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Posted: 12:23pm
"In the Kamigata area they have a sort of tiered lunch box they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. As might be expected, this is one of my recollections of the capital. The end is important in all things." Thanks for all the comments over the last 4 months. I'll still be posting on flickr and posting on 'our' splendid new message board, so lets stay in touch eh? I don't plan on doing anything with this beard either, so I guess we'll just keep growing. ... For the Whiskerino tho' - fare thee well Beards, see you in 2009. ]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:23:52 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/20162/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19963/
Posted: 12:19pm
Gentlemen. I simply couldn't choose one picture to tribute today, there have been so many great shots - some immediately so, some working their way in over time. It might be a lame kinda cop-out tribute, but today, today I salute you all.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:19:35 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19963/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19811/
Posted: 11:45am
Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger Think of me as one you'd never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her. ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:45:41 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19811/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19681/
Posted: 11:58am
All things move towards their end.]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:58:46 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19681/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19540/
Posted: 12:58pm
The outlaw dire took mortal hurt; a mighty wound showed on his shoulder, and sinews cracked, and the bone-frame burst. To Beowulf now the glory was given, and Grendel thence death-sick his den in the dark moor sought, noisome abode: he knew too well that here was the last of life, an end of his days on earth.]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:58:38 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19540/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19395/
Posted: 10:53am
They let him stand till midsummer Till he looked both pale and wan, And little Sir John he growed a long beard And so became a man.]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:53:13 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19395/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19307/
Posted: 12:11pm
In August 1620, the Speedwell, and the Mayflower left Bayards Cove Dartmouth (which is where I'm standing) for America, and the rest, is history.]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:11:36 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19307/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19198/
Posted: 12:05pm
Heretic Lover Traitor Assassin]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:05:40 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19198/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19079/
Posted: 11:42am
Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we've hid our faery vats, Full of berrys And of reddest stolen cherries. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the *wild* With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats - The Stolen Child]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:42:41 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/19079/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18921/
Posted: 11:51am
I never thought I had it in me. (Thanks for the comments yesterday, I was strangely nervous about that theme-day).]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:51:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18921/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18802/
Posted: 12:19pm
Gateway to another world. A bad workman n' his tools etc aside... but I should have guessed that today would indeed, be the very day the colour laser suicided itself. ]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:18 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18802/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18669/
Posted: 1:42pm
Survivalist alert. This really is my EDC loadout. No wonder my bag is so heavy. This lot is carried around in a much loved Timbuk2 courier bag that has been to hell and back and is still almost as good as the day I bought it. My work bag is set up in a very similar way, except it's a MAP76, not the MAP76c, and I also carry my Ipaq, and a pile of flash-memory sticks - another phone, more dump pouches, cables, work papers ... I'm only thankful I didn't have to empty my rucksac, or my canoe bags, or my camera rigging, or eek! - the truck. ]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:42:28 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18669/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18534/
Posted: 11:27am
"Take your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty ape". (Ok, granted, none of the props are right).]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:27:00 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18534/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18417/
Posted: 11:32am
"Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go canoeing" Attributed to: Henry David Thoreau]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:32:40 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18417/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18304/
Posted: 12:46pm
Remember that bearded bloke from yesterday - well incredibly enough ... this is him too!]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:46:01 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18304/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18166/
Posted: 11:49am
*** Theme slippage alert *** Ok, remember the bearded stranger theme from a couple of weeks back? I missed it on the day, but still wanted to do it, so here it is. Today's theme would have only had me in the photo anyway, as nobody really has to endure my beard, indeed 'tis quite the opposite, as every one I know seems to be almost as fond of my beard as I am.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:49:58 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18166/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18041/
Posted: 11:56am
