Best youtube video ever. Especially if you, like me, have a very high interest in modern physics and read all you can get your hands on on the subjects of quantum theory.
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Abigail has left us
Our lovely cat Abigail got sick yesterday and we had to go to the vet and have her put to sleep. We are all in sorrow here.
Getting your SB-800 speedlight to work again
I recently brought out my trusty SB-800 speedlight but could not get it to work. To be honest it has been sitting in my camera bag for a while unfortunately so with the batteries in, a definitive no-no when it comes to camera gear – always remove batteries when you put the stuff away for more than a day or two.
So I replaced the old dead batteries and found one connector that had corroded a little. Not good, but with some rubbing alcohol and patience it cleaned up nicely and I got a good electrical connection. Unfortunately that did not help much the flash refused to start anyway.
So I started looking around, not noticing anything in particular and I was prepared to ask Nikon for an RMA when I did a quick google on the problem. Turns out that several people have had problems with SB-800 and SB-600 when they have been sitting collecting dust for a while and then they don’t want to start up.
The solution was simple. Hold down the power on button while twisting the top back and forth as well as shaking the whole thing. I could not believe it, it started right up and now it is working fine.
I have no idea what was going on there but the twisting-shaking motion definitely brought it back to life.
Ford fiesta
Denmark
Sitting on this great X2000 train on my way down to Denmark. These trains may be rather old by now but they are still a bit of Sweden’s pride when it comes to rolling stock on the rail side. Wonderful construction with tilting carriages to compensate for the centripetal forces in the bends.
Going to Denmark for a day or two working with the Danish rail there as well as some other companies, lots to do with the rollout of their new GSM-R network and although there are a couple of small things to straigten out I believe I will be back in Stockholm pretty soon again
Amazing and Wonderful
Two weeks of christmas holiday
Good holidays this year, had two weeks off from work, which has been very good, lots of stress to unwind from and now some interesting trips to look forward to do. We’ve been visiting my wife’s family and then we went to the winter hack that ACG-G arranged in Gävle where we also celebrated new year so it was great.
I will be putting together a trip to Canada covering 7 citities in 10 working days withing two weeks back to back. It will be a good trip I’m sure. I think Vancouver would be a good place to stop for the weekend, it seems that everyone I have talked with have something good to say about Vancouver, and it is a city I’ve never been to before so it sounds interesting to try to get the feel for it!
There is also a lot of other things to do, not to mention going to Mexico and other places perhaps. Last year I think one of the best trips was going to Rio de Janeiro, interesting place, lovely beaches and as work trips comes it was rather laid back. Good stuff that!
Happy new year everyone, now let’s make 2013 rock.
Feynman on the NASA Shuttle
This Ebook is a formatting of the text that you may read in standard text format over here at NASA web site. I believe it is fair use to convert it into something that may be easier to read on an ebook reader, smartphone, pad or so.
Beyonce vs Benny Hill
Photowalk Hammarby Sjöstad
