tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131105312024-02-08T11:09:39.056+10:30Ngarkat ImagesClick on my images for a larger view.
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Please contact me if you wish to use them.Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-48887987015349392352016-02-15T14:41:00.001+10:302016-02-15T15:01:02.898+10:30Lameroo Reunion for 2016The delightful little town of Lameroo is located in the Mallee region of South Australia around 200km east of Adelaide near the state border with Victoria. <br />
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Over time many people have left Lameroo for a variety of reasons. It may have been due to a desire to change careers, looking for work elsewhere, being in transient employment perhaps being a bank officer, nurse or school teacher. People come and go. Most if not all are very sad to leave. Very often though these people and the locals too have very fond memories of their time living in the town and surrounding area so it's really great catch up with each other.<br />
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So it is very much appreciated that two ex Lamerooites have arranged for expats and locals to meet, every two years at Kensington Park, Adelaide during the second weekend of February. Thanks heaps and heaps to Jill Skinner and Lynton Paul for all the work they do to make sure we are all advised of the reunion and that the event goes off really well.<br />
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Each time this event has been run it has been really hot, for some too hot, so it was a great relief that this year's reunion was with really beautiful weather. A delightful day especially in the magnificent gums and grounds of Kensington Park.<br />
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If you'd like to see some of the shots I took during the day jump over to <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/lameroo-reunion-2016" target="_blank">this site</a>, it's a gallery in my photographic site at <a href="http://www.boxflat.net/">www.boxflat.net</a>. If you would like to download any or all of the shots simply click on the desired image until it comes up in a 'large' size. Right click on the image (or there is small menu upper left) to see an option to download. This is best done on a desktop or laptop rather than a tablet or mobile phone.<br />
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Note the images are quite large in size so downloading all images will mean around 750 MB all up. i.e don't do this on your mobile data account:)<br />
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Smaller images are also available on a Facebook group that Jill has setup, simply search for "<span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Lameroo School Reunion" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-is-local="false" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Lameroo School Reunion" data-type="ent:group" data-uid="110463009082823">Lameroo School Reunion"</span>.<br />
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I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them. <br />
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-13152426405856436992014-01-01T16:09:00.000+10:302014-01-01T22:50:12.780+10:30Xcel Dance 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to Miss Leanne and her many helpers for a fantastic show for 2013. Simply magnificent. I honestly do not know how she does it.<br />
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Anyhow I was lucky enough to be able to take some shots of some of the dancers during their full dress rehearsals. You can find a gallery of the shots<a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/xcel2013"> here</a>. For obvious privacy reasons there is a password required to view the images. There is a 'hint' shown on the login page.<br />
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The shots are not posed so I apologise if you are not featured or if the shot is not ideal for you. It is simply not possible to take everyone's picture given the speed and positions of the dancers. I did however try to take as many pictures as I possibly could. It will take me a couple more weeks to finish the shots so please check back occasionally.<br />
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Given that each image is hand processed which has taken a considerable amount of time and that the secure hosting also has a cost involved I have to ask for a contribution if you wish to obtain a copy of an image or images. I hope you understand. Please see this site's contact details.<br />
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Pete Hayward (father of Claire Hayward .. featured above and below)<br />
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<br />Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-71537228738154003722013-06-07T22:20:00.005+09:302013-06-07T22:20:51.347+09:30A couple of MWSOA panorama shots This photo is made up from 12 images from the MWSOA convention held in the Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide. It was taken during the period the exhibition was open to the trade. A very large crowd attended during the public session making a shot of this nature too difficult.<br />
