Tech Support

Cuttlefish

Okay dives. Visibility was okay and didn’t really see anything new except a cuttlefish and a red frogfish. Diving with the new group of divers -- Ryan, Alice, and Ralph is quite different from even just with Patrick. None of the others really take pictures so they move ahead a lot faster than me. For the dives, I really didn’t have a buddy and there was even a point where I was completely by myself.

An all red frogfish is fairly rare to find

After the dive I cleaned up pretty quick and journal a little. Sander joined me and mentioned that his external hard drive was having problems -- he couldn’t see the files anymore after he unplugged it from an internet cafe computer. I said I might be able to help him. I tried fixing the drive with various disk utility programs and didn’t really feel anyone did anything useful. I then unmounted the drive and remounted it and Sanders files were there!

Later in the evening I worked on photos I wanted to put on my website as part of my portfolio. These are photos I took with my 1940s Speed Graphic 4x5 large format camera coupled with an 1940s Kodak Aero Ektar 7 inch lens. This combo is based on David Burnett’s setup, nicknamed the “Burnett Combo,” giving photos a unique look; sometimes miniaturizing objects in a picture.

I had dinner with Ralph whom I’ve been trying to avoid hanging out with because he’s so negative about things. We first tried eating BBQ chicken but the place we went to was closed. So, instead, we went to eat Italian food. Alice and Ryan were there and asked us to join them. I ordered the spaghetti with clams and a glass of the house wine. Ralph talked a lot about his past and himself in general.

Afterwards Ryan, Alice and I hit the tail end of happy hour at oops. I had a rum and grapefruit juice which was good. I feel I need to less or at least healthier. I’m kind of getting a beer belly.

- jason