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[Point Conception]

From the window of Chinese coffee shop

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[berkeman]

Is this true?

 

[jack action]

Is this true?

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Historically, software suppliers distributed patches on paper tape or on punched cards, expecting the recipient to cut out the indicated part of the original tape (or deck), and patch in (hence the name) the replacement segment.

A program tape for the 1944 Harvard Mark I, one of the first digital computers. Note physical patches used to correct punched holes by covering them.​

 

[pinball1970]

Katie my colleague is getting very good at this. Sunset 16.22 and every day seems to be a different palette

Some glare from the window but adds to it I think.

 

[pinball1970]

Same hills this weekend: though it was a different track this time.

With and without light:
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The Left, the Right and the Trees:
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Nope. No way. Not me.
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It's nice from down here too...
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So many so blue and so white...

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...and in the meanwhile down the hill it's like spring already...
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Breathtaking landscapes. Beautifully shot.

 

[pinball1970]

Just after sunset total garbage results. Forty minute walk yeilded two images. Standing there looking at the colours and light looked beautiful, I get to the editing and it is the floor they go. Disappointed.

 

[pinball1970]

Ok. Ish.

 

[pinball1970]

This looked amazing, with my eyes. I was thinking Brontë in the most romantic and perhaps Dickens a little more harsh.

I went black and white as fixtures and fittings are Victorian to nail it. I ended up with William Peter Blatty.

 

[pinball1970]

Save the day with saturation and go the other way.

 

[Rive]

Just after sunset total garbage results. Forty minute walk yeilded two images. Standing there looking at the colours and light looked beautiful, I get to the editing and it is the floor they go.

Sunsets are tricky. Either you end up with something you need to tune down to make it look natural, or you just can't get how it was without making it ... overdone.

We too have a drawer worth of sunsets which will never see the light ever again

 

[pinball1970]

Sunsets are tricky. Either you end up with something you need to tune down to make it look natural, or you just can't get how it was without making it ... overdone.

I too have a drawer worth of sunsets which will never see the light ever again

I walked the same strip yesterday but it was too cold. The images did not get the gradations, from one colour to another.
I want to blame my device.
Poor workman....

 

[pinball1970]

Misty but the lights look nice. High rise perspective C.O Katie.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[jtbell]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Just shy of a $trillion in wealth between the three of them.

 

[DennisN]

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An incredibly cool photo!

 

[Tom.G]

Looks like they are salivating at the thought of having more, uhh, Power.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Looks like they are salivating at the thought of having more, uhh, Power.

Trump had Lifesavers.

 

[jack action]

TIL about light painting:

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[jtbell]

Back in October I posted a photo of a neighbor's house after they tried to remove a tree that had fallen on its back side during tropical storm Helene.

https://www.physicsforums.com/posts/7126216/

Now, one can see the back of the house from a nearby cross street, revealing the extent of the damage:

I wonder if that house will ever get repaired, or simply declared uninhabitable and torn down. There hasn't been a tarp over the hole, and there's been rain every week or two since the big storm.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Urinals in a climbing gym

 

[Flyboy]

Not mine, but a friend in New Orleans sent this on a Discord server and honestly I think it’s spraining my brain.

 

[DennisN]

Guitar Modding Bonanza

I've been deeply into guitar modding lately... it's very fun, but takes time.
I always tend to underestimate how much time it takes...

One benefit with guitar modding is that you can get a really good guitar without spending a fortune, but you need to put in an effort and have some experience in the handiwork, and also know what to look for on second hand auction sites.

(I pm @Mondayman , since is think he was into guitar modding too, if I remember correctly )

Some recent guitar additions to the collection:

1. Squire Affinity Strat 2004 (Metallic Red)

This will become my main Stratocaster. It's an incredibly comfortable guitar; it's thin (thinner than normal Stratocasters) and lightweight and very, very nice to play on. Actually the nicest Stratocaster I've played. It almost looks like a toy, but it definitely is not. I normally don't like metallic colors on guitars, but this one looks really nice, I think (the photo does not make it justice).

It's heavily modded (e.g. custom wiring, lockable tuners, roller bridge etc), but there's more to do (change pickups and pickguard).

2. Ah, the next one is a cool beauty, a Fender Sonoran acoustic guitar in Candy Apple Red.

I was not very fond of the other steel-stringed acoustic I had (it's ok, but nothing special), and I saw this one being auctioned and read this review that said they were really comfortable to play on.

Indeed it is. It is really nice and easy to play on; actually the best acoustic guitar I've ever played.
And it sounds great. It is a bit big/thick though for my taste, but hey, you can't get everything.

It's also an unusual look for being an acoustic guitar; you don't often see red acoustic guitars and definitely not with a standard Fender headstock like on this one.

3. Next up we've got a Yamaha Pacifica 112V in Vintage White.

I've heard that these are good beginner guitars, and I've always wanted to try one, so when I saw this one for a good price I thought "why not?" I can't say I fancy white guitars myself, but I got it for a very, very good price.

It's heavily modded (finished today, actually).
- custom wiring, lockable tuners, roller bridge and changed pickups (two single coils and one humbucker, all Alnico 5)
- airbrushed pickguard (from white to antique gold because I felt like it)

How does it perform? Well, it sounds way better than the price suggests .
I've tried it with Vox amplifier settings on my guitar multieffect today and it sounded fantastic.

An added benefit is that now I know which beginner Stratocaster I would recommend to others.
I would not recommend Yamaha Pacifica (but they are good guitars, well made and nice to play on).
I would recommend Squire Affinity Stratocasters, without a doubt. They feel a bit more comfy to me.

I've got two of them, and they are really, really nice guitars (though the two I have were already quite good set up, and I have modded them into my liking),


4. Here's the other one, a Squire Affinity 2012 (Black).

It's currently being modded, so what you see in the photo below is the guitar body without any pickups. You can see through the holes in the pickguard that I have shielded the interior with copper foil (this greatly reduces noise).

This guitar will become a Surf/Dream pop guitar; it will be loaded with two GFS Surf 90 Rockabilly single coil pickups (neck & bridge), and one lipstick pickup (Artec LSA70 Alnico 5) in the centre.
I have no idea how it will sound, so it will be a real surprise to try it out the first time, since I've never tried these types of pickups before.

I got this guitar dirt cheap, probably the cheapest guitar I've ever bought .
I paid... well... are you ready? $75. Seventy-five dollars.
That is a ridiculously low price; the guitar is way, way better than what that price suggests.


5. Bonus photo; my cat wanted to be part of the photo shoot too :

 

[BillTre]

Someone turned a microscope into a coffee machine:

 

[jtbell]

This weekend I'm in the Atlanta area, which has been dealing with a cold snap. Temperatures were below 20F earlier this week, I think. People aren't used to that here. This is outside the apartment complex next to my hotel.

 

[DennisN]

My cat in her basket :

 

[jtbell]

I spent today riding all of Atlanta's MARTA rail (metro) lines, which I hadn't done in at least ten years. I suspect we have some people here who are familiar with the Midtown station, which is near Georgia Tech.

 

[Point Conception]

South of The Sanctuary of Truth

 

[jtbell]

More from Atlanta... the Five Points MARTA station contains the reconstructed façade of the Eiseman Building, which previously stood on this site.

An escalator down to track level passes through it.