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This shot was taken in the centre of the exhibition area and is a full 360 degree view. It is made up of 25 images.<br />
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-32811689930212009452013-06-03T09:11:00.002+09:302013-06-06T07:46:56.419+09:30Malt Whisky Society of Australia 2013 Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The MWSOA held a fantastic weekend in Adelaide at the Hilton Hotel, showcasing Whisky's from Australia and around the world.<br />
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If you are interested in the photo's I took from the weekend I am currently uploading them <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/mwsoa_2013">here.</a> They will take some time to load which may take a couple of evenings for the load to finish.<br />
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To download an image, hover over the image so that an information/ choice icon will appear. You may download that image or all of the originals from there. Note, when finished the download of all images will about 4 Gig so you'd have be very keen to download them all as each image is around 15 Meg to maximize the resolution available to you.<br />
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PS: All images are now loaded. I hope you like them :)Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-82935494560767716952013-02-03T11:28:00.001+10:302013-02-09T14:54:03.050+10:30My D600 goes to the stageI was lucky enough to be able to do a shoot of the dancers from Xcel Dance Studios at the Norwood town hall. The shots were taken during the last dress rehersal. The whole shoot is <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/xcel2012" target="_blank">here</a> and the password is the street name near where the dancers practice closest to the Library or email me if you can't find it:)<br />
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Claire (my daughter):<br />
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Ok it’s easy to take snap shots of cats with the D600 and ED
class glass (see this <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/p713534978/h439534b4#h439534b4">shot</a>). However what about action shots of sports
with this cam?</div>
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My fiance’s son plays basketball in a local community
stadium. He had his grand final last night. So off we went, fully charged D600
in hand.</div>
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Now this stadium has some very ordinary lighting, one court
had some good light but of course the court we were on has lighting that really
needs updating. Anyhow, ideal really, to push the high iso capability of the
D600 perhaps...</div>
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One thing I learnt, the hard way, is to discover the
various methods of setting focus tracking BEFORE one sets out on a session such as this. The experience is not
like my D200.</div>
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With the conditions of this shoot, this was gunna be HARD and as it
turns out it sure was. Hard lighting conditions and as it turned out no idea
how to drive the cam. Good one Pete.</div>
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I have a number of DX and FX lenses. I have ordered a 24-70
in lieu of my 17-55 ED DX however it is still on back order. So the only FX
lenses I have are a 60mm 2.8 macro Nikkor and my 70-200 VR1.</div>
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I tried the 60mm first then the 70-200. I had access to any
area I wanted around the court. </div>
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A few things I noted:</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Unfortunately the battery grip is still on
order. The cam is great with just the 60mm lens but put on the 70-200 and the
weight of the lens is immediately obvious. Seemingly more so than with my D200
with grip. The D600 grip for my long fingered hands is, I dunno, too small and
perhaps ‘squarish’. After while I seemed to get sweaty hands. I’m sure it was
because I had to grip harder than I do with the D200 with grip than the D600
without grip. Hopefully this will change when I get the D600 grip.</div>
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</span></span></span>As I had no idea how to change the focus method
from ’39 point ‘auto’ (no manual and no time to read it anyhow). I looked and
looked but it eluded me on how to do it. (30 seconds when I got home with the
manual and I found it’s easy but the operation is nothing like the D200).</div>
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</span></span></span>Sport, fast action, hard light and cam on 39 point
auto is NOT the ideal setting. The cam would take too long to focus or not
focus at all. Often with back focussing. Bummer. Hopefully when I work out the
best focusing options this will vastly improve. See <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/marryatvillebbfinal/h439ebdc2#h439ebdc2">this shot</a> as an example. On the night I shot high
