

Maurice Walshe
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Commented on Every [ART] A Painting
Its interesting seeing a reading from a non civil service employee and a non Uk national. Bob certainly has the principal civil service techie type down to a T. Btw the use of First names is common in the uk...

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paws4thot commented on
Every [ART] A Painting
you find out that yes, you can actually use computer programming arcana to cast spells Haven't you just re-invented the Laundry Files?...
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Bellinghman commented on
Every [ART] A Painting
Well, the comment is about Bob Howard....
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MSB commented on
Every [ART] A Painting
An even better example is this video. I don't particularly care for the song, but the pull-out-to-aerial shots are amazing. You may say "oh, that's nice" around 1:10 and then again at 1:36, but you ain't seen nothing yet. It also beautifully showcases the versatility of a state-of-the-art camera drone. When they start inside at the beginning, you wouldn't even notice that a drone is filming. Also later, when the drone gets very low and close again from 1:50 and after the second aerial at 3:05....
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Soon Lee commented on
Every [ART] A Painting
Yes. Just so. :) (BTW, I having issues signing in with Typepad: identities only work some of the time (randomly with G+, Twitter or LJ), otherwise errors occur. And attempts to register a Movable Type account get me into an inescapable error loop at the confirm email by clicking on link stage.)...
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Harry Connolly commented on
Every [ART] A Painting
Thank you! Doing this sort of analysis makes me a better reader and writer. I just wish it made me a faster one, too. FOR EVERYONE interested in a brilliant discussion/discourse on POV and closeness, check out Sherwood Smith's take on it. Be sure to read the article she links to, which is long (so long it's taken me until today to finish it) but so very worth it....

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