Monthly Archives: May 2009

Wrong seat.

Wrong seat., originally uploaded by norbography.

If you are wondering about the “Paul Greene not our mayor” part on the ticket, a quick explanation. In our local area, the Shoalhaven, we have a Mayor called Paul Green (I play touch footy with him) and a world class entertainer, Paul Greene (he was also an Olympic athlete at the 1996 Atlanta Games), who was playing a gig at the local entertainment centre.

The gig was terrific. Supported by Melanie Horsnell & Carra

What is that black thing?

Would you believe the Space Shuttle?

From the photo description on Flickr,

STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit (200905120002HQ)

In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from Florida. This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

Thierry made this image using a solar-filtered Takahashi 5-inch refracting telescope and a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

You can see more of Thierry’s fine work at: www.astrophoto.fr/

OOF Friday

Out of focus Friday! A post that may or may not be weekly. May or may not be photography related. And may or may not be of interest to you.

Firstly, a feel good web site where you can help to stop the spread of malaria. http://nothingbutnets.net/ Thanks to Stephen Fry’s tweet.

Thanks to Big Kev, here is a Flickr set showing what happens when you xray some gaming consoles.

How about some cartoon characters drawn into classic works of art?

Go Go Gadget

Worth1000.com does it again. Thanks Smiss.

And finally, this classic YouTube clip from Bulgarian Idol.

I can’t sing to save myself, but if I was going on national TV, I reckon I would have a crack at getting the lyrics right. Go her!