res jpg only, I usually shoot raw only but the only SD card I had is a small
4gig job and the cam indicated only 77 shots available with RAW).</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It’s great not to have to fart arse around with
Compact Flash cards and adapters etc. Most devices have SD card slots including
my laptop, tablet etc. Great stuff.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It's REALLY great to be able to use up to 6400
ISO. REALLY great. <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com/marryatvillebbfinal">See here</a> for examples.</div>
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I’ve a looong way to go :)</div>
Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-91585756556238572822012-01-05T07:57:00.006+10:302012-01-05T10:45:51.363+10:30The Hayward household being "tech savvy"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Reviewing the new Sony Tablet S for cnet.com.au has been a very interesting and rewarding exercise for us. As the Sony Tablet utilises the Google “Android” operating system at version 3.2 or “Honeycomb” as Google likes to refer to it, and being open source, there is an amazing amount of information available for nerdy types (like me ... hhmnnn) to take advantage of.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I like to tinker in the programing side of things where possible. While digging around on the Net I found a cute little device put out by sparkfun.com and that I bought here in Australia from <a href="http://www.littlebirdelectronics.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.littlebirdelectronics.com</span></a> called the IOIO (or pronounced “yoyo”).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">To control the IOIO board I have had to load the Android SDK development environment on my Lenovo laptop. With this, Google have chosen to use the very powerful ‘Eclipse’ IDE.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Setting up the development environment is not as easy as say the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment for Windows however there are plenty of straight forward instructions available on the Net to guide you, especially if you are familiar at all with cross compiling development platforms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">My son Alex is very keen on his DJ setup that he has been creating, much to the annoyance of our neighbours I fear. Anyhow, with the Sony Tablet S and with Android operating system, there are a number of apps available that he plans to take avantage of including DJ studios, mixing consoles, spectrum analysers etc. One of the areas that DJs love to use is lighting and fog effects. We plan to use the Sony Tablet S, coupled with the IOIO board to control Alex's lights, fog machines etc directly with this little device coupled with an interfacing board we will be developing. Much fun to be had:)</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Android "Eclipse" environment running on my Lenovo laptop.<br />
Click on the image for a larger view.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The Android development environment includes a development machine based based "emulator" where you can run up applications on your development machine rather than bothering with the upload process onto the Sony Tablet S, although doing this is not at all difficult. Your development machine can be either Linux, iMac or Windows. I have run mine up on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Lenovo laptop. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The obligatory "Hello, World" running on my Lenovo laptop.<br />
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</div>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-40319264774830945832012-01-05T01:34:00.002+10:302012-01-05T12:57:06.839+10:30Having fun while reviewing the Sony Tablet S<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had heaps of fun recording a video to go with our review of the Sony Tablet S. Thanks heaps and heaps to Sony Australia and especially to the gang at cnet.com.au for enabling the opportunity for us to participate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, the "final" videos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Claire gets her own spot ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and the bloopers (it does contain a language slip or two...sorry)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sony Tablet S has a variety of ways to interface with other devices and networks. I summarise these below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Wireless:</strong> No device these days would be complete without at least some form of technology to connect to a network for Internet access and also to connect via TCP/IP to other devices. Connecting to a wireless network is a very simple task and vital to enable facilities such as installing “apps” and to install any available operating system or application software ‘updates’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Infrared:</strong> A significant area of differentiation with other tablets is that the Sony has an infrared port. They have included a superb application that enables the control of devices