This is a Build It Yourself, TLR camera kit.  TLR stands for twin lens reflex. This basically means that, the camera has two lenses, one that projects an image onto the film, and another through which the user views to frame the shot. The lenses are one on-top of the other, and you look down, into a hooded view finder with a mirror, which allows you to see the scene in front of you. This particular camera uses 35mm film, which is manually wound between snaps. Apart from the springs used for the shutter and a number of tiny screws (which holds the camera together) this camera is a plastic, including the lenses. But, this isn’t a bad thing. The plastic that is used in this kit is pretty good quality; nice and heavy, which ultimately makes a surprisingly sturdy camera...

As I've been experimenting and playing with the new Lomo'instant camera, I got to thinking about what it was like to take photographs before digital technology. Digital photography has made it simpler to take nice looking photographs, as well as given us the ability to enjoy them instantly. But, it's also set the stage for a potential disaster, if you are someone who cherishes your photos and memories. The convenience of digital photography certainly has pushed film photography to "niche" status. But this convenience has also made us dependent on the technology - dangerously dependent, if we're not careful. One of the advantages that film photography has over digital is the ability to look at and enjoy your photos any time you want, whether you have electricity or not, whether it be today, tomorrow, or fifty years from now. As long as you keep your photographs in relatively good condition, you'll have them to enjoy for many generations. You are not reliant on anything further to ensure instant access to your photos and cherished memories...

Something of a historical nature today. When I was a kid in school, multiple choice tests were popular. I presume they still are just because they are so easy to grade - either you selected the right answer or you didn't. They even had electronic "scantron" systems that could grade it for you. Yet when I was teaching later I never used them... It was common for kids to refer to them as "multiple guess tests". Me, I generally didn't guess. I had the highest IQ my small local school had ever seen and at one point I'd read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica; if I had to guess no one there knew the answer...

All the content on this website will be original. No lessons about Bollinger bands or how Average True Range is calculated.  This first post will reposition volatility trading with respect to other kinds of trading. For this purpose, let's travel east to reach China. They have theories like Yin and Yang but the one that interests us more here is the 5 elements theory. According to it, plants, humans, animals are all driven by a cycle including 5 elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. There are 2 cycles actually, one for creation and one for destruction. The market being driven by humans, and robots are programmed by humans so are no exceptions, this cycle to market themselves! A stock has been issued by a company, this is the wood...

Technology is forever changing music, our definitions of it, the instruments we use and the genres we listen to. It’s a journey of evolution, from the early days of banging on objects to make a beat, to the high-tech auto-tuned production of electronic noise that makes the charts today. Technology has always been a gift to musicians and to the audience, but it can also be a curse. On the one hand, better tools make for flawless production, greater accessibility and sometimes better music. On the other hand, you could argue that auto-tune negates the need for real talent, or that electronic music has killed the more traditional, instrumental stuff. The use of technology is a philosophical debate, but whatever you think there’s no doubt that technology and music are intimately intertwined. As a listener, you probably take full advantage of technology yourself in the devices you use to find and enjoy music. Vivaldi has a high level of customization and sound control options to allow you to enjoy music seamlessly while getting on with other tasks. Whether you listen to classic rock or electronic house music, Vivaldi accommodates all choices...

Boats in the Harbor As the rain clouds pass by, the day becomes calm.

Huawei's bid to accelerate Europe's digitalisation In partnership with The 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' uses a combination of technologies that blur the lines between the physical and digital worlds. Soon, billions of connected objects will generate data that can be used to boost productivity and enhance our quality of life. This is why telecom players, businesses and governments worldwide are pressing ahead with plans to unroll 5G. Its super-fast connectivity has the power to unlock Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of things.     For Europe, it is crucial to remain at the vanguard of innovation, and it intends to do this by promoting collaboration.   At the beginning of November, European leaders from various sectors such as technology, industry, energy and healthcare gathered at Huawei’s European Innovation Day and Eco-Connect events in Paris to find ways to speed up the continent’s digitalisation.   Huawei leading the way in 5G technology Abraham Liu is Chief Representative to the EU for Huawei. The Chinese tech giant is one of the world leaders in 5G technology and has been working in Europe for over 20 years.   "We help provide our solutions to the operators to build the European information highway for the next generations to keep the leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution," he explains. "For the year 2018, Huawei’s contribution to the European GDP is more than 12.8 bn euros. And also, we have supported 169,000 jobs in Europe...

In early 2013 I began writing a novel that interprets and adapts Norse myth into an epic fantasy setting. On August 15, 2017, I published that book -- my first -- Kinsmen Die. If you don't know the Norse myths then never fear! My book is a great place to start. In writing my book(s), I have not only read the source materials (primarily the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda) but have meticulously researched Norse myths through a multitude of secondary sources -- Simek, Crossley-Holland, Davidson, etc. This blog is as much a recounting of that research as it is a glimpse into my creative process. Right now I'm finalizing the second book in my series: Dark Grows the Sun. It will be available in December 2019. I currently maintain another blog here (mattbishopwrites.com). Please drop me a line either here or there. Thanks!