Thanks to the multi-week holiday break we get from our program, I’ve been able to play a bit more Grand Theft Auto V.
I got it back in September when it came out, and 4 months later, I still think it looks damn good.
I’m continually impressed by the visuals in this game, in particular the atmosphere. It’s one of the best looking games I’ve seen in a while, and the folks at Rockstar really outdid themselves.
Luckily, they give players a cameraphone so you can go around snapping photos of things you come across.
Below are some that I’ve taken over the course of my playing. They tend to be mainly landscape-type photography taken in the desert and wilderness areas. (Also power lines seem to make frequent appearances.)
Tired of hearing Mariah Carey and One Direction sing your holiday favourites?
Well look no further! In 2011, I put together an hour-long podcast full of Christmas classics by the likes of Dean Martin, Andy Williams, and Bing Crosby to name a few.
Take a listen and get into the festive spirit!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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30 Minutes of Music – Episode 3 – Christmas Edition
December 6, 2011
256kbps 30 A special 60 minute episode! *Sounds best with over-the-ear headphones*
0:00 – The Beatles – Another Beatles Christmas Record (1964)
3:51 – Andy Williams – Sleigh Ride
5:53 – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here
8:37 – Elvis Presley – Here Comes Santa Claus
10:29 – Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
12:24 – Bing Crosby – White Christmas
15:25 – Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas
17:35 – Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
20:46 – Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
22:53 – Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
24:54 – Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
27:23 – Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting – Baby It’s Cold Outside
30:11 – Bing Crosby – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
32:55 – Dean Martin – Winter Wonderland
34:46 – Perry Como – Home for the Holidays
37:36 – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Skating
40:13 – Dean Martin – Marshmallow World
42:55 – The Chipmunks (Alvin and the Chipmunks) – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) [Original GOOD 1958 Version]
45:13 – Jimmy Durante – Frosty the Snowman
48:10 – Bing Crosby – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
50:50 – Jimmy Boyd – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
53:18 – Frank Sinatra – Jingle Bells
55:16 – Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) [1961 Stereo Version]
Robert Kennedy assassination, June 6,1968 — Bill Eppridge/Time & Life Pictures/GettyThe LIFE photographer who shot these infamous photographs on the night of Robert Kennedy’s assassination, Bill Eppridge, died yesterday.
Talking about that night he said “I know it was the right thing to do [..] I think that that kind of a situation has got to be documented, it has to be told, and it has to be told to people who do not understand the horrors that we can face.”
0:00 – Franz Ferdinand – Right Action (Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action)
3:28 – Laura Marling – Master Hunter (Once I Was An Eagle)
6:31 – Beady Eye – Second Bite Of The Apple (BE)
10:00 –Bjork – Isobel (Post)
16:55 – Nick Drake – At The Chime Of A City Clock (Bryter Layter)
21:35 – Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
25:32 – The Vogues – Five O’Clock World (Five O’Clock World)
28:19 – Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine – (Chet Plays and Sings The Great Ballads)
If you’ve checked my blog lately, you know I’ve been scanning slides that belonged to my great-uncle Jack Cuthbert. Jack was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and did quite a bit of traveling. Luckily he had his camera with him for a lot of it. In 1962 he went to England and took photographs of London and other areas, including Cornwall.
This is one of them, taken on the banks of the Thames River, showing Elizabeth Tower – home to the Big Ben bell – and the Houses of Parliament.
Of course, as it was on Kodachrome, the original was shot in colour, but I thought I would take a whack at it and see what it looked like in black and white, as the day he shot it on was a grey and dreary one.
More will be posted eventually to my Flickr page, but I thought it would be nice to throw this one up here in the meantime.
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