such as television sets, hifi units etc that have infrared remote controls. This application includes two modes of operation, first by the typical on screen controls and also by the use of “gestures”. Neat. One disappointment though is that it seems that it is not possible to enable ‘macros’ to control more than one device simultaneously i.e to switch on or off all desired devices with one button or gesture. This is a bit of a pity, perhaps something like this will come later via an enhanced app from Sony or perhaps someone else may write one. This sort of thing is the real beauty of the Android world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there is one area where the Sony Tablet S shines in particular, it is with the sheer quality of the screen display. I am a keen photographer so to have the ability to view photos and videos with such excellent clarity is a real bonus for me. On several occasions now, since I have had the Sony Tablet S, I have had people comment on the ‘wow’ factor of photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, for photographers, as the Sony has an SD card slot, this enables a great way to view shots in the field and also as a backup storage mechanism. Although the unit as supplied to me is the 16Gig version of the Sony Tablet S, there is still plenty of room to store a very large number of photos even in the highest resolution including raw images.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photos are shown with very good colour accuracy with very rich blacks. To me, the Sony clearly excels when pitched against the Apple iPad 2. The difference is less marked though with the Blackberry Playbook which also has a very good screen display. As the Sony Tablet S is a larger unit, the photos and videos do seem to have a better appeal than the Blackberry Playbook. I do admit though that this is being rather picky given the difference is so small.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Comment from son Alex(18): I’m afraid I’m going to have to start off with a negative note; The name. Come on… Really? The “Sony Tablet S” was the best Sony could offer? Our whole household has come to the conclusion it’s a silly name. It just isn’t easy to say “where’s the Tablet S?” we have collectively resorted to calling it the “Sony thing”. I just can’t believe that a huge company such as Sony cannot think of a better name. The device itself has a unique and wonderful flagship wedge design so why not call it something like, say the “Wedge”?<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pinball Heroes:</b> This is a Sony PSP based game by appearances. I’m not sure if it is running under Sony PSP console emulation or natively, not that it matters as the game play, video and sound is very good. It is incredible how much computing and graphics power these little tablets have, especially this effort from Sony.</span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFm8Tb6lMA4/TwQx_A9xX7I/AAAAAAAAAWM/seaONZ2kdB0/s1600/PinballOpening.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFm8Tb6lMA4/TwQx_A9xX7I/AAAAAAAAAWM/seaONZ2kdB0/s320/PinballOpening.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game is very easy to play straight up. There are however numerous instructions available from the intro screen if you wish to take advantage of a traditional pinball game playing strategy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS: It took a while to figure out how to obtain screen dumps like I have shown here. Unlike with the Blackberry Playbook where capturing a screen is really easy, with the Sony I had to utilise the Android development environment which has a screen capture facility. All way too hard really. There are apps available to do this however these seem to require the Android to be what the Americans call "rooted". A most unfortunate name here in Oz.</span></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_MCqIkAPgMs/TwQyd3l-Z2I/AAAAAAAAAWY/Nb9imTNYYOs/s1600/PinballOpening_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_MCqIkAPgMs/TwQyd3l-Z2I/AAAAAAAAAWY/Nb9imTNYYOs/s320/PinballOpening_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game may be played in either landscape or portrait mode. I found it easier and more natural to play the game in portrait mode as the game then takes up the whole screen, unlike landscape mode where the screen shows a windowed view of the Pinball game ‘table’</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jqXCUmtRdDQ/TwQzCaH51uI/AAAAAAAAAWw/jLgZK0kZ60c/s1600/PinballPlay.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jqXCUmtRdDQ/TwQzCaH51uI/AAAAAAAAAWw/jLgZK0kZ60c/s320/PinballPlay.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Summary</b>:<br />
Controls: Very easy and natural including a “tilt” action.<br />
Graphics: It may be me being overly pedantic, although the graphics look great however the display is just a smidge ‘soft’. It’s as though the game was designed for a different resolution screen.<br />
Game play: Just as with most real pinball machines, it takes a lot of practice to get a good score. However for short periods of spare time, a great time filler i.e for when in waiting room but not perhaps a morning commute on the train.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Crash Bandicoot:<o:p></o:p></b><br />
