I’m on Twitter. It’s been hard to get into it and I’m still not using it to the fullest potential (and it doesn’t help that Poland’s mobile providers don’t support it, but whatever). In my opinion such a platform is really awesome and could really help shape the electronic world with it’s ‘mini blogging’ platform. But there is a problem. Twitter addicts who use and abuse the system which then result’s in having 100 tweets in succession which are really useless. If I wanted to read 100 tweets from the same person all in a row I’d go to their blog. I deleted this person, even though I really like their photography, because of this over use.
People, don’t abuse Twitter. Short, sweet, simple…and to the point. That’s what it’s supposed to be all about.

Minature Roger’s Cup, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

Freshly installed Vista and was looking through some old photos in (dusty) folders. Decided to take some out and who the world!
Here’s the Women’s 2009 Roger’s Cup in Toronto.

Lately I’ve been wanting to start taking photos again. I will admit though that the cold weather (down to -35C) does sort of put me off. I guess I’m a wuss and can’t fathom the idea of my kit dying in the winter.
But I did have to send my 17-55 f2.8 lens for repair. Thank God for the WordWide Warrantee. It’s currently sitting Warsaw waiting to be fixed and see other days. I did take out the fifty and attach the Raynox to it in order to get some shots of some insulin vials. Can you tell where my current clinical practice is?

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Thank you to Adam Rafferty who recorded this wonderful version of Angels We Have Heard on High for acoustic guitar. He also provided the notes. Thought I’d put up me playing it.

It seems the last two weeks nothing but Tiger Woods has been coming up whenever people start talking about sports. It’s beginning to get me angry enough to post a much needed blog entry.
People, shut up already. It’s been done. The multimillionaire has been the centre of attention and ridicule as well as he’s starting to lose his sponsors.
I can’t say I feel sorry for the guy, but I do have this feeling of “ah man, that sucks, for everybody.”
Although he wasn’t my role model, I’m sure he was someone’s.
Way to break the down time on the blog eh?

Mama's Kitchen

I took this picture at the very beginning of the summer. I had it on a pen drive and J noticed it and suggested I upload it. I find looking back at pictures after taking a break from them (be it a week or a month) allows me to view them differently. Sometimes I realize the potential something can have but at the time of creating it it doesn’t seem so, and only because I created it.

So I got rid of that stagnant intro screen (which had more dead links than live ones, and at a ratio of 3:1) and moved the blog part right down to the root directory. So no more /blog

I also changed the theme as the other one was getting old and I wanted to restart something and add a few links and pages here and there.

I think I like it :)

It seems that it’s being used quite a lot. Slowly friends are joining. I’m finding it hard to adapt. I had a hell of a time trying to start using Facebook. Is this is Twitter thing any good? Your comments?

I have to admit, he did put up a fight. Thanks Martin for the awesome battles!

The picture itself was taken using the iPhone camera and the app Camera Bag.

Cornstalks (Black and White), originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

Oh yes, that’s right. Two posts in one day. I had to get this off my chest. J and I went to Goniadz today along with an aunt who made a surprise and came to Poland (From Canada). We stopped at the side the road in order for me to play in the corn field. As luck would have it, we passed two bicyclists which turned out to be family. We had a nice chat.

Swarovski Swans (3rd Edit), originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

I’m on a quest to get a nice picture of the swans my sister got us as a wedding gift. She doesn’t seem to like this shot, but I do. There is a suggestion to take a shot of both swans (or part of both swans) with the beaks and necks just barely touching. In the next few days I’ll try to get on that.

Toy Trains, originally uploaded by Mark Klukowski.

So I’m learning how to utilize this technique of faking a tilt shift. There are photos it works on and ones that it doesn’t. It’s also a nice way of viewing something differently, a different angle or area of focus. In a similar fashion, I’m trying to change the layout of this blog. It’s a little difficult with all the great (and not so great) themes out there.