Sloooow Friday

So slow that i started tinkering with windows script files
Managed to automate logging in to programs that ask for a password at start up. It does mean the pw is kept in the script, but saves a whole 3 seconds! 

<package>
<job id="vbs">
<script language="VBScript">
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.run """C:/""", 3 *** change C:/ to directory of program***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.AppActivate "" ***name of prompt window ***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAB}" *** tabs to the password field - login ID stored***
WshShell.SendKeys "PW" ***change PW to your password ***
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "~"
WScript.Sleep 100
</script>
</job>
</package>

3 seconds, 5 times a day, 20 times a month does not add up to the time it took to work out how to do it...

MSDN is useful

Long exposure Pinhole photography

from the SolargraphyGallery

Six month exposures directly onto darkroom paper tracking the sun's path.
Nice nice easy to follow How-To here.

new house.. potentially a small room... Contact paper to the rescue!

Chicken!

Light painting with insects

@ Photojojo

Micro controller stair lighting

something similar here too. With a kit.

cloak begone

ohwell!
better put something interesting up... :)

My camera is due back from the menders after getting its lens straightened, so been looking at photography things again - some nice GIFs at Jamie Martinez' site

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