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Lunar Eclipse Thing

Whos watching it tonight?
Also, fun fact:
It is the second of two lunar eclipses in 2010. The first was a partial lunar eclipse on June 26, 2010. It will be the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern Winter Solstice (Southern Summer Solstice) since 1638, and only the second in the Common Era.
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I will watch it, I was aware of it in 1hr my time (-6GMT)
If anyone can post real pictures would be nice as this is one of a kind event!!

Yea, I'll be there with my trusty 7D with a 70-200 and a 1.4 teleconverter on it. Just have to make sure I dont get killed :O
Anyone living in Brooklyn wanting to meet up? lol

Great please share your pics here
More info:
Lunar Eclipse Pictures: What You Could See Tonight

Eclipse Pictures from South Louisiana
Two pictures I've gotten tonight so far at midnight and one am respectively. I'll add more here if I remember.
Another fun fact is that you should be able to see the ursids meteor shower tonight. It's only visible because of the eclipse.
EDIT: Added the pics taken from 2 am and 2:30 am. Resized them and tweaked them for better image quality.

Ok, i froze my ass off but it was worth it. Ill put my photos up when i wake up.

Damn it was freezing (well for me 10c is freezing, don´t laugh...)
Here mines:
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orb3000 said:
Damn it was freezing (well for me 10c is freezing, don´t laugh...)
Here mines:
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I know how you feel. I'm in South Louisiana in the US. During the day these past few weeks it's been 21C (70F) or warmer. Tonight it was 10C too. Sooooo cold!
I couldn't get the light to filter properly on the fist picture from midnight. I'm actually surprised how well mine came out though. It's over now, so I'm off to bed.

Haha 10C is cold.
I was in NYC in -8C.
I'll post my shots when I get to them.

Cheers Orb. Thanks.
I wish I knew when it had been -_-

Yes it was one of a kind natural event I´m glad had the chance to see

Way too cold outside...could not get a sharp shot because of the wind/crappy tripod.

Lunar Eclipse by Jaszek PL, on Flickr
Lunar Eclipse by Jaszek PL, on Flickr
Yea, wind and the moon being dark towards the end messed me up. And the smog from nyc.

Very nice pics, everyone. It was too cloudy here so I missed out. Have pics from the last eclipse but still bummed I missed this once in a lifetime event.
Weather was favourable too... About -15C. Warmed up a but in the last week or so and each night perfectly clear up until last night.
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jaszek said:
Yea, wind and the moon being dark towards the end messed me up. And the smog from nyc.
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What lens/settings did you use? There's no EXIF on flickr but it looks like you got pretty close.

Canon 7D
70-200 f/2.8 L IS
1.4 TC
ISO 100
F/8 - f/5.6
SS Varied

Very nice pictures guys!!!!!
@jaszek: Could you make me a wallpaper out of your second image? Its very good!

Cool pictures, guys. I took mine with my little Nikon Coolpix S3000. (Let the ridicule begin... lol) I'm no pro photographer. I just took them on the auto setting with no flash and then cleaned them up some in PS.

flyboyovyick said:
Very nice pictures guys!!!!!
@jaszek: Could you make me a wallpaper out of your second image? Its very good!
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How bout this pic I took??
But yeah.. Amzing pics dude...

MacaronyMax said:
How bout this pic I took??
But yeah.. Amzing pics dude...
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Did you take that while nipping out to get some cheese?

Valentine's Day 2011

Ah... the day that geeks fear and dread is coming up... so which one of you XDAers have prepared for Valentine's this year?
As for me and mine, we have already exchanged gifts ahead of time (she's going back to China on the 14th)

After six years it's really hard to come up with something nice... -.-
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This is our fifth Valentine's Day. This is the second time I hand-made something for her...

That's nice... last year I made a song for her (I'm producing some underground music, btw)
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psyhound said:
That's nice... last year I made a song for her (I'm producing some underground music, btw)
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Haha.
Any spelunking on that night?

Its our 11th anniversary on the 15th so there`s nothing left to get, I`ll have to make a trip to Tesco`s, I really know how to spoil it, I mean her..
As for anything planned, jaysus, I`ll probably end up having a choke with me yolk a few times and then get her to have a go, then sleepy time........looking forward to the 12th!!!!!?????

Just a commercial strategy to take out more money from your pockets...
If you love her/him make Feb. 14 everyday!

