For I am Rex !
If you haven’t already been introduced, this is Rex. He is the most loveable of Caviler King Charles Spaniels. Go here if you would like more information on them. Apart from paying unswerving...
View ArticleIt’s Been a While
I know, I know. Such promise ! Such commitment. What happened ? I got disillusioned. I was commuting from home to work and back again. It seemed I was going over the same things time after time, again...
View ArticleWith a little bit of effort
But that’s not much of a picture Colin ? A bike, in your back-yard ? Ah but it is a special bike. This bike takes me the 8.3 miles from the house to the Caltrain station in San Jose. The route. After...
View ArticleGreetings from Stockholm
I’m in Stockholm for a few days on business this week. Amazing weather here so far. Can’t wait to get a chance to wander around some more and drink in the sights. I’m carrying both the GH2 and the...
View ArticleNight Bikes
And here is one for the D700. Last night returning from the office to the hotel I went for a wee bit of a wander. I found this rack of bikes that are available to anyone for rent and thought they...
View ArticleStockholm City Hall at Night
I went for a walk about late last night in Stockholm. Eventually I found myself at Stockholm City Hall. Discovered that yes Stockholm is on an archipelago and that meant I did end up getting a little...
View ArticleAlewalds Stairs
I was rather taken by these stairs. They in fact narrow at the top and so give the impression of rising much further and steeper than they actually do. Of course converted to black and white using the...
View ArticleWet Plastic Chairs
It was a wet miserable day in Stockholm on Sunday afternoon. The battery on the GH2 had died. Back to the D700, which I was carrying about in my back-pack anyway. Was heading back towards my hotel...
View ArticleWhen Life Gives you Lemons (or Limes) ..
… take a picture. We had visited “Boiling Crab” in San Jose for dinner. Part of the experience is the wax paper on the table, pour on the limes, small containers of salt and pepper and shrimp, crab...
View ArticleEmpty Shadow Seats
Guess who is back on the Caltrain ? Black and white image taken using manual focus (ohhh fancy) on the GH2. I did find one nice thing I like about the GH2. When you put the camera in manual mode and...
View ArticleStockholm Stroll
Another picture from my trip to Stockholm. I was wandering the streets close to the hotel where there was a house on the ridge. I had been playing with the 50mm f1.2 lens. I saw the couple walking...
View ArticleTrain Over Water
As I was strolling along the water there was a train crossing on the bridge and I liked the look of the reflection on the water along with the angle the train crossed the water. I love going to new...
View ArticleStairs Down
I enjoy taking pictures of stairways. This is my second one from Stockholm and I still have another 3 or 4 that have potential. And look, this one isn’t in black and white. The buildings to the side...
View ArticleCandle Contribution
And we are still in Stockholm … One evening Joe, myself and Paul from the Dice office visited the Mead Hall, Sjätte Tunnan, in the Old City district. This subterranean hall had a music stage, low...
View ArticleStockholm Street
It has bikes, people shopping, posters, 7-11 and men with “European man-bags”. While touring Stockholm I suddenly realised. “Holy crap there are a lot of 7-Elevens in this city !”. And Google would...
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Neil Gaiman in Berkeley
On Monday 27th of June I dragged Mrs. Kaadian, kicking and screaming, over to Berkeley to see the indomitable Mr. Neil Gaiman as he promoted the 10th Anniversary Edition of American Gods with a book...
View ArticleStockholm at Night 1
I’m back in Stockholm for a wee bit. For the first week I walked to and from my apartment. The walk is very pretty, through parks, along water-fronts, past historic buildings, across railway bridges,...
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Selective Colorings
Recently I had the pleasure of doing wine tasting in Sanoma with Mrs Kaadian and some of her friends. We visited 4 vineyards in Sanoma County, bought wine at 3 of them and had a smashing time. You can...
View ArticleOne about video games …
[This is in reply to a newspaper article criticizing games as the cause of death of a young man from deep vein thrombosis, after a marathon 12hour gaming session.] TIMES RECORD The poor young-man died...
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A Walk to the Office
This post is a little bit different. It’s a travelogue, of sorts, documenting the daily commute I made from my apartment in the Kungsholmen district to the office at Dice. There will be a companion...
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