Don’t get me wrong I really do like and use the Procamera app, and well who could go past Hipstamatic, but this one just wins.

The pictures that I have taken with this app far out perform any other pic with iPhone.

Some samples taken from the website show exactly the great quality pictures that can be taken but it is more the interface that gets me in.

The simple and screen-wide view finder, has minimal information and the buttons are concise and tell you only what you need to know, it takes a little getting used to, but once you are aware of all the information at your gazing eyes reach, then you can just use it like a normal camera. It even lets you know what ISO that you are shooting at, and the distance (macro etc). Getting to used to the lock and slide action only took a few shots and then was abused by myself in exploiting the artificial light capture on different scenes.

The adjustments take a little practice to get good results but for professional camera peeps that know how to rock the D-SLR functions this should be a breeze, for me it was a case of using the sliders, saying oh..thats cool!, and then saving the picture. The app gives you the ability to adjust the last picture that you have taken, and then if you like the settings of adjustment that you have come up with you can save it.

The ability to be able to set your white balance then lock it to take a shot of another scene is magical, and the slider controlled adjustments can recreate most filters available on the app store at present, sans ticket tape label and funny glasses of course.

The app designed by Ben Syverson took two years for him to develop and refine it back to the minimal app it is. It is apparently based on the Hexar, which is a great camera I am told, that was simple and easy to use but still created beautiful photography.

There is also a web-based tool at Mattebox.net that allows you to mimic the adjustment found on the iPhone app. I like it all. I recommend it, but don’t for a minute be expecting speech caption bubbles, 1970s toy camera filter or clipart rabbit ears.

I feel they give a chance to experience some level of empathy (1:100000000000000) of what the people of Sendai and Fukushima must be feel feeling.

Still thinking of you. Even if the AAP has stoped.

He/She just looks so lonely, and ‘radioactivey’

[via the big picture]

I think.

I am sure my tags have nothing to do with this.

In doing so they not only flexed there internet reach and impact they also pushed their creative Black out style flare on web design and its use to reflect to protest.

I think my favourite was definitely XBMC with their spotlight styled find the message.

In my humble opinion. Google could have tried harder.

Here are some screens, I hope the message got through. Censoring the internet would indeed censor the great collective minds that think of peaceful protest options like this.

WordPress.com  - very nicely played.

Wiki was probably the biggest loss, with some very amusing tweets from young sub intelligent tweeps wondering if it was gone forever, and wondering what they would do for information.

didn’t acutally see this in action, but nice touch.

XBMC  - the torch light was movable. v cool.

simple but effective.

nice and easy – great message probably the one i wish I had thought of.

So I splashed out, put an offer of $21 on ebay and ended up with this blue tooth keyboard come case, that I am sure rips off logitech in several patents.

It acts as a case, and seemingly fit as the smart cover I bought originally although very smart is starting to look a little bit tatty. Some would say it is from being used as a telescope midway though vegemite toast time, others would say that it is just well loved.

The keyboard/case is matt finish Aluminium, and looks exactly the same finish almost as the iPad

It seems pretty robust, but would be open to scratching just like any metal surface. Some little rubber feet would probably be my only recommendation, but you could buy a set of kicks from Blue Lounge

The angle of the iPad whilst in the support is quite comfortable  and connecting the keyboard via bluetooth to the iPad is very easy. As simple as typing a code and hitting enter, then off you go.

Whilst all the navigation is still touch screen, the keyboard has a home button for exiting apps and whilst using it the onscreen keyboard is disabled to that gives you that inch or two more screen size

The actual key board is quite good to use and the manufacturers have steered away from that horrible rubber only keyboard (like the roll up ones) to use a good functioning keyboard.

The key with the square is the substitute home key acting for the home button or five finger pinch gesture. Several other keys act as short cuts, like f5 for example switches to the photo slide show app.

Overall whilst I still do covet a Macbook Air, this will definitely suffice until the day when that happens.

I still do love the iPad and its minimal touchy goodness. Flipboard is hard to pass up, and you don’t need a blue tooth key board for that but when blogging, writing elongated emails, or doing some *real work* at home, this $21 investment has paid off.

