Friday, May 15, 2009

Bath Bits and Lazarus

Way back in the first weeks of the holiday I had the brilliant idea to use Picassa, Google's photo program for PCs, to cobble together a quick video of photos and phone clips of Bath and if successful would do the same for Oxford et al. The "make video" process was pretty easy but the uploading of the completed video has defied all attempts. I blame pub broadband, but what can you expect for nothing?
Soooooooo
I have adopted a simpler course - a slideshow.
Remember, they are bits, not the best which are on Tess's Facebook pages at present.
But at least I have discovered a work around. Picassa is a good program.
And Lazarus??
Should be the name for my trusty Nokia Navigator.
Last report had it submerged in the bilge of The Lady of the Lake launch but I am pleased to say it has been rescued. Actually, I was so upset that the bosun's mate took pity and prised the planks up near where it had disappeared and lo and behold, grabbed its cord and brought it up. It was tracking our progress with Sportstracker (such a useful phone!) but the screen went black when I tried to turn it off.
Expecting to make a claim on insurance, I had my ticket autographed to the effect that a clumsy landlubber had dropped his phone on the boat. But careful (loving?) care afterwards saw it recover so far to full function. Back from the dead indeed.
Anyway, Below should be the Bath Bits slideshow. Enjoy!

2 comments:

Rose Vines said...

Okay, now I am seriously impressed by your Nokia. It reminds me of that episode of Top Gear where they try to destroy a defenseless Toyota ute. What a little trooper. (And nice of the bosun's mate, too.)

Rob said...

We have found everyone her friendly and helpful. Perhaps we put out the right vibe, 29 years later!