LC-A OK

May 18, 2010 — Photography. 3 Comments

Lomo LC-A

Back when I was a ninth grader, I saved up enough money to get myself a Lomo LC-A and a few other things that came bundled with it. I took photos with the camera like crazy. My only problem was that I had a hard time saving money to develop my photos. In fact, I still have a handful of undeveloped rolls from years ago lying around.

After a while, I noticed that the camera was acting up. The front casing was loose and my attempts at fixing the problem weren’t that great. I decided to use masking tape to keep the camera from falling apart and colored it black.

Well, I finally got it repaired. I took it to a guy who goes by the name, Lomodoctor Fa. When I took my LC-A over to his place, he sat down with my friend and me at a small desk. It had a bunch of tools and such.

It took Fa very little time to figure out how to fix my LC-A. While he did work on the camera, he gave me some tips on taking care of it. He even switched up my bad screws and put some tape on the camera to protect it. Pretty cool guy.

I plan using my LC-A a lot more often now. If only I could get some film to use in it. I prefer Fuji Superia but they don’t have it at the Rite Aid or CVS near me. Both B&H and Adorama are closed till Friday. What do I do!?

My Last Name Isn’t Kapoor

March 9, 2010 — Blogging and Geeky. 7 Comments Tags: , , .

Sometime during the 8th grade, which was around 2005, my blog kept getting hits from people searching for Shahid Kapoor. From what I could tell, there was some cellphone video of the guy kissing Kareena Kapoor. The guy’s really big in the Bollywood movie industry. That was the first time I was confused for Shahid Kapoor.

Over the last couple of years, Twitter’s gotten huge and many celebrities are using it. At some point in time, people started tweeting to @shahid, my username, confusing me for Kapoor. Then, Kapoor joined Twitter (@shahidkapoor) and I’ve been bombarded with even more tweets intended for him. Some people leave a space in his name, typing it as “@shahid kapoor” while others omit his last name entirely.

Of course, my account was private for a long time. I recently made it public for a research paper and to try and communicate with Kapoor. This hasn’t worked yet.

Normally, I would have no problem receiving his tweets. The thing is, these are his fans trying to reach out to him and their messages are coming my way instead. Also, I have to decipher between replies sent to @shahidkapoor and those sent to me, @shahid.

I’m not exactly sure what to do.

Procrastination

February 10, 2010 — Geeky and Tech. Closed

I’ve been using an application called WriteRoom to write up reports and such lately. WriteRoom lets you block everything out and allows you to work against a black background. It helps me concentrate on only what I’m trying to finish writing. Whenever I try to work on something, I end up spending at least 200% more time than necessary because I let myself get distracted. What I’ll do is surf through sites like Wikipedia or go on Amazon and look up junk.

On another note, classes are cancelled because of the snow. What am I doing? Procrastinating by writing about how I prevent procrastination. I should really be studying for my chemistry exam.

Also, there should be a screenshot here of what WriteRoom looks like.

Welcome, 2010

February 2, 2010 — Blogging and Personal. 2 Comments

Quite honestly, I don’t remember when I stopped blogging. Well, stopped writing for Cafenut. I think at some point, I began to post things over at cafenut.tumblr.com instead of this site. Possibly because I had a feeling I wouldn’t be able to afford a renewal at the time. Last night, I decided to pull things together and resurrect the website.

After paying a few fees and working out some issues with Dreamhost, I was able to get the site up and running. I was afraid I might’ve given up on Cafenut and deleted the entire site. Fortunately, I had three backups saved on my laptop.

I was a little reluctant to keep up my old posts because I might’ve had things that would embarrass me now. But honestly, I could care less. Those old posts help me see what’s changed about myself and what’s still the same.

I’m not sure how frequently I’ll be writing here because I’m usually tweeting these days. Twitter has changed the way I blog. I think my early posts from Blogger (circa 2004-2005) are similar to what I’m usually posting on Twitter now. I’m still considering whether or not I should make my Twitter feed public again.

Anyway, this blog needs an overhaul. I think I’ll be working on improving my writing. I don’t have the time to focus on the layout of the site or anything. We’ll see where things go.

Old Posts

February 1, 2010 — Blogging and Personal. Closed

It feels nice to be blogging again, or at least attempting to begin again. I was looking through my old posts and I realized how much I’ve changed. It’s nice to look at the things I wrote back then. It let’s me understand myself a bit better.