On top of the world - World Trade Towers 1978

An old and dear friend of mine, Rita Rivera,  recently sent me this color scan of an old photo she'd taken of me on the top deck of the World Trade Towers in 1978 (as close as I can recall). I can't imagine the horror visited upon those caught in that dreadful day of the 11th September 2001.

My bowling partner got a 300 game!!

1/July/2010 Update

In a stunning night of bowling, my partner Ronnie, just missed out on another 300 striking all the way to the final frame where he bowled a 9 leaving him with a 299!!! I bowled a 229 to give us the best in the league scratch 3 game record.

4/June/2010

In the third game, of our 3 game series, Ronnie (that's him in the third picture) bowled a perfect game. What is even more amazing is that the previous game he had already bowled 8 strikes in a row. That means by the end of this game he had bowled 20 strikes in a row!!!!

Pictures after the break....

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Thrill City by Leigh Redhead

Leigh Redhead, my daughter, has just had her fourth novel in the Simone Kirsch series released and I've just picked up a copy at the local bookstore.  

Yes, it's hard to believe, my own daughter didn't send me a freeby, instead I have to buy my own! It also looks like they have re-released the three earlier books in the series "Peepshow", "Rubdown" and "Cherry Pie"

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360º Panorama on A1-DES 70" LCD Tablet Monitor

At CeBit Sydney I had the opportunity to view one of my recent 360º panoramas on A1-DES's 70" LCD Electronic Touch Panel Tablet Monitor.

This incredible device allows multi-touch manipulation directly on the screen so you can pinch and zoom, rotate, draw on it and surf the internet.

Once I'd loaded the page I selected the fullscreen option and the panorama filled this huge screen, then with a gentle swipe of a finger on the screen I could pan around the panorama much to the delight of the A1-DES people and those visiting the booth.

Without wanting to monopolise the booth too much I managed to get a couple of pictures. I'm planning a followup visit to their offices to try some more samples and hopefully shoot a video of the panoramas in action.

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