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Today I figured I would try and sow a little truth into the mess that has become the camera phone market. Numbers inflated for PR rather than quality have been put front and center with today's launch of the Nokia Lumia 1020. As a stance on this whole issue, I really don't have much of a dog in the fight. Yes, I have spoken for Apple and like the iPhone, but this post does not find its roots in fanboyism. This is a preventive measure for the sanity of professional photographers everywhere.
We have all been there, sitting in a airport terminal, at a bar, at Costco, only to hear a baby boomer with a 20 megapixel camera phone ask why we shoot a D3x when we could use the latest Windows phone. I mean a megapixel is a megapixel, right?
To someone that asks said question, I usually give a response that goes something like this, "I would totally use the Windows phone instead of my old D3x on set, however, I have a different carrier… bummer."
Sarcasm aside, let me speak to the great people over at Engadget and Gizmodo for a second…
Hey guys, cool phone, huh? Let's be honest, it is not a 41 megapixel monster that your youthful enthusiasm wants it to be. Yes, it probably is a good camera, but no, it will not hold up to anything professional in nature. Will it beat the iPhone camera? Maybe, but that is yet to be seen. Quantity for the sake of quantity does nothing but create a false idea inflation that poisons an industry. We can all remember the Kodak DCS-14n and its huge claims of 14 megapixels. It was nothing but a PR stunt that cost many people money when they found that the camera had little quality and even less resale value.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 is the camera phone version of the joke that has become the Chicago Sun Times. Yes, we can have writers take pictures, but surprise should not be had when the quality of the images falls off the face of the Earth. Too much have I clinched my teeth in a conversation where someone asserts the idea that megapixels equal quality… if you haven't experience this in person, go to Best Buy. I feel like people that will read into the hype are the same people that think having a camera on the iPad to do photography is a good idea. It's not.
So in closing… will the Lumia 1020 be a good camera phone? Probably. Will it be anything like the 41 megapixel camera it is claiming to be? Nope.
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In that case you guys should start screening your readers before allowing them access! :)
How about more post oriented to educate them?
Instead of all those "look how funny internet is" posts?
Yeah, more posts to educate them would be great. But a post bashing the camera as marketing hype when it may prove to be the best cell phone camera on the market is a bit daft.
I lost interest when the articles pretended to want to "sow a little truth"...
Exactly. It's an article I would have expected back in 2006.
I lost interest when he tried to be sarcastic.
lol, Jon do you have any idea what you just said?
41PM camera in a phone!! I'm selling all my gear and shutting the doors to my photo biz... when everyone has a professional camera in their phone, there will be no need for photographers anymore... (insert sarcastic eye roll here)
speaking for gizmodo, no one holds or expressed any of the opinions you are criticizing
Funny that the article does exactly what it complains about, judging the quality of a camera by the number of megapixels. What's important is what the phone does with those pixels, and that's what's really impressive about the phone (and the Nokia 808 before).
Just checked out the supposed pictures shot by this phone. Very impressive (and I'm chill). If they're really shot by this phone, that is.
Blair Bunting, Chill.
I'm sorry did you just say , will it beat the Iphone ? as if the #lumia920/925/928 aren't beating the Iphone to dust in the camera department /Night/videos/daylight you name it ?
come on, there has to be a writer better than this one on this site, do you do any reporting ? or did you just hear 41 and expected yes this wouldn't be true because its a PR campaign , Its not like there isn't a damn 808 pureview phone already for you to do at least a bit of research.
You should leave the comments here after reading this , Check out Pureviewclub.com , hunt flicker for some 808 shots , watch some comparisons between 808 and some DSLRs and then comeback and reverse your joke of an article , unlike you I read up on your "gun jumped bullshit" and I think you should learn what Gizmodo learned the damn hard way when it said the same thing on the 808 only a week later they would regret what they said completely and publish a whole article explaining how great it was ...
I hope for god sake you don't get fired.
I kinda hope he DOES get fired for this kind of BS article.
Check out 1:15 ... and then go kill your iphone ...
OMFG !!! You can actually see the fibers !!! This phone is going to be legendary !!!
Sorta echoes my thoughts. It's pretty damn obvious it blows the iphone away... "yet to be seen" my behind. I have the 920 and it is unreal how much better my night shots are compared to all my iphone friends.
41MP Pureview vs 12 DSLR @ISO100 (things get worse as it increases)
Not sure why you're comparing this Camera Phone to your D3x. But the sample pictures from Nokia seem pretty legit.
Also this 4K timelapes done with a 808 Pureview (Older version of the 1020 camera) seems pretty cool. Used the all the megapixels and zoomed the image in post.
This is the stupidest fucking clickbait article I've read in a long time. I mean seriously, who is arguing that a camera phone with an oversampled sensor is going to knock the socks off of a DSLR? Only simpleton morons that nobody gives a crap about anyway. So all you've done is try to hide fanboyism with stupidity.
Here's the reality... nobody wakes up in the morning, gets ready to leave their home and packs up their giant DSLR camera bag along with their phone. Hell, they're probably not even grabbing their simple point-and-shoots either. What do they grab? Their phone. So wouldn't it be great to have a phone that replaces their P&S's with a spectacular camera? Hell yeah!
Save the DSLR for the professionals and the big events-- vacation trips, special events, etc.-- but carry something that isn't going to produce such craptacular pics that you feel compelled to screw it up more with Instagram and other filters... or at least, if you do feel using those apps is important, at least they won't actually look like crap.
Let the Lumia 1020 be what it is... a GREAT device that serves its roles beautifully as a communication tool, a gaming device, a media player, and a camera. Then, if you still want to take professional photos with a real camera, go for it.
And please... stop being a moron.
Wow, this guy really went on the DSLR defensive over nothing. P&S cameras are a dying breed, but the phone camera tech hasn't properly filled the gap. Nokia is trying to do just that. So, yeah, chill.
