I’ve taken up baking

My first loaf of bread wasn’t a success for the looks, but it tasted fantastic! My second one was rather sluggish with too much water, but I’m getting there. Add ingredients, let the machine do the rest. Suits me fine. And finally I can get good bread in Denmark (not just white or all black, but plain norwegian “grovbrød”)

I skipped badminton today to cook dinner (marinated turkey, mixed vegetables, thai-sauce and brown rice, then my chocolate/espresso fix served with dark orange chocolate on the side. When everyone was gone, I thought this picture captured the day nicely.

An interesting read

The Recording Industry Guide to Home Taping via Binary Bonsai

I contacted Soligor about their 2x tele-converters as I noticed that many firms have released new converters and that some (Soligor included) have special converters for the digital Canon EOS series. They answered (quickly, I may add ) that the 2x convertors are only coated from one side but that because the sensors in digital cameras reflect light, they require double coating. There are two new issues to me in this:

• The sensors reflect light? Does this disturb the picture with any lens when using a slow shutter speed?
• What kind of coating is used for converters (or lenses in general) and what is it used for? (obviously it has to do with reflection, but how/what?)