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the intro screen the game is introduced as a Sony Playstation game and it is copyrighted as 1996. And to be honest it looks like it, with the graphics that could only be described as ‘retro’. Still, my 13 year old daughter loves the game. The PSP controls are cleverly overlaid on the screen making game play relatively easy but without the ‘feel’ of real buttons which does take some getting used to.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Controls: The on screen controls are not overly intrusive to the game area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>They are a clever idea and as such this is an area that Sony has great deal of experience in and provides them with a significant marketing differentiation to other Android implementations.<o:p></o:p><br />
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graphics: The graphics are looking a little dated in this implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Other game sources:<o:p></o:p></b><br />
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are various ways to download games onto the Sony Tablet S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>A prime method is via the Android Market where there are an amazing number of games available from free to very reasonable prices.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Selecting a game from the Android Market couldn’t be easier. I downloaded and installed a special app from Nvidia, makers of the graphics processor in the Sony Tablet S. Once installed, this app opened up yet another way of selecting and installing games onto the Sony Tablet S. </span><div style="border-color: currentColor currentColor windowtext; border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really want to be impressed and so select a good game. Honestly it is very hard to know which game to select as there are so many to choose from. I decided to install a highly rated game called “Dungeon Defenders – Second Wave”. This game took an extraordinary long time to fully install all the required components. The initial part of the installation was very quick to install and the app appeared to have been completely installed. However after selecting the game from the apps list, the runtime then required no less than 230 separate data files to be downloaded. This process stalled for around an hour so I restarted the game and the remaining files then downloaded ok. The whole process took over two hours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This game appears to be on a whole new level to video quality and complex game play in comparison to Pinball Heroes and Crash Bandicoot. The graphics are superb, incredible when one considers the size of the tablet in comparison to say a PC or an iMac.</span></div></div></span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-10960568154082656542011-12-19T13:27:00.086+10:302012-01-05T12:37:11.792+10:30Reviewing the Sony Tablet S - Part 1 Cameras<b>Welcome to the Hayward family’s review of the Sony Tablet S.</b><br />
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The Sony Tablet S is a long awaited new entry into the Android based tablet market. So we have waited with considerable eagerness to discover what Sony has to offer. Thanks to CNET for this opportunity. <br />
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Our household has a number of Sony based products. We have a relatively old, 16x9 format 36” CRT large screen Sony WEGA TV which although now rather dated in the face of the new flat screen TV’s, it still produces a great image. We utilise a Sony high definition set top box for our digital television reception. We have also coupled the Sony WEGA TV to a rather aging Sony receiver/amplifier. This unit still produces an excellent sound through my ETI Series 4000 speakers (Philips drivers) I built as a kit, almost 30 years ago (my, how time flies).<br />
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My son Alex (18), has recently saved some money from working after school to buy a Sony Bravia 46” television which he has coupled to a Sony PS3 Playstation.<br />
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So it was with a very pleasant surprise, we were informed of our chance to review the Sony Tablet S with an accompanying Sony Handy HDR video camera to record our experiences. Especially considering, as it is a Sony product, it is supposed to have a number of extensions/ apps to the Android based operating system to suit other Sony products including emulating some games from the Sony PSP handheld gaming console.<br />
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Alex is lucky enough to have an Apple iPad 2. I also have access to a new Blackberry Playbook. So we are able to directly compare the three platforms for not only ourselves but also for you.<br />
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For this week, we are comparing the three tablets abilities with their respective still and video cameras. This one of a number of tasks that CNET have asked us to cover in the coming weeks.<br />
