The One Show is just brilllliaaaant. Or so dear old Matt Baker would have us believe as he once again pronounced an item to be "brilliant."
This time he was referring to a piece about photography and making whole villages look small by using special tilting lenses. The presenter started off in a model village where he pointed out that he was giant size but all the buildings were tiny but still in scale. So far pretty easy to comprehend. Then he took to the air in the One Show balloon and using his magic lens made a village look tiny.
Now I might be wrong here but I thought that the higher you get and the further away you get, the smaller something will become. So to make a village look small doesn't need special technology just height! I took a photo of Paris from an aircraft once. It looked tiny!
Having been to China last year I have been watching a series about the economic growth of that huge country. The problem has been the series never seems to get going and I blame academia. This series is led by Neal Ferguson. Each episode sees him spending so long stating what he intends to prove that he is left with little time for the actual proof. It's the same with many books I have read by Academics which never get started (Richard Dawkins springs to mind). Perhaps it is just a case of the subject matter being a bit thin.
I am current,y reading a biography of Syd Barrett. This gives an interesting insight into the Cambridge and London scenes of the 1960s. About 100 pages in, there isn't too much insight into Barrett. Many biographies spend so much time putting their character into the context of the time that they almost ignore the person themselves. I suspect with this one there is just a lack of information on the early days of the former Pink Floyd frontman.
Must mention the new four part costume drama on television about The Titanic. Thought the first one was pretty terrible and hugely dull. It's written by dear old Julian Fellowes who is responsible for Downton Abbey (enough said).
Good football club meeting last night. We are preparing to put together a short presentation for Hethersett Parish Council in a move to try and push forward our expansion plans to have our own ground. How many clubs in this country running 14 teams for all ages from seven upwards and for both sexes don't have their own ground?
This morning it's a walk in Norfolk Broadland. Should be a nice sunny and warm day and good for photos. Maybe I'll take to the air to make the Norfolk Broads look tiny!
Above are a couple of photos taken on the walk. I suddenly realised you can include photos in the blog, so many happy hours ahead.
And finally today - quote of the day from Jose Mourinho: "Football is football." That's why he's "The Special One" because he knows such things. Yes Jose if Football wasn't football it might well be rugby or cricket!
This time he was referring to a piece about photography and making whole villages look small by using special tilting lenses. The presenter started off in a model village where he pointed out that he was giant size but all the buildings were tiny but still in scale. So far pretty easy to comprehend. Then he took to the air in the One Show balloon and using his magic lens made a village look tiny.
Now I might be wrong here but I thought that the higher you get and the further away you get, the smaller something will become. So to make a village look small doesn't need special technology just height! I took a photo of Paris from an aircraft once. It looked tiny!
Having been to China last year I have been watching a series about the economic growth of that huge country. The problem has been the series never seems to get going and I blame academia. This series is led by Neal Ferguson. Each episode sees him spending so long stating what he intends to prove that he is left with little time for the actual proof. It's the same with many books I have read by Academics which never get started (Richard Dawkins springs to mind). Perhaps it is just a case of the subject matter being a bit thin.
I am current,y reading a biography of Syd Barrett. This gives an interesting insight into the Cambridge and London scenes of the 1960s. About 100 pages in, there isn't too much insight into Barrett. Many biographies spend so much time putting their character into the context of the time that they almost ignore the person themselves. I suspect with this one there is just a lack of information on the early days of the former Pink Floyd frontman.
Must mention the new four part costume drama on television about The Titanic. Thought the first one was pretty terrible and hugely dull. It's written by dear old Julian Fellowes who is responsible for Downton Abbey (enough said).
Good football club meeting last night. We are preparing to put together a short presentation for Hethersett Parish Council in a move to try and push forward our expansion plans to have our own ground. How many clubs in this country running 14 teams for all ages from seven upwards and for both sexes don't have their own ground?
This morning it's a walk in Norfolk Broadland. Should be a nice sunny and warm day and good for photos. Maybe I'll take to the air to make the Norfolk Broads look tiny!
Above are a couple of photos taken on the walk. I suddenly realised you can include photos in the blog, so many happy hours ahead.
And finally today - quote of the day from Jose Mourinho: "Football is football." That's why he's "The Special One" because he knows such things. Yes Jose if Football wasn't football it might well be rugby or cricket!
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