"Yes, it probably is a good camera, but no, it will not hold up to anything professional in nature. Will it beat the iPhone camera? Maybe, but that is yet to be seen. Quantity for the sake of quantity does nothing but create a false idea inflation that poisons an industry."
Nobody, not Nokia or Engadget or Gizmodo, put this in the same class as a DSLR. If you think any other phone camera can touch the capability of this, I think you will be surprised. Speaking of capability, the touted advantage of this is to control digital zoom before AND after taking a shot.
I still do not understand why you are taking such a attitude when no one has claimed anything contrary to what you are defending.
I'm sorry sir, we would ask again , did you read the White Paper on the #lumia1020
as you seem too lazy to do research on articles you do we'll help you
Do you understand that they're not really saying that because of its being 41 its the best and in turn it should compete with DSLRs and Point and shoots right away,
We all understand how MPs aren't everything, and the white paper i attached above clearly states all the ways Nokia milked the power of the 41mp with.
Its detailed and very informative and you should give it a geeky read.
They are not saying you'll be able to shoot in 41mp either as you'll probably find out due to 4:3 and 16;9 aspects you'll at max get 38/34 mp depending on the aspect ratio
A DSLR will always beat a Phones Camera , but then again a DSLR won't fit your pocket , a DSLR will always Zoom but if you dropped a DSLR you'll probably be a DSLR short if the fall was above a meter high (or atleast you'll shell some $$$ for some new lenses and what not).
A DSLR isn't a smartphone and you won't look like an idiot talking to a Lumia1020 (hint hint SGS4ZOOM)
You can't say probably take good pictures when you claim Iphone is still unbeaten , its not you being honest it is you being condescendant.
Please revise your article with the information you mentioned above and drop your condescendant BS ...
You're completely missing the point. Nokia didn't make 41MP just to have it. They did it to overcome a limitation that exists with smartphones that want to zoom. They tried mechanical zoom, but found that wasn't the right path. High number of pixels is how to solve the zoom problem on smartphones. Nobody (not Nokia, not Engadget, Gizmodo, etc) has compared the Lumia 1020 to a DSLR in terms of quality just on account of having 41 million pixels.
Do you have any understanding what the Lumia 1020 does with those 41MP? Are you even remotely familiar with the Nokia 808 PureView?
It sounds like you do not understand that the 1020 downsamples the 41MP image to 5MP to create a far better image. Or that it enables lossless digital zoom because it can capture the whole 41MP image and then crop it to the zoomed section, rather than blowing the photo up like other phones do.
No one is "chilling" because everything you have written implies that you have no idea what you are actually talking about.
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Welcome to a new segment of Cinematic, "Film Analysis," where I briefly discuss certain elements of movies. To inaugurate this bit, I'll be looking at Dustin Hoffman's lead character in Mike Nichols' The Graduate.
After returning home from graduating college, Benjamin Braddock doesn't know what to do, lying around his home and drifting in his pool as his parents and their friends pester him about his future plans. The Graduate is completely reflective of Benjamin's unease: the world around him is confusing and hectic, with multiple talking faces whose voices pass through Ben's and the audiences' heads.
Referred as one of the launching pads of New Hollywood, not to mention the career of Dustin Hoffman, The Graduate brought many of the film techniques from the New Wave of French Cinema, such as its rapid cutting and surreal montages, to the American filmmaking. Yet, as noted by Jonathan Rosenbaum in his essay "Bridge Over Troubled Water," whereas a director like Godard or Truffaut made pictures that centered of the filmmakers themselves, Mike Nichols placed his emphasis on characters. Focusing on that angle, The Graduate could be seen as escapist material, as Ben's affair with Mrs. Robinson adds fire to his previously unlit life. Clearly Ben is dismayed with himself; when questioning Mrs. Robinson he realizes the two are incompatible with each other, with Robinson wishing to find a way to escape her loveless marriage and Ben looking to discover a meaning in his post-college life. The entrance of Elaine in Ben's life seems to be the answer for the young man: both know the same anxieties and apprehension of the late 60's. Ben's quest for redemption and love at the end of The Graduate can thus be seen as a happy ending, uniting the two lovers finally together. Yet after Ben whisks Elaine away from her wedding, his smile turns to apathy, perhaps realizing that his future is still unclear. Nichols ends The Graduate the same way he began it: Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," indicating that Ben still has little clue on his impending path.


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What is Pathfinder?
Pathfinder Society uses the the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game system, an evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game.
What do I need to play?
If you want to play a pre-made ("pregenerated," or "pregen") character, you just need two things:
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In order to get your Pathfinder Society ID (PFS ID), create an account at paizo.com. If you're not sure what you need, we're happy to help you before a game!
GMs and coordinators usually have pregens available, but we can't guarantee that any specific pregen will be available for play. If you know ahead of time that you would like to play a pregen, you can download copies of each of the pregens from Paizo.
If you'd like to play a unique character, please bring a few more things:
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- Something to take notes with, whether that's a piece of scrap paper or a notebook, or a text editor on your tablet or computer
Both our coordinators and our community are happy to answer any questions you may have, but they are much easier to answer before a game than during one! If you know you need help or advice, please try to arrive early.
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The complete guide to Pathfinder Society is available as a PDF from Paizo's site.
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Twelve years after The Grascals released their first (self-titled) album, the band is still turning out fantastic music.
The latest album, "Before Breakfast," hits record bins on Sept. 1.
And it ranks among the band's best.
The album leads off with "Sleepin' With The Reaper," a song about a woman who tells her husband on their wedding day that death is the only way they'll part. So, you know somebody's gonna die.
Bill Anderson and Jon Randall's "Demons," says that once you've met the Devil, he'll never leave you alone.