It is powered by a L-ion battery, and come with a USB charging cable, when the battery starts to run down, a warning light comes on, it has an on – off switch, but also powers down if not in use after a short but reasonable amount of time.

Great buy for the price. and nice case and band-aid solution in place of a laptop.

I just can’t believe technology like this is just so affordable now.

I found this a little while ago. I cannot remember where, sorry if it is one of the excellent blogs I read daily, but I just can’t So I will instead now turn my attention to stating the fact that even if you didn’t actually use it for its real purpose, that it would still be excellent to own.

This is an espresso press. Espresso any where any time with or without power.

It is the Presso, and can be purchased here

It looks really great and if you are into all things manual labour and are willing to throw out your nespresso cube then this is a great tlaking point for your to buy and put into beautiful coffee making action

However, this is not a food review, although it turned into one right there, about eleven words ago.

Mrs Panda raised a really good point. As we were seated, with team Turtle Small Fries’ they gave the kids colouring in paper, with cool pictures to colour and a whole jar of crayons.

“I don’t know why they don’t give these to adults”, she stated

Why don’t they give these to adults?

Probably the best question asked of 2012 already looking like a contender for the whole year.

I would definitely frequent a cafe/restaurant if they supplied paper and pencils/crayons/pens for your creative delight.  It would definitely be a great way to decorate. When you are at dinner, sure the conversation is good, and the company is great, so why not also have a little bit of creative fun.

It raises the question. Why?, or more so when?, do humans deem it fit not to be eligible for crayons and colouring in pictures of princesses and pirates. When we are 15 and too cool for anything other than Nintendo DS’ I am sure I would still like to draw my boyfriend/girlfriends name in a pretty heart, perhaps inspired by the latest art work on my favourite bands CD, and leave it on the table to display my love for them as a protest against the ‘man’ for not letting me buy the latest Dream on Dreamer CD.

Perhaps when we reach 25 we are too interested in our twitter TL (timeline) or our our face book TL to be creative. Perhaps this is why we are obsessed with social media, because all the iphoneography and funny status updates, is our way of being creative.

I was overjoyed to colour in and ‘doodle’ all over the menus and place mats at Wagamama’s. Why, I even helped the children draw a little.

I think if restaurants offered this to adults, they would love it. I am sure there is some restaurants already doing it that I don’t know about,  but also keep in mind, I don’t want to have to order a triple shot soya chino, with fair trade dust sprinkled on the top. Just to draw my version of batman crossed with a whale shark.

It is hard not to stray onto the topic of where do we lose our youth, some people never lose it, but in a way that just makes them 30 year old fuck ups.

I wish I could definitely say I still have mine, at the beating centre of my chest like some sort of freedom power source akin to Iron Man’s failing nuclear powered heart.

But I am ‘serious’ now, a dad, I like tech and sneakers, but trampolining has turned into something kids do, and pushing someone on the swings, although fun is now one of my functions.

Please restaurants, re introduce adult colouring in. Mrs Panda is full of great ideas, please utilise them.

No Place for Sheep.

What ever happened to being able to tell crazy right wing ‘anti everything’ activists to shut up.

This is in line with condoning the West Borough Baptist church’s views on anything, and funding them to act on any crazy notion they have.

Twitter, blogging, and other forms of social media give the people a voice. Whether it is an individual voice or one followed by a few thousand people.

Everyone deserves the right to have an opinion, but not the right to over react when disagreeing on one other than their own.

Inspired from

this SMH article

Every time I sit here doing craft with either one of the turtles smallfries’ I love the honesty that come out.

Today we made a card for a friend.
A three year old wanting to give a four year old friend a card. if that isn’t the cuties thing you’ve heard all week you’re not trying.

Children don’t care about messing about resources and table space. The floor counts for table space too so if any extra room is needed a slight adjustment is made.

They will literally glue whatever the fuck they want where ever the fuck they want. Colours don’t matter continuity doesn’t matter, and where the glue gets put definitely doesn’t matter.

I love it. As laborious as doing ‘craft’ is every minute of every time we do craft is a insight into my little turtles’ minds.

They just only want to make the person it is intended for happy. That is all.

Heart craft.

And eating glue.

Attention to detail is in the butterfly.