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Saturday 17th January 2009
Non-permanent 'firmware' changes
   
Last night (I can't remember what was the impetous here, but does it matter?) I decided to do this weird, 'firmware' upgrade to my Canon Powershot A570IS. I think it's supported, not that it matters - it's non-permanent, non-destructive, apparently. So yeah . . . I did that and it was all good. However, today we took A****** to somewhere off the M6 (junction 15?) to meet Pop and Cathie. The meeting point was about half-way between our house and Stratford. On the way back, I pointed my camera directly at the sun and took a few pictures with the shutter speed set at something like 1/10000 seconds. Those seemingly b/w pictures of trees and stuff are the result. Pictures of the fire . . . similar kind of story. So yeah . . . we had lunch at this hotel thingy near junction 15 and then got A****** into Pop's car, said our goodbyes and that was that. A****** is staying at Pop and Cathie's for a couple of nights; back on Monday. Felt kind of weird tonight . . . dinner, bath and bed-time . . . it all seemed a lot more straightforward, a lot easier than normal. Hmmmmmm.
 
But yeah . . . I can play reversi on my camera and it's now got a calendar and I can set it to take a single picture every ten minutes (or whatever) until the battery runs out, if I so desire . . . that's got to be a good thing, surely. Oh, and for those interested in the progress (?! I'm suddenly not liking that word) of R******: his crawling skills have seemingly suddenly improved a lot, although he's kind of pulling himself forward with his hands/arms rather than doing the arm/leg coordination thing. Should give him strong arms, though, I guess. However, there's kind of a feeling of dread knowing that the better his crawling gets, the faster and easier he can get to various dangers; this week he 'escaped' from A******'s room and onto the hallway, which is surely not that far off getting to the top of the stairs (I'm the worrier in these situations; M****'s far more laid back). I've noticed that like Adam, for R****** the forbidden fruits are definitely the sweeter ones (this is a not entirely clear reference to R****** and his habit of crawling towards objects that are really NOT intended for R******: cups of coffee, pharmaceuticals, packets of baby-wipes, magazines (mmmm, tasty), drawing pins, knives (blunt dinner knives, of course) and other miscellanous sharp/dangerous objects . . . bright, colourful, soft toys for children of R******'s age just don't have the same appeal, naturally). Hmmmmm. Yes. I probably say this all the time, but is it normal and/or correct/advisory to begin parentheses by putting in the opening and closing parentheses and then typing within said parentheses?
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