I must vent.
I seem to be having a particularly bad trip when it comes to losing photos this time. The first incidence happened in Luang Prabang (Laos), when I needed a new memory card as my current ones were full.
So I procede to buy a memory card from a electronic retailer in town. I then see the option of a 32GB USB stick for not significantly more than a 4GB Compact flash. I decide to go for this, and the wonderful people at the shop offer to transfer my photos onto the stick. Stupidly I thought this was a wonderful idea.
I come back in an hour to collect my cards and new USB stick, and ask to confirm the photos are on there. Naturally, they weren't.
Well to be specific, about 40 were, and all the rest were seemingly corrupt.
DON'T PANIC! They are still on the memory cards!
WRONG! The silly bitch cut and paste all the photos, thereby removing them in the transfer.
There goes 8GB worth of photos.
My only saving grace (I fucking hope) is that with a bit of luck the actual photos are still on the card but flagged to be overwritten. If this is the case, I may be able to retrieve them using a data recovery program. Hopefully.
Now, fast forward to 10 minutes ago.
I have found a nice net cafe around Khao San Road for 30b an hour. Nice wide screen LCD's, cameras, headsets and built in card readers! Great.
So I jump on and throw in my card. Up pops the auto-read window, and I click to open the card. Oh? What's this?
It shows me that there's an .exe (executable file) on the card and some other folder with a weird name. Oh fuck.
Take it out quickly, and put it in my camera. Surprise surprise! The fucker is corrupt!
The only logical reason I can think of for this to happen, is a virus or similar on the comp that has fucked my card! I try it again in the PC (in vain), only to be told that it's unreadable totally and needs to be formatted.
Once again the fate of hundreds of photos fall into the hands of data recovery.
I shall never use public computers to attempt to upload photos, or use third parties to copy my photos to sticks/DVD's again.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Monday, April 14, 2008
LiVE From Chiang Mai!
Quick update. In Chiang Mai for Songkran at the moment (Thai New Year and water festival)
Updating from a bar with free internet that we've ended up. Having a a ball. So many photo's I want to upload.
It's so fucking hard to stay dry; Nigh on impossible even.
Anyway, will update further soon. Need to go drink more vodka and coke and shoot people with my waterpistol!
Sawatdee Pi Mai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updating from a bar with free internet that we've ended up. Having a a ball. So many photo's I want to upload.
It's so fucking hard to stay dry; Nigh on impossible even.
Anyway, will update further soon. Need to go drink more vodka and coke and shoot people with my waterpistol!
Sawatdee Pi Mai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, April 07, 2008
One Night In Bangkok Reloaded
Back in Bangkok!
Will update more as soon as I get the time..
Everything has gone well thus far. Arrived about 7:40pm, and caught a taxi in town. Insisted on using the meter, however in the end had to negotiate a price. The fucker didn't use the toll gates either as requested. In the end I ended up paying 300b, which is overpriced by about 30b or so I guess?
Hotel is great as per usual. They even knew who we were!
Had a fantastic night. Got a bit pissed at Nana Entertainment Plaza.
Anyway, more to come :)
Wade
Will update more as soon as I get the time..
Everything has gone well thus far. Arrived about 7:40pm, and caught a taxi in town. Insisted on using the meter, however in the end had to negotiate a price. The fucker didn't use the toll gates either as requested. In the end I ended up paying 300b, which is overpriced by about 30b or so I guess?
Hotel is great as per usual. They even knew who we were!
Had a fantastic night. Got a bit pissed at Nana Entertainment Plaza.
Anyway, more to come :)
Wade
Monday, February 18, 2008
Back from Melbourne
Arrived back from the city of Melbourne last Thursday morning.
I had to work Thursday thus requiring an early flight (6:00 departure).
Unfortunately we only had a day and a half there due to time constrainst, however at the rather ridiculous price of $19.95 per way (inc. taxes) I simply couldn't resist. I would have gone just for the plane ride.
Had an excellent time over there as always. The primary two reasons I enjoy Melbourne are the excellent range of vegan restaurants and Crown Casino.
We managed to fit in a decent amount of eating during this time, going to a few new eateries...
