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CaFF

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I thought you'd captured a splash. How are you enjoying your new camera CaFF?

I really like it, but still trying to find a good white balance setting for my messed-up lighting in the kitchen. Everything is too yellow.

Damn cheap light bulbs...camera expects a white light and it's just not. In natural light, it does great though...go figure. :confused:

FWIW, I'm browsing using the Pale Moon version of FF. It seems really fast, even on my old T2060 dual-core laptop with 2gb of ram and integrated graphics. =)
 

Hobby Kid

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Is that what you people call buses over there? Why would you call them Starbucks?
You're soooo funi lol

I really like it, but still trying to find a good white balance setting for my messed-up lighting in the kitchen. Everything is too yellow.

Damn cheap light bulbs...camera expects a white light and it's just not. In natural light, it does great though...go figure. :confused:

FWIW, I'm browsing using the Pale Moon version of FF. It seems really fast, even on my old T2060 dual-core laptop with 2gb of ram and integrated graphics. =)
Yes, my photos come out awful in my kitchen. I think the light is like 50yrs old (I'll check out pale moon tmrw when I set up new pc).

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CaFF

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Did a cheap fix for my busted latch on the Canon. Ebay had a parts camera for like $20, this Velcro fix cost $3.

Had to cut a hole for the latch mechanism as it still works, just the plastic door catches are broken off enough not to hold it closed against the batteries.

Pretty self-explanatory I think.. ;)

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Not pretty, but it works now and actually makes for a nice cushioned grip. :D
 

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Wow pretty dead in here, everyone must be looking at naked movie stars.
 

70414

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Vaping crap and the good stuff is sitting right over there. Too cheap. Too lazy. The survey says!!! combo!!
 

CaFF

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This just leaked, a clothed photo of Sasha Grey.....

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Man, is she gonna be pissed.
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Halloween shit in the stores already, give me a break. :confused:
Can I be where you are? Halloween was out in stores here 3 days after July 4th. I was like, you've got to be shitting me.
 

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I suppose I should get up and fix the slat on the bed that broke earlier. I was in the other room and I hear SNAP. I wander in and 3 of the overweight cats are staring at the bed where the slat broke. I just looked at them and wondered why they had to break one on my side. Sadly the company that makes the futon no longer makes the slats for the futon. Ikea's version don't work so I'm forced to either buy 1/8" thick plywood and cut and coat them so they don't splinter - or make do with strapping tape and other various ideas for fixing them. If I plan on sleeping at all tonight I should probably get on this chore.
 

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Ah I <3 duct tape. The bed is at least no longer causing me immediate & constant back pain. Now to deal with the cat(s) that get skittish and popcorn around the room because they're not smart enough to differentiate socks from snakes.
 

RichS

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Sad day today, R.I.P. my K100 "Goldie" (what you don't have a name for your mec?) after two and a half years of faithful firing and untold amounts of dropping, it landed just right and busted the firing pin. R.I.P. my friend.
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CaFF

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Sad day today, R.I.P. my K100 "Goldie" (what you don't have a name for your mec?) after two and a half years of faithful firing and untold amounts of dropping, it landed just right and busted the firing pin. R.I.P. my friend.
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Bummer man, I have one almost that old from Hoosiers and it's been used so much I wore the chrome off the tube where my thumb goes.
A good mod.
 

RichS

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I looked all over trying to see if I could find just the firing pin for sale, but no luck. I have a friend that's a machinist, going to take it over to his shop this weekend to see if we can make a new one.
 

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You ever walk up to hug someone who's a dead ringer for someone else until they take their sunglasses off? Then you're like nope...nope...nope...
one time I saw my friend Nick up the street wearing his signature Phillies ball cap.

in my best bullhorn/obnoxious sports fan voice I boomed:

"SUCK IT
PHIL-LEE"

he turns to face me. oh shit. not a Phillies cap. not Nick.

awkward.
 

vapin Grampa

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one time I saw my friend Nick up the street wearing his signature Phillies ball cap.

in my best bullhorn/obnoxious sports fan voice I boomed:

"SUCK IT
PHIL-LEE"

he turns to face me. oh shit. not a Phillies cap. not Nick.

awkward.
Did you smile all pretty and look around like "who said that"?
 

vapin Grampa

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Random thought.....

When you find something that you have lost and some dumd ass says bet it was in the last place you looked.... Tell them nope.. Looked in two more places but it wasn't there either...
 

ghost62

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A local high school held a fundraiser yesterday.
They had a mattress sale.
No joke. A mattress sale.
There is something fundamentaly wrong with 15 year old girls approaching total strangers and asking, "Would you like to try one of our beds?"
 

Ace

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You are right but that was a good chuckle.
A local high school held a fundraiser yesterday.
They had a mattress sale.
No joke. A mattress sale.
There is something fundamentaly wrong with 15 year old girls approaching total strangers and asking, "Would you like to try one of our beds?"
 

ghost62

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You are right but that was a good chuckle.
I wonder who thought this was a good idea?
Too many pervs in this town.
What happened to selling candy bars and magazine subscriptions?
Or better yet, soapy wet cheerleaders rubbing themselves all over your car for five bucks?
Oh yeah... too many pervs in this town...
 

cherrycakes

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A local high school held a fundraiser yesterday.
They had a mattress sale.
No joke. A mattress sale.
There is something fundamentaly wrong with 15 year old girls approaching total strangers and asking, "Would you like to try one of our beds?"

The other day
we had cheerleaders
throwing a car wash.

In the rain.

*facepalm*
 

MKPM

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I find myself searching for "Miss Right".....this time I would prefer that her first name be something other than "Always"
 

Ace

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I find myself searching for "Miss Right".....this time I would prefer that her first name be something other than "Always, nutso, emotionally unavailable, annoying, etc, etc.":p
 

ghost62

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Sad day today, R.I.P. my K100 "Goldie" (what you don't have a name for your mec?) after two and a half years of faithful firing and untold amounts of dropping, it landed just right and busted the firing pin. R.I.P. my friend.
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Lit a candle for Goldie.
Put it next to the one for Red. She was my copper Nemmy that rolled off my work bench in the garage. Hit the concrete at an angle on the switch and bent it.
Gone far too soon. I barely got to know her...
 

Agorizer

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I suppose I should get up and fix the slat on the bed that broke earlier. I was in the other room and I hear SNAP. I wander in and 3 of the overweight cats are staring at the bed where the slat broke. I just looked at them and wondered why they had to break one on my side. Sadly the company that makes the futon no longer makes the slats for the futon. Ikea's version don't work so I'm forced to either buy 1/8" thick plywood and cut and coat them so they don't splinter - or make do with strapping tape and other various ideas for fixing them. If I plan on sleeping at all tonight I should probably get on this chore.
LOVE the visual of 3 overweight cats staring innocently! LMFO. Only one of ours is a real fatty. Got some feedin' to do....
 

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Just Me

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A local high school held a fundraiser yesterday.
They had a mattress sale.
No joke. A mattress sale.
There is something fundamentaly wrong with 15 year old girls approaching total strangers and asking, "Would you like to try one of our beds?"
They do that same fundraiser at my sons high school. I agree not such a great idea
 

Just Me

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Ha.jpg I saw this couple at one of the events we sponsor and couldn't help myself, I asked if I could take their pic. Crazy but I so wish I had the guts to do it. Thought you all might like it
 

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