Hi,
Thought I would drop in a line to let you know I'm back in lurking mode for
a while. I've been making use of the warmer weather to take care of some
outside work that has been pressing since last November . . .
May is Severe T-Storm and Tornado month in Indiana. Started working on
thinning out the branches on several mature trees (too much wind
load). Had a couple split their trunks a few years ago; fortunately
nothing fell on the house or the car, but it was certainly a lesson
well-learned. Been wielding a chainsaw during the daylight after
work. Combine that with replacing all the screening on my back porch (not
small). Previous owner had used fiberglass screen and it eventually
shreds. This past winter with drifting snow catching in it and the wind
whipping at it started it shedding. Good thing he (prior owner) isn't in
the same state . . . I'd have some words with how he installed the screens
. . . and complete lack of thought about the fact it would eventually need
replacement. Had to re-engineer portions of the framing that hold the
screen to make it "maintenance friendly."
If that weren't enough fun and games, I decided it was time to join the
21st Century and upgrade the confuser motherboard, processor and RAM. Made
a leap of about two generations worth. Also had to break down and buy a
new case . . . first one I've bought in 15 years. I don't buy new,
complete boxes, just parts. Now I'm going through a massive shake-down of
the O/S registry. All the low-level hardware drivers for the new
motherboard had to be installed and that isn't always a "clean"
operation. Windoze in particular seems to like clean installs on new
platforms . . . but that necessitates reinstalling all the apps (not
exactly painless). With Win98SE it also necessitates reinstalling all the
critical updates and security patches (more than not exactly
painless). Both are quite time consuming. For you older "gamers" who
recall Douglas Adams' "Starship Titanic" adventure game . . . this is one
of the machine's more lucid moments and I'm taking the opportunity to post
this. It's fairly stable now, but continues having problems with
installs/uninstalls and a couple of utility apps (non-Windoze) are still
popping up with minor errors that require an occasional hard shut-down and
restart. Better than it was initially with a registry that was being
frequently corrupted and having to be dredged out of the backup the O/S
makes daily. Ahhh . . . the wonders of modern technology.
Token OM content:
I am making my second trek to the Indy 500 (first was in '97). Taking an
OM-2n and all the long glass . . . 135/2.8, 200/4 and 300/4.5 . . . and may
take the OM-4 too . . . depends on weight and bulk. Slowing down-selecting
pix from about two years of shooting blues bands in a very small local
club. The director at the IUK gallery saw some of my B/W's on-line and
suggested puting together about 15-20 8x10's for a gallery exhibit next
Spring. The cost of "gallery presentation" conservation mounting and
framing that many doesn't come cheap, even when there's plenty of "sweat
equity" put into the mounting and framing. Add to that the cost of fiber
base silver gelatin prints. I need to start now and do a few at a time so
as not to break the bank in the Spring.
Keep shooting . . . K-64 rules! (saw the K-chrome day thread).
-- John Lind
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