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Tablets have been around for some time now in various forms and mostly all have been based on desktop operating systems that in hindsight, were clearly inadequate for the form factor and they were also priced only for use within large enterprises. Early tablets have been niche products at best.<br />
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The Sony tablet has two cameras, one a front facing camera for video conferencing and the other a rear facing camera for higher definition stills and video. In this respect, all the tablets are similarly equipped. The Sony has a stills resolution of 5 megapixels. This is amazing to me, considering the small size of the lens.<br />
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For this review I have concentrated on the rear facing camera as this is the highest resolution camera.<br />
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Like the other two platforms, the Sony Tablet S has a single “camera” app that may be used in either still or video mode. Switching modes is very easy.<br />
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For stills, the Sony has a surprisingly high level of control. This does not mean the camera is in anyway a replacement for a DSLR however some of the features are very handy and exceptionally easy to use.<br />
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1. Switching between Still and Video modes is straight forward in operation.<br />
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2. Stills mode - Format and Resolution. Now this is interesting. There are five settings to choose from ranging from a lowly VGA (640 x 480) to the full 5 megapixels in, oddly, a 4:3 format of 2592 x 1944. There are also three in between resolutions of either 4:3 or 16:9 formats. Just why there is a 4:3 format I’ve no idea especially where at the highest resolution for the far more convenient format of 16:9, is ‘only’ 3.6 meg and also given the format of the tablet is fortunately, 16 x 9. It seems the optimal or native format of the sensor is in 4:3 format and when the 16:9 format is selected, the image is simply cropped, top and bottom, in camera.<br />
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3. Stills mode – Hey there is a zoom facility, but don’t get too excited as it is simply a ‘digital’ zoom. To me, this is of little use, simply crop the image later if required. I prefer to capture as much “information” as I can and then carry out any desired cropping later.<br />
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4. Stills mode - The location the image was taken can be stored. Neat IF you want this facility.<br />
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5. Stills mode – A very nice feature included is a method to override the exposure up to +/- two stops in 1/3 stop increments. As a keen amateur photographer I find this is a really nice to have feature.<br />
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6. Stills mode – There are several white balance or ‘scene modes’ to choose from. Potentially handy in the absence of a raw file capability (all three tablets do not have a raw file format, simply jpg format).<br />
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7. Still mode – Surprisingly there is a very effective ‘macro’ mode. This will no doubt be handy for many situations including business scenarios i.e machinery and part break downs, problem reports etc.<br />
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8. Video mode – Not so many controls in this mode, first a ‘video quality’ selection of “high’, ‘low’ and a ‘You Tube’ high resolution mode.<br />
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As can be heard in this video, there is something wrong with the microphone or microphone location? The sound is very distorted. Perhaps I had my hand over the microphone? I need to do some more testing for sure. By searching the online support forums it seems I'm not alone with this problem.<br />
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The little Blackberry is also an impressive tablet, however it is not based on either the iOS or the Android operating system, rather as Blackberry has purchased the QNX operating system, the Playbook has a derivative of QNX as its operating system. It is also coupled with similarly equipped cameras as found in the Sony Tablet S. <br />
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Little needs to be said about the features of the Apple iPad that has not been covered in a multitude of other media reports. With respect to the still camera and video camera modes though, it is exceptionally easy to sum up the controls as there are very few available. In stills mode there is only one control, a selection to turn on a grid, giving guidance to the 'rule of thirds'. I doubt it would be used very often. In stills mode there are no controls other than front/ back camera select. Simple, however far too basic for my liking. For me, this really lets down the iPad.<br />
