Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

waiting for my genius to appear

February 4, 2013

trying to keep on top of things isn’t as easy as it use to be but this old dog is still trying to learn new tricks before i pass into irrelevance. here i am  passing time waiting for my apple genius who could be my grand childs age waiting for him to fix my apple 4g pinhole camera which has changed settings on me while deep in my pocket.

yes waiting in a very noisy environment called a learning center, an oxymoron if i’ve ever heard one. how can one learn in such an active confusing place? i couldn’t do that i just come here to have a quick fix and i am out the door. but first one waits and watches, at least that’s what i do. something will come along to catch my interest.

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here it is. sunlight coming thru the glass store front creating a shadow on the basement wall behind the spiral staircase. i sit on my stool waiting to be called but am drawn into this shadow world waiting to see if i can capture the precise moment of an interesting composition. some hits a few misses.

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making for an interesting passing of time.  one can see the railing in the left side of frame. i am still waiting. these images remind me the silent Dracula film ‘Nosferatu the Vampire’

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oh i miss a few nice ones but get a few i like. 1, 2, 3  look at me

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IMG_0139now i’ve moved off my stool but keep a keen ear out for my name to be called

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finally my genius calls. in a brief moment shorter than it takes to describe my problem he moves his thumb and my phone is fixed. i am free to leave as the sun moves among the buildings changing shadows and opportunities.

i hope this posting finds you well  and plenty of opportunities to enjoy your life.

jene

the case of the missing umbrella & jpmorgans convictions

June 26, 2012

today is my day for rest and relaxation  maybe catching up with my life, there is always a bill or two to be paid sitting here but sometimes the desk is clear, though my mind can still be cloudy. this past weekend i worked on our XR 7 convertible putting in 3 point seat belts for the rear seat. it took all weekend for me, a fellow with a little brain, to figure out. it wasn’t as easy as i though it would be as i had done front belts in two other cars this was different.  as my dancers friends say ‘there are only so many plies in the knees.’

i caught up on some errands yesterday which included going to the bank making a deposit where my umbrella was taken by an unknowned person, now this is New York City and wouldn’t you be surprised to learn there are crooks and thieves hiding out in our banks. just ask jamie diamond about how many convictions this bank has had under his leadership. oh the us senate banking committee  forgot to ask him but you can look it up here at jpmorgan watch. now the umbrella wasn’t in one of his branches  so he’s clear of that, but mr. diamond  must have a problem hiring competent people to work for him as they all keeping getting involved in these schemes.

but i find it hard to believe none of our senators nor representatives asked questions about his banks ethics. do you think they were all in his pocket? could that be true?

you’ve just got to keep your eyes open, yet bankers have a way with them, my bank Capital One keeps changing accounts from free to fee based after awhile, and now an orange umbrella or one of their customers has something they didn’t come in with, is that called a profit or theft?

today i ordered my winnings from the contest Color it Red from o’reilly press and tried to order tickets from BAMs but i am not a member so i’ll have to wait until all the members get their pick, oh ok. i”ve aways wanted to see Einstein on the Beach since working on the production at the Met opera house years ago. We’ll be in Alaska when tickets go on sale so i am hoping i can buy something nice on line. oh well

we now have iphones, which we got the other weekend from verizon who sells the iPhones but doesn’t service them nor troubleshoot them. in the box our iphones came in there is a pamphlet Finger tips a quick start into a new world for new eyes,, or old people who wear glasses. as mary says sometimes way too much information.

i am not doing very well communicating with model type people these days. it must be me it doesn’t seem possible that everyone else is off the wall, but it could be. a fashion stylist named bunny style was looking for togs who do motion fashion photography, what ever that is? she posted her farcebook page, have they changed your email address yet on farcebook showing her fashions. there didn’t look like anything showing motion and i asked her if she wasn’t thinking emotion. she deleted my message before answering it, oh well.

it’s getting to be nap time as i was woke up early this morning from the constructions workers underneath my bedroom window this knocking out spaces for new windows for the summers renovation. it’s a long haul because i only see a few people working on the site. are they out of money already? so much for them at this rate they’ll be working on this building a lifetime before finishing the project.

but i’ll finish up now, i’ll post more pictures of my projects as i get them.

jene

 

Macro photography with iphone, just add water

March 12, 2012

Transform Your iPhone Into a Microscope: Just Add Water

I’ve engineered a fair number of inexpensive DIY camera hacks. This one is by far the cheapest: it’s free! Simply place a drop of water on the phone’s lens, carefully turn the device over, and the suspended droplet serves as a liquid lens. Behold:

Droplet images are dreamy, blurred at the periphery, and just a little bit…wet. But the tiny subjects underneath are magnified with sufficient resolution for an impromptu microscope. Indeed, I started playing around with the technique after reading that the U.C. Davis iPhone microscope team experimented with water before moving to a solid lens.

After spending a few hours this weekend with a slightly moist iPhone, I am pleased to report the following:

  • It works!
  • Larger, rounder droplets lead to higher magnification, and as the droplet evaporates and shrinks magnification decreases.
  • The liquid lens is jiggly and sensitive to vibrations. The phone should be placed on a stable platform for maximum clarity. For these photos, I coopted a pair of short drinking glasses as a stand.
  • Image quality is not as sharp as that provided by solid, commercially available clip-on lenses like Olloclip. But hey. You get what you pay for!
  • Water is not generally good for cell phone electronics, so be careful when applying the droplet.

Below are my attempts at iPhone water-graphs.

If you try the technique, I’d love to see your results! Drop a link in the comments, or send me an email.

Alex WildAbout the Author: Alex Wild is an Illinois-based entomologist who studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic compliment to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books, and media outlets. Follow on Twitter @myrmecos.

originally published in Scientific American blog compound eye

my question is: Does it work with beer?

jene youtt