And I know she's living there And she loves me to this day I still can't remember when Or how I lost my way.]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:56:45 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/18041/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17918/
Posted: 1:47pm
Hmm, best of a very bad job tonight, as I've had a legion of little four legged goblin helpers, err, helping me ... This was really very hard, there is about 100 thousand things I've left out here, but as the barest hint of a taster, and in picture order, going sunwise we have: # Erkan Ogur/Djivan Gasperyan - Faud. # The Tallis Scholars - Thomas Tallis - Spem in alium. # Diamanda Galas - Defixiones, Will and Testament. # GY!BE - F#A#00. # Sigur Ros - Heima (which Ophelia is standing on). # Om - Pilgrimage. # The Tallis Scholars - Allegri - Miserere. # Palace Brothers - There is no one ... # Giya Kancheli - Lament. # ASMZ - 'Shafts of light' ... # John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey - dance hall at louse point. # Arvo Part - Kanon Pokajanen. # Cowboy Junkies - Caution Horses. # John Taverner - The protecting veil (Steven Isserlis). People/things that should have been here but weren't- Nick Cave, Emmylou Harris, Sandy Denny, Samuel Barber, Johnny Cash, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Red Sparrowes, EITS, Ween, Afghan Whigs, Alexander Knaifel, any amount of early Medieval music from the troubadours in the south to the recitals of the Edda's in the north, Sufi devotional songs, Raga's, and that's just the start of it .... ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:47:56 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17918/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17759/
Posted: 1:08pm
Illustrating a well known saying ... ]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:08:22 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17759/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17637/
Posted: 12:09pm
Blimey, I'm glad that job is now finally finished. I had wondered if it would ever end ... I've spent most of the day half-in and half-out of the truck rewiring the lighting. We've had a chilly damp-laden easterly wind, and trying to solder and get heatshrink on anything in that, was as the 12 trials of Heracles (or so it felt at the time). I know you'll have got it, but yesterdays caption was about the Ravens of Odin: Hugin, who is thought, and Munin, who is memory. The whole world wide, every day, fly Hugin and Munin; I worry lest Hugin should fall in flight, yet more I fear for Munin. Quite so!]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:09:35 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17637/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17521/
Posted: 1:22pm
Huginn ok Muninn fliúga hverian dag iörmungrund yfir; óomk ek of Huginn, at hann aptr ne komit, þó siámk meirr um Muninn]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:22:16 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17521/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17409/
Posted: 11:46am
Out and about between sites somewhere. Sunny and almost warm today too. Oh, that and lots of very bad driving ...]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:46:23 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17409/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17296/
Posted: 1:34pm
Ok, this maybe a bit tenuous, but the reflective surface here is love. I'll tell a little cat story now, but it's also about love I guess - so feel free to bail out if you want to. Now for sure I'll guarantee there are plenty of people who feel that there are more 'worthy' ideals, or that there are bigger things to be concerned about, and yeah, that's all fine - but thinking like that ain't my business. Here's the story: 12 months ago to the day, my beautiful, beloved, and very much-missed ginger queen made Her Great Journey. She had an inoperable tumor in her face that we had been 'treating' since the previous Samhain, but she woke me up just before dawn on the 7th of Feb 2007, constantly pawing at it, and when I took a look, I knew that it had started to spread and damage her internally, and as soon as it was hurting I'd promised Her I'd help Her to travel on. I phoned the vet who came out to our house and with our hearts breaking, by mid-morning, She had gone on ahead. The big tom had stayed in all morning to be with Her and I. I know he gave her his love for the journey, and said his own farewells. He's an expressive fellow, and he was clearly as upset as I was. I found some early spring flowers to travel with Her, and from there She was cremated. She'd been with me since six weeks old, and She died just before her fifteenth birthday. She was a very fit kitty, and would have otherwise looked forward to a ripe old age, but it wasn't to be. We never saw this end coming, so love them while they are here. ... and then three weeks later the pregnant tabby queen arrived, squirted out the kitties and it's been bonkers ever since. So, the reflection is on love. A shared, simple, honest, unconditional love. Free from judgment, free from desire. I think often and fondly about my ginger Queen, and I know that the tom does too. The kitties were conceived after Her passing, but I've told them stories about their 'grandmother'. They love, I love, we are all happy. ... and depending on your perspective, that's either a load of self-indulgent sentimental rambling on, or it'll have struck a chord. If it's not a cat, (or cats), it'll be a (or more) dog / horse / child / turtle / tree / religion whatever ...]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:34:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17296/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17125/
Posted: 11:08am
Chris - Sadly it was too late when I finished today for any real mud/dirt/water action. Typically I've been working inside all day today fixing broken code and balancing spreadsheets, so I couldn't use it out and about at work either. It is my first - I don't plan on changing anytime soon either - more certainly, but nothing about replacement. I'm now also wondering vaguely about a 110 hi-cap pickup to for use for hauling timber. The 90 is a useful size off-road, way more nimble that this, but I think I'd miss the load-bearing capacity. Blastro - I found that keeping my coat, gloves n' my scarf on outside tonight did make a huge difference. ]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:08:06 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17125/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17017/
