akashiver volunteered a makeover for me, which has resulted in some change of wardrobe, and a new haircut. Today I added a shave of the beard -- not so much that I want to get rid of it but I figured I'd see what it looked like now, and probably also start a new beard from scratch, since trimming was always a bit enh.

Dump of photos is here. Page of small thumbnails which link to modest 640x480 pictures which link to fullsize count-the-nosehairs pictures, per usual.

As usual, my trying to smile for the camera results in what I see as a hideous grimace.

[EDIT: added a few more. 841 doesn't seem too bad.]

Girls I actually know; our garden in Chicago; someone's pet macaws outside of Charcoal Delights tonight; my sister; a synagogue turned Korean church -- check the railings.

My dating seems to be "when I uploaded the photos", which has some correlation with when the photos were actually taken but not a perfect one.

http://mindstalk.net/2007June8/

A few days ago I finally bought a digital camera. Impulse decision, as I passed Radio Shack. Consumer Reports has had the Canon Powershot A5-- line as Best Buys, and the current $170 camera was the A550. Might have been smarter to get an older model on eBay; oh well. I unpacked it on the Megabus to Indy, and got the 2GB SmartDisk out of its blister pack while armed only with a key. Woot! Then I took lots of photos, mostly of clouds and a girl passenger. Later some photos of my apartment, and me, and some campus ones I haven't downloaded.

http://mindstalk.net/2007June3gall/

Gallery includes a picture of me (mefaire_small) at Ren Faire, taken by lyceum's friend gothicsquish

seemybooksHUGE is pretty big, but is detailed enough to let you read spine titles. Also, that's about a third of my books. Maybe fewer, considering the case packed with paperbacks.

busgirl_thumbs, at full size (not online), lets me read some writing on the back of her left hand. Looks like FRIDGE. No idea why. I suspect that's better than 20/20 vision, i.e. even if I wore my glasses I wouldn't have read that myself.

The credit card computers got alarmed at my card trying to buy $200 of electronics in Chicago. I'm pleased, frankly; it's good to know they can catch that.