{"id":372,"date":"2009-08-29T01:02:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T00:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=372"},"modified":"2009-08-29T01:10:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T00:10:21","slug":"some-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/372","title":{"rendered":"Some news…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a bit unwell this week, and haven’t felt like blogging. But I have done other stuff. Here’s some things, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

I made a video showing a large majority of all the photos Pola and I took of ourselves while holding the camera at arm’s length. It wasn’t something I planned to do, but I wanted to get all the photos from the last 5 years into one place (and backed up in another place) and to do this only took an hour or so:<\/p>\n

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Second, I released a new episode of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, I went to the British Juggling Convention. I didn’t take a camera with me though, so have nothing to share. I’ll be writing a review\/report\/article for the Kaskade magazine though, and I might do a Juggling Podcast episode.<\/p>\n

Today I bought myself a new DSLR camera. Pola’s keeping the Canon 400D we had, so I just got myself a 500D as a straight replacement. I’d love to have got a much nicer camera, like a 50D or the 5D Mark II, but I really can’t justify spending so much on what amounts to an already expensive hobby. Two cool things though:<\/p>\n

  • It has a Full HD video function. I’m going to test it out tomorrow, so it might lead to a new juggling video. Or some kind of video. Or nothing.<\/li>\n
  • I bought a 10-24mm new wide angle lens. This should result in much better landscape photographs. And better building photographs. And better interior photographs. And interesting portrait photographs. I’ll see how it goes.<\/li>\n

    \nOn Wednesday I turned 29 years old. In sharing the news on Twitter I discovered a fun thing about Wolfram Alpha. Any time I want to know EXACTLY how old I am, I can just click this link: http:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/input\/?i=seconds+since+16%3A19+august+26th+1980<\/a>. As a birthday present, my Berlin friends bought me an off-road trails session on a fat tire Segway. I think I’m unjustifiably excited about this.<\/p>\n

    I’ve written many words on my latest novel project. Not as many as I’d hoped, but I’ve not been very well. <\/p>\n

    I’ve booked my flight to the Turkish Juggling Convention in October. This is going to be awesome. I’ve wanted to go for the past 3 years, but have never had the time. This year I got a cruise ship gig leaving Turkey 2 days after the end of the convention, so I only have to work out travel one way. How could I turn down the opportunity?<\/p>\n

    I think that’s everything. Or at least everything I can share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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