"Delia" sounds like a dance tune that came from a holler in the depths of Appalachia centuries ago, But it's modern.
"I'm Been Redeemed" and Flatt & Scruggs' "He Took Your Place" are great gospel songs.
"Lonesome" is a song about, well, being lonesome.
"Beer Tree" and "Clear Corn Liquor" are fun songs about drinking.
Webb Pierce's "Pathway of Teardrops," a 1960 hit, features some great harmony.
Good album by one of bluegrass' best bands.
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By Gary Churnovic, SPHR®, SHRM-SCPSM, HKP, Senior Human Resource Consultant As a human resource consultant, I have frequently helped employers navigate the sometimes complicated world of the Family Medical Leave Act. Recently, I had a firsthand experience with what this act is designed to do for employees. First it is important to understand it. FMLA is … Continue reading Medical leave: An employee's perspectiveREAD MORE


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My name is Jim, and I love the Internet. It's a huge platform that allows anyone to listen to, and then respond to what others are saying.
Friends call me "The Human Observer" because I like to study people's behavior and understand their motivations. I am a psychologist, so it all comes naturally.
I keep an eye on what other humans are doing online, and then I post my findings here, on this website.
It's more of a side project, so all your suggestions on how to improve the site are more than welcome.
Scroll down the page to see what's been going on recently. And if you want to contact me, there's a form at the bottom of the page.
It looks like the South Koreans have gotten more than what they've bargained for when they were allowed to host this year's Winter Olympics.
According to Financial Times, the opening ceremony was hacked. The official website went down, so people weren't able to purchase tickets online for several hours.
Also, it looks like a part of the show, which was supposed to use several remote-controlled drones, was canceled as well.
But who is responsible for the attack? Under normal circumstances, people would easily bet all their money on North Korea. Still, since these two countries have joined their teams, several analysts believe that one of the top Russian hackers may be behind this action.
According to John Hultquist, director of Intelligence Analysis at FireEye, the identity of the attacker is not known yet.
Parents were struggling to find good babysitters in the past. They wanted to make sure that their kids are well taken care of.
Things have changed today, and for the much worse! Most parents are now allowing their tablets to "babysit" their children. As a direct result, more and more kids are grumpy, depressed and violent.
Researchers are aware of the potential negative effects on the long run, but how serious is this issue? Very serious, it seems! South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and France have banned screens in the classrooms, for example. Don't get me wrong; it's not that technology is bad in itself, but you want to be there with your children and explain to them what they are seeing on the screen, rather than allowing them to figure out the information that is displayed in front of their undiscerning eyes.
As parents, I think that we still have a certain degree of control. We limit the amount of candy per day because we care for our children's health, so we should limit screen time as well.
Researchers have recently discovered a serious vulnerability in WPA2, the data encryption protocol that is still used by the most secure (so far) Wi-Fi networks. Sources from https://www.data-alliance.net have stated that almost 50% of Android and Linux-based devices have been affected by the security flaw.
As a result, Wi-Fi Alliance has decided to launch WPA3 in 2018. Its main goals are to patch the WPA2 vulnerabilities and improve security. With the new protocol, information will be encrypted using a 192-bit key, and the networks will be safer even if their users are utilizing short passwords.
This means that brute force and dictionary-based attacks may soon be just a bad memory. If you use free hotspots regularly, I've got more good news: communication from each device to the router will be encrypted using individual keys, so the risk of exposing personal information will diminish significantly.
So, does this mean that you will have to purchase a new router in 2018? Not necessarily! As scary as KRACK may look, there's no evidence that the vulnerability has been exploited yet.
I am pretty sure that you know the feeling: you return home after a tiring day, only to discover that your partner barely greets you, and then returns to his/her tablet. A McAfee study shows that a constantly increasing number of people feel lonely, because their friends and partners prefer to use technology, instead of spending time with them.
Here are some worrying stats. About 40% of respondents feel that their partner pays more attention to the smartphone, tablet or laptop even when they are together. It's true that 45% of people have never set rules concerning device usage, though.
Only 30% of people are willing to share their social media accounts passwords with their partners. This may mean that some of them are flirting online, or at least that they are posting confidential messages.
Just like you, I love my devices very much. I really do! But trust me: it is much more important to spend high quality time with friends and family each day.
You know how it is: you've just arrived in the office when the phone starts to ring. You want to be productive, so you start the email application while you're chatting with your boss. But three of those emails need detailed answers right away! So, you'll have to work for two or three hours to get those reports finished and emailed. And you had so much "real" work for today! Well, there's always tomorrow...
This is just a simple example which shows that technology can prevent people from doing their jobs, rather than helping them. It's also the conclusion of a recent survey which was carried out by Microsoft in 21 European Nations.
The results show that people tend to lose focus due to the steady stream of social media notifications, messages, emails and phone calls. Only 1 in 10 respondents felt that they are "highly productive".
Some companies have implemented firm policies, setting precise intervals when emails can be sent and read. It's a very good move, if you ask me, even though it won't help solve all the problems.
Facebook has recently patented a technology that can determine the social class its users belong to, and it does that without taking their income level into account. If you are a highly educated home owner who owns several Internet-connected devices, Facebook's algorithm will probably think that you belong to the upper class.
On the other hand, if you only have a smartphone that's got a low-resolution display, Facebook will think that you aren't that rich.
My guess is that Facebook will soon incorporate this information into its ad selection criteria. This way, advertisers will be able to get a higher ROI by only targeting middle class people, for example.
It's not all bright and shiny, though. Loaning companies may choose to show ads for predatory loans to poor people, who are often times desperate and willing to accept less than fair loan terms.
It's easy. Just fill in the form on the right and your message will reach me right away!