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All three units are incredibly impressive feats of modern technology. Not too long ago, only a couple of years perhaps, I would never have dreamt I would be reviewing such superb units. All three have their strong points however with respect to camera and video operation I'd have to favour the Sony over the Playbook, only because of the ability to override an exposure by up to +/- 2 stops. Something that is not possible on the other two units. The Playbook comes a very close second, almost neck and neck with the Sony. The Apple iPad is a clear third.<br />
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One thing I have noted about photography with tablets. I suspect one can easily look somewhat silly holding such large devices in outstretched arms in public places. Then again, some may claim "what's new" for yours truly.<br />
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My family and I look forward to bringing you coverage of other aspects of the Sony Tablet S over the coming weeks. Thanks for reading.<br />
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<br /></div>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-16455827057407430422011-10-11T10:15:00.001+10:302011-10-11T10:15:17.475+10:30Admirals Arch in HDR<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngarkat/6222241872/" title="Admirals Arch in HDR"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6222241872_24c1f8738d.jpg" alt="Admirals Arch in HDR by Ngarkat" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngarkat/6222241872/">Admirals Arch in HDR</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngarkat/">Ngarkat</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I don't normally like HDR shots as they are too often, way over done. However to get some detail in the arch I took a series of 9 shots, each a stop apart up from -3ev. Cam handheld on the tourist platform ledge.<br />Converted to 16 bit tiffs in Capture NX 2, merged in Photomatix 4 pro.</p>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-10482120848129368362011-05-27T07:27:00.002+09:302011-05-27T07:29:07.571+09:30DreamingAt around AU$50,000 (without a lens mind you and with 200 meg shots, one can only dream ... about <a href="http://www.hasselbladusa.com/promotions/h4d-200ms-ripley--ripley.aspx">this camera</a>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-30175857692795599852011-04-30T18:14:00.003+09:302011-04-30T18:19:48.836+09:30Site gremlins ...Yahooo ... as if by magic, I'm now have the www.boxflat.net URL when hit, redirecting you to my Blogspot site. i.e back to "normal". I'm trying to figure how best to integrate my new web based photo hosting site with boxflat.net and yet still make it look like you are really at www.boxflat.net not the hosting site and at the same time still have my boxflat email, ftp site etc etc ... much fun but at times frustrating mucking around with terms like "cnames", MX records, @ records, email domains, name servers, dns's, name registrar's etc etc etc <br />
All very confusing and one step wrong and the pack of cards comes crumbling down:)<br />
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Oh well there is only one way to learn .... dive in and have go ... in the meantime my new photo hosting site can be accessed at <a href="http://boxflat.zenfolio.com">http://boxflat.zenfolio.com</a> :)Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-79979181400151036822010-11-05T11:13:00.005+10:302010-11-05T11:15:23.076+10:30The amazing Net ...<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span class="UIStory_Message" style="font-size: small;">The Net never ceases to amaze me ... just <br />
discovered "dlvr.it". Now one can send posts from a heap different blog <br />
engines e.g. blogger (I use), twitter, facebook, myspace, linkedin, rss <br />
feeds, word press etc etc and all at the right price.</span></h3>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-26316640965311083922010-11-05T10:26:00.002+10:302010-11-05T10:31:40.499+10:30Alex loves anything with a motor in it ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Alex had some money burning a hole in his pocket so out comes another RC Nitro car. These are seriously hard to photograph due, I think, to their relative size and speed. The lad is seriously quick and getting quite good at steering these around a tight course. Aaaah to be that age :) Shots taken in the office block just over the back fence .. don't tell anyone ... I won't...<br />
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There were also a few “guest” spots from the Brighton High School which is a school that specialises in music. Simply awesome. At short notice, one of their students played a Debussy piece on the Grand Piano. Spine tingling stuff.<br />
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From the superb sounding orchestra, which Claire’s best friend, Victoria is in, as well as the dance troupe, which Claire featured prominently, through to the 500 member choir and the gorgeously confident compere. Well done to all.<br />
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I sure know who was smiling down on us.<br />
