Author: Four-eyed English Genius

Photo comp #25

I am honoured to be the current photographic champion amongst Charioteers, and I am thus obliged to think of the next subject for the competition. I was thinking I might have a bit of trouble thinking of something, when my new toy arrived. This is a Digital Keyboard. Actually it is a digital piano, but Yamaha are not allowed to call it that because the weighting of the keys is not quite the same as on a real piano. Only a concert pianist would know the difference, and I certainly don’t claim to be one of those.

Anyway, on to the theme of the competition. How about “Musical Instruments”? This can be anything from a triangle to a church organ, kazoo to a Stratocaster. As long as it makes a musical sound, it is in. 🙂

Marks for originality and technical expertise, although a great subject will defeat a great technical photo, as in my last judgement 🙂

I think St George’s Day might be an appropriate deadline, so 23rd of April it is.
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This is brilliant…..

After I graduated, my first real job was as a research solid state chemist. For this work, we often had to have specialist apparatus made from glass or silica. We had a team of glass blowers available in the Glass Workshop who were simply the best. They could make anything you wanted. I strongly suspect they could have made one of these if asked…… Continue reading “This is brilliant…..”

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

The Minister for Bankrupting the Country is to be charged with perverting the course of justice, along with his ex-wife. For those that don’t know, Chris Huhne is, or rather was,  Minister for Energy and Climate Change , a post first held by King Canute, yes I know he was really only demonstrating to his courtiers that he no control over the weather, but hoi polloi think he was trying to turn the tides back :-). Continue reading “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”