http://danbirchall.multiply.com/ (Also Agandi, anyeong haseyo, a salaam alaikum, bonjour, buongiorno, guten tag, hai, hallo, halò, hei, hej, hello, hola, jambo, kia ora, kia orana, konnichiwa, lei ho, mabuhay, merhaba, namaste, ni hao, <a href="http://www.kli.org/tlh/phrases.html">nuqneH</a>, ola, oly'otya, privyet and talofa.)<br><br>Welcome to my site. If you don't already know me, please <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/profile">read my profile</a>.<br><br>To leave comments, you must be a <a href="http://multiply.com/user/join">member</a> of Multiply. To see more of my stuff, join my network. Just <a href="http://multiply.com/network/invite/multiply?id=danbirchall">send me an invite</a> if I know you already. <b><u>If I <i>don't</i> know you, I won't link to you</u></b> (due to Multiply's rules, and limitations in its access controls), but perhaps <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/contacts">one of my contacts</a> - or one of <i>theirs</i> - knows you, and will. <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/6"><font color="#ff0000"><b><i>Read This Before You Add Me.</i></b></font></a> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:14:08 -0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:33:10 -0000 http://images.danbirchall.multiply.com/logo http://danbirchall.multiply.com 100 100 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10757/Evening_Work Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:33:10 -0000 http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10756/Day_Work Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:07:46 -0000 http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10755/Day_Work Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:07:29 -0000 http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10754/Day_Work Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:07:13 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10747/Evening_Work Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:43:58 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10745/Night_Work Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:41:22 -0000 Escorting a tour at http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10744/VIP_Tour Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:43:38 -0000 While I was browsing Apple's recently-opened "App Store," my daughter insisted I buy this program. It was only $4.99, and I think it was a good deal. Comic Touch is from <a href="http://plasq.com/">plasq</a>, which is known for comics-related software. It lets anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch annotate photographs (taken with the device, or transferred from their computer) with comic-book-style captions and speech or thought balloons. It also offers a limited selection of distortion effects, similar to those found in Apple's desktop Photo Booth program. Some color effects, like Photo Booth's "X-Ray," "Glow," "Colored Pencil" and aptly-named "Comic Book," would be a wonderful addition in the next version (and earn it a fifth star in my opinion), but for now, the sheer fun of annotating pictures makes this a great addition to my http://danbirchall.multiply.com/reviews/item/24 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:37:24 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> for <a href="http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~tully/">Brent</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10743/Night_Work Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:01:42 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> for <a href="http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~tully/">Brent</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10742/Night_Work Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:02 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> for <a href="http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/chambers/kcc.html">Ken</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10741/Night_Work Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:59:27 -0000 This is a test album. I've posted a single image, 2560x1600 pixels, and have made the album available to everyone, with "Allow viewers to order prints and download original hi-res files" checked. I have <i>not</i> opted to have this sent to the inboxes of people in my network... Please reply to this album and let me know whether you are able to see the full high-resolution image. http://danbirchall.multiply.com/photos/album/170/High-Resolution_Test Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:55:44 -0000 Casting about for a spot to have lunch in Glasgow with a former teammate from Uddington, I worried that we might be stuck with either a one-cuisine place (Chinese and Italian seem most common in the city center), a pub, or the American mediocrity of T.G.I.Friday. Fortunately, she suggested checking out Merchant Square, where there were a variety of restaurants in one big old building, including this nice one offering steak and seafood (and pasta). Better still, they have a £6.95 two-course lunch special, starting at noon, which is quite reasonable given the quality food and ambiance. Even with drinks and the automatic tip, it comes out to perhaps £10 a person, not bad at all. Due to my tight schedule, we were there when the doors opened, and found the service to be fast, friendly and attentive. We opted for a quiet table inside to chat and catch up on the foreign-affairs scene, but there are also "outside" tables in an open area within the large former industrial building. We... http://danbirchall.multiply.com/reviews/item/23 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:04:33 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFpPrwoKCEMAACSyC1g1"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.danbirchall.