Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:38:30 +0100 "Steve Cottrell" wrote: > On 10/10/18, Subash Jeyan, discombobulated, unleashed: > >https://something-feathered.in/2018/10/10/flying-high-in-thattekad/ > > Very well done Subers - loved it. Now we know where all the birds > pics come from ;-) thanks Cotty.

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Henk. it wasn't so difficult to spot in the wild because they usually roost in the same trees every day and are almost blind during daytime. the forest rangers usually know where they roost. but they are difficult photograph because on top a very cloudy/rainy day, they usually roost deep ins

Re: PPG - Maybe it has a future after all

2018-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is hopeful news. Does the PDML have a future? It seems there are fewer participants each month. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 7:53 PM Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > I just noticed this on DP Review: > > https://www.dpreview.co

PPG - Maybe it has a future after all

2018-10-10 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all I just noticed this on DP Review: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61777199 So, maybe. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Small computer rant.

2018-10-10 Thread Jostein
Den 10.10.2018 22:26, skrev Larry Colen: But, when you get right down to it, Murphy's law is rocket science. Somehow, it has always felt like more to the sprocket end of science. Or maybe even Sprocket's end of science, if you watched Fraggle Rock. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Henk Terhell
Subash, interesting story and nice pictures. I didn't realize there were so many frogmouth species. Must be a real challenge to spot in the wild. The only frogmouth species I have ever seen was on my trip to south Australia, the tawny frogmouth of which I took a picture: https://www.flickr.com/

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/10/18, Subash Jeyan, discombobulated, unleashed: >some of you may know that i worked as a features editor with one of the >oldest newspapers in english in india (about 140 years old). i have, of >course, written articles before but most of them tended to be on literary >subjects: reviews of

Re: Small computer rant.

2018-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote on 10/10/18 1:21 PM: I'm pretty sure at this point that Murphy invented computers. Nope, he was a rocket scientist. Technically an aerospace engineer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Murphy_Jr. But, when you get right down to it, Murphy's law is rocket science. -

Re: Small computer rant.

2018-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm pretty sure at this point that Murphy invented computers. On 10/10/2018 4:14 PM, Jostein wrote: Computer trouble is what keeps old Murphy alive and kicking, I guess. Jostein Den 09.10.2018 21:06, skrev P. J. Alling: Well it's happened again.  I've had a hard drive failure.  I've managed

Re: Small computer rant.

2018-10-10 Thread Jostein
Computer trouble is what keeps old Murphy alive and kicking, I guess. Jostein Den 09.10.2018 21:06, skrev P. J. Alling: Well it's happened again.  I've had a hard drive failure.  I've managed to recover most of the important files from between backups, from the almost dead drive, and replaced

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:30:19 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > Interesting article, I'm about to forward your post to a couple of > friends who I'm sure would enjoy it. I particularly appreciate that > you ended it with a shag. i had a feeling that particulary people in this list would appreciate it :

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Interesting article, I'm about to forward your post to a couple of friends who I'm sure would enjoy it. I particularly appreciate that you ended it with a shag. Subash Jeyan wrote on 10/10/18 1:45 AM: some of you may know that i worked as a features editor with one of the oldest newspapers i

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting and beautifully done! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 4:46 AM Subash Jeyan wrote: > some of you may know that i worked as a features editor with one of the > oldest newspapers in english in india (about 140 years old). i have, of

Re: something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Fascinating and well written. Thanks for sharing! Paul > On Oct 10, 2018, at 4:45 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > some of you may know that i worked as a features editor with one of the > oldest newspapers in english in india (about 140 years old). i have, of > course, written articles before but m

something to read (and photos too)

2018-10-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
some of you may know that i worked as a features editor with one of the oldest newspapers in english in india (about 140 years old). i have, of course, written articles before but most of them tended to be on literary subjects: reviews of books, interview with authors and so on. about six years ago