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Hello, been a while since my last journo.

I learned some pretty neat stuff over the last week, a technique called reverse lens for taking closeup pictures. Been trying out some shots, and it just amazes me how much detail you can get with this. Should be posting some pictures soon and hopefully I might make a tutorial, specifically with some relevance to my D90 since most of the tutorials I read dealt with Canon Rebel cams. Each time I have a trial of taking pics, I learn something new and I get closer and closer, but now I think I've maxed out. Really fun stuff to experiment with! All you guys with SLRs should give it a try.

Secondly, I had a presentation to give about Delft, Netherlands. That place is seriously underrated. Hoping to make a news article about all the pictures I've collected so far.

All this when my laptop comes back. Had to send it in for repairs. Haha, not surprised, given the fact that its fallen from my bunkbed twice!

Also, I got a wireless shutter remote that could give me hours of straight exposure. So want to catch some star trails, but my camera failed me in the cold gah. Gotta keep trying..

I've come across some good music lately. A quick shout out to Slowdive, Apparat, Aphex Twin and Blonde Redhead. Good stuff.
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Monochrome seems to be catching my eye a lot lately. Colours bore me.
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Citizen Sky

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So school's over, and I'm leaving Dubai to head out to Purdue University. Probably the only few things I'll miss about the place are the beaches, shwarmas, and the 4 a.m. prayers. I definitely won't miss the heat and humidity which drapes my lenses in dew! :@

Anyway, thanks to my readership at UniverseToday.com, I came across Citizen Sky, a big endeavor to study the approximately 2-year eclipse (which begins this August) of the variable star Epsilon Aurigae.
This hunk of fiery stellar gas, with its irregular variability, is a big mystery apparently, and since eclipses happen every 27 years or so, observational data trickles in at a very slow rate. This time however, the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) has launched an effort to call out the public, citizen scientists and amateur astronomers around the world, to contribute in any way they can. Hopefully simple yet effective research on this scale will further our understanding of this elusive star. Anyone at least a tad interested, check out their website at www.citizensky.org

As part of this project, I will be attending a workshop at Adler Planetarium in Chicago from 4th-7th August. And thanks to the National Science Foundation, I got a $500 travel grant. Chips off more than 50% of my plane ticket! =D

In other news, Dinara Safina is fighting her way through Wimbledon and has reached the semis, only to be drawn against the arrogant Venus Williams. Game on.
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Them 90's

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I always maintain that the decline of music started in the 90s. Music was far superior in the 60s/70s and even up until the 80s. But since I'm not a fan of stereotyping, I've decided to compile a list of my favourite songs from my decade. (At least it's much easier to do that than with any other decade haha)

1990
Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity
Scorpions - Wind of Change
Slaughter - Fly to the Angels
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody
Winger - Miles Away

1991:
Guns n' Roses - November Rain
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We've Started
U2 - One
REM - Losing My Religion

1992:
Blind Melon - No Rain
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Bad Company - How About That
Steelheart - Take Me Back Home
Udit Narayan/Sadhana Sargam - Pehla Nasha

1993:
Winger - Who's The One
Aerosmith - Cryin'
Def Leppard - Miss You in a Heartbeat
Nirvana - All Apologies
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

1994:
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Elton John - The Circle of Life
Pink Floyd - Marooned
Offspring - Self-Esteem

1995:
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
Radiohead - Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
The Posies - Coming Right Along
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Collective Soul - The World I Know

1996:
Def Leppard - All I Want is Everything
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Tool - Ænema
Matchbox Twenty - Back-2-Good
Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me

1997:
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Queensrÿche - Some People Fly
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Radiohead - Karma Police
Switchfoot - You

1998:
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Bryan Adams - Fearless
Goo Goo Dolls - All Eyes on Me
Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
2Pac - Changes

1999:
Our Lady Peace - Thief
Vertical Horizon - Finding Me
Travis - Driftwood
Sting - Desert Rose
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin'


Well, there you have it.
This list is subject to change and refinement.
No I'm not a fan of Nirvana.
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Yeap. Today is the beginning of a new era. I finally got my Nikon D90! Along with a Nikkor 70-300mm lens, its not a very good one but what the hell, at least I got my own camera now! (Still haven't received my 18-55mm yet)

It's great! The clarity and everything, I can take pictures at ISO 800 and still have minimal noise.

I got a new Orion Expanse 6mm eyepiece for my telescope too. It cranks my current maximum mag. from 70x to ~117x. It's breathtaking really.

I got a week trip to Mumbai too, gonna have some fun with my D90..

Also got a lunar research project on my hands. 4 of us from the Dubai Astronomy Group, we're going to create a big awesome mosaic of the moon in its many phases (and other solar system stuff) using a 16(?) inch Meade Telescope and funky CCD cameras and software. It's going to be HUGE! There's going to be an astronomy colloquium in the region next month so I'm hoping to present my paper there as an amateur astronomer.

On another note, I'm in love with MIT :p
Everything about it is just so freakin awesome. Getting in would be a dream come true.

I'm out. A haircut's imminent plus I'm sleep deprived.
Ciao.

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