Posted: 1:34pm
Ah, the death of creativity. Go outside, hugely under-dressed for the wet, windy, near freezing temperatures, and take unflatteringly hard edged, unmoderated flashgun lit pictures of yourself, in front of a very untidy, late season woodshed, and don't forget to fail to pull off an even vaguely interesting expression ... You saw it here first. ]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:34:26 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/17017/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16879/
Posted: 1:13pm
Well he shot four men in a cocaine deal And he left them lyin' in an open field Full of old cars with bullet holes in the mirrors. He tried to do his best but he could not. ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:13:31 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16879/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16749/
Posted: 12:28pm
Wet. Very wet.]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:28:21 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16749/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16638/
Posted: 1:08pm
Using a .22 on the zombie hordes is my idea of sporting. A .308 is far more useful, but then I guess it's not so sporting of me.]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:08:56 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16638/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16500/
Posted: 12:43pm
I had to look up some pictures to get an understanding of this theme, but then I am old, and don't have a MySpace page, nor frankly would I know what to do with one if I had such a thing. Biatch! I do feel 100% less ill than I did last night tho' ]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:43:18 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16500/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16366/
Posted: 12:21pm
Urgh, feeling pretty rough here. Early night for me I think.]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:21:57 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16366/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16225/
Posted: 1:23pm
Well, annoyingly, but not untypically, only half of what I needed was in stock - the rest should be in tomorrow. I should have guessed I'd only get part of what I needed - I'm already having doubts about being able to do the upgrade work at the weekend, but there's still a couple o' days to go yet, so it might come off I guess. I'll be making the rest of the wiring loom in the next couple of evenings (assuming my cable is delivered tomorrow, but that's a different story altogether).]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:23:23 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16225/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16084/
Posted: 12:31pm
Why do car manufacturers seem to list what appears to be exactly the same part under two, or even more part numbers? How are you supposed to know what to order - if you use both, do you get two things, one thing, or something completely different? I'll see tomorrow when the stuff arrives I guess. ]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:31:47 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/16084/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15936/
Posted: 11:54am
Nothing more add here I don't think. Other than to say - what a great theme this is.]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:54:34 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15936/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15786/
Posted: 12:54pm
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. A. A. Milne, Pooh's Little Instruction Book. That's my kinda instruction book.]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:54:04 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15786/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15668/
Posted: 2:32pm
I've spent the day making up and installing wiring looms in the truck, and whilst necessary - it's not been the most photographic of days ... Unless a picture of a grubby ole' tramp working on an old van is your thing. ]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:32:22 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15668/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15556/
Posted: 1:54pm
Hell yeah, Mr Bunny, I guess you are right - we don't get many uhh, strangers up here these days ... Not since that ... accident, anyways.]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:54:06 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15556/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15407/
Posted: 12:53pm
How has it come to this? I'll tell you how it might have - we had a beautifully coloured sky here as the sun set tonight - it all hung there, right on the edge of the land for what seemed like a lifetime, poised between day and night - the sky slowly darkening, but still coloured, even as the sun slid into the western moorland. More colours than I can even begin to count, the colours blending in so perfectly that no person alive could say where one ended and the next began - it wasn't even like that, the colours just became other colours. ... and my camera was at home - 20 minutes away - so the picture was lost either way - but at least I stayed and watched it. So, here's pretty much about the worst ever picture of anyone jumping everâ„¢. Taken on timer, and almost out of the range of the flash. ]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:53:02 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15407/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15271/
Posted: 11:56am
"Sometimes it is". Ok, keen movie goers will notice some key differences between this and the original. Here's a few. #1. The original is in daylight, in the backcountry. #2. The original features a kinda averages car, not a truck with a roofrack. #3. The original is wearing a blue jacket. #4. The original has a moderator fitted to his 9mm. #5. My hair is shorter. I have to say that I hesitated for ages about posting this one, because of the connotations - it kinda felt like crossing a line here, but I see that GFMorris has already beaten me to it today, plus I love this film and really did want to tribute it. Hope that's ok ...]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:56:42 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15271/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15133/