Shakahari - http://www.shakahari.com.au/
Was absolutely fabulous, even before the food came out. Nearly walked past it as it's housed in a small cottage looking place, just off of Lygon Street. Service was fanastic by all staff and the food was second to none. Highly recommended.
Soul Mama - http://soulmama.com.au/
I've been to Soul Mama every single time I've been in Melbourne. Even when I only had a 4 hour stop coming back from Bangkok. Consistantly great. The only downside to Soul Mama is the fact that the food is precooked and on display. You choose how many choiced you would like with rice, and the staff will add the selected foods to your plate. The generally speaking quite nice, however sometimes can be slightly bland.
The staff are always a very happy and enthusiastic bunch of young people. As soon as you walk up towards the dining area you will be pounced on a lead to a table and shown how the system works if you have previously not been. Definately worth a visit of two anyway.
Soul Food Cafe'
Fantastic place down Smith Street in Fitzroy (just down the street from Vegan Wares) that's most certainly has one of the best vegan chocolate cakes I've had. Staff are quite friendly with a great arty atmosphere. Great coffee as well, using Bonsoy as standard.
We also went to a fabulous small Japanese restaurant recommended by the staff from Vegan Wares
of which the name eludes. Will update further when I get home (at work atm).
One particular thing of note however, is how I did not spot a single South Australian number plate during my stay. Indeed even Sachiko and I made a game of it to see who would spot one first, of which neither won.
The first day back in Adelaide I spotter FOUR Victorian number plates. There is only one conclusion I can draw. Victorians feel a need to travel to South Australia, however South Australians are more than happy in their own state.
I had to work Thursday thus requiring an early flight (6:00 departure).
Unfortunately we only had a day and a half there due to time constrainst, however at the rather ridiculous price of $19.95 per way (inc. taxes) I simply couldn't resist. I would have gone just for the plane ride.
Had an excellent time over there as always. The primary two reasons I enjoy Melbourne are the excellent range of vegan restaurants and Crown Casino.
We managed to fit in a decent amount of eating during this time, going to a few new eateries...
Shakahari - http://www.shakahari.com.au/
Was absolutely fabulous, even before the food came out. Nearly walked past it as it's housed in a small cottage looking place, just off of Lygon Street. Service was fanastic by all staff and the food was second to none. Highly recommended.
Soul Mama - http://soulmama.com.au/
I've been to Soul Mama every single time I've been in Melbourne. Even when I only had a 4 hour stop coming back from Bangkok. Consistantly great. The only downside to Soul Mama is the fact that the food is precooked and on display. You choose how many choiced you would like with rice, and the staff will add the selected foods to your plate. The generally speaking quite nice, however sometimes can be slightly bland.
The staff are always a very happy and enthusiastic bunch of young people. As soon as you walk up towards the dining area you will be pounced on a lead to a table and shown how the system works if you have previously not been. Definately worth a visit of two anyway.
Soul Food Cafe'
Fantastic place down Smith Street in Fitzroy (just down the street from Vegan Wares) that's most certainly has one of the best vegan chocolate cakes I've had. Staff are quite friendly with a great arty atmosphere. Great coffee as well, using Bonsoy as standard.
We also went to a fabulous small Japanese restaurant recommended by the staff from Vegan Wares
of which the name eludes. Will update further when I get home (at work atm).
One particular thing of note however, is how I did not spot a single South Australian number plate during my stay. Indeed even Sachiko and I made a game of it to see who would spot one first, of which neither won.
The first day back in Adelaide I spotter FOUR Victorian number plates. There is only one conclusion I can draw. Victorians feel a need to travel to South Australia, however South Australians are more than happy in their own state.
Monday, February 11, 2008
The Police and Joe Cocker Concert Photos
I went to both of these absolutely fantastic concerts rather recently; At both taking a decent amount of photos. I'm in the process of uploading said photo's, of which I plan to link into WadeBeger.com very shortly however have been rather busy of late. I hope to get them up by the end of this week (I'm heading to Melbourne tomorrow morning, so I'm unable to work on them for a few days).
The photo's from the Police concert are vastly better than Joe Cocker primarily due to being closer at the former concert. Personally I'm much more 'into' Joe, so I couldn't focus as much in taking quality shots as I was singing and moving around too much.
