Durban Stadium Photo

By 6000 | 6000 | February 6, 2013

Quick one this evening. Fellow Sheffielder Joe Crann‘s amazing, perfectly symmetrical shot of Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, where Nigeria tonked Mali 4-1 earlier this evening.

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More tomorrow.

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IOM Timelapses

By 6000 | 6000 | February 5, 2013

Spotted earlier, this from here, via here:

Very nice, and really excellent for a first attempt. Says Jan:

I proudly present my first TIME LAPSE video compilation taken on the beautiful Isle of Man.
For best viewing please switch the HD feature on and watch it fullscreen!

For the past few weeks I’ve been learning the art of time lapse and this is the first result. There is more to follow soon and I hope you will like it.

The music, of course, is from Ludovico Einaudi, standard fare for timelapse videos and attempted pseudo-arty photo essays.

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Hourly rate

By 6000 | 6000 | February 4, 2013

Don’t get me wrong. I know that there’s more to a bill than pure profit. There are taxes, overheads, employees, Eskom increases etc etc to deal with.
But – glad as I was that the orthopaedic surgeon fitted me in to his busy schedule at short notice last week – I was in there for 7 minutes and it cost me R800.

I’ve been doing some rudimentary calculations and I reckon that amounts to R6857.14 per hour.

Like I said, that’s not all going into his pocket, but it’s certainly better than a kick in the teeth (which I can’t do at the moment anyway).

Lucky me, and indeed lucky him and lucky his bank manager, I shall return to consult with him for an equally expensive session later this week. There seems a good chance that I will be seeing him again the following week in a more theatrical setting too.

And I very much doubt that will be the final act either.

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Cover of a remix of a tune

By 6000 | 6000 | February 3, 2013

Mrs 6000 has been looking forward to seeing ISO (you may remember them from posts such as Destiny) at the Waterfront ever since she heard that they were going to be playing there this evening. Then I smashed my ankle into more pieces than should rightfully be in there and it suddenly seemed a bit of an ask to get there.

But I was adamant that she must go anyway and she got some unsurprising buy-in from the kids. I was good, stayed at home and RICEd, but since I’d planned to share this video tonight anyway, here it is:

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Are you actually allowed to do a cover of a remix? Are you allowed to do dubstep on electric guitars?
ISO says yes, and I love it.

And the concert was apparently also great, with Richard from the band working on their future fan base after the gig:
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Scoop got their autographs and there’s even video of her rocking along to the track above, headbanging and all.
Scoop is 4. Dad is so very proud.

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Now we know

By 6000 | 6000 | February 2, 2013

If you’ve ever bought a T-shirt, especially for a child, you’ll also have wondered how they come up with those apparently bizarre slogans on the front.

Well actually, it’s a very scientific process:

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Now we know…

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