If I'm not sleeping. Or hanging out with my friends. Yeah, I'm not the type of person who obsessively checks his/her email while hanging out with friends.
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Recruitment within the IT industry remains robust, despite the sour economic climate, according to the latest Hays Quarterly Report.
Hays Information Technology regional director, Peter Noblet, said feedback from the IT industry was that recruitment was not as boyant as it was a year ago, but was nonetheless much stronger than in other industries.
"Organisations know they can continue to gain a competitive advantage through investment in their technologies. IT businesses will spend as long as there is a positive outcome for the company," Noblet said.
The Hays report contradicts the [[ArtID:84491060|Olivier Job Index, which has seen the number of ads drop 20 per cent over the past six months.|New] Noblet said if the economic climate continues on its current path recruitment could fall further.
"If the current economic trends continue, employers will be more careful and invest more wisely, and therefore be careful about the people they bring into the organisation," he said.
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Tear Gas is a chemical weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and an item of tactical equipment that appears in Call of Duty: Ghosts.
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Tear Gas is used by the enemy in the mission Vorkuta to prevent the prisoners from escaping.
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIEdit
Tear Gas appears briefly in the level "Second Chance". The player is informed that tear gas has been deployed in the area. It appears as a light green gas that can hinder the player's vision to a degree.
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- For a similar grenade in Call of Duty: World at War, see Tabun Gas.
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Steve Jobs thinks that HTML5 is the future of media-rich content on the Web, and eventually he might be right. But Web designers and their clients are working with Flash now, so to address this schism between the two, Adobe Labs today unveiled a new free tool called Wallaby that will convert Flash into HTML5.
Originally demonstrated at Adobe's MAX 2010 conference, the conversion process is currently workable but rough, said Adobe Flash Professional Senior Product Manager Tom Barclay. "HTML5 will be an important technology for banner ads and Web publishing," he said but cautioned that Flash is heavily used by developers, especially games that require complex interactivity.
As Wallaby works now, you select your FLA-formatted file and hit convert, and Wallaby changes the Flash file into HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. Most of your Flash file will get converted, Barclay said, including most drawing elements, fills, shape tweens, motion tweens, symbol names and instance names. Since it's built on Adobe's Air platform, both Windows and Mac based developers will be able to use it.
With standards on HTML5 still in development, Adobe is positioning itself here with a leg up on easing the transition for developers who will inevitably have to use both technologies concurrently, at least for the foreseeable future.


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On May 6, 1463, Jacob Gaon, a tax collector for King Henry IV of Castile, was killed in Tolosa (Gipuzkoa) over a dispute involving rights relating to the foruak/fueros (the charters governing Basque fiscal and institutional relations with central political authority).
Gaon came from a prominent Jewish family in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba) and like several relatives worked as a tax collector for the Kings of Castile, to which the province of Gipuzkoa belonged. Indeed, since 1256, Tolosa had enjoyed its own foru/fuero regulating its independent fiscal status within the Castilian political orbit (the result of its strategically important position on the border with the rival Kingdom of Navarre); an agreement that was amended in both 1282 and 1290 to exempt inhabitants from numerous royal tributes.
In May 1463 Gaon went to Tolosa with the aim of demanding the so-called pedido tax, which, the locals claimed, they had never paid before on account of their foral privileges. After threatening them, several inhabitants killed Gaon, beheaded him, and put his head on top of a pillory for all to see. On hearing the news, Henry IV, who was at the time in Hondarribia, also in Gipuzkoa, stopped at Tolosa on his way back to Castile in search of the culprits. Unable to locate them, having been informed that they had taken refuge in a nearby mountain "on the other side of the river," he settled instead for demolishing the house in which the crime had taken place.
Subsequently, however, on receiving documents demonstrating that the inhabitants of Tolosa had never paid the pedido tax on account of foral law, Henry acknowledged the exemption and issued a pardon.
For an excellent introduction to the Basque foral system, see The Old Law of Bizkaia (1452): A Critical Edition, edited and annotated by Gregorio Monreal.


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We drive by Allen Parkway and Montrose Blvd quite a bit, and despite neither of us having dogs we've been watching the progress there with anticipation.
This Saturday will be the opening celebration for the Johnny Steele Dog Park.
It should also co-incide with the return of sunny Houston winter weather – 60°. Most of the fun is from 1-3pm.


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The issues around moving a home based business into its first commercial unit is a topic I see bought up in business forums a lot so I thought I would share how this process went for us.
Working from home – our reality:
For the past 7 years Mr CBG and I have run Milly Inspired from our rented home. It has been an odd set up to say the least which would only work as we are a couple currently without kids so we can allow the business to slowly take over the house in a way you couldn't if you had a family.
Originally we ran MI from Russell's 2 bed flat in London. Within twelve month the business had taken over some of the living room, we were sleeping on the floor of the second bedroom, while the work units and stock lived in the larger main bedroom. We coped surprising well but I think you would agreed, all the signs where there that things had to change.
It made sense to sell and move out of London to somewhere less expensive so we could afford to put more money into our business. Several years later and we have settled in Hampshire where we rent a 4 bedroom house (the business taking up much of that space).
When we first left our 9 to 5 London jobs (with long commutes), the change was a lot of fun and very liberating. We knew how lucky we were to have a business that had got us to this stage. We were living our dream of working hours to suit us, from our own home.
The realisation of a home based businesses came a year later when, after a busy week of orders Mr CBG pointed out I had not left the house all week. I had not even realised because I had been too busy to do anything else and as he had gone to shops I had gone that whole week without stepping outside (how sad does that make me sound).
That was a major turning point. We had realised working for someone else forces you to get out each day. Now we worked for ourselves, we had to consciously make sure we got out as often as we could.
