http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “When is the first day of Spring 2018” en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:33:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276903 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:44:49 +0000 gembo 276903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Many younger readers would be disappointed with Herman's Glass Bead Game, being not about Glass Beads or Games? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276900 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:02:42 +0000 minus six 276900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i remember in the introduction to <em>Steppenwolf</em>, Hermann Hesse bemoaned the fact that his work was getting into the hands of younger readers, for whom it was not intended</p> <p>i think he had it the wrong way round really </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276899 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:56:08 +0000 gembo 276899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax-San you are both totally correct and yet also in a parallel universe, a wee bit wrong as the book has almost the same name as the thread.</p> <p>I read darkness at noon as a callow youth. It was an entry level into my fixation on Doestoyevski ( spelling?). Why did a 16 year old tholing it out in Ayr have such an interest in the Lubyanka Prison? I don't know. Why would you read a book called The Idiots where 100 pages in the main characters have still not appeared?</p> <p>In koestler's Lubyanka despite the freezing cold you had to keep your arms above the covers</p> <p>The clever cons had little strips of covers for their arms which the guards tolerated.</p> <p>Read another Koestler book about toads and vaguely knew Prof Bob Morris the first Koestler Chair in Parapsychology. He was a dab hand at statistics. Most paranormal activity has about a less than chance level of occurring. Or if you like the phenomenon e.g known as the quickening is more likely to occur by chance than it is by paranormal explanation (e.g guessing what card it is etc). Obviously the Quickening has a much higher than chance level of occurring if you have just created Harper Rig and are descending down that Lang Whang to Edinboro' as Bob called it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276897 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:48:37 +0000 minus six 276897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gembo-san, you're on the wrong thread for the books</p> <p>but since we're here, have you read <em>Darkness at Noon</em> by Arthur Koestler </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276894 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:11:10 +0000 gembo 276894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Beginning of Spring is a monumentally brilliant novel set in Moscow just before the revolution by the consistently superb doughty trot Penelope Fitzgerald. Quite short for a Russian novel. Very Russian given the author was a wee English wifie whose dad Evo Knox was the editor of Punch and whose uncle Ronald Knox was Evelyn Waugh's Priest and whose other uncles were Church of England priests and bishops </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276871 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:52:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp</p> <p>Yes, the res is oddly low. Must check it's actually in focus...</p> <p>It wasn't camouflaged as the spot was good and most people a) not there b) unobservant and c) honest but I do intend to make it a small <a href="http://www.military1st.com/11963020-ghillie-suit-jackal-woodland.html">ghillie suit</a> at some point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276859 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:06:53 +0000 jdanielp 276859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's definitely feeling more like spring again today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276787 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:51:47 +0000 cb 276787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that a typo on the Brinno website or are they just being insulting?:</p> <p><em>"<br /> Even you can upload your time lapse video to Youtube or Vimeo immediately<br /> "</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276783 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:57:55 +0000 crowriver 276783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Despite the snow, it's definitely spring. Bulbs are growing leaves down at the allotment, through the melting snow. Garlic growing too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276771 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:01:50 +0000 fimm 276771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I really like that video! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623&page=2#post-276757 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 01:09:49 +0000 unhurt 276757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did enjoy that. Skies skies skies. Hard to focus on anything else. Weird bagpipes though. </p> <p>P.S. "category: cars and vehicles"? Mmhm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276679 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:50:38 +0000 acsimpson 276679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If daffodils are a sign of spring the. Last week saw spring in our Garden. However they were well and truly hurried despite being in a very sheltered spot under a bush.</p> <p>Time will tell how the other ones have fared. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276674 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:55:59 +0000 HankChief 276674@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great video. I must have mistimed my dance routine... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276649 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 10:03:44 +0000 jdanielp 276649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS looks good, if surprisingly lowish resolution. Did you use HDR? That combined with the low light sensitivity presumably were responsible for the subtlety of the nights if so. Is the weatherproof box also camouflaged to try to reduce the chance of it bring spotted? I'll mull over ideas... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276648 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:11:17 +0000 gembo 276648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats yes it seemed to get dark very briefly twice? At one point maybe two thirds through I thought a beast came on stage left but otherwise nothing venturing out? Or do you get more action at normal speed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276645 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:16:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp</p> <p>Cheers! It is a <a href="http://brinno.com/time-lapse-camera/TLC200Pro">Brinno TLC200 Pro</a> in a special <a href="http://brinno.com/accessory">Scotland-proof house</a>.</p> <p>Just let me know if you wish to borrow for a trial. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276644 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:58:30 +0000 jdanielp 276644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS cool video. What camera did you use? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276643 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:40:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Weird thing is you can barely see the two nights. Full moon, snow cover and thirty seconds between frames.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276642 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:29:24 +0000 steveo 276642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fantastic iwrats! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276641 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:25:43 +0000 Stickman 276641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS: excellent! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276640 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:20:18 +0000 gembo 276640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A cold and lonely spot you understand </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276639 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:11:33 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here is the Eastern Beast at 900 times real speed...</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=578Btk9OSrk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=578Btk9OSrk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276593 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:12:00 +0000 gembo 276593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>21/03/18 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276592 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:59:23 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The camera did not snow up. The footage is in. Stand by to view it before the equinox. When is that?</p> <p>HankChief's dancing pretty subtle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276591 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:50:08 +0000 gembo 276591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spring Equinox fast approaching </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276589 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:22:57 +0000 hunnymonster 276589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In Sweden they typically define spring as the first time daytime temperature is above freezing for 7 days... </p> <p>So it comes to Skåne sooner than it does in Norrbotten... Just sayin' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276484 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:11:13 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One frame every 30s, played back at 30fps. Good luck! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276478 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:07:41 +0000 HankChief 276478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What is the frequency of frames that you're using?</p> <p>Trying to work out how to time my dance routine for maximum artist effect once I do find it :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276476 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:37:44 +0000 I were right about that saddle 276476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It shall be so. Slight delay while I source creative commons bagpipe music to dub on. May leave camera another day or two for CCE challenge to find it. It is on Craigmillar Hill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18623#post-276473 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:19:44 +0000 unhurt 276473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any chance of sharing the results? </p>