How to name things. Some great ideas here.
It’s time for another pocket camera
Photography, TechI’ve had quite a bit of bad luck with my pocket cameras over the last year between a couple of bike crashes that busted two of them and losing another. Last year, I was excited about the new batch of cameras that were about to be unveiled including the Panasonic LX7, the Samsung EX2-F and the Canon S110. The Sony RX100 was the special option but the cost relative to the chance of it getting smashed was too big a risk for me to take. Looking with new eyes over the compact supercamera landscape, one new option has appeared and looks very interesting indeed. The Nikon Coolpix P330 has just been released in March and the initial impressions look very encouraging. It’s cheaper than most of the camera’s in its class and it has increased the size of the sensor from the previous P310 version.
DXOMark summarises that the P330 performs above its paygrade.
I think I may be tempted to give it a try.
Helsinki to Dublin
Business, Dublin, Finland, Helsinki, Ireland, TravelJust boarded the flight from Helsinki to Dublin. It is absolutely packed out. A demonstration of how much demand is on this route. Congratulations Norwegian for giving consumers what they wanted!
Lasipalatsi Terrace
Finland, Helsinki, PhotographySummer in Helsinki. The terraces are packed on a Wednesday evening but the beer is warm and flat. You can’t have everything.
Flickr just announced one terabyte of space for every user!
Mobile, Photography, Tech, WebVery interesting coming one day after they announce the acquisition of Tumblr and their promise not to screw it up. The look and feel of the site has also been updated and places all of the focus on the images. I wonder how this will affect the pro model that they use?
“It puts Flickr back on the agenda making it relevant to both hobbyist and professional photographers alike, but it also reignites the whole storage capacity war that started with Gmail and that we are now seeing with cloud file sharing services.”
Google offers users a total of 15GB of free storage across its core cloud services. Facebook does not impose such a limit but downgrades the quality of high-resolution photos.
Google Glass – This is funny and true
Humour, TechJesus Christ, Silicon Valley on Google Glass.
This is the funniest thing I have read since Fake Steve Jobs.
Up all night to get lucky
MusicLove this new song from Daft Punk featuring one of my musical heroes, Nile Rodgers. This snippet of the video looks really cool too. It’s been a while since I wanted to get an album before it came out. I heard the song three times last weekend when I was out. It’s no surprise it’s number 1 everywhere. Pharrel Williams sounds great too.
St. Issac’s Cathedral
Photography, Russia, St. Petersburg, TravelJust arrived in Russia on the ferry from Helsinki. Great sight to begin the visit to the city.
Norwegian airlines now offers direct weekend flights between Helsinki and Dublin all year round. #aerlingus #norwegian #helsinki #dublin
Dublin, Finland, Helsinki, Ireland, TravelI was searching for a flight home yesterday and was surprised when hipmunk found a direct flight between Helsinki and Dublin. When I saw it was offered by Norwegian Airlines, I headed to kayak.com as they offer a tool for looking up direct flights from any airport. In addition to the usual Aer Lingus schedule (Saturday and Tuesday), I saw that Norwegian offer direct flights on Friday and Monday which is much more sensible for a weekend break. I personally prefer this schedule and have already booked an extra trip with Norwegian. I wonder why the schedule planning team in Aer Lingus couldn’t have offered what the city break consumer wanted on the Dublin- Helsinki route?
Ruoholahti Smoke
Finland, Helsinki, Photography, Uncategorized