Ere to the main this morning sun descend,

I got a new camera. It is officially “da bomb”. As an example of its happiness, we shall display a bit of contrast. Here is a picture take with my old camera:

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And here is a similar picture taken with the new camera:

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Holy crap, huh? I am pleased. Look forward to more photography, as I will now be able to actually take decent pictures of things.

I met a traveller from an antique land

I’ve been building a lot of large-ish LEGO stuff lately — I didn’t plan to do them all at the same time, it just kind of worked out that way. I thought I would share a few pictures from my main LEGO page of the more neat big things I’ve put together recently: (Click thumbnails for larger versions)

This is a large model of a LEGO dude:

This is Yoda:

This is an articulated model of a battle droid from Star Wars episode 1. The way it moves is very cool; once I get my actual computer working again, I plan to make a short film to demonstrate:

And this is a big honkin’ Star Destroyer:

I also made a webpage about the construction of the Star Destroyer.

I’m currently only a few pieces away from being able to finish this set. I’ll probably post a picture when it’s done.