Dono if you folks have found these blog gems, but I thought I'd better share them.
Shen Wei - Fine Art Photographer
http://shenphotoblog.blogspot.com/
David Alan Harvey - Magnum
http://davidalanharvey.typepad.com/
Alec Soth - Magnum
http://alecsoth.com/blog/
Waiter Rant - One of the better blog writers with great stories, not a photographer. :-)
http://waiterrant.net/
Wes
OCD's kicking in. I am checkin' the FedEx site every 1/2 hr 15mins. :-)
It'll be a miracle if I don't get hit by VAT tax at 19.6% for the package. :-(
Wes
Today (1:37pm Paris time), just for the fun of it, I switched on the printer and tested it again.
And I started a 7 ink nozzle test sequence.
All of them printed fine, except for the black head which had some really weird patter. (Last time I tested, 1 nozzle died and after that 4 nozzles were completely dead)
I'm doing an alignment test now. See how first...
2:05pm Paris time. Guess what, all the heads are working!! Woohoo!! Thank God, my printer was dead but is alive again!
4:30pm Paris time. Printed a document, one thin line is missing from the black printer head, rest of the color lines are good. hmmm... will check some more.
30 June 11:33pm Paris time. Printed 2 photos. They look super, perfect. Dono what to say man, but thank God that I didn't have to fork out 700€ for a new printer. Yes Yu Hsin, it's a resurrection, for now at least. :-)
Wes
Today (Singapore time) is my sister's birthday. And since young, we've always had the habit of going ga-ga at each other's birthday, with the hugs and kisses and say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" at the stroke of midnight.
And for some reason, clever me forgot the time difference and waited for midnight PARIS time to do the much awaited "surprise" call. And it is only just now that I realised that ARGH! I MISSED THE 12AM in SINGAPORE!!!!!
So to my beloved Jie Jie, Happy happy birthday. I love you lots.
Blur Mei Mei
John Clang is having an exhibition 24 June - 6 July at the Substation in Singapore. Titled Clang: A White Book. Martin Parr too! Titled Retrospective at City Hall from 6 to 29 July. A must see, especially Clang's work.
Pity we can't be there. Can a kind soul take piktures and post? pweeese?
Wes
In Photoshop CS2 for Windows XP, selecting 'centered' when printing would 100% guarantee a centered print. Adobe finally fixed this error in CS3 - you won't get centered printing unless the printer driver also sayz so. More here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/06/printing_in_cs3.html
Wes
One of the printheads of our printer stopped working last night and no amount of nozzle cleaning could make it work. So we called most of the Epson recommended printer repair services in Paris and no one picked up. Tried posting on photo forums and finally got one reply that said, "It's probably too expensive to repair." Siao liao.
Been looking at a few replacements... I REALLY have to ask why is the Epson 3800 is cheaper by 70% in New York compared to Europe? Why huh?
Wes
Update 19June: Finally got the printer guy, got quoted for 170euros for new heads + workmanship. So it's either:
a) we get a new printer or
b) new heads or
c) don't get anything for the time being
Think we'll go option C for the time being, if we really cannot take it we'll get a new printer.
Jo did one last big supper the day before Kat left. Click on the pix for big pikture!
Wes
We went to the prefecture yesterday to update our visas. Also, we happened to be interview by one of the stricter staff. She's curt, throughly official and very very French. It turned out great! Our work permits are going to be renewed for another year. Thank God.
So, some folks from Spore have been asking questions this time we went back.
QUE: Are we are heading back to Singapore for good?
ANS: No, we are not heading back to Singapore.
QUE: So how long are we staying?
ANS: As long as it takes. And no, we are not migrating.
QUE: How are you guys doing?
ANS: We are content. It's been a roller-coaster ride. There's been a lot of ups and downs and I would be lying if I'd said that we had didn't have our dark moments. But on the whole we are content.
QUE: Why haven't you put shots of Paris up on Memphiswest.com?
ANS: Because Paris is a place of rest for me. It's a been a sabbatical, I came here 1.5 years ago exhausted from work. I don't want to take pictures of Paris for the sake of taking pictures.
Wes
