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Oct20
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... the opening of a most glorious exhibition, titled Shed of Leaves, by artists from Folkestone based group, White Shed, who are gaining quite a reputation for diverse and interesting exhibitions. The works on show all have a literary theme or connection, including a mannequin inscribed with the cautionary words of a mother to her daughter and abstract canvases bearing the words of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The exhibition has been put together to offer a visual feast during Folkestone's renowned and vibrant Literary Festival.
The exhibition Shed of Leaves runs 31 October to 13 November
10am – 5pm daily at The Neville Pundole Gallery
Exhibiting artists:
Deborah Crofts
Nicholette Goff
Sally Higgs
John Howard
Giles Illsley
Cheryl Papasian
Sharon Rouse
Mark Sutherland
Gillian White
2008 :: Comment / reply
Mar26
No, not that end of the world, something a bit more lighthearted. Possibly. In an age where any security camera footage of a crime seems to be inconclusive, or not good enough quality to be of any use, or just not pointing the right way at the right time, maybe this news that police are to get new helmet cams is a good thing;
The devices enable officers to confront offenders with their crimes by replaying footage to them on the spot. In pilot schemes, offenders have proved far more likely to plead guilty or accept on-the-spot fines or cautions than contest their cases in court
But, right, who's making this man machine interface robocop technology? It's Cylon Systems, is this the beginning of the story that I saw somehow beamed back from the future, where we made the Cylons, and in the end they destroyed all human life??? Has no-one seen this evidence but me? Also, who'd have thought there was a market for a website called Helmet Camera Central anyway? Looks good though, they have their best guess at specs and things:
The Cylon specifications state 720x480 for resolution, which is great, but the compression codecs and the hardware in the Archos are not really designed for full NTSC compression quality. Their specs mention a custom 20GB Archos AV4 - most likely this is the AV400. The specs on Archos site for the AV400 state full 30fps, 720x480 PLAYBACK, but recording is MPEG-4 SP - which is 512x384 @ 30fps. So, I'm thinking the Cylon camera may be 720x480, but the compression codec scraps it down to 512x384
Had a great weekend, friends visiting, lunch at Escondido, and it seems the rumours are true, they are looking to open another branch, maybe in Tunbridge Wells or maybe in Ashford, or a couple of places were mentioned. They're also expanding the current setup in Sandgate, converting the huge cellar so as not to have to turn away so many customers. I love that restaurant.
We also did a lot of walking along The Leas and all around town, and had a night in playing Dark Tower.
2007 :: Comment / reply
Mar27
Might mighty wedding fun at the weekend, but I'm KNACKERED now... Headed back in to London Saturday morning for the wedding of Ralph and Linda at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA for short), just off The Strand, and very nice it was too. The ceremony and the reception were both in fabulous vaults underneath the building, and the wedding breakfast (that it was what you call the post ceremony meal isn't it?) was in a rather grand room upstairs.
I was an usher, and got me a new shirt and tie in celebration of this. Maybe leaving this purchase until the morning of thew wedding was a bit sloppy but I just about got away with it. I thought it was nice, but just retro sought some fashion advice from a chum:
...the fashion police might pull you over. I also did hear that the pink thing for blokes is long dead and guys should stop doing it...
Hmm, cheers, this is my ten-yearly shirt and tie purchase, I've got to make it last now... I thought everyone looked great, got some snaps of the wedding here, not all as flattering as they might be, and disappointingly few good ones of the bride and groom themselves, doh!
The food was fab, I had a special menu of some sort of pea soup, far too tasty to be just pea, though they tell me it was vegan. The main was a wild mushroom risotto, set off with some roasted tomatoes. Tonnes of vino-collapso and champagne too, that's why I look like I do in some of the pics. Much fun, more drinking, then a cheeky real ale nightcap in The Coal Hole next door and back to The Thistle Hotel.
Journey home the next day wasn't such fun, engineering works meant a bus from Ashford to home, but it could have been a lot worse. Good to see different bits of the outskirts of Folkestone on the magical mystery tour that took us through Sandling and Westenhanger, but it was super foggy so didn't get too much of a butchers. Got home, phoned mum, visited mum-in-law, ate chilli pie and rested briefly, before the alarm woke us for work again.
http://static.flickr.com/49/118174676_98ae8f467f_m_d.jpg Linda and Ralph http://static.flickr.com/48/118174858_c4453e62c9_m.jpg Me and the wife http://static.flickr.com/41/118175137_6e2899fb8b_m.jpg Me, Ralph, and Nic
Caution, may contain traces of nuts: BBC has picked up the squirrel eating story from the other day, so's everyone, no, stop this! My nephews will eat very little except chicken, yorkshires, and dessert, so I fail to see a nation of kids being turned onto squirrel cutlets just yet.
PS got any Pokemon cards? I'm after an Ancient Mew, an Articuno, and a Togepi, to replace some that a nephew had stolen at school...
2006 :: Comment / reply
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