The totally off-topic thread

[wooley]

Has any body ever used a '[FONT=ProximaNovaSoft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Clip-On Zoom Lens for Smartphone'. There's a $19 on a common daily deal site. Sadly, it does not include the phone apparently: [/FONT]

• Clip-on zoom lens for smartphone for $19
• In black/red
• 8x optical zoom
• High resolution
• Super wide angle shots
• Avoids image contortion
• Easy to use
• Shoot images or video
• Suits most devices
• Great for concerts and trips!

[h=3]specifications[/h]

• **Materials: Optical glass elements, rubber and plastic
• Magnification: 8x
• Angle of View: 64/76 degrees
• Field of View: 260m
• Minimum Focus Distance: 2m
• Dimensions: Approx. 7cm x 3cm
• Weight: Approx. 52g
• Colour: Black/red

Package Includes:

• 1 x Lens
• 1 x Cleaning cloth
• 1 x Clip

Note:
Camera flash must be turned off while using the lens attachment. Phone not included.

I've used some lens attachments, more macro type lenses though for photos of leaves and bugs but worked quite well.

 

[TomVexille]

Has any body ever used a '[FONT=ProximaNovaSoft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Clip-On Zoom Lens for Smartphone'. There's a $19 on a common daily deal site. Sadly, it does not include the phone apparently: [/FONT]

• Clip-on zoom lens for smartphone for $19
• In black/red
• 8x optical zoom
• High resolution
• Super wide angle shots
• Avoids image contortion
• Easy to use
• Shoot images or video
• Suits most devices
• Great for concerts and trips!

[h=3]specifications[/h]

• **Materials: Optical glass elements, rubber and plastic
• Magnification: 8x
• Angle of View: 64/76 degrees
• Field of View: 260m
• Minimum Focus Distance: 2m
• Dimensions: Approx. 7cm x 3cm
• Weight: Approx. 52g
• Colour: Black/red

Package Includes:

• 1 x Lens
• 1 x Cleaning cloth
• 1 x Clip

Note:
Camera flash must be turned off while using the lens attachment. Phone not included.

Paging Pushka to the white courtesy phone.

 

[JessicaTam]

I really don't know why there are lines painted on the road in HaNoi. Waste of paint I reckon.

 

[TomVexille]

I really don't know why there are lines painted on the road in HaNoi. Waste of paint I reckon.

Try Saigon then

 

[JessicaTam]

Try Saigon then

..........

 

[drross]

I really don't know why there are lines painted on the road in HaNoi. Waste of paint I reckon.

hope you're enjoying your stay. great place for food and cheap beer

 

[JessicaTam]

hope you're enjoying your stay. great place for food and cheap beer

I just got here last night. I will be here for 6 days with an overnight trip to Ha Long Bay. Immigration was 'interesting'.

 

[drross]

I just got here last night. I will be here for 6 days with an overnight trip to Ha Long Bay. Immigration was 'interesting'.

are you doing an overnight cruise on the Bay? we found immigration really easy - stress and drama free

 

[RAM]

I have just noticed that a flight I have in a few days has the PNR xAFFxx.

They know who I am!

How could that be? You keep such a low profile.

I just got here last night. I will be here for 6 days with an overnight trip to Ha Long Bay. Immigration was 'interesting'.

Perhaps;

They know who I am!

 

[hummel]

Try Saigon then

Was there in June for 3 weeks for work, got my motorbike the day I arrived and went to suppliers etc for the next three weeks.

Always fun on the bike over there... :shock:

 

[JessicaTam]

are you doing an overnight cruise on the Bay? we found immigration really easy - stress and drama free

The homework I had done with the visa made it a simple process. It just took an hour of waiting in various queues to get it.

And yes, an overnight cruise tomorrow.

 

[Flashback]

The homework I had done with the visa made it a simple process. It just took an hour of waiting in various queues to get it.

And yes, an overnight cruise tomorrow.

Will probably have a similar experience next week - taking the 2 day slow boat from the northern Thai border up the Mekong river to Luang Prabang in Laos. Been a while since I've done a land crossing betwixt countries!

 

[drross]

And yes, an overnight cruise tomorrow.

should be fun if the weather's great

 

[JohnK]

Is it possible to exit airport to stay in hotel on a 24 hour transit visa in Qingdao, China? Not one of the cities listed for 72 hour transit visa.

 

[amaroo]

No surprises here Queensland's solar energy uptake dims

Solar energy installation in Queensland homes has plummeted by two-thirds from 2505 systems a week in 2012 to just 759 units a week by August 2015, according to figures from the Federal Government's Clean Energy Regulator.

The figures to August 7, 2015 show solar installations in Queensland have dramatically slumped as Queensland Government policy changed.

In other news - the daily supply charge fee for SEQ has increased by 40%. Meaning it now cost $470.48pa before you actual even start to consume electricity.

Southeast Queensland's electricity bills will rise, not drop, in 2015 because of an unreported fixed "per day electricity supply charge" that has been quietly increased from 91.7 cents per day to 128.9 cents per day.

This largely unreported price increase amounts to an extra $33.48 per quarter, or an extra $133.92 a year bill rise from these 'fixed price' network price rises.

 

[drron]

Another effect of the QLD budget.

 

[erkpod]

Who knew these things were still a thing?



Spotted tonight at Dick Smith.

 

[Rugby]

Who knew these things were still a thing?

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Spotted tonight at Dick Smith.

I just asked my wife and neither of us know if our car even has a CD player.

 

[anat0l]

Who knew these things were still a thing?

...

Spotted tonight at Dick Smith.

There was a "share picture" thing on Facebook some time ago which said, along some lines... if you know the connection between a cassette tape and a pencil, you are old.

So, I am old.

 

[Hvr]

My mother once had a car with an 8 track player. Never seen once since.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape