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I've had my M6 now for a couple of weeks, coinciding with some time I had out of the hospital, so I've had the chance to put a couple of rolls through it and I'm really starting to get the hang of using it. I've not had anything developed yet, but I'll have a Peak order form printed out for me in the next couple of days, get the stuff I've taken on the Leica processed plus some older stuff (some quite old stuff!) from my EOS5. trailstar (https://www.deviantart.com/trailstar) organised a "sorry you've got cancer" whipround for me amongst some of our internet friends, so I'll buy a film scanner out of that — I've actually got quite a lot of negs need scanning, what with st

My parents okayed me to buy a Leica as a 21st birthday plus Christmas present, and I managed to win an auction for a M6TTL, Summi 35/2 and flash. Assuming all goes well, that should be winging its way up to me inside of a week :D In slightly more rubbish news, though I'm sure most of the people who'll read this know already, I was diagnosed at the start of the month with leukaemia. I'm keeping a blog, if anyone's interested in knowing how I'm getting on, though I must warn you that it's getting a little boring now that the treatment has got into its routine. The excellent treatment; the doctors couldn't be happier with how I'm responding. U

I made a little website yesterday, with the goal of determining what the best swear word in the world is. As it turns out, 24h later, it's pretty much completely failed at that; the list of the 50 best swear words is more like a wander through the mind of the worst sort of sex offender. Other than ("because of", maybe) the whole thing has worked out quite amusing. You ought to check it out: The Great Internet Swear Word Project. There are a few bugs left to be ironed out, and it is pretty fucking ugly, but it by and large works. Enjoy :) Edit: Woohoo! DYKYMWTM featured in this week's b3ta newsletter :D My server almost melted under the in