Posted: 12:49pm
A stitch in time is actually, theoretically quite possible, that is if string theory works out.]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:49:56 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/15133/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14968/
Posted: 12:56pm
Fields of the Nephilim, way back in the late 1980s at a club called The Academy, on Union St in Plymouth. I had a big ole' GS1000 back then, and we rode down on that. I can't recall the whole setlist, but clearly still remember hearing the start of Endemoniada for the first time. This tshirt is so completely hammered now, but it's still my most comfy tshirt. It's a bit like your favorite pencil - you love it, so you use it, but each time you use it, you take a bit off it's life ... kinda sad in a way I guess, but better that and it have a good honest life, than consigned to a store somewhere - plus it is only a tshirt (or a pencil). Maybe you don't have a favorite pencil ... You know when you find it tho'.]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:56:54 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14968/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14827/
Posted: 1:46pm
My mommy always said there were no monsters - no real ones - but there are. Yes, there are, aren't there? Why do they tell little kids that? ]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:46:38 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14827/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14681/
Posted: 1:12pm
I have no idea what my camera thought it saw when it metered this picture. Obviously something beyond my ability to see it - even with all my zombie hunting gear with me.]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:12:05 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14681/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14587/
Posted: 2:44pm
Tool #5: Pussycat. I've saved my very favorite tool of all until the end of the series. These come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and frankly, some *are* more use than others, but I find that there is no better tool for unscrewing the end of the week than those little kitty kisses ...]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:44:42 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14587/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14404/
Posted: 1:58pm
Tool #4: Sparhook. This is a traditional tool, used for making spars (err, perhaps not surprisingly). Spars are split boughs (usually of Hazel) and used like a ... kinda big staple to hold bundles of thatch together in traditional English thatched roofing. They are also useful tools in splitting withies for wattle and daub buildings, and in basket making. This particular pattern is a 'Somerset' pattern hook - being a bit more 'open' on the end. Similar to the classic English woodland tool, the billhook, but smaller and slimmer, for lighter duties. This and the billhook are localised tools for particular types of woodlands, and thus have parallels with tools like like machetes, parangs and khukri (each one being best suited to it's own particular type of environment). I use it a little bit for hedging (although that's the billhook's natural environment as it's extra heft makes lighter work of the laying), and for preparing willow for basketry, it's also ideal for chopping and splitting wood for little fires when I'm out and about.]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:58:27 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14404/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14244/
Posted: 4:13pm
Tool #3: Antex CS18 soldering-iron. Fixed 18w iron, this one is fitted with an Antex B110660 tip for fine work. Nice size iron, copes with a decent range of connectors, from RCA and 1/4 jack-plugs, down to the little 2.5mm jack-plugs, LEDs and even some PCB work. Struggles a bit clearing some older installations, particularly on bigger N-type plugs or PL259 sized stuff, of it's it's old and globby, and when used out of doors, but as a general maintenance iron for most jobs it's good. A solder-station would be a better choice if you do a lot of soldering on a workbench, but this one partnered with a little 10w for very fine work, and maybe something bigger too for field work is fine. Making your own cables is an easy and useful thing to get to grips with - it's a million times more cost effective, plus you can roll out some nice custom stuff to fit your installation exactly how you want it.]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:13:59 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14244/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14030/
Posted: 12:20pm
Ok, I'm getting into this now, here's tool #2: Rapid Electronics 955 Autoranging LCD multimeter. Simple, reliable autoranging meter. Audible continuity tester, protected to 10A current (if you are desperate or bonkers, or both). Ideal for use in rewiring your car, checking for current leakages, and for tracing continuity (or otherwise) in cables and fuses. This one will also check the status of common transistors, capacitors and the like, and all for the price of a DIY store battery-tester (which this will do as well of course). Get a set of clamp-on test leads as well as the probes and you are away. I own several meters of a similar spec, so I've always got one to hand, especially in the truck.]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:20:43 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/14030/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13856/
Posted: 1:22pm
I was too late for plan A, (Mong Minger beat me to it) so I've had to come up with something else quick, an' here it is - "5 tools that I can't work without", or something like that ... Contain your excitement people, here's tool #1: Bahco 9031 8" adjustable. I don't normally like adjustable tools - I much prefer a tool that fits it's target specifically, but the overall build quality, the long narrow jaws and end-on opening make this one an exception. Every toolbox should have one. (I can't believe I'm doing this all week).]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:22:36 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13856/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13702/