Yeah... that's why my gift was hand-made... she got me a (gasp!) Domo-kun. I was wondering WTF? all the way to my office (we met up for lunch today)

we are sooo lucky u put an anonymous vote

sakai4eva said:
Yeah... that's why my gift was hand-made..
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I can give my wife a "hand-made gift", but she better prepare herself for a mess, waheeehhhehehe

mloc33 said:
I can give my wife a "hand-made gift", but she better prepare herself for a mess, waheeehhhehehe
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Well, I'm actually not that far in the relationship with this girl but if I was I would let her decide what we should do during the day (shopping or whatever she wants to do). At the evening I would prepare a delicious homemade dinner with starter and dessert, give her a massage and probably suffer through a romantic movie (I would concentrate more on the cuddling with her than the story though)
I would probably also give her some jewelry at the dinner if I could afford it but... I'm a student ^^

We don't do Valentine's day.. because we are cheap like that

Most people here including me

mloc33 said:
I can give my wife a "hand-made gift", but she better prepare herself for a mess, waheeehhhehehe
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we need moar of this in o-t

Flowers, nice dinner, movie, and some random inside joke type presents. Nothing super original, but definitely did the trick

From my estimates, the "geek" subspecies of humanity will be extinct by 2060-ish.
Only 2 are prepared for this event, while the rest are unprepared or even unaware of the existence of said event.
I haz sad...

I procrastinated, didn't get anything, just told her I'd take her to the book store. She was happy. She got me the BBC Planet Earth on blu ray.

I met a girl on the cruise ship I was on for the last 4 months. She's still there... looks like I'm off the hook? lololol

seems like i was the only one voted 'maybe' .
haha i wonder what would happen I still got 35 minz of V's day here.
spent almost half the weekend making some sort of valentine's day videos for youtube and actually 'failed to advertise' it cuz I dont have a girl
anyway Happy Valentine's Day

My band - New Bones debut album Trust Us? BEWARE!

Hey guys, hope you're all well. I'm Will, I mostly lurk in the Desire forums - I imagine a lot of you are into music - so hopefully its deemed acceptable for me to post this - if not, mods please feel free to delete!
On August 15th my band releases its debut full length.
As of today, 1st August we have made a FREE edition of the album available, which you can get from our site http://newbones.co.uk - all you have to do it is post on your Facebook or Twitter (automated)
If you download the free version you also get access to FREE tickets to our Album Launch Party, which is at The Bowery, New Oxford Street, London on Tuesday 30th August (guess which other band is in town)
New Bones - Trust Us? BEWARE!
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1. Vicimus
2. Killing Time
3. Chains
4. Take This Underground*
5. Criminal
6. Love Fades
7. The Curse
8. My Love
9. Shadows
10. Flirting in the City
11. Wake Up
12. Fools
13. Love Fades (Extended)*
14. Sex Education*
15. Take This Underground (Mr Chay's Mix)*
16. Take This Underground (willd's dub)*
17. Flirting in the City (Acoustic)*
18. Love Fades (Acoustic)*
19. Shadows (Acoustic)*
20. The Curse (Acoustic)*
21. Wake Up (Acoustic)*
22. Stage Walk On Music*
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Hopefully some of you will download it and like it - let me know what you think! Might even see some of you on the 30th
Will x

Mate - I've not listened to the album yet (just downloading it), but I had a look the the video for "Take This Underground" and it is awesome!!! I don't get into London that much, but if I do and you're playing I'll definitely come along.
Nice one mate.
Edit: Okay, so I've heard most of the album so far and it's REALLY good!
Edit: Okay, so I've heard all the album now and I'm blown away. One of the best new things I've heard in a long time. MORE!!!

This is actually really good. And I'm surprised that I like it, because I'm usually not a fan of British Alt. Rock stuff. But, I top my hat to you and your bandmates, this is pretty awesome sounding!
P.S. > Are you the singer, or guitar, or drums, or bass, or anything else..? lol.
P.P.S > I just downloaded the album! and of course made my FB status the predetermined/written one that you guys made! Hopefully you get some new fans!

Hey guys, thanks for the kind words I really appreciate it.
I'm the bassist in the band. I'm also the Producer/engineer of the album (plus backing vox, programming, keys, extra bass and other instrumentation) ha!
If you really like it, the full version is out on the 15th - hopefully we'll have another vid or so up soon.
Do you have any fav tracks?

thewilldone said:
Do you have any fav tracks?
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They were all good - not 1 duff one in there, but for me you saved the best till last. "Fools" is great! I particularly liked "Love Fades" too.

So far my fav song in "Take it Underground" But I have listened to every song on the album yet. Very catch tune, "Take it Underground" is.

johncmolyneux said:
They were all good - not 1 duff one in there, but for me you saved the best till last. "Fools" is great! I particularly liked "Love Fades" too.
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Fools is my favourite too, especially live!

cheeky lil bump for the weekend!

Remember to put your clocks back this Sunday!!

