Song Of the Day

Was just looking around facebook and found 2 of my friends that posted this...

So much better then then original!

New Content!

New Photos on the site!!

Over the weekend I was a busy little skinny.

Saturday I was at my God Niece's 1st birthday party with the theme of a pirate (Sooo funny seeing my brother as a near 6foot Parrot)

And on the Sunday A friend of mine was playing a set in Clapham, A bar Called Gigalum. Trouble was he got stuck in traffic and I had to leave early so did not get a chance to see him, But I did get to see another mate of mine and got to meet some of his buddies.

All in all a nice weekend (for a working one) and the photos turned out to be pretty good and easy. To see the photos click this LINK.

And for any other photos from me just have a look around the Gallerys @ Skinselliott.webs.com

A shocking Snack!

I was out today getting a Pirate outfit for my Brothers God Daughters 1st birthday. I will post pics later of me in it, But when I got in a found a sweet something on my desk... Fluff saw the box and it made her think of me...

I'm just hoping it reminded her of me for the little cute Nut loving furry thing and not something else hehe

BTW.... REALLY GOOD SNACK!!

A Doggy Salon!

The other day me and Fluff were in Old street. the story why we were there is long and I will put in a different blog.

Anyways.... While we were up there we saw a little salon that fluff liked the look of. So after a chat - she went in to have a trim. I have done her hair for the better part of 4 years now always braking my "rule" about doing my GFs hair. So when she wanted it I did not mind plus its always nice to feel a little pampered.

The haircut was a flop and as much as I hate saying it, I could have done a much better job! She left looking a little like Harry Potter and she was not happy with it. BUT because I am a nice guy I'm not going to post a pic, So here is a photo of the Salons cute little doggy!

Road Runner Prices!

funny how prices go down.... After writing the blog below I was just browsing my older blogs...

I found one that was very much like the blog i just wrote and was talking for 2 different deals from the 21st of July (it was more of a VIP warning blog then getting my new set up)

anyway's here is the LINK.

Now in this post I put up the prices of these 2 deals and I was shocked to find out that both deals are now at least £100 off! I have watched these sites like a hawk and did not see any price change and then this happens!

red ring of lovely-ness

What really gets to me is that one of the deals comes with an 24-105 L yes I said it F'ING L LENS! Yes its still more near the 2k mark but dam that's a good deal! Camera with battery grip, battery and a kick ass L lens to boot...

Maybe I should wait and see where its at next month hehe!

Always a bigger Fish!

I'm in a bit of a jam...

As many of you know, I have been saving for a new camera for a while now. And as its coming up to that time I have been looking for deals.

My long term plan was to get the camera with a cheap(lets say 50mm 1.8) lens and then save for the red ringed bad boys known as the Canons L lens.

While looking around I have seen 2 good deals, both come with a battery grip and either an extra battery or a 8GB CF memory card. The difference between them is only about £200.00 and the more expensive one comes with a Lens (18-135mm 3.5-5.6), But then I would have to buy the 50mm thats around £100.00 when you add that on, So only around £100 difference once you work it all out.

50mm

DEAL 1 (Remember to add on the 50mm after)

DEAL 2 (Better Zoom but not as detailed)

18-135mm

Now should I get the cheaper one and have the 50mm to play with while I save for the L glass or should I spend the little bit extra and get a lens thats not as sharp or fast but does have a far better zooming range?

House Of Reeves R.I.P

Today I had a little trip to Croydon. For the people NOT in London - Croydon comes under south London but must would call it just outside of the city as it has a CR postcode (London has a compass postcode aka SE1 NW4 etc)

Croydon had alot of trouble on Monday from all the riots, as did alot of London but they had alot more looting and big skyle fires.

One of the places that got burnt down was a shop called House of Reeves, This shop opened in 1867 and has been in the same family for over 5 generations. 150 years its been there, survived the great war, survived the Blitz of the 2nd and has been open through everything.