Posted: 12:22pm
This picture has had no thought whatsoever behind it, but the reason for that has it's own story. One of my partners cats was killed in a hit and run yesterday, a kindly lady brought him around to her today, and we buried him this afternoon. ]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:22:42 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13702/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13550/
Posted: 11:32am
(Apparently) Every minute, 1 billion tons of rain falls on the earth. Even if that's only half true, that's a huge amount of rainwater. I collected some of that rainfall today in my beard. ]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:32:18 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13550/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13447/
Posted: 1:05pm
Sorry Whiskerino's - I've failed you tonight. No theme picture as I left it too late in the day, and don't have the lighting here to get anything other than a blurry mess. I do have a feel for how DoF works, but can't pull it off in the gloom. :-(]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:05:05 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13447/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13315/
Posted: 1:03pm
I'm not very sure how I got this one. It involved a Fenix P1D on max, and the Fenix 'candle' diffuser head, but by this stage I was just taking pictures in my beard wherever the camera/light ended up at the time I pressed the shutter. Thanks for all the comments yesterday too Gentlemen. :-)]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:03:46 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13315/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13129/
Posted: 1:36pm
My grin looks like most people's grimace.]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:36:56 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/13129/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12938/
Posted: 12:57pm
On my way to david.bean's compound. ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:57:23 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12938/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12779/
Posted: 1:09pm
This is the contents of my truck pretty much. It all comes out overnight. Granted it's a rubbish picture as I was laying on my tools an' something was digging in my back, but there is some stuff you can find in the picture: Folding Allen-key set. Multimeter. Tape measure. 2 pairs of crimping tools. 2 (unopened) rolls of insulating tape. Waterproof enclosure (without the lid on). ... and as a bonus, a Mavic 721 rim (which is attached to my bike, although you won't see that in the photo). The rest of it is just a jumble of wire and conduit.]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:09:21 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12779/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12598/
Posted: 9:11am
So if you wanna join me for a while, Just grab your hat, come travel light, That's hobo style. (Trespass on the railways in the UK = £1000.00 fine). ]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:11:18 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12598/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12495/
Posted: 10:57am
"55 Let terror REING Emo'S Rule" Trust me ... this is as good as it got. Alternatives to follow shortly.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:57:45 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12495/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12383/
Posted: 12:58pm
I wear this when I go out in my completely bonkers little orange boat, as it often tries to batter me, and at least some of the times, it manages it. Pro-Tec Darin Shapiro Signature helmet. Werner Bandit paddle. RFConcepts 480line, low-lux, waterproof bullet-cam. The boat is a Mad River Outrage.]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:58:28 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12383/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12203/
Posted: 11:58am
Todays weather-forecast gave biting winds, freezing temperatures, SNOW and TRAFFIC CHAOS!!! today. It was cold and windy to start the day, but no snow, and it's warmed up again now, so no sign of any either. There's always traffic chaos.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:58:08 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12203/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12030/
Posted: 11:47am
How quickly the the tide turns, the beast is caught and tamed. (The green and purple fellow is her little friend, I found him in the river one day and fished him out, ready to go to off my local animal welfare sanctuary as a companion for someone over there, but he never made it).]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:47:35 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/12030/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11879/
Posted: 11:23am
Out in the bush - Seconds later she was upon me.]]> Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:23:00 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11879/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11775/
Posted: 2:30pm
You there, storm, thou lumpish lean-witted maggot-pie, thine lumpen waters have held me fast at harbour. Perhaps thanks are in order tho', as me-thinks I'll pay the compliments of the season to my mistresses severing wenches this eve, instead of mounting the brine.]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:30:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11775/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11602/
Posted: 12:18pm
Ah, by my beard, we set sail on the morrow, for that Spanish gold doth beckon ... shining bright like the sun.]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:18:20 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11602/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11468/
Posted: 1:35pm
Hmm, I quite like this BW malarkey. I don't do stuff in BW much, but I might do a bit more now. This is direct output in BW from the camera's processing engine, not post processing in software.]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:35:34 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11468/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11311/
Posted: 11:35am