From Home Office to Commercial Unit:
We now have several part time staff who join us through the week. Plus the business had taken over more and more of the house (our dining room table was used to pack the gift boxes and our dressing area is also the storage room). Recently the feeling of wanting a 'home' again, free from work, has grown.
We wanted to separate the business long before we did it. One reason it took so long to make that step was that I wanted to be sure we could cover all the extra costs this change would incur (two rents and double utility bills etc. etc.). But also I'd heard so many horror stories around the complexity of renting a commercial unit. From research I believed the process would take weeks of negotiations, then months of legalities with solicitors. I'm not afraid of all that but I wanted to wait until I felt I could add that to my work load.
Our experience turned out to be the complete opposite. Once we agreed to go for it and I started looking the whole process lasted only 2 months. (I wander now if these horror stories are related to much larger companies with very specific requirements.)
The places we visited were all different. One had a nutty owner which saw Russ and I running in the other direction, several were well priced but not in nice areas. The most interesting opportunity involved us renting an office space from a storage unit. Our Royal Mail Account Manager told us she visits lots of businesses who work from storage units. I thought she meant the actual storage units, (which I've now learnt some companies do use) but what she meant was many of the larger storage companies in the UK have converted some space into offices. What is fantastic about this option is business rates do not apply as that is down to the storage unit to pay. This was a reasonable option, with a rolling monthly contract …perfect.
We had all but signed the paperwork when we found out how terrible the internet is around here. (Somehow our house was in a fast internet area but the rest of Portsmouth currently seems to be terrible.) Can you believe it, we are an hour drive from London and yet the only options would have been the old copper cable broadband (not impressed). I did learn that businesses can overcome this by renting multiple phone lines or laying our own cable (you can guess how much that would cost). So as the options available to us would dramatically increase the cost for the unit we had to cancel this idea and start looking again. The next day the Jo, who works with us, suggested a place she drives past each day.
A beautiful Georgian Manor House used as commercial offices, Gatcombe House, has free parking, a reception, kitchen and mail service, plus affordable supper fast broadband (they had paid to lay the cables on behalf of the business who rented their units). Yes is was more expensive than the storage unit but with the extra costs require to speed up the internet it ended up being cheaper.
The First Week in our Commercial Unit:
As I mentioned the process was very simple. We agreed we wanted the space at the start of April and we move in on the 28th of that month. We packed most things on the Tuesday afternoon leaving enough out to complete orders on the Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon we packed everything else. The removal company came at 7.30am on the Thursday and we were done by 10.30am. We had finished unpacking and headed home at 3pm.
The emotions came the following week when we had to do our first commute in 7 years. When I started packing what I needed for the day, I realised I'd always had everything to hand, now I needed to plan my day in advance again. Needless to say I've forgotten things already several times.
Leaving the pets for the first time hurt. Milly hates visitors coming to our house so we know she never enjoyed people working with us there but she loves the days when it is just our mini family and it's not like you can explain to them what is happening.
Once we got to Gatcome House it felt like the first day at a new job. We knew no one and everyone else seemed settled and at ease with each other as they chatted away at the coffee machine.
So fare those are the only negatives we have found to working from an office but we have found so many positives already. The first being that we have all upped our game. Being around other businesses instantly makes you want to present your business in the best possible light. It completely changes your mind set and motivates you to do better, faster! Mr CGB has said how much more productive he feels and I'd completely agree. Being at home it is easy to flit between home and work jobs and now while at Gatcombe we can only focus on Milly Inspired. I'd go as fair to say the work we are doing is better quality as well.
The biggest joy for us is having our home back again. A sanctuary from work and a clear end to the day. It has only been a week but now that we are out in the day we look forward to getting home.
Have you been looking for your own business premise, what experiences have you had? Maybe you have some advice you can impart? If so tell us about it in the comments field below.
To date, I've uploaded hundreds of new products to notonthehighstreet.com. Over time, I've compiled a few tactics that seem to give our newest offerings the best possible chance to attract views and, ultimately, sales. Below is an outline of each of them.
Notonthehighstreet.com loves a new product, as does its customer base, so I always aim to have a product in the 'New' category of their site.
Why do I do this? Because:
1: I know customers want to shop from that category.
2: I know the key to sales is getting seen, so I want to be in as many categories as possible. As a product is only in the New category for its first month on the site, I want to make the most of this.
This brings us to the second factor to consider. Because I always want to have something in the New category, I can't launch everything at once, as I'll soon run out of things to showcase. For this reason, I never launch all of a new collection at the same time.
Once you have made sure you appear in the New category as often as you can, your next aim is to help your product move up the rankings/pages of that category as fast as possible, because the higher the ranking, the more views it will get. This is where the 'relevance' of your new product plays a part.
Plan to launch products when the customers are more likely to be looking for that specific item. At certain times of the year customers will be searching for specific keywords. You want to launch your new offering when those keywords are being searched for the most. That helps the products to move up the rankings, as they win more views and click-throughs.
You need to make sure you are launching a product when there is an interest, but you also need to make sure you launch it as soon at that season/interest starts so the product has enough time to move up the rankings before the season/interest ends. Therefore 'timing' is also key. That means items that are specific to one gift-giving occasion need to be live no later than 6 weeks before the relevant event. Your aim is to end the season with your product on the first two product pages (that would be a fantastic outcome).
Finally, make sure you consider what Notonthehighstreet.com has got planned. Aim to make the most of dates when you know notonthehighstreet.com will be trying to attract more customers to their site than normal. For example, recently I have been planning the order in which we will launch our next collection in time for Christmas. I remembered that the Notonthehighstreet.com Christmas catalogue normally drops at the end of October/start of November. That always brings substantially more traffic to the site, so I plan to have all the Christmas products live before then.
