http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens a swiss geek in Athens 2010-08-31T09:46:52Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1106 I'm again on Naxos, working in a quiet environment on some python code manipulating PDF files. Yesteray I worked from 9 to 5 and after work friends came to pick me up by car and deliver me to... the beach. Currently there is a kind of weird weather. ... photography betabug 2010-08-31T09:46:52Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1105 After being in Paris (and the Normandie), I was in Switzerland too. My father had a big party, lots of family to meet, nice. The plan was also to do some hikes in the mountains, but due to the gray, rainy weather, few of that we actually did. We went... travel betabug 2010-08-27T16:43:45Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1104 OK, I was lying. I wasn't actually all of August 1st to 10th in Paris. The 7th and 8th of August we went to the Normandie, together with Saad and his wonderful family. We went to see Honfleur and Etretat. These are both kind of touristy towns, but st... travel betabug 2010-08-24T16:52:37Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1103 From August 1st till August 10th I was in Paris. I had the chance to play around with Saad's Mamiya C330, a medium format (6x6cm film format), twin-lens reflex camera. It's an incredible good camera, but it weights a ton. I didn't have much access to... travel betabug 2010-08-23T10:06:02Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1102 The biggest problem with the otherwise quite splendid scanner Epson " Perfection " V700 (pretentious little product name there) is hitting the right focus distance... and keeping the film flat. Here are some little hints to solve part 1 of that riddl... photography betabug 2010-07-29T16:01:22Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1101 The owners of gas transport trucks are on strike. It's happened before (e.g. 2008). Today is the third day with long lines in front of gas stations. Their problem is the " economic measures " the government puts on them. The tourist season does not s... athens betabug 2010-07-28T10:07:51Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1100 For quite some time now I had been contemplating to buy a scanner. The thing is, where they develop my films (Tόλης / Tolis in Μπενάκη street), they scan them. But those scans are below the possible resolution with 6x9cm negatives and quite often, shadows and highlights are clipped. Whenever I had taken a night picture, that scanners automatic setting got way off too. So, finally I searched for a shop that... photography betabug 2010-07-24T14:17:58Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1099 Χτες ήταν η γιορτή του προφήτη Ηλία. Όπως είναι το έθιμο, ανεβήκαμε με τα πόδια σ' ένα εκκλησάκι πάνω στον Υμηττό. Είχαν φωτίσει το μονοπάτι, το ξέρω και πολύ καλά, γιατί πάω συχνά για φωτογραφίες εκεί. Κανένα πρόβλημα δηλαδή. Πέρα από αυτό είχε και ... life betabug 2010-07-21T10:41:37Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1098 Last Sunday I returned from Naxos. On a boat filled to the last place. Lots of tourists too, so I guess the tourism industry can't complain that there are no tourists at all. It was good to leave in a place that's easy to get to from the port in Pire... athens photography betabug 2010-07-15T10:21:14Z http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1097 My second week on Naxos is slowly coming to an end. I've managed to go for a swim three times (twice on the weekend, once on an evening). I've worked 8 hours every working day. Not too succesful... I think I could have done better. But I've slowly ov... travel betabug 2010-07-08T13:37:09Z