Been on site today, so it's hard hat day. I don't own a camera-phone, as I don't really like 'phones, and I'm kinda hard on them. Currently using a N6310i as it's robust, holds it charge almost for ever and has close to 0% mugger-attraction value. Come to that, I don't think I know anyone with a camera phone either.]]> Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:35:59 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11311/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11150/
Posted: 11:17am
'City' trilby. It's got a nice short brim, turned at the back, so as not to foul the collar of an overcoat. Wide ribbon, and an unusually high crown.]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:17:42 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11150/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11025/
Posted: 12:05pm
I don't do post-christmas sales either, but I do seem to go out into the woods quite a bit, often at dusk ... (Different hat tomorrow too).]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:05:06 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/11025/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10864/
Posted: 10:08am
Err, I don't 'do' christmas in any of it's forms, so I went out for a bit of a walk whilst it was nice n' quiet.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:08:33 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10864/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10711/
Posted: 9:29am
685. ... an' from the look of the noize in that picture, that's about the ISO setting that the camera chose too.]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:29:10 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10711/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10597/
Posted: 3:04pm
All done. All safe, all well. Five fires to mark five days in a time of forgetting. ]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:04:15 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10597/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10455/
Posted: 1:53pm
Now, with the turning past, my mind traveled the road to the store of the Seeress' Prophecy: So spoken: An ash I know, | Yggdrasil its name, With water white | is the great tree wet; Thence come the dews | that fall in the dales, Green by Urth's well | does it ever grow. The slender Shield, the Sword who will come to be clothed in green, the River's ermine, already in place as the torc-granter, yet not far from Our Mothers breast, was greeted on this day by the gem of heaven, the land warmed in promise. The wheel turns, and a brother becomes his brother again. The World-Ash.]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:53:15 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10455/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10327/
Posted: 4:24pm
At the tip of the spear, the Swan of heaven turns, the blood-pearled, war-helmed, mist-shrouded, Shield of the long-shadows retires from throne-keeping - that time at an end for now, at least. Yet, the light of the same threads through the worlds-cloak, one time becoming another.]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:24:41 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10327/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10143/
Posted: 1:35pm
The greenwood is calm, for no congress of swords is this, no spear-din, no ravens harvest, no weapon-dew, but a flame-farewelled journey, a brother well met, the ring-givers throne honored anew.]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:35:52 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/10143/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9950/
Posted: 12:20pm
So, it has begun now, on this night. The death of a King.]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:49 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9950/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9775/
Posted: 1:08pm
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Cheese being rolled down hills, burning tar barrels carried through crowded streets on the backs of men. A young puppy wrapped against the cold in a lil' blanket, inside his human guardian's coat - being introduced to the world. Strips of cloth tied on tree branches.]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:08:50 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9775/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9588/
Posted: 12:14pm
No idea what this picture is - I've had it for at least 30 years - I think it was the first proper picture I ever bought. I like the imagined, imaginary world it hints at. The perspective is all to cock as I'm using a 10mm lens and only shooting about 400mm (~16inches) from my face with a heavy camera, the wrong way around in almost total darkness (to save nasty reflections from the house lights) - suddenly and terrifyingly punctuated by the tactically non-lethal take-down power of the speedlight exploding off the ceiling every shot. ]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:14:00 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9588/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9389/
Posted: 10:36am
the car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides and a dark wind blows the government is corrupt and we're on so many drugs with the radio on and the curtains drawn we're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine and the machine is bleeding to death the sun has fallen down and the billboards are all leering and the flags are all dead at the top of their poles ]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:36:17 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9389/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9244/
Posted: 11:01am
if you have to silence me do it now, do it now while I can still say no and you have nothing, with which to bribe me]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:01:33 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9244/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9130/
Posted: 12:07pm
I don't really own much blue coloured stuff. This is my favourite canoeing hat, it is blue, but it's pretty faded now.]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:07:10 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/9130/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8951/
Posted: 12:00pm
