Day 304: What's That Thing?

I was out in the garage tonight having a bit of a poke around and getting my tools and things sorted for the weekend ahead, while I was there I thought I'd take a quick look under the seat of the ZX14. I found this short cable bolted to the subframe and I couldn't work out what it was for so I took a photo of it withe the iPhone... I think the camera's getting worse on it, the phone's pretty old now and I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade soon.

Back to the cable: I had to look it up in the owners handbook. Apparently it's for securing your helmet to the bike when it's parked, I still don't really get it. I guess with a padlock you could link the D-ring of the helmet to the loop at the end of the cable, but that seems like a hard way to do things and besides, there's a special helmet lock on the side of the bike that opens with the ignition key. That one only lets you lock one helmet to it though, maybe the cable is for your pillion's helmet... as long as they bring their own padlock.

I would have used a better photo if I had one but this is the only photo I took today, the old iPhone 3GS is very limited in it's photographic capabilities.

Day 280: Pod People

The kids disappeared shortly after rising this morning and this is where we found them. They were snuggled up together in Jenna's bed playing with their iPods, or at least in Henry's case with Belinda's iPhone that he'd stealthily 'borrowed'.

They've both got a bit of an iPod/Pad/Phone addiction which is handy when you want a little quiet time because they'll happily amuse themselves for hours with their chosen 'I' device. Of course there are always two sides to the metaphorical coin, so other times these Apple products can be ultimately frustrating. This morning it wasn't handy but it wasn't frustrating either, it was just really cute seeing them both totally engrossed in their own little worlds and at the same time loving each others company.

Day 265: Travel Companion

This afternoon we headed off to Sydney to visit Belinda's family and help celebrate David's 35th birthday. Our travel was fairly peaceful and was done in one sitting, thanks largely to Belinda's iPad. Henry has an enormous attention span for the various kids apps that have been installed and they managed to keep him entertained for pretty much the full 3 hour journey.

As I was driving and also hadn't taken a photo of my own today, I've resorted to employing the services of a special guest photographer. Luckily, Belinda is quite good at taking photos, even on her iPhone, and her services were readily available.

Day 235: Belated Birthday Bonus

I found an unexpected parcel in the letterbox this afternoon and was having a lot of trouble trying to remember what it was that I'd bought online. This does happen to me from time to time; I buy something late at night before shuffling off to bed and then the next thing I know is there's a package waiting for me and I can't remember what it is that I must have ordered.

This time however, I was pleasantly surprised by a late birthday gift from Dave & Dani. It's an iPhone mounting thingy that you can attach to the handle bars of your pushbike, I'll be having a bit of a play with it to see if it will work on the ZX14 when it comes back from having some suspension work done. If it works the Ginger Ninja will be almost as cool as Andy's K16 with its fancy integrated Sat Nav... almost.

Day 226: Skippy

I was so happy about having my Camera to use again that I took a bit of a drive down to Tharwa via Point Hut Crossing this afternoon in the hope of taking a decent photo. I stopped off for a look around at the Tharwa bridge and as I was heading back to the road from the little car park at the bridge I spotted these 3 and pulled over for a few happy snaps.

They were only about 10 meters away and the big one looking directly at me was huge. I reckon he would have been at least 6 feet tall when standing up, probably even taller. His eyes never left me the whole time I was there taking photos either.

The picture is a little grainy because the light wasn't great, it was a little after 5:30 when I took this photo and the sun was well on its way behind the hills. Still better than what it would have looked like on the old Canon I was using until I got the Nikon and I won't even mention the iPhone...

Day 225: There You Are!

I left this behind in the boot of my car last Friday and had to make do with the iPhone while in Sydney... as far as a camera goes, the iPhone really sucks. I was going to take this photo with the iPhone as a reminder to myself not to leave the Nikon behind again, but the images were so crap I gave up and used Belinda's little Sony.

I just keep thinking about how much better my photos from Saturday night would have been if I'd had  real camera. So annoying... I'll do my best not to leave the camera behind again.

Day 207: Hello Cocky

I had lunch in Manuka with my mate Robert today and on the way back from a delicious Duck Laksa I spotted this guy on one of the low branches in the tree near my car.

Unfortunately I'd left my camera in the car so I had to whip out the trusty iPhone and snap this shot before he flew away. I had to walk up really close so the Cockatoo didn't look like a white speck in the brown of the tree and I think this made him nervous. I guess I'd be a little nervous if some random stranger was rapidly advancing on me holding out their phone in the paparazzi position too. Or maybe he could smell the Duck Laksa on me and thought he was next on the menu...

Still, I got a photo for today and it's not that bad considering how average the camera is on the old iPhone 3Gs.

Day 149: May Task - The Weather Today

The weather today was, in a word, cold. But that's to be expected in Sunny Canberra at this time of year. I was a bit slack today and completely forgot to take a photo of what, on the surface, appeared to be quite a nice day despite the minimalist maximum temperature. The sun was out and the sky was blue with a few fluffy white clouds floating about which looked very inviting. It would have been lovely too, if it wasn't for the wind making it feel substantially colder than it looked from the comfort of my office window.

Due to my forgetfulness, I took a screenshot of the weather app on my iPhone instead of a photo of the outside world. As a bonus, I think this gives a fairer indication of what the day was actually like. As against an image of sunshine and blue skies that could easily fool an onlooker into thinking it was t-shirt and shorts weather.