As mentioned in my previous post, I have put together a gallery of photographs from our visit to the Apafi Castle in Dumbraveni, Transilvania, Romania. It's across the street from the Armenian Catholic church. It's also worth noting that the Apafi Family also owned this manor in Mălâncrav, a village not far away from Dumbraveni. … Continue reading The Apafi Castle in Dumbraveni
Dumbrăveni ((before 1945 "Ibașfalău"; German: "Elisabethstadt"; Saxon dialect: "Eppeschdorf"; Hungarian: "Erzsébetváros") is an historically significant town in Transilvania. Archaeological digs revealed proof that it was an inhabited place as early as the Paleolithic. We fast-forward through history to come to the time of the Hungarian colonization/occupation of Transilvania, when in 1214, it became part of … Continue reading The Armenian Catholic Church in Dumbraveni
I purchased this PEN E-P3 just a few days ago, to add it to my collection of Olympus PEN cameras. As I mentioned in my previous post, I now have all the PEN models except the PEN-F. I love PEN cameras because they are the smallest full-featured cameras out there. Yes, there are smaller cameras, … Continue reading My Olympus PEN E-P3
Several days ago, I purchased a PEN E-P1. I've been thinking about a number of years of collecting all the digital PEN cameras that Olympus has made. I'm not referring to the PL (Pen Lite) or PM (Pen Mini) camera lines, which were launched alongside the regular PEN cameras in an effort to provide lower-cost … Continue reading My Olympus PEN E-P1
I made a video about one of my vintage Doxa watches. There's an interesting story behind this watch -- literally behind it, as in on the back of it. There's an inscription on the case back that speaks of things and practices that are no longer around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEmEKEathdA This Doxa was most likely made in 1973, … Continue reading A 1973 Doxa by Synchron Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79Bu2dQEHA We need to focus our efforts on finding more permanent ways to store data. What we have now is inadequate. Hard drives are susceptible to failure, data corruption and data erasure (see effects of EM pulses for example). CDs and DVDs become unreadable after several years and archival-quality optical media also stops working after … Continue reading Permanent data storage
The Bethlen-Cris Castle is located in its namesake village, Cris, which is in Southern Transilvania, Romania. The medieval castle has been declared an historic monument. It dates back to the 14th century, having been modified and enlarged until the 18th century. Some say it is the prettiest Renaisance castle in Transilvania. It has a square … Continue reading The Bethlen-Cris Castle