My mustache has taken on a rather whimsical bent this evening, either in response to spending a good part of this afternoon at the top of a ladder in the cold wind, or in horror at the GIS software I've been battling with for the other half of the afternoon.]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:26 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8951/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8770/
Posted: 11:59am
]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:59:46 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8770/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8593/
Posted: 11:45am
Luv me, luv my wolf-peach. ]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:45:32 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8593/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8402/
Posted: 11:53am
and I have been yours, In fall and in praying And I loved to look at you From the side at night]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:53:45 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8402/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8211/
Posted: 11:17am
I tried really hard to find some graffiti today, but there simply isn't any hereabouts, and I wasn't going to give some horrid little tike the honor of having their grubby tag glorified here, so I went for the idea of street art as a sculpture, not as a image. This is 'Jacob's Pillow' by Peter Randall-Page, and it lives at the sublime Dartington Hall. It's about 1.5/1.6 mtrs in circumference. ]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:17:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8211/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8063/
Posted: 11:02am
He who controls the heating controls the organisation.]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:02:23 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/8063/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7903/
Posted: 12:45pm
He'll only work if I pay once a year on the first day of autumn. First day of autumn, I settle up for that past year, see? The first day of autumn... OK, OK. ]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:45:05 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7903/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7716/
Posted: 11:35am
I stare, and the goblin stares back at me, or perhaps the goblin stares at me, and I back at him.]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:35:39 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7716/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7514/
Posted: 11:52am
Last in the current '4 cats, same teeshirt' theme. This is the Mad Villan, the Gibberetherin. Gabriel Ap Pericles, born of Geirskögul's love, litter-mate to Ophelia, and frankly a right slippy squirmy bugger to get a photo of!]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:52:16 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7514/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7339/
Posted: 12:44pm
As there's maybe a micro-theme sneaking in, here's a better shot of my pretty queen, Geirskögul. Sweet mother to Gabriel and Ophelia. Comforter and brave protector of her babies. Warm and soft companion on cold nights. Tormentor of Pericles. ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:44:03 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7339/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7128/
Posted: 12:27pm
My oldest, and my very dearest friend, brother Pericles, the great warrior cat. Veteran of a thousand battles. Kind and gentle companion. Honorable and wise father to kittens. His daughter Ophelia was in last nights picture, his son Gabriel, and their mother Geirskögul, his consort, have now all shown their Whiskers. ]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:27:13 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/7128/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6902/
Posted: 9:38am
Cat noº 3. Just the big ginger tom cat to get in on a picture now, then I'll try and get all four of them, and me in the same shot ...]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:38:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6902/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6758/
Posted: 10:59am
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form]]> Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:59:12 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6758/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6605/
Posted: 12:34pm
Grey dawn breaks Today has no colours My beard is 30 days old]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:34:14 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6605/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6418/
Posted: 12:38pm
Hello to Will Hays >]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:38:20 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6418/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6192/
Posted: 12:25pm
Hmm, best of a [very] bad job this one - I'm all lopsided from trying to hold the remote flash in the right kinda place in one hand and the camera's remote in the other, and I'm tired from looking, adjusting & holding position, shooting, reviewing, adjusting & holding position, shooting, reviewing ... I'm sure *this* kinda shot'd be far easier if I had a little helper. ]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:25:55 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/6192/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5950/
Posted: 12:37pm
Leaves turn The flail flails My beard grows]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:37:44 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5950/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5736/
Posted: 11:39am
This is a complete contrivance just to get a lil' bit more ink in the picture. No body really stands like this to take their own picture (err, do they?).]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:39:35 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5736/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5521/
Posted: 11:20am
Please excuse me, I wasn't really feeling much like myself today.]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:20:34 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5521/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5341/
Posted: 11:07am
Went out into the swamp today.]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:07:50 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5341/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5202/
