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Last week I went skiing for the first time ever. My cousin has been trying to get me to the snow for the last few years and this time I finally gave in. After 4 days of intense training, I was finally able to enjoy myself and speed down some green and blueish runs.

The one thing I discovered from my initiation to skiing, is that mountain biking and cycling can be a real hindrance when trying to learn how to turn on skis. Half way through the turn you lean in the opposite direction and speed down the hill. Only a well timed dive can stop you crashing into the safety barriers. There was one occasion where I crashed through the barrier and then through myself under the eight seat lift chairs.

Here I am in the full ski gear ready to take on the mountain at Perisher Blue.

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I recently took some pictures of my Mac in the dark with the only source of illumination being the blue lights of the hard disks, the red lights of the optical mouse and the green lights of my adsl modem. I was really surprised by the results.

This picture takes in my whole desk. From left to right you can see a firewire hard disk, a USB hard disk, a 23″ Cinema display, an optical mouse, an ADSL modem, a Linksys NSLU2 and a network switch. The case of the Apple G5 is not visible as it is stashed to the left of the desk to save space.

Here is the EXIF info for the above photo

Camera make: SONY
Camera model: DSC-V1
Date/Time: 2005:07:02 20:27:24
Flash used: No
Focal length: 7.0mm
Exposure time: 30.000 s
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv.: 100
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)

And here is a close up of the left side of the first picture. From left to right you can see the firewire hard disk, the USB 2.0 hard disk, an Apple keyboard and an Apple 23″ Cinema display.

Here is the EXIF info for the above photo

Camera make: SONY
Camera model: DSC-V1
Date/Time: 2005:07:02 20:29:27
Flash used: No
Focal length: 21.5mm
Exposure time: 30.000 s
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv.: 100
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)

Next time I need to move my airport base station into the frame so I can have some white illumination.

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