But last Monday a bunch of kids pissed off and believing the that world owe them something decided to burn it to the ground. What they had done speaks volumes to me, Not only do they not care about anyone but themselves. They are destroying it for every other generation that will come after, Putting everyone that has come from low income and a broken home background in a bad light.

I am one of these people, I came from next to nothing and I have worked my ass off to get where I am, By not means am I rich or drive around in nice cars of have a house that's all mine. But I have got something that many of these kids don't have, Something there parents have never taught them. And that's self respect

Now I could go on all day about this but this blog was for a place I used to see as a kid, A place that I liked and remember very fondly, and this is to say good buy to Reeves and good by to another memory of my childhood!

them images below are my work, The ones above are from google, There are more on my site on this LINK.

Short Films on the 7D

Tonight I have been looking of video editting....

After Fluff showed me a really nice video on youtube, I tryed to explan that it was mostly ideas that make it look so nice and you could record that qulity of fotty on an Dslr. Alot of music videos are now shot on the Canon 5DmrkII.

As I'm playing to get a 7D (or the 7DmrkII) I wanted to look up filming using the 7D I found this little Gem

This gives you an idea of what you can do with an Dslr as long as you have the right ideas and the will to work on it. I am soooo going to need a new computer to edit this kinda thing let alone take a few years at film school to know what I'm doing.

Norway & violent-games

It has come to my attention that the horrendous acts last week in Norway have in some way been blamed on gaming...

Now before I start I wish to send my troughs out to everyone involved and my well wishes to the people that where there and to the family's that have lost someone to what boils down to a nutjob. People like this have no connection to the real world and its hard to think of anything that could give this man the pain that he has giving to many 100s of people.

I dont believe that this mans name should be put in any post or newspaper... The best that we could do is to not put him in the history books, to forget his name. Make sure that his forgotten in less then a generation. And to make sure that he knows that will happen.

Now to the point of this blog.

It has come out that "HE WHO I WILL NOT NAME" said that "call of duty is a good training simulation." he also recommended using World of War Craft as a cover for others similarly inclined to do the same as he has.

If any of you hear about the violent/video games argument, making all our kids killers, you know its all rubbish BUT we do know that people that are already messed up in the head are going to be fans of the military-FPS genre as well as others like Man Hunt.

Just like Punk and rock&roll music had to deal with back in there day, Gamers are having to deal with now. Dig a little deeper into this mans life and ask yourself again if you would blame games for his actions...

He is believed to be a Christian Fundamentalist with sympathies to Norway's right-wing political fringe and gun-culture, his also belived to be the author of a lengthy manifesto which calls for armed action against enemies including Islam, multiculturalism and "cultural Marxism" in his country.

This is more of a reason to blame his actions on than any video game that he has played and I'm sure that "most" smart people will know better then to blame COD for something as real as this.

Anyone who saw the news on 20 April 1999will know, Columbine is something that is in everyone memory and one of the 1st things that comes up after talking about it was DOOM. Yes both the kids that carryed out this terrable attack had Doom on there home computers,(as did many other kids, myself included) but you never hear about the boys themselves. Both were bullied and alienated from the people around them, they stuck together and went mad... No one could have seen it coming but the people all around them, I am not at all justerfining these kids but the system let them down so much that they went on a killing spree.

With Norway its harder to say, I have never been myself but I have met some people from there and I have lived in Sweden where they kinda have a sim way of living. The system tens to work there and the young are helped a lot more then you would ever get in the US or even London to come to it. Both Norway and Sweden are small county that have a lot to do in everyone else's lives, People talk to each other and everyone knows one and other.

I once told my girlfriend that I dont understand Hitler, I just could not get my head around why you could hate a people, a rase or everything so much that you would want to wipe it from the face of the planet. After this event in Norway I have come back to trying to understand racists and nationalist.

The fact is I still cant, and in many ways it makes me happy knowing this.