Posted: 12:41pm
Being from England we don't have post Thanksgiving, but if we did I'd be spending it sniffing the turkey-breath of my lil' cat companions, and comparing whiskers. Like here ...]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:41:51 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5202/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5000/
Posted: 11:51am
Being from England, we kinda don't do Thanksgiving, but if we did I'd be spending it giving my family tech-support on the 'phone. Like here ... ]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:51:22 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/5000/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4843/
Posted: 12:25pm
ok, only 21 days into Whiskerino and I remember I own a tripod. I might have remembered that I own a dSLR soon too.]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:25:44 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4843/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4612/
Posted: 11:43am
I once saw a box that said "I'm upside down, please turn me over". Sometimes when I'm upside down, I remember those words and then reflect upon what that box can teach me about being upside down.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:43:14 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4612/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4421/
Posted: 2:05pm
Very definitely NOT the start of a theme here, just the end of a 12 hour day. Some days it's a smart suit, some days I work with dirt of a more honest kind.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:05:24 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4421/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4172/
Posted: 12:15pm
Waiting for the summer rain]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:15:53 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/4172/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3982/
Posted: 11:12am
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this.]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:12:20 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3982/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3813/
Posted: 12:31pm
brandon was right. You *can* see the camera. I guess that's the danger with mirror shades.]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:31:36 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3813/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3553/
Posted: 10:46am
Clear winters day My clippers buzz My beard is safe]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:46:04 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3553/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3351/
Posted: 12:23pm
hallo to the postman's stubbly skin hallo to the baker's stubbly grin Mrs Thompson gave me a bear Brigitte and some people lived upstairs ]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:23:21 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3351/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3134/
Posted: 12:36pm
Sheep-peeping, or something ...]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:36:36 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/3134/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2890/
Posted: 12:59pm
Raccoon's got a long bushy tail. Possum's tail is bare. Rabbit's got no tail at all Just a little bit a bunch of hair.]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:59:57 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2890/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2634/
Posted: 12:09pm
The sun sets The forest wakes My beard grows]]> Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:09:27 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2634/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2433/
Posted: 11:26am
only stars and stars alone the city at our backs did you really think that it would last?]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:26:29 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2433/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2241/
Posted: 1:38pm
I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor, and surviving.]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:38:45 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/2241/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1973/
Posted: 11:25am
Well he shot four men in a cocaine deal And he left them lyin' in an open field Full of old cars with bullet holes in the mirrors. He tried to do his best but he could not.]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:25:06 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1973/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1718/
Posted: 10:59am
A billion years before these oceans rolled Oh I can see you burning brightly You shine like silver like sun gold And a hundred years from today]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:59:28 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1718/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1472/
Posted: 11:33am
When I open my eyes will my beard have come back ?]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:33:06 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1472/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1187/
Posted: 10:51am
would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:51:33 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/1187/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/898/
Posted: 11:18am
I went down that river when I was a kid. ]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:18:19 -0800 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/898/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/694/
Posted: 1:35pm
Asleep at the wheel.]]> Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:35:04 -0700 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/694/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/444/
Posted: 12:31pm
The horror, the horror...]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:31:00 -0700 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/444/ http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/116/
Posted: 11:01am
It's just not natural. 20 minutes ago, this was a beard of 6 months.]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:01:23 -0700 http://www.whiskerino.org/2007/mark/116/