Shabbat and other things

( kinda long entry )

At some point I should get to work on my thesis, considering I have a meeting tomorrow and haven't done anything besides read a bit of Insoll's book and be impressed by its awesomeness.

Burst Mode

I finally figured out how to do the cool thing maric23 does with his camera, which is taking 3 pictures within 2 seconds (or whatever the time is). I asked him how, and he said "read the manual." Very helpful. But since I was procrastinating anyways and took pictures from the rooftop lounge, I figured I should learn how to do the multiple pictures thing (it would have come in handy at the Decemberists concert...) It's called "burst mode" and there's a button that turns it on/changes it. I always wondered what that was. And somehow I had managed to do it once when I was using the self-timer, so I knew my camera had the capability...

So I'll upload the pics later, but I really should get back to reading, since I don't want to disappoint Ben tomorrow in the thesis meeting with my lack of progress (even if I have a very good excuse).

More pictures

Unfortunately the glare made photography pretty hard. But now I have mastered the art of burst mode. And the art of using the wide angle. I love my camera.

rooftop lounge

The pictures of levana_b are because I French-braided her hair. I might be the only person I know on campus who can do it. Unfortunately I'm really bad at doing my own hair. In order to get levana_b's right I had to try a bunch of times, and stand above her in order to be able to pull it tight. As it is I could use another hand (or at least another finger). And I can't really stand above myself. So that's why you never see me in French braids, though I really like them.