I will post a bit more about these concerts once I upload the photos. However, I must say the Joe Cocker concert became probably my favorite concert of all time simply because near the end of the concert people started to gather at the side of stage. Everyone was rather hyped and we eventually broke through security there to go to front of stage. I was one of the first, letting me get directly in front of Joe! I was like 1m away. Nearly able to touch him. Fanfuckingtastic.
Anyway..
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Diving at Rapid Bay
It's been close to 3 months since I last ventured into the underwater world, so when I got wind of the upcoming Australia Day 'fun day' (28th of January) being hosted by my local dive club I jumped onto the opportunity. I could feel myself starting to lose confidence after such a period, and so the idea of a 10m jetty dive appealed as a great way to ease myself back.
I haven't dove for such a long time primarily due to the expense of hiring dive gear. It's unfortunate that I don't own my own gear (of which I most certainly plan to purchase sometime this year), however more pressing concerns need to be addressed foremost. The cost of hiring gear is $60.00 for everything (suit, BCD, Regs, Tank) minus personal items like fins etc. As one can imagine, going out all day on a single tank can become slightly limiting. Another tank (with gas) sets you back $15.00.
Rapid Bay is about 105Km from Adelaide, and is most certainly one of the most popular jetty dives in South Australia, if not Australia. Accessibility is of least concern as it's located just off of Main South Road, rather close to Cape Jervis.
All in all it was a rather good day.
I dove with Paul Martin, who is a rather accomplished instructor and cave diver (CDAA, TRIMIX etc), with whom I also did my first two initial dives at Ardrossan.
It's unfortunate that Paul actually left his wetsuit at home however. For many this would mean the end of the day, however being the man that he is, he decided to dive in a vest and shorts!
Although it certainly wasn't a cold day, I noticed at least one diver wearing a dry suit. Quite a contrast.
Underwater Paul signaled that all was well, and we managed a 40 minute dive.
Saw plenty of beautiful life and corals, in what seemed to me to be of average visibility.
Second dive I went with two younger guys (22 and 16) and entered via the shore, having to walk over slippery rocks. It really wasn't the most ideal way to enter, and it was reasonably frustrating slipping everywhere trying to get my fins on.
Was a very disorientating dive, where we ended up at the far right T junction of the jetty. One of the guys had to pop to the top to see where we were. Making our way back was hindered by the current, causing the dive to become rather exhaustive. Oh well. It seems we all need to practice our underwater navigation.
I haven't dove for such a long time primarily due to the expense of hiring dive gear. It's unfortunate that I don't own my own gear (of which I most certainly plan to purchase sometime this year), however more pressing concerns need to be addressed foremost. The cost of hiring gear is $60.00 for everything (suit, BCD, Regs, Tank) minus personal items like fins etc. As one can imagine, going out all day on a single tank can become slightly limiting. Another tank (with gas) sets you back $15.00.
Rapid Bay is about 105Km from Adelaide, and is most certainly one of the most popular jetty dives in South Australia, if not Australia. Accessibility is of least concern as it's located just off of Main South Road, rather close to Cape Jervis.
All in all it was a rather good day.
I dove with Paul Martin, who is a rather accomplished instructor and cave diver (CDAA, TRIMIX etc), with whom I also did my first two initial dives at Ardrossan.
It's unfortunate that Paul actually left his wetsuit at home however. For many this would mean the end of the day, however being the man that he is, he decided to dive in a vest and shorts!
Although it certainly wasn't a cold day, I noticed at least one diver wearing a dry suit. Quite a contrast.
Underwater Paul signaled that all was well, and we managed a 40 minute dive.
Saw plenty of beautiful life and corals, in what seemed to me to be of average visibility.
Second dive I went with two younger guys (22 and 16) and entered via the shore, having to walk over slippery rocks. It really wasn't the most ideal way to enter, and it was reasonably frustrating slipping everywhere trying to get my fins on.
Was a very disorientating dive, where we ended up at the far right T junction of the jetty. One of the guys had to pop to the top to see where we were. Making our way back was hindered by the current, causing the dive to become rather exhaustive. Oh well. It seems we all need to practice our underwater navigation.
Friday, November 23, 2007
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