and as others stated already the light is outstanding. I love the softness of those flowers and the muted colors.
Gayle P. Clement13-Apr-2005 05:24
Beautiful lighting, Stewart.
Jude Marion13-Apr-2005 04:46
This is gorgeous!
I really like the colours and lighting ...
Lovely glow!
Karen Leaf13-Apr-2005 02:32
Good image Stu. Nice use of the diagonal. And like your light, too.
Elaine (etfitz)13-Apr-2005 02:05
Wonderful composition! Great gifts!
Coleen Perilloux Landry13-Apr-2005 00:10
O man of few words--this is a lovely photo.