To conclude, our key tactics when launching a new product are:
1. Stagger the launch of new products so you stay in the 'New' category as long as possible.
2. Launch your product when people are most likely to be looking for that item.
3. Launch seasonal products at the very beginning of that season.
4. Make use of the times you know Notonthehighstreet.com will be attracting more customers to their site.
Do you agree with my points? Maybe you have your own theories on how and when to launch your newest products. If you do, please let us know in the comments field below.
**Important note: this post is not endorsed by Notonthehghstreet.com in any way, and is simply our own observations.**
Fancy a creative day out at The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court? Well this year our sister company, Milly Inspired, will have have their first ever stand there so we are all very excited. The show runs from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th September 2017 and Gemma plans to diary her experience so she can share it with you once she gets back.
T0 celebrate this milestone we have two sets of tickets to giveaway.
To win, all you have do is head over to our Instagram account and click follow!
The closing date for our competition is midday on Tuesday 12th September 2017. We will then pick the lucky winner from the people who have clicked follow between now and the closing date.
Good luck guys and if you are going to the fair don't forget to pop along to our stand to say hello!
PS Image by the team at The Handmade Fair.
If you are married, you may have already heard about the traditional presents you are meant to gift your husband or wife depending on the anniversary year you are celebrating. This is a very old tradition which has been updated in the past few years with a newly revised gift list.
Below we have created a graphic for you showing both the traditional and modern list of anniversary gifts.
The standard list of traditional and modern Wedding Anniversary gifts.
What I love about this gifting theme is that it is very easy to incorporate your current range into this category without having to redesign anything or create a brand new range. You can see from our table above, the theme for a first-anniversary gift is 'paper'. As we already create personalised prints, these would naturally make a perfect paper anniversary gift. So all we had to do was add a suggestion in the product description that this print would be the 'perfect paper anniversary gift'. However on another occasion, we create a print specifically for this theme so we could title it 'Personalised First Anniversary Art Print'. This was so we could make the most of those keywords, plus it enabled us to position a product in any anniversary gifting categories available to us.
Gift Design Inspiration for First Anniversary 'Paper' Gifts.
Paper may seem an easy theme to incorporate into your current gifting range, so what do you do if you want to offer a gift for the more complex anniversary themes? Personally, I would suggest putting a twist on the theme. For example, for a Ruby Wedding Anniversary, we have a ruby coloured anniversary print. Following on from this, the theme for a 25th wedding anniversary gift is silver so we have a silver foiled personalised art print.
Gift Inspiration for First Anniversary, Paper Gifts.
The key thing to remember is you do not have to design a gift for every possible year. Instead, just pick the ones which are relevant to your offering.
Finally, I would recommend starting with the first ten years of themes as these are the ones which are celebrated the most so there will always be a greater demand for those
Website graphics by Milly Inspired
A lot of people want to know how to join Notonthehighstreet as a Partner. If you believe that you offer products that will appeal to their demographic, then I would definitely recommend applying. For many small business owners, working with Notonthehigstreet.com has been transformative, and allowed them to finally leave their 9 to 5 and build a business that they love.
Official Notonthehighstreet 'Sell With Us' video. Created by Notonthehighstreet.
Before launching Milly Inspired, I used to work for Notonthehighstreet, so I've seen the acceptance process from both sides. Based on my own experiences, I cannot emphasise enough how important each of the following points are:
Notonthehighstreet is just what it says on the tin. They don't want to be stocking items available in large retail chains, so the first thing I would say to anyone wanting to sell through Notonthehighstreet is that innovation is key.
These days, the company have a Curation Policy in place, which actively encourages individuality. If you can show that you're innovative, this will really help you to get through the doors at Notonthehighstreet.com.
Unusual products have always been a key selling point for Notonthehighstreet. They want all of their Partners, old and new, to stand out from the crowd. There are several ways that you can approach this. Where possible, my team look to design items that are not yet available on the site. Others refresh their offerings with trend-led designs and photography, while others offer notonthehighstreet.com exclusivity to some or all of their range. If you are an independent boutique, make sure you present them with your more unusual offerings.
To join, Notonthehighstreet will ask you to complete an online application. The team view a high volume of applications every day, so first impressions count – you need a good-sized selection of well photographed products to be able to do this. Generally, Notonthehighstreet suggests this is a collection of ten or more products.
In my opinion, this is one of the most important factors, because when you're shopping online you are buying into the image of an item first, and the physical product second. If your budget is small, this is where you should be spending your money. I have heard about numerous products not making it to the site due to bad photography.
The team at Notonthehighstreet are looking for small businesses who understand how important it is to provide an all-round exceptional customer experience. In your application make sure you tell them about your branding, the beautiful gift-wrapping you offer, and your excellent after-sales service.
Notonthehighstreet love a good backstory too, so do tell them a bit about yourself, how you started your business and any obstacles you've had to overcome.
For some Partners, selling on Notonthehighstreet will boost their sales overnight. Others may see a slower, but still very satisfying, increase in sales. As there will be so much opportunity for growth, Notonthehightreet naturally wants to work with companies who are enthusiastic about this. Don't worry, you are not going to be pushed to do anything you are not ready for, so don't let that put you off!
I cannot stress enough how important joining Notonthhightreet was for our business, and I would whole-heartedly recommend this route to others.
To finish this post, I thought I would show you the results of a quick survey I carried out. The aim was to find out which factors other Notonthehighstreet Partners believe are important when applying to sell on the site. You can see that they agree with just how important 'uniqueness' is. They also said that being on-trend and offering quality products is important, with strong product photography being the fourth most important factor.
Factors that existing Notonthehighstreet Partners think they consider when assessing potential new Partners
*This post isn't endorsed by Notonthehighstreet.com – I'm just looking to give you more insight into life as a Notonthehighstreet Partner.*
If you want to apply to join Notonthehighstreet and would like a few specific pointers before contacting them, we're happy to offer you some guidance.
