Posted by Sally SetsForth on Wednesday, June 13, 2012,
I have lots of photography and video apps on my iPhone. Most of them are free, though I've paid for a few too. They let me edit or play with photos or videos in ways that previously could only be done on a desktop or laptop computer - and sometimes in new ways altogether! Some apps try to do everything (crop, contrast, filters, frames, etc.) and others just focus on doing one thing well (panoramas, colour splash, stop motion). WaterMyPhoto is a neat little app that does one thing well. It cost... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Sunday, June 3, 2012,
Last year my colleagues and I put together a fun library orientation program for students that involved treasure hunts, QR codes, animated videos and more. It was a great project to work on, and I've previously blogged about it HERE. As part of the online version of the treasure hunt, we used video clips that I created with an online tool called Blabberize. They were silly, and they made students laugh - which was exactly the reaction we'd hoped for. They were also a hoot to play during the co... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Sunday, October 16, 2011,
The ALIA Top End Symposium was on last weekend, and the following day I headed off to Alice Springs where I spent a week working at the campus library there. So I have heaps that I want to blog about, but I'm going to start with an unsual experience I had in Alice this week. My colleague Leonie took me on a tour of the uni campus - she was a great guide and introduced me to lecturers and staff all over campus. One of the highlights of my campus tour, though, was meeting a staff member called S... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Wednesday, June 22, 2011,
A colleague of mine recently took part in a retro dinner party, where all of the food had to be popular dishes from the 50s and 60s. We had a marvellous conversation on this topic, dredging up all kinds of memories of foods of the era that we'd seen in films or on television, but especially from our own recipe collections. It was this conversation that inspired us to make blancmange this week :) During our discussion, I reminisced about a set of old Weight Watchers recipe cards that my Mum onc... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Friday, June 17, 2011,
I have no energy for writing a blog post today.  Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Thursday, June 16, 2011,
I love discovering fun online tools, especially when they're free :) Dumpr is a photo and image editing tool that I came across at the beginning of the year. It has some really nice effects available. A few of the effects that used to be free are now part of their paid "pro" package, but there are still enough free ones to make it worthwhile checking out. I especially like the Amazing Circles effect. It doesn't work well with every image, you'll have to try a few to find out for yourself which ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Tuesday, May 31, 2011,
Alternative title: My first cyclone Yes, I know. This blog post is ridiculously out of date (three months late!). But I couldn't just leave it languishing in my drafts folder forever, so it's time to finish it off and get it out there :) Way back in February I wrote about the formation of what was to become Tropical Cyclone Carlos. On the 15th of February, we watched the weather graduate from lots of rain, to tropical low, to cyclone watch, to cyclone warning ... My last blog post left off on th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Sunday, February 13, 2011,
So, I'm still taking part in the Daily Image 2011 challenge on Flickr. I'm slightly surprised that I'm still going, and haven't missed a day yet. Even when the last thing I've felt like doing was taking a photo of myself, I've still managed to give myself a little push and do it. And I'm glad, because although I'm getting sick of the sight of myself ;) I'm really enjoying being part of this community activity and seeing the interesting photos being posted by all of the participants :) You can... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
Thanks to a intriguing invitation from Kathryn Greenhill, I've started off the year by participating in the Daily Image 2011 challenge on Flickr. Daily Image 2011 involves posting a photo or video of yourself each day for 365 days, or however many days you can manage. You, or part of you, must appear in each day's picture. The details are on the Librarians Matter blog, and on the Daily Image 2011 Flickr group page. I'm a sucker for a challenge it seems, although I try to keep it realistic ;) Da... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Thursday, September 23, 2010,
Hello, did you miss me? ;) I've been in Darwin for 7 weeks now, but the time has absolutely flown! I'll try to make this a quick catch-up, with more blog posts to come ... We lived out of hotel rooms for the first 3 weeks, before finding and moving into a house here in Darwin. By Darwin standards, we were lucky to find a place so quickly! Of course, we're paying through the nose, but that's a given here. The house is close-ish to my work, it's got air-conditioning in every room, a plunge pool a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Tuesday, August 3, 2010,
When I first set up this blog, it was partly with the intention of using it to keep my family and friends up-to-date with my life when I moved interstate. Well, now it's finally time to start doing just that!
I arrived in Darwin last night. The weather is perfect. The serviced apartment that I'm staying at is great, and is centrally located in the CBD. Everything feels both familiar and unfamiliar. Love it!
Tim and I have had a crazy few weeks getting ready for this move. Unfortunately, Tim won... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Wednesday, June 30, 2010,
Well, today is the last day of #blogeverydayofjune  It's also my last day at work, having finished my contract at the Victorian Parliamentary Library. Again. Although I'm ready for new adventures in new libraries in new places, I will always have the fondest memories of working with the wonderful group of people at "Parl" :) I played tourist in my own workplace today and got snap happy. I hope you enjoy these photos of the gorgeous library that I've been lucky enough to work at for the last three... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Monday, June 21, 2010,
I'm working on a job application right now, so don't have time for a full blog post. Instead, I'm sharing this lovely photo uploaded to Flickr by the Victorian Public Records Office. This is how the State Bank handled internal correspondence until 1974. It reminds me of the tubes used to disseminate "information" in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Also, check out the shoes!  P.S. Let's not talk about how much time I spent on Flickr looking for a photo that I liked, when I could have been ei... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Monday, June 7, 2010,
I'm in the mood for sharing some photos :) I've just uploaded to Flickr a collection of photos taken on a trip to Strahan, on Tasmania's west coast, in August 2006. We flew from Melbourne to Burnie to meet up with a friend who was working there at the time, then drove down to the pretty township of Strahan. We went for a walk along the beach, explored the town and had dinner at the pub. I loved our accommodation at Risby Cove - complimentary port! The next day we went on an amazing Gordon River... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Friday, December 18, 2009,
Sorry about the lack of a blog post yesterday - I was stitching to a deadline and ran out of time! I've been meaning to post here for some time about crafty stuff - crafts that I currently do and crafts that I want to learn. That blog post is still in the pipeline, but for now I'll show you my latest cross stitch project of robots mucking around in a photo booth :) (click on the photo to see a larger version on Flickr). The pattern was created by Krupp at Mr X Stitch. I loved the design as soo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Saturday, November 21, 2009,
If you've visited my site lately, you may have noticed a new entry on the left-hand menu. It's called "Tumblr" and it links to a web page with my latest ten Tumblr posts. In case you haven't come across Tumblr before, it's a microblogging site, but it's quite different to that most well-known microblogging service, Twitter. With Tumblr, you can quickly and easily grab interesting things off the internet - web pages, photos, videos, quotes, blog posts, etc. - and display them on Tumblr with a c... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Tuesday, October 20, 2009,
Canberra is a city that seems to arouse strong emotions in people. Whilst a small proportion of the population may simply think it's 'okay' or 'nice', the vast majority appear to either love it or hate it. I certainly know plenty of people in both camps! Me? I am firmly in the 'love it' category! I lived in Canberra from 1999 to 2002. I moved there from Melbourne to take up a position with a large government department as part of their graduate program. I stayed for four years, working in a va... Continue reading ...
Posted by Sally SetsForth on Friday, June 26, 2009,
The magpies are gathering in our street, and swooping season approaches. Help!
I used to look forward to spring. Who wouldn't? It's a beautiful time of year. But for the last 10 years or so, I have somehow ended up on the magpie hit list. Now every year I dread the coming of spring and the accompanying magpie nesting season.
Just in case I have some international readers, I should note that I am talking about the Australian Magpie. This is a particularly fearsome bird, quite large and with ... Continue reading ...
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