For those of you who are on Daylight Savings Time anyway. (Feel free to put them back if you're not but don't blame me when you're late for everything).
I almost forgot again which could have led to some embarrassment. Personally i think DST is a ridiculous and pointless exercise which should be scrapped. Time is immutable. Stop screwing with it!
This has been a Public Service Broadcast brought to you by DirkGently.

What's DST??

Montoyatok said:
What's DST??
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Daylight Savings Time.
In America the clocks get adjusted to fit the seasonal change in daylight hours.
It's because some jobs are dependent upon hours of daylight, so instead of just waking up earlier, we go to all the trouble of changing our clocks by an hour twice a year.

Montoyatok said:
What's DST??
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Daylight Savings Time

Ib4l thanks for reminder tho
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DST does not apply to most countries that are close to the equator, as the length of the day does not change much from Summer to Winter.
Singapore (Montoyatok's location) happens to be one of them, although DST did apply once.
P.S. If you are in the U.K., some banks shut their ATMs down over this period, (1 to 2 am, Sunday) to stop the transactions being screwed up by the time change. Progress!

Its daylight saving time not savings fyi
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Soon I will get a free extra hours sleep.
Also, Spring forward, Fall back. That's how I usually remember it.

There are a lot of people that want to stop doing it, me included. But then all of these parents start screaming "think of the children". They are afraid that their urchins will get run over if it is dark out when they are waiting for the school bus.

Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).

LordManhattan said:
Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).
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That's what happens when you live on a Gas Giant.

Actually, there are some energy benefits to DST. It allows us to consume less barrels of oil for energy with the clocks rolled forward. Now if we get greener energy sources in the US, then I'm all for scrapping it...
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LordManhattan said:
Boooo! I don't like it when it gets dark that early.. In december it gets dark at 15:30 (3:30 PM).
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Damn that's early

Showing my age here, but any Brits remember the experiment from 1968 to 1971 when the UK remained on British Summer Time all year?
In Northern England we went to school in the dark, in Scotland it was even worse, the dark lasted longer. We had to wear stupid PVC tabards with reflective panels front and back, that nearly made you pass out from the fumes from the plastic.
It ran for two years before they ditched the idea.

that sucks i work nights and work this weekend i better get paid for that extra hour

You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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I did.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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It's not the same everywhere. It is this weekend in the UK.

TheSkinnyDrummer said:
You guys realize that its not THIS weekend, right?
Nov 4th.
Sent from your mom.
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Oooooo. I can see it now. It was planned for Nov 4th because of the election on Nov 6th, Republicans put it that day so it will make Democrats become disenfranchised and not show up to the polls on time!!!!

Archer said:
It's not the same everywhere. It is this weekend in the UK.
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The Remembrance Day Thread(No 063_XOBX ALLOWED)

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month," in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 a.m.) World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. [1]
The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance for members of the armed forces who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[2]
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem "In Flanders Fields". These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war.
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Thank you to all the soldiers who fought for us so that we never got hurt, and thank you to those who are serving at the moment in war torn countries like Afghanistan. We can never pay you back the debt of respect we owe you, and thank you again for your braveness.
Users like 063_XOBX and StormMcCloud Are not welcome to post here due to their wild attitude towards everything.
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Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England’s overthrow.
But, by God’s providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James’s sake!
If you won’t give me one,
I’ll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn’orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

I hope we all had our 2 minutes silence at 11am, watched it on the TV here. Google has a nice little poppy too.
On the 11/11, we will remember them.
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Quinny899 said:
I hope we all had our 2 minutes silence at 11am, watched it on the TV here. Google has a nice little poppy too.
On the 11/11, we will remember them.
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Yes, watched it on TV this year as I'm at home helping to look after my Mum following her hip operation. As per usual, my Dad has gone up to the village church suited, with his medals on, to do the reading on behalf of ex-servicemen and -women.

jaszek said:
Remember, remember!
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Remembrance Day isn't related in any way to Guy Fawkes. That particular commemoration was November 5th. Remembrance Day is the 11th, although the Sunday after is when people usually gather at memorials. This year the two coincide.
My step father is ex-army and plays the Bugle at the local British Legion today.

My total respect to those past, present, and future heroes that serve to protect our nations, and our freedoms from those who wish to steal them from us!
God bless my father, MY hero, who passed away some years back:
Korean War Vet
US Army
50th AAA
My favorite, the Sherman!
Always loved the Sopwith Camel
Oh the music, when a P51 (or a Spitfire) flies by overhead!

1. Veterans deserve a lot more than they currently receive (hopefully some of the veteran related amendments wind up passing, particularly the one related to their spouses).
2. I'm not here to troll, but telling me I'm not "allowed" like you are somehow above me definitely makes me want to.

Thread closed before something good turns bad.