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PS The show was crying out for a stills photographer but alas photography was strictly forbidden ... understandable but still, a bit of bummer none the less!Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-43805923871961745432010-07-31T17:03:00.004+09:302010-08-14T16:41:37.906+09:30Flying Netballer ...Claire's school, Rosepark Primary played Netball today. They have been doing really well and are currently running third on the ladder. Today however, they came up against the top side. Although Rosepark was beaten, it was a good match to watch as both sides were tested.<br />
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When she wasn't totally dominating playing Center, she was playing Wing Defence, as in this shot. Her ability to intercept, as shown here, as well as her incredible speed in disposal, was of a standard I have not seen in this age group. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of her in senior netball ranks, perhaps even at the highest levels.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As seems usual taking photos at sport, if only I had been on the other side of the court at the time :)</div></div>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-79742334116099518222010-07-25T14:02:00.002+09:302010-07-25T14:08:29.531+09:30Adelaide Pedal Prix<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A friend's son was riding/ driving a Pedal Prix car today in Adelaide. Now some of these teams are REALLY kamikaze types.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvyQGUx2FbwU1Lj3LrT4NiKionyq8wzgUOGy9sf8URM92Zj7V9lJdZKOKXNsi7UrOXwAzoNu5Bt66TrI-6MvYMDPtWghsNfY3KRmJcXZ4josNnANJFuNYXDctjupgOAq-Pg23/s1600/_LND5258+(Small).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvyQGUx2FbwU1Lj3LrT4NiKionyq8wzgUOGy9sf8URM92Zj7V9lJdZKOKXNsi7UrOXwAzoNu5Bt66TrI-6MvYMDPtWghsNfY3KRmJcXZ4josNnANJFuNYXDctjupgOAq-Pg23/s320/_LND5258+(Small).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQScJNdHCRjJUdIoGjdWLqcKXID1HeOV1RWqkoo81yWwl2uzwHF0T-SIkJthBlS3BxxSU6-s4TAjsYGf5JFBD-F1BIImGuWO5DEyZipvwQ1wPhkWFT2ZI9d_S8kyxpX5llaHMZ/s1600/_LND5241+(Small).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQScJNdHCRjJUdIoGjdWLqcKXID1HeOV1RWqkoo81yWwl2uzwHF0T-SIkJthBlS3BxxSU6-s4TAjsYGf5JFBD-F1BIImGuWO5DEyZipvwQ1wPhkWFT2ZI9d_S8kyxpX5llaHMZ/s320/_LND5241+(Small).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMiPhMaM1k1iyu3kWis_bCMr85tcMIe0alX2A8JD1DgzrhwMzAeAi1x8GH0xN7udakZJk8PnvaN912qB6VzVLxxFq_a2oUcPvUFv-gAURGZMJUVa9zwKHUHq-uP9DKPdDBGP1/s1600/_LND5227+(Small).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMiPhMaM1k1iyu3kWis_bCMr85tcMIe0alX2A8JD1DgzrhwMzAeAi1x8GH0xN7udakZJk8PnvaN912qB6VzVLxxFq_a2oUcPvUFv-gAURGZMJUVa9zwKHUHq-uP9DKPdDBGP1/s320/_LND5227+(Small).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-4147520365059464472010-05-25T22:05:00.004+09:302010-05-25T22:59:12.347+09:30A new unit of measure a ‘Pharqmi'…A new unit of measure a ‘Pharqmi' (for nearing infinity)...<br /><br />The level of frustration one gets, constantly finding hair ties, hair clips, clothes, empty plates, food wrappers, discarded clothes, shoes, school books & bags, dead bananas, old sandwiches, drink bottles, DVD cases, loose DVD’s etc etc etc left everywhere in your house.<br /><br />The unit of measure is a 'Pharqmi', the symbol of which is ‘pMe’. (Think of Charles's opening lines (Hugh Grant) in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"...)<br /><br />It is measured with a highly modified sound level meter called an “iMaslave”. It’s output is directly proportional to the number of decibels, multiplied by the number of sharp utterances of "opharqinell (p)" measured, over time. It requires exceptional levels of computing power.<br /><br />Not surprisingly, there is apparently no limit to the level of Pharqmi's one can measure at any given moment.<br /><br />The formula is:<br /><br />pMe = dB x p/t<br /><br />(where p is the number of "opharqinell's" captured, t – the number of seconds)<br /><br />Seemingly, the ultimate level, a 'Thankpharq' is rarely reached. A ‘Thankpharq’ is the holy grail of most houses and may only be reached when all the little darlings have grown up and left home. Obviously, a ‘Thankpharq’ is simply the ambient sound level as measured by a “Imaslave’.<br /><br />The general market release of “Imaslave’s” is expected within the next ten years or sooner if computer processing power advances sufficiently enough to capture the rapid “opharqinell’s”, accurately. So far this is proving elusive. The current “Imaslave” is in early experimental phase and requires super computer cooling, thus limiting portability and marketability.<br /><br />Well let's hope so!Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13110531.post-91193982880685118902010-04-05T21:26:00.001+09:302010-04-05T21:26:08.261+09:30Alex having fun ...<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngarkat/4492560673/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4492560673_762cb6ec62_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngarkat/4492560673/">Alex having fun ...</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ngarkat/">Ngarkat</a></span></div>The lad has a great riding style and is already seriously quick. I worry at his ambition for a KTM 250 though...<br clear="all" />Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728582926749534995noreply@blogger.com0