Yesterday harvestdad bought one of these and I bought one of these.
It seems inevitable, therefore, that our afternoon should be spent taking pictures of ourselves with our new technology and sending them to each other, and inevitable too, furthermore, that in between we should talk on the phone and by email about the pictures we have taken and are sending.
I suppose at a stretch I could call it an investigation of the extent to which I these days resemble my dad, but really it’s the happy narcissism of new toys. (Although, it should be noted that I am a second-generation cardigan wearer, as the photographic evidence shows.)
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I have 2.5 cardigans – 2 actual and one half finished!
So we could say Family 2.0, Cardigans 2.5 !
I wonder if John will ever wear one?? Perhaps it might not be what the modern day drummer/drum n’ bass composer/production manager would want to wear
Hmmm — I do think that over time many people tend towards cardigan-wearing, so perhaps it is simply a case of letting the years pass …
There is joy in every stitch.
The last post by merc was Questing.
Actually it’s Gaynor Joy!
I knew that! /winks/
The last post by merc was Questing.
It’s not an age thing: I have seen some very stylish young avant-garde art person types sporting cardigans lately, along with absolutely gigantic dark-framed Deidre-from-Coro-Street style glasses. So you can be assured that you and Harvestdad are both on- or even pre-trend.
All this reminds me of the NZ art curator who was asked by his director not to persist in wearing cardigans to work. Most unfair, and probably also against the Dog Act.
I am of this date determined to resist the expansion of glasses frames to their 1980s’ levels, but I have said that about other trends including wide-legged pants, Rachel from Friends haircuts, peasant blouses and those sports sandals that fasten with velcro.
New toys are a wonderful thing. (I think you win on the hawtest photo, though.)
One of my favourite things with my new MacBook is taking photos of myself with Photo Booth, including the cheesy filters. HarvestDad should be encouraged to have a play with this some more.
The last post by Robyn was Obscene and pornographic art
The idea of filters intrigues me and harvestdad should subscribe to their newsletter. Some of my most fun photo-taking experiences have been in the purikura photo booths in Tokyo & Yokohama, so some bias is at work in me.
What – the Obscene and Pornographic Arts filters???!!!
Well, it would explain the slightly smug air of the average Mac user!
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harvest dad resembles a kindly, wise santa
i love that he’s rockin’ the mac.
Thank you sas, I’ve rocking Macs almost as long as harvestbird can remember. But I must disabuse you of the Santa myth. I have never, and hopefully will never been inveigled into playing that particular part. Check with Harvestbird on that point!
I’ve just noticed something else – remember the rule about i before e except before c? I typed inveigled as inviegled and the Mac spelling corrector underlined it in red. As far as I can tell there is no c in inveigled, however it’s spelt. Anyone got any clues? Does the Mac spelling checker not know that rule?
I do remember some of harvestbro’s mates expressing hope one school camp that you had turned up in order to distribute Santa-style largesse, but they were sadly disappointed.
“Inveigle” seems to be of French origin, which might explain the spelling inconsistent with the rule?
As Hbrid says, perhaps it’s the deficiencies of the heinously weird, albeit ancient, foreign language that ‘Inveigle’ comes from that break the rule. Also ‘Leitmotiv’ – but I couldn’t fit that in…
The photo up top was taken by the new MacBook Pro of this VERY smug apple person! But do please be patient with me while I discover the delights of filtering myself.
Have you read the Guardian piece on why the reporter hates Apple owners? I recommend it!
Was it this Charlie Brooker piece?
Yes.
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