Uncomfortable Airlines
29/04/08 14:50
I
just don't understand why airline seats are so uncomfortable. I am writing this blog entry somewhere north of Nova Scotia at 33,000 feet, having been stuck in this seat for 4 hours, with another three to go before I land in New York. Once there, I have to clear customs and then wait for another 3 hours before sitting in another airline seat for 2 1/2 hours.
I think that whoever designs these seats needs shooting. Wouldn't you have thought that one of the design criteria for a seat is that it should be comfortable for those poor fools who have to sit in them for hours on end? I know that they have to be hard-wearing, but do they need to be hard-wearing on my bum too?
While I am ranting, how come I always end up sat behind the pillock who thinks that it is OK to put their seat into the reclined position before we've even left the runway?
So why am I putting myself through this tedium and discomfort? Well, I am currently on my way to Florida for a spot of wildlife photography. For the next couple of weeks I am going to be sitting in a swamp, surrounded by alligators, photographing whatever I can find. I will try and update the website whilst away. Watch this space......
just don't understand why airline seats are so uncomfortable. I am writing this blog entry somewhere north of Nova Scotia at 33,000 feet, having been stuck in this seat for 4 hours, with another three to go before I land in New York. Once there, I have to clear customs and then wait for another 3 hours before sitting in another airline seat for 2 1/2 hours.I think that whoever designs these seats needs shooting. Wouldn't you have thought that one of the design criteria for a seat is that it should be comfortable for those poor fools who have to sit in them for hours on end? I know that they have to be hard-wearing, but do they need to be hard-wearing on my bum too?
While I am ranting, how come I always end up sat behind the pillock who thinks that it is OK to put their seat into the reclined position before we've even left the runway?
So why am I putting myself through this tedium and discomfort? Well, I am currently on my way to Florida for a spot of wildlife photography. For the next couple of weeks I am going to be sitting in a swamp, surrounded by alligators, photographing whatever I can find. I will try and update the website whilst away. Watch this space......
Poor Proof Reading.
29/12/07 18:09
For Christmas, I'd asked Santa for a copy of Vincent Versace's book "Welcome to Oz - A cinematic approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop". I'd clearly been a very good boy all year and as a result, the book arrived on Christmas day!
The book consists of a DVD with sample images and a series of tutorials to work through. So far, I've tackled the first two lessons and have been appalled at the number of errors contained within the text. I'm not talking about nit-picking errors like dodgy punctuation, I'm talking about errors in the narrative of the lesson. There are conflicts in the names of layers, figure numbers are wrong, and there use of filenames is wrong - just in the first two chapters! The content of the book looks very interesting, but it is almost entirely useless. The purpose of such a book is to enable the reader to follow the steps and reproduce the work shown, thus educating them on how a particular effect is achieved. When the user has to work out what is wrong with the narrative, learning is impeded.
I've emailed the publisher's, Peach Press, as well as the author, to ask if there is an addendum available. I'll let you know the answer!
The book consists of a DVD with sample images and a series of tutorials to work through. So far, I've tackled the first two lessons and have been appalled at the number of errors contained within the text. I'm not talking about nit-picking errors like dodgy punctuation, I'm talking about errors in the narrative of the lesson. There are conflicts in the names of layers, figure numbers are wrong, and there use of filenames is wrong - just in the first two chapters! The content of the book looks very interesting, but it is almost entirely useless. The purpose of such a book is to enable the reader to follow the steps and reproduce the work shown, thus educating them on how a particular effect is achieved. When the user has to work out what is wrong with the narrative, learning is impeded.
I've emailed the publisher's, Peach Press, as well as the author, to ask if there is an addendum available. I'll let you know the answer!
