 |
But still wide enough for such funky pics:
 |
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Nikkor 14-24
So... There is this crater here nearby called Longonot. It's been inactive for last 150 years and now there is a foliage inside the crater. Nice place for a walk around the rim. So I forced Ally to climb it with me for I wanted to see how wide is my 14-24. Well... As you can see not wide enough to cover whole ring.
But still wide enough for such funky pics:
But still wide enough for such funky pics:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Operation Flashpoint Dragopn Rising - 1st impressions
Oh well, where to start?
I thought that my notebook would be able to handle this thing. I have here Core2Duo T9550 @ 2.66 GHz with 4 GB of Ram on ATI 3650. The problem is I have full HD @ 1920x1080. And the game is... slow. No matter if I set all settings to high or to low, at my native resolution the thing is just slow... Mouse response is within one second. I remember reading somewhere that Codemasters boasted the game is going to scale well on lower end PCs, well, perhaps it scales well, but my experience is the same no matter how I set the visual settings.
Of course I might try running it at 1366x768 or something, but what's the point of having full HD and using lo-rez?
So for the time being I am a bit disappointed. Uninstalled the thing and mothballed it. Perhaps one day I will come back and give it another try...
I thought that my notebook would be able to handle this thing. I have here Core2Duo T9550 @ 2.66 GHz with 4 GB of Ram on ATI 3650. The problem is I have full HD @ 1920x1080. And the game is... slow. No matter if I set all settings to high or to low, at my native resolution the thing is just slow... Mouse response is within one second. I remember reading somewhere that Codemasters boasted the game is going to scale well on lower end PCs, well, perhaps it scales well, but my experience is the same no matter how I set the visual settings.
Of course I might try running it at 1366x768 or something, but what's the point of having full HD and using lo-rez?
So for the time being I am a bit disappointed. Uninstalled the thing and mothballed it. Perhaps one day I will come back and give it another try...
Monday, October 26, 2009
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
Oh well, have finally came around all the installation glitches and gotchas. I fear I will not sleep much these days...
Semper Fi, mot*erfu*kers!
Semper Fi, mot*erfu*kers!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Planting the seed
Today (and by all means - mark it in your calendars, boys and girls) was the first time ever that Aikido was introduced to Kenya.
I had the privilege to lead the class with the support of Marcin Chlyston, we had three students ;-) I know, I know, but even the Rome was not built in one day...
At this point I should thank to everyone who made it possible, but foremost I think my gratitude should go to Piotr Masztalerz. He made it possible for me to become whoever that I am now. I know he looks kinda funny on this picture, but trust me - he's the good guy.
The Aikido classes take place at the venue at Japanese Embassy and I would like to thank Japanese Ambassador in Kenya for making this possible. I do not think he will ever visit this page, but I give respect where it is due. Domo arigato godzaimasu
I had the privilege to lead the class with the support of Marcin Chlyston, we had three students ;-) I know, I know, but even the Rome was not built in one day...
At this point I should thank to everyone who made it possible, but foremost I think my gratitude should go to Piotr Masztalerz. He made it possible for me to become whoever that I am now. I know he looks kinda funny on this picture, but trust me - he's the good guy.
The Aikido classes take place at the venue at Japanese Embassy and I would like to thank Japanese Ambassador in Kenya for making this possible. I do not think he will ever visit this page, but I give respect where it is due. Domo arigato godzaimasu
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Pin-Ups (well, almost ;-)
The idea is simple - to create a calendar with high quality photographs of young girls from orphanage in Limuru, print it in high resolution on good paper and sell it for outrageous amount of money, which - quite naturally - would go to support the orphanage.
This is why for the lasty two weekends we've been travelling to Limuru taking pics and then scratching our heads why is it that our pics are not good enough (well, if you have some self-criticism). And of course two fundamental questions still remain unanswered - B&W or Color? Landscape or portrait? Personally I'd go for B&W portrait, but as it is a teamwork I'd have to follow the herd.
This is why for the lasty two weekends we've been travelling to Limuru taking pics and then scratching our heads why is it that our pics are not good enough (well, if you have some self-criticism). And of course two fundamental questions still remain unanswered - B&W or Color? Landscape or portrait? Personally I'd go for B&W portrait, but as it is a teamwork I'd have to follow the herd.
 |
 |
Monday, October 12, 2009
Exit the dragon...
For those of you who are not in the field - for last several years there have been two major graphic card companies competing on the market: Nvidia and ATI.
In my many years of fiddling with PCs I have had many of both. I like Nvidia, pretty much always have (even when I had ATI), still - currently my Vaio sports ATI.
But then last week - a shocker - Nvidia stated they're exiting the GPU market. OK, not directly, but killed pretty much every GPU they had in their offer. Why? What it creates is a monopoly of ATI. And we do not like monopolies - remember the days of Intel prior to AMD? How bloody expensive CPUs were by then?
The future of Nvidia is still unclear, for they did not exactly stated they're throwing the towel. So what does it mean?
I guess we'll see what we'll see, won't we?
P.S. Who can guess where this last quote comes from?
In my many years of fiddling with PCs I have had many of both. I like Nvidia, pretty much always have (even when I had ATI), still - currently my Vaio sports ATI.
But then last week - a shocker - Nvidia stated they're exiting the GPU market. OK, not directly, but killed pretty much every GPU they had in their offer. Why? What it creates is a monopoly of ATI. And we do not like monopolies - remember the days of Intel prior to AMD? How bloody expensive CPUs were by then?
The future of Nvidia is still unclear, for they did not exactly stated they're throwing the towel. So what does it mean?
I guess we'll see what we'll see, won't we?
P.S. Who can guess where this last quote comes from?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
