A screenshot from the Dark Table app. It shows a grid containing photographs. Several of the photographs are damaged in that that only show large swathes of colour, others have been replaced with an 8 bit styled skull to indicate the original image is not usable.

This is what happens when you dual boot between Windows and Linux, and use NTFS on the shared drive between the OS's.

#Photography #Darktable #WheelchairPhotography

A monochrome photo of several seagulls resting on the tip of an aircraft wing. One on the left is looking directly at the camera, while in the background another flies by.

Flashback to Wings Over the Illawarra 2021.
The seagulls weren't too impressed with the flying things, but the chip futures looked bright

#Seagulls #Photography #WheelchairPhotography

A flock of black birds are swimming and splashing in water. One of them is taking off, leaving a glittering trail of water drops

A flock of Cormorants swimming and feeding in the outlet channel of a gas power station.

#AustralianBirds #WildlifePhotography #WheelchairPhotography #Nature

NBN switch to IP over Pigeon

It's not just you

Is there any current data on the economic benefit of the NDIS?

We have so many experts in the local facebook groups as well.

Well the latter tends to be about longing for teen sexual loving

A follow up to previous post about electricity and such.

This is the transformer that caught fire earlier today and knocked out a chunk of the surrounding area

Instant gas hot water sounds awesome until you realise it needs electricity to operate.

No sparky no hot water

A photo taken from high above the ground. There is a grassy plain stretching out until it touches the blue sky. The plain is broken up by roads and hedges, with the occasional group of houses dotted around the place. There are small clouds in the sky, white and fluffy

You know what? The gloriousness is on point today

#DronePhotography #Drone #Illawarra

The canals of mars vanished into never were

FYI if you’re talking about the #Artemis II mission and you want to get the spaceflight terminology right, the mission is “crewed,” not “manned.” (NASA made the terminology change official decades ago, so this isn’t new, but a lot of folks just aren’t aware.)

😢 Kudelka with the laughs. Fuck I miss him.

The shit would really hit the non functioning fan

If a toilet starts backing up in space then sucking it up is what might happen

Speaking as someone who relies on single use plastics for basic human functions I am a little concerned

So no polymers = no food and med packaging = collapse of modern mass supply chains

To EV or not to EV Like everyone else in the world at the moment, we’re looking at the price of petrol as it smashes records thanks to the bruhaha in the middle east, and then looking longingly over at the EV world. My situation does tend to complicate things though. The biggest issue for me is the fact that I SHOULD be using a power chair a lot more than I am. Thanks to hyper-mobility in my shoulders (what is a cool, but disgusting party trick when you’re a kid WILL come back to bite you), using a manual chair outside of the house should be only as backup, not the norm. This is the chair I use. My chariot As you can see the chair is big, bulky and doesn’t fold neatly into a small package (I’m 194cm and above 100kgs so it needs to be a bit more structural). This means that if I want to take it anywhere I need a vehicle that’s big enough to hold it and a way to get the chair into that vehicle. We’re currently using a 2005 Nissan El Grande to get around, however we can’t get the power chair into it because it doesn’t have a ramp or lift. The NDIS won’t cover conversions of vehicles unless they’re pretty much brand new (the oldest they say they’ll cover is between 3 and 5 years old). It’s been a great vehicle, and its carrying capacity has allowed us to take all the equipment I need to go on overnight trips. But it runs on petrol and it uses a lot, which means that cost to run goes up over time(especially during an oil crisis). So when it comes to looking for an EV, whether it can be converted to be able to deal with the chair filters out a lot of whats on offer in the market, being made up mainly of sedans and smaller SUVs. While the range of Electric People Movers is slowly growing, they all suffer from the same issue, a lack of space. EV’s have large batteries in the floor, making it difficult to do things like lower the floor, or install equipment like ramps of lifts. Throw in the smaller cargo spaces and basically it’s a non starter. There is the option of going with a cargo van. There’s plenty of space, but then you’ve got lower range, fewer safety options and I don’t even know if the NDIS would cover the conversion. Kia has bucked the trend with a dedicated wheelchair accessible version of their new PV5 Platform. With a side entry and ramp, and flippable third row seats, they’ve actually put some thought into the design. The only problem is the PV5 WAV isn’t coming to Australia any time soon. Inside the Kia PV5 WAV Sigh. The other alternative we have, is a carrier for the chair, something like this. A wheelchair carrier. Original image here https://www.discountramps.com/mobility/wheelchair-lifts-carriers/p/AL001/ Basically it gets attached to the back of the vehicle, and towed. There are a couple of issues with this approach. Firstly, it means I can't travel in the chair if I need to. If at any point I'm unable to transfer for whatever reason, then I'm a bit stuck. Secondly it means that the chair is both open to the elements (though you can get covers for them) and more vulnerable to damage. Ideally I would love to get an EV as our next vehicle, but if we wanted to replace what we have now? It’s just not happening. Do you have mobility issues and are looking at an electric vehicle? I'd love to hear more about what others are doing in this space.

Like everyone else in the world at the moment, we’re looking at the price of petrol as it smashes records thanks to the bruhaha in the middle east, and then looking longingly over at the EV world.

My situation does tend to complicate things though.

The biggest issue for me is the fact that I […]

Niccolo Rastrelli - They don't look like me

Just came across this lovely project by
Niccolò Rastrelli.

Spanning multiple countries in it Rastrelli takes photos of cosplayers and their families.

#Photography #Cosplay

niccolorastrelli.com/they-dont-lo...

A picture of stars against a grainy background. There is a single bright star in the left centre of the photo and fainter stars speckled around.

A photo of the moon. It's maybe two thirds full and you can see the major features very clearly

Ending the weekend with a couple of astro shots.

Taken with a Tamron 100-400mm lens. A fair bit of light pollution around as well, so I didn't expect the star field photo to be any clearer.

Happy with the moon shot, but can do better I think.

#photography #AstroPhotography #WheelchairPhotography

A low plastic container holds four large biscuits with chocolate chips and embedded speckled easter eggs

A mug with a rainbow on it and the text "Love is love". Leaning against the mug is a small oval biscuit. On the biscuit is a layer of icing featuring a smiling rabbit face

A close up look at four large biscuits. The melted chocolate chips and easter speckled eggs are in high detail.

My daughters best friend is a Pastry Chef Apprentice and is making biscuits and cakes as a side business.

Got the photography itch for the first time and took the camera and lights.

Tagging her here www.instagram.com/sweets_by_ni...

#food #FoodPhotography #photography #wheelchairphotography

THERE ARE FOUR SOUPS

Soooo we're talking end of E Street vibes (oh gods I'm old)

What about famed Rapper "Ol' Meat and Two Veg"

You mean like masto does?

Yeah, it's amazing what people would risk for a cuppa

Nope, but I'm going to leave it, context gives a hint to the correct spelling

Sigh, yes yes I do.