This afternoon I had a wee wander round the National Musem of Scotland and got a few good photographs. However I found quite a few of them had noticeable amounts of motion blur.
I think this is due to the not-enough light (or the often dark subjects) and my main lens not being able to go wider than f/4. Last time I was in there I was using my 50mm lens and shooting at f/1.8, which made a big difference.
This is the first ever release (0.1) of Rails-CMDB, the Ruby on Rails project I’ve been working on since the end of last month. It’s best described as little rough round the edges and the under laying DB schema may change with no upgrade path. However it’s possible to enter (and change) all of information via the interface and also view all details for a device on a single page.
The source code can be found here on my main web site, I’ll try to do a second release within the next few weeks when I get an idea of what’s needed next (I’m currently thinking it’ll need to be import or export via an Excel speed sheet or a CSV file).
Update: It’s been pointed out the me that I did not say what this software is, you can find a lot more details ITIL defines as a configuration management database (cmdb) in this post from last month.
This afternoon I happened across a folk dance festival outside the Scottish Parliament on the way home. Spotting a chance to take different photos (i.e. not of swans or ducks) near home I rushed off to get the camera.
Turned out it was a good choice. I managed to get quite a few good pictures like this one, which captures the movement really well.
Well that sounds a lot better than it really is, as there are only 5 working days left this month. However I do really need a rest from work and some time with the growing pile of books in the in-progress pile.
There is no solid plans for this time away from the office, just a tentative plan for the first release of my Rails Configuration Management Database (name still to be decided) by Thursday this week. I’ve now been working on it for about a month and it just needs a review, some minor cleanup’s and then more importantly; I need to decide on which open source license it will have before I can do a the first release.
I’m also wanting to have some time out with the camera and I’m hoping to get some pictures that are worth uploading to Flickr and also posting here.
Today I finally made it out of the flat with my camera (for the first time this month) and the Lens Baby 3G. It’s taking some getting used too; however I did a few photos that were in focus and one that works even tho it’s not in focus.
I think this lens has some great potential it’s just going to time to getting used to manual focus and moving the sweet spot around. However I’m sure it’ll be fun and will involve some odd looks as well.
Work has been really busy for the last couple of weeks, so I’ve not had much time to get out and take photos or get the Rails application I’m writing into a state where it can be published.
There’s now light at the end of the tunnel, so next week I should hopefully have time to get out and take more photo’s and starting posting stuff again.
Yesterday I had a day trip to London and picked up a Nokia N800 Internet tablet. So far I’ve got it upgraded to the 2007 OS version. It’s flashy; however I need to find a real use for it 
There currently seems to some issues with comments not turning up, they just seem to disappear. I think it may only be people who do not have wordpress.com accounts this is happening for.
I would suggest commenting if your comments have not turned up, however this is unlikely to work If you have my email address it would be nice if you could email me, if your have commented and it’s not turned up.
The weather in Edinburgh is still bad enough to have stopped me getting out and taking more pictures, when I’ve had the chance. So here’s one from the May this year.
