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RIP Kodachrome · 23 July 2010
RIP Kodachrome. you were the best and i'm doubly saddened, now, that i never took the opportunity to try out some Kodachrome 25.
i think i still have one of the envelopes for mailing away a roll to Kodak for development. they used to include the cost of mail-away development in the price of the roll. i found it to be wonderfully convenient. i'm thinking i should dig that envelope up and have it framed, now.
i have large quantities of old slides, the majority of which i've not viewed in decades. there must surely be some worth digitizing amongst that collection, but the results of digitizing a slide have always been on the disappointing side, especially when compared with what could be had from the original, say, by ordering enlargements. has slide scanning technology improved at all in the last five years? is there a worthy slide scanner out there that will give satisfactory results, and is it available for less than the cost of my left kidney?
last chocolate foil ball update · 9 July 2010
we're about to head out, so this is the last of the foil ball pictures. unfortunately, the foil ball's spokesmodel had to depart by an earlier train, so the ball must stand alone (and without size reference). i'll just say that, in the previous picture, the ball was about two inches across, and now it's a good three inches across. progress!
dampfschiff ss lötschberg · 9 July 2010
more info here.
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triftbrücke · 9 July 2010
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gelmerbahn and gelmersee · 6 July 2010
the gelmerbahn, which we reached via a hanging bridge and which takes riders up to hike around the gelmersee, is the world's steepest funicular, with a maximum incline of 106%. it was a somewhat exciting ride, to be honest. the trail around the gelmersee is also quite fun. not remotely a sidewalk.
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