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was thinking of taking anja to see hanna this weekend…kinda a father daughter outing….whatcha think phillip have you ran out and seen this movie yet?
so all in all a family flick to share with my 14 year old…..man we are getting old phillip…I have a 14 year old…eeeeesh….
yeah….I tried that yesterday…got an arrow up the arse….turns out there is a bow season on sasquatch out here…the guy was friendly and all…and with my girth fair mistake…..he claims he thought I was a bigfoot with mange….thus accounting for my lackluster pelt…
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Hi Jody,
I know this is not the right place to message you, but I think you are the only person who can delete my comment under the " Roll up the rim" comment board. Can you please delete my name, and my comments as well?
Thank you very much.
If I'm going to work in the "patch" gotta live the life
Nice to see you are still blogging from the rock. I discovered this site a while back through WWR.
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the ending of season one kinda petered out..but I like the first season of this "Durham County"…
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We're on G+ now.
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I'm not on G+. I'm not on anything. The itch to post crap will come back some day. For now I'm just reading the crap instead of contributing to it.
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I'm not a "real" "doctor" but I have common senses, and my senses right now tell me that your head probably stank. Should probably put some bacon on it.. I'm pretty sure that's a valid medical treatment for stinkyness, it's just too bad the fire went out, can't cook it without heat.
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You have bewitched me, my body and my soul. Meeting you was the best thing which I have ever experienced because I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. You made me a better person, and I don't ever want to live my life without you by my side. As my life begins with you and my life ends with you.
What will happened to Yi Sun and Li Yunkai's relationship when Yi Sun realised that Li wang was the guy who has betrayed her and mess up her life.
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Milky Way
A huge part of modern citizens have never seen the Milky Way. Someone does not even know of its existence. Usually powerful artificial lighting and partly polluted atmosphere interfere to see the Milky Way.
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In order to see the bright stars and the Milky Way in your pictures, you should climb higher (atmosphere is thinner in the mountains), wait for the most transparent atmosphere (after the rain for example, and of course the absence of fog, haze and other troubles will increase transparency), get rid of light sources. If you are away from the city, interfering light source for you is the moon. So the stars are best seen on a moonless night (for example, the new moon).
The picture you see was made during a trip to the Sea of Japan. From this trip were brought a lot of photos of the night, and this picture is essentially the beginning of the "photo-shoot for the night landscape". On the first night, instead of sleeping (which was logical after the daily waking in airplanes and cars), we went to the nearest beach for test shots. And I should mention that the conditions for photographing the stars were not perfect.
However, it was time of new moon and we did not want to miss the opportunity. Especially when the weather is favorable to you, you need to use it. There is a rule: if you are too lazy to get out of the house, the next few weeks sky will be overlaid by clouds.
We think that if photo includes not only stars but also a piece of landscape, it looks more impressive. That is why we run down to the water and at the end were satisfied by the results.


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Google rolled out a new version of its Google Earth software, replacing the patchy, quilt-like mapping graphics with smoother, more cohesive graphics.
"The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting and weather conditions. Because of this variance, views of the Earth from high altitude can sometimes appear patchy," wrote Google Earth Project Manager Peter Birch in a blog post yesterday.
The new way of rendering makes the mapping graphics appear far more like a single image, complete with textures and shading. It really looks like something that came out of a movie — so much so that when I typed in an address I checked my audio setting to find out why the music wasn't playing. (And then I realized this wasn't an episode of Planet Earth.)
The update also includes sharing integration with Google's social network, Google+. You can now easily share a screenshot of any Google Earth view by clicking a button in the upper right-hand corner of the window. This could be pretty useful when giving directions since it's a little more dynamic than the standard Google Maps street view feature.
The new update is available on both the mobile and desktop versions of Google Earth, which you can download on the official page.


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Why are you here?
Hi, my Name's Dean O'Shea and I'm going to teach you how to take back time.
Disclaimer…you won't gain immortality from reading this. I'm not God, or the Devil. I'm not going to give you some pill for immortality in exchange for your soul.
But what this story will teach you, is how to let go of the fear and pain in your life so that you can finally start living the way you want to.
There's a fundamental question that guides almost all of our actions, but there's a fundamental fear that stops us from ever finding out what that question really is.
If we never find out what that question is, we can never truly understand why we are here, and if we do not know why, then we can never truly live.
I'm going to help you find out what that question is and show you how to conquer the fear that stands in your way.
Then, and only then, will you be able to live fully, forever.
If you are reading this it is probably because you have been searching for the answer to this question before. You may have followed other gurus, or travelled the world in search for answers, or even paid a therapist, or a hypnotist to pry them from your brain.
Don't worry, I am not a therapist, this is not a journey with no end, and I'm not going to hypnotise you and then bill you at the end. All I want to do is show you the path I walked and help you walk it for yourself.
It can be scary to tread the path, or to uncover your fears. Most of us keep them buried our whole lives. But what you will discover is that once you truly understand what they are, and how to deal with them, you can conquer them with ease.
You may be suspicious as to what my motives are. In truth, I had lived my whole life in fear, and now that I have finally conquered it, I feel like it's my moral obligation to help others to conquer theirs.
I believe that this journey has had more of a profound impact on my life than anything I've ever done, and that it is the most noble pursuit anyone can undertake.
I cannot tell you in words the feeling of joy and gratification letting go of my fears and embracing my life has given me. My friends, my family, my relationships, even my wealth has improved seven-fold from what it was before.
And you can experience those things too.
So sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story…
The Fear
When I was a child I used to be terrified of death.
I would lie awake at night and imagine what it would be like to experience nothingness, forever and ever.
I would panic that if I went to sleep I might never wake up again, that's probably why I'm a bit of an insomniac.
I'm sure we've all felt it, that inescapable fear that keeps us awake at night…that follows us through life…and may still do to this day. But that's why we are here right?
