Good News, and Bad
Just a quick post to let everyone know that I’ve been out of internet contact for a few days because I was down by the Dead Sea, which did not have access.
The Good News
I had a fantastic time and got some terrific pictures. I’ll work on an update as soon as possible, and Flat Kat will have one of his own very soon too.
The Bad News
I broke my digital camera while I was down at the Dead Sea! The screen of the camera had actually broken about 3 days into my trip, so I’ve been “shooting blind” for two weeks. I’ve been able to deal with it – all of the pictures on the blog for the past few weeks have been taken with the broken screen. The only problem has been when I gave the camera to someone to take a picture of me and Flat Kat together (he usually took the pictures of me and I took the one’s of him),. But this time, I really abused it and I don’t think it’s coming back to life until I get it home to get it taken care of. So you won’t have any “new” pictures after my post about the Dead Sea. I’ve had to buy disposable cameras to use for the last few days of my trip.
So, if you want to see more, you’ll have to come to my presentation in the High School Auditorium during the week after Spring Break.
Well, I have to write my post about the Dead Sea, and then give up the computer to Flat Kat so he can write his. Just 3 more days in Israel… I wonder how many disposable cameras I’ll go through?!? 
Sorry to hear about the camera Leif. Here’a an idea…Why don’t you tape the camera to a baseball hat like one of those “miners” helmets? Or you can tape a bunch of them around the cranium for the cool, new and improved..”Israeli 360 view”. I’m just kidding of course..I hope this humor lifts your spirits.
I’ll see you soon
-Jon
My Reply
I like the idea of “Israeli 360″!! I’ll have to do that on my next trip back here!
Thanks for the laugh. Although I’m a bit bummed about the camera, I’m thankful it didn’t happen earlier in the trip, and I’m even more thankful that they came up with disposables. If they didn’t I would have had to buy a new camera over here. The only thing I’m really going to miss are some of the videos I was able to take with the digital. I think the motion and the sound is something that really makes the experience “come alive” while viewing it.
It’s cool though. At least I didn’t lose one of the memory cards that have my pictures on it or break the laptop I have with me! As always, there are worse things that could have happened!
Hope you’re working on the prototype of the “360″! See you soon.
Leif