Russell James Smith

Spring is Here!

Spring Colours, originally uploaded by russelljsmith.

I took a trip up to Greenwich Park with Mum & Dad at the weekend, a pleasure to see thousands and thousands of daffodils out now. Then today I think was the warmest of the year so far, so I think we can conclude that spring is here.

Website back up!

My website is back-up after about a year of down-time, oops!

Comics Britannia - Tintin & I

I've been catching a few shows from the new BBC Four Comics Britannia season this week and so far I've dodged the bullet of watching celebrities reminiscing about the Beano and Dandy. Anyway, tonight I caught an excellent documentary about Tintin and it's creator Hergé - Tintin & I (Tintin Et Moi). Put together using archive from an interview in the seventies it shed some real light on how the characters and stories came about, if it's repeated or there is a torrent out there it is well worth some of your time.

Links

• Buy "Tintin Et Moi" ("Tintin & I") on DVD from Amazon.co.uk
• Buy Tintin books from Amazon.co.uk
• Buy Tintin books from Amazon.com

Glastonbury 2007 - Most Interesting

Sunset At Glastonbury, originally uploaded by russelljsmith.

I've noticed this photo has bumped in and out of Flickr's Explore pages since I uploaded it. It's definitely become one of my favourites from a festival which wasn't perhaps the best for photography. So for those of you who may have missed it in my photostream I thought I'd blog about it here, I think just maybe it captures just a little of the Glasto magic.

Uk "I'm a PC", "I'm a Mac" ad campaign debuts

Uk "I'm a PC", "I'm a Mac" ad debuts, originally uploaded by russelljsmith.

The UK version of Apple's "I'm a PC", "I'm a Mac" ad campaign started running today with a double page spread in the free Metro paper (yuck), it features Mitchell and Webb. I think these adverts can come across a little smug, but I have to agree with the general point that an Apple Mac is the best choice for a home computer.

Video adverts on the Apple website.

Now They're Coming Down! (Updated)

Now They're Coming Down!, originally uploaded by russelljsmith.

The sad fate of the CASPAR appartments here in Leeds was revealed today via a somewhat over-hyped Yorkshire Evening Post headline. The flats are to be pulled down after structural problems first uncovered back in 2006 have proved unfixable.

My New Nokia N73 & Photos

So, I got a new Nokia N73 last week (today my number transfered) so I've started to play around with some of the features and applications and I've found a couple of nice photography related tools.

New T-shirt Via New Phone

New T-shirt Via New Phone, originally uploaded by russelljsmith.

My new Evolver T-shirt from Go Ape featuring monkeys :-)

(It makes a change from Threadless.)

Uploaded directly from my new Nokia N73 using the flat rate data Three X-Series. Expect more live photo blogging soon.