I remember one night, I must have been about 24, I couldn't sleep and started having a panic attack. I started having convulsions, saying "No! No! No!" over and over again. I leapt out of bed, paced around, tried to distract myself, but I couldn't.
It was as if death were knocking on my door right then!
In my desperation I picked up the phone and I called my ex-girlfriend. It was late at night and when she answered she was confused.
I asked her to do something I've never asked anyone to do before, or since.
I asked her just to talk, to not ask me why I was calling, or what it was about. I made her promise to never ask why I called her, or ever mention it again.
And we just talked about nothing. After half an hour or so I said thank you, I put down the phone and I went to sleep.
And we never spoke of it again.
Why did I do that? Why didn't I tell her? She would have understood, maybe even been able to help.
I didn't tell her because I was so afraid of death, it was the worst thing I could possibly imagine, and though I was destitute and had no-one else to turn to, to save me from my fear, I also couldn't bring myself to infect another person with it.
It was like a disease.
And so I held on to it my entire life, without ever telling anyone I carried this horrible secret, this vile illness, festering inside of me, because I thought that if I ever told anyone, it might awaken inside of them and spread.
And now I am here, in front of all of you, sharing this terrible secret. Why?
Because I've finally found the cure…
In Part Two…
In Part Two I will tell you about the ladder that we've been led to believe is our lives, and why it is so important that we break away from it.
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How can you call something "BlakRoc" when the black folks on the project only rap and the rockers are all white?
BlakRoc is the name of Damon Dash's upcoming project, a collaboration between white rockers The Black Keys and rappers such as Mos Def, Q-Tip, Ludacris, and Raekwon, to name a few. Ordinarily, I could care less what Damon Dash does. But in choosing this name for the project, he crossed a line: You can't match black rappers and white rockers and call it "BlakRoc."
No, BlakRoc has nothing to do with black rock, something I've spent nearly the last three years championing on my blog. The conflation of the two is offensive. There's too much history there. It's like he's acknowledging the existence of black rock with his middle finger.
"BlakRoc" is a slap in the face to those of us who have been working to develop audiences for black artists who don't fit neatly into pre-conceived categories. It's an affront to those of us who still face apathy and dismissiveness when it comes to the place of blacks in beyond hip hop and R&B.
It's galling, too, coming on the heels of Dash's former partner, Jay-Z, saying bands like Grizzly Bear were going to push hip hop. Some hipsters are going to save hip hop? Great. Statements like this ignore all of the black artists who are embracing live music, forming bands, telling more substantive stories, and the audiences who are supporting black alternative music in growing numbers. That's going to force hip hop to evolve.
Truthfully, however, I shouldn't be surprised that someone like Dash, himself a champion of hip hop's "arrogant opulence," would come up with such an ahistorical name for a project. I can only assume that it's an opportunity for Dash to leverage the halo of his former association with Roc A Fella in order to get back into the music game. But it's boneheaded.
Does Dash even know what black rock means? The term dates back nearly 25 years to the founding of the Black Rock Coalition. It signifies that rock music was never the sole province of white, male expression. There were always other people in the mix, as exemplified by the many bands, artists and supporters -- male and female -- who comprise the growing ranks of the Black Rock Coalition, Afro-Punk, URB Alt and Ghetto Metal communities. The term never applies to white bands.
Even worse, Dash is late to getting on the rock tip. The cultural shift that's pushing black rock off the fringes and towards the mainstream has been underway for a while now. Nearly three years ago The New York Times (re)discovered the black indie rock community. Subsequent to that the musical Passing Strange went to Broadway and won a Tony Award. What's more: The Afro-Punk Festival in Brooklyn attracts 30,000 people each year; TV On The Radio's Dear Science was named 2008 Album of The Year by both SPIN and Rolling Stone; and the black indie milieu is used as a setting for film (Barry Jenkins' celebrated Medicine for Melancholy) and a novel (Farai Chideya's Kiss The Sky). And all of this is on top of the hundreds of black rock bands nationally and internationally who represent a fuller spectrum of black music.
Here are my politics: When you have the chance to move the needle forward for African Americans, you do it. If Dash was looking to stay in the lo-fi, break-friendly, blues-rock zone, why not take the opportunity to shine a spotlight on Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, The Soul of John Black, Three5Human, or Earl Greyhound? These artists have been keeping the blues alive for years, but have hardly been given the critical support they deserve. And how hot would it be to bring the 11 rappers on this project together with, say, blues legend Buddy Guy? But that requires vision, not just opportunism.
Should we hold the artists involved in the project accountable? This is a tricky area. Artists are always looking for outlets for their creativity. For most of the rappers on this project, I assume this was one of the few times they got to work with live musicians. Also, this project probably exposes both the rappers and the Black Keys to audiences they might not otherwise reach. This is all good.
But the way the skewed media tastemaking machine works, this project will only serve as further proof of the Black Keys' artistry. The fact is, given all the critical acclaim they've received, they certainly didn't "need" the burn they're going to get from being associated with this project. I look at them at them in an historical context and see another example of white artists who rode the blues to successful careers, even stardom. Think the White Stripes, the Black Crowes, even as far back as The Rolling Stones. The gushing is already underway: "A new age of possibility," crows a writer on the URB blog. Whatever.
It's straight up cowardice that the music media willfully ignores the existence of what the name of this project calls up when it's the big elephant in the room.
But you'll think for yourself, won't you? If you want to find out what's real, growing and vibrant in black rock, join the Black Rock Coalition and URB Alt communities online, check out the 20-city Afro-Punk tour that kicks off this week, or just go out and support any of the hundreds of black rock artists across the country who are making engaging and exciting music right now.
The BlakRoc Project will probably do well. But it won't be worthy of its name.