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SFpPrwoKCEMAACSyC1g1/IMG_1375.JPG?et=LN239cOaCLTtSzkR9Zba%2CQ&#x26;nmid=0"></a><a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFpPjgoKCEMAAB4uZc41"><img border="0" class="alignright" src="http://images.danbirchall.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SFpPjgoKCEMAAB4uZc41/_MG_8652.JPG?et=O9ZteobP6MLRvbITBEhlbQ&#x26;nmid=0"></a>This morning at Caird Hall in Dundee, the degree of Master of Science in Psychological Research Methods was officially conferred on <a href="http://maisha.multiply.com/">Maisha</a> by The Lord Narendra B. Patel, Baron of Dunkeld, Kt, MBChB, LLD, FMedSci, FRSE, Chancellor of the University of Dundee.<br>She had completed the degree in the fall of 2007, but this was the next convenient ceremony.  This is the third time I've taken pictures of Maisha at a university graduation, over the last 12 years!  Oh, and lest Lord Patel feel too special, she's now Maisha Birchall, BFA, BA, MSc. :) <br>(For those playing along at home, that's a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Hawaii at Hilo, and now the one noted above from Dundee.) http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/434/Congratulations_to_Maisha Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:19:00 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10731/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:26 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10730/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:20 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10729/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:14 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10728/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:11 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10727/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:07 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10726/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:03 -0000 Working for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10725/Evening_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:13:56 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10724/Night_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:55:57 -0000 <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/12">Operating</a> for the <a href="http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/395">Factory</a> http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10723/Night_Work Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:55:53 -0000 I  DECLINE  roughly 99% of all invitations I receive on Multiply, because:<ol><li>99% of all invitations I receive are from people I don't know.</li><li>Multiply's <a href="http://multiply.com/info/tos">Terms of Service</a> prohibit asking people you don't know to add you.</li><li>I don't want to encourage people to violate the <a href="http://multiply.com/info/tos">Terms of Service</a>.</li><li>I don't want my inbox to fill up with stuff from people to whom I have no connection.</li><li>I don't want my inbox to fill up with stuff in languages I can't even read.</li></ol>Pretty simple and straightforward, right?  So there you have it.  If you know me, feel free to send me an invitation.  (And please don't be offended if I'm forgetful and ask you to explain how you know me - I run into tons of people in my travels!)  And if you don't know me?  Well, according to the <a href="http://multiply.com/info/tos">Terms of Service</a>, you shouldn't be sending me an invitation.  So don't.<br>If you don't currently know me, but for whatever crazy reason you want to know me (after which I would be more likely to  ACCEPT  an invitation from you) things are a little more complic... http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/6/So_you_want_to_be_my_contact Tue, 27 May 2008 07:26:00 -0000 <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDeU7AoKCEMAAG42GY81"><img border="0" class="alignright" src="http://images.danbirchall.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDeU7AoKCEMAAG42GY81/ride80523.jpg?et=znbzHlIbYa9lEKt3sb%2Btqg&#x26;nmid=0"></a>I woke up early again.  Apparently 3 weeks of long days in New York, coupled with the fact that my bedroom window is toward the sunrise, means I'm adjusted to sleeping about 5 hours a night.  So I stay up working 'til after midnight, then at quarter of six, bing!  Awake again.  A little annoying.<br>Anyway, after lying around for a while, I decided, somewhere between 8 and 9, to go biking.  Topped off my tires (hadn't used the bike for a month) and set out, with the idea of going "up the hill" until I got tired enough to not want to go up any more, then coming back.<br>"Up the hill" gives a lot of leeway, since I live at about 13 meters above sea level, and the road (not always paved, but that doesn't matter) tops out around 4,200 meters.  I didn't go very far this time - only up to about 335 meters (that's 1100 feet for the imperialists in the audience) in about six miles, then back down.<br><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.danbirchall.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDeUyQoKCEMAAGxwCQs1/IMG_1084.JPG?et=d7NKyL2iW4uqvRsvw9lQmw&#x26;nmid=0">On the way up, I stopped for juice and a breakfast bar at the Kaumana 7-Eleven, then for water at the litt... http://danbirchall.multiply.com/journal/item/433/Where_I_biked_today. Sat, 24 May 2008 03:40:00 -0000 The 9th informal consultative process (ICP) on oceans and the law of the sea will discuss the topics of maritime safety and security. Or to put it in the vernacular, pirate week at the UN! http://danbirchall.multiply.com/calendar/item/10720/UN_Pirate_Conference Wed, 21 May 2008 11:19:51 -0000