Can technology help?
We spent most of the afternoon today walking
around St Ives. On the way back to the car we
decided to take a break to take in the views from
the cliffs above the beach. Whilst sitting and
enjoying the sea crashing on the beach I noticed
an old gentleman sat doing the same as us. He
looked a little sad though as he sat there dosing
off every now and then. Just then a Seagul flew
down and rested on the railings just in front of
him. After a few seconds the man shuffled quickly
inside his trouser pockets and after a bit of a
struggle he eventually revealed one of those
cheap disposable cameras. He then tried to frame
a picture of the gul, but by the time he had
taken control of the camera the bird flew away.
Over the next 30 minutes or so I continued to
watch the man as he fumbled to take two more
pictures of resting Guls on the Railings.
I wondered if this was now the old man's daily
routine, spending the hours wandering and resting
around the streets of St Ives trying to take
pictures of the local wildlife, whilst sneaking
in a quick nap here and there. This got me
thinking; if only he had a digital camera and
even a photo printer how easier this task might
be for him. He wouldn't have to worry about
wasting film and could take hundreds of shots on
the hope that just one would capture the subject
as intended. Having the small photo printer may
also work out cheaper allowing him just to print
out the best shots without the worry of having to
pay for developing the whole film roll.
The problem with this scenario though is that
even if the old man had a digital camera and
printer he probably would not be able to use it.
It makes me wonder just how much easier the lives
of our grandparents would be if we could spare a
few hours to show them how to use technology and
help build their confidence in using it?
The above photo was snapped using my iPhone.
Still Raining!
It's still raining...I guess it looks like I'm going to get my third book read this week. My next book is The Google Story by David A. Vise! Watch out for my posting letting you know what I thought of it.
Neighbourhood Cows
As mentioned in my last post the weather during our stay in Cornwall has not been the best so unfortunately I've not been able to take as many photographs as I had hoped and planned to. The only pictures I've managed to take have been of our current neighbours, a heard of cows and some distant shots of surfers on Fistral Beach in Newquay. I need to check how the surfer pictures have turned out and whether or not they are worth posting, but for now here are the pictures of the neighbourhood cows! You can also few some of my previous postings of images taken in Cornwall during 2003 and some others taken in 2005.
Trevethoe
As I've previously
mentioned one of our favourite places is Cornwall
in the South West of the United Kingdom. One day
we hope to be in a position to move and make a
life down here. We are currently spending some
time in a place called Lelant just a few miles
from St Ives. We are staying in a small peaceful
and relaxing cottage off the beaten track at
Trevethoe
Farm. We've been visiting Trevethoe farm
for a few years now and can recommend it to
anyone who wants some time away from the
hustle and bustle of working life today. It's
the perfect place to escape to. The weather
hasn't been fantastic during this stay but we
have definately recharged our batteries and
caught up on our reading and podcasts :).
Christmas @ St Ives
I've managed to
finish editing the footage taken in our recent
trip to Cornwall. With a running time of almost
10 minutes it is quite a large download at 43Mb.
That said I still I hope you feel it worth the
download. So please enjoy my first official Video
Blog. To view the video click on the thumbnail
above left or if you don't see an image to click
then click here.
St Ives Photographs
I've managed to download some of the photographs we took whilst in Cornwall over the Christmas break and published them as an album on the site. Click here or on the photo above to view. Hope you enjoy them, I'm going to make a start editing the video footage I recorded and hopefully publish a video blog of the trip by the new year.
