Captain Smurf

Official Monster Raving Loony Party

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:13:00 +0000

I have been a member of the OMRLP for a few years, and a practising loony for much longer
Please have a look at the website http://www.omrlp.com/

Cat and Fiddle

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:10:00 +0000

This pic made me laugh, but is an important warning

http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/2005ukdogknob.htm

Oxford's Natural History Museum

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:20:00 +0000

Oxford's Natural History Museum
Originally uploaded by Nuno Leitao

My Stuff on Flickr

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0000

See my most recent and most popular stuff on Flickr

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0000

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Last sunset before the summer solstice, at the Swamp Donkey

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:01:00 +0000

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What an arsehole

Womble's Rants: Are photographers really a threat?

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Womble's Rants: Are photographers really a threat?

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:00 +0000

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Decided to try the Flickr edit function

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Captain Smurf

Did this one with Paintshop Pro

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:52:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Captain Smurf

This picture contains the Tall Ship ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT; she moved off one berth onto another close to our ship, prior to the New year's Eve fireworks in Tenerife

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:51:00 +0000

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During the photo shoot for the Hoppy's leg calendar, some of the bikes got bored

Website problems

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:54:00 +0000

The monitoring service notified me that my main address (www.captsmurf.co.uk) was offline. It's happened before and I'm getting fed up with it.

My secondary site (http://www.captainsmurf.com) is working fine, and has only had a very small downtime in last 90 days. So I'm uploading all the stuff from the old site to this one. I've updated the index page, so lots of stuff is now back online.

The secondary site actually gives me loads of space and already holds about 60% of my site anyway. So I'll be pointing my .co.uk address to my .com address and cutting back my reliance on the .co.uk to a minimum (keeping it so I don't lose my email addresses).

Top 100 Sites

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:50:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:55:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Captain Smurf

We were headed out of the Caribbean when this Frigate Bird joined us. Next few shots were my attempt at following the bird as it harassed a booby into giving up it's catch

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:54:00 +0000

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Head Chef, Catering Assistant and Stewardess taking the air in the canal. Side effect is that you grow extra fingers.

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:45:00 +0000

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The sun started to set as we waited to enter the canal

James Cook

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:16:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:02:00 +0000

Thanks to 3rd Engineer Chris Uttley for doing this capture

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:11:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Captain Smurf

We had a long night transiting the Panama Canal. Here's Bernie, Chief Engineer taking a breather

Panama Canal

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:34:00 +0000

Pilot boarding at 1745 (1 hour from now.

Bunkers in Cristobal tomorrow, then off into the Caribbean

Panama Canal tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:50:00 +0000

we arrive at Balboa tomorrow morning, for a Panama Canal transit hopefully starting at midnight UK time. There are web cams at the locks and at a bridge. We might get on the web. I'll update the time for definite once we get the pilot on board.

Webcams at http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=Miraflores

Also waiting at Cristobal, to go through from Atlantic to Pacific, is the BOUNTY, as featured in the Film "Mutiny on the Bounty", which also appeared in last 2 Pirates of the Caribbean Films.
http://www.tallshipbounty.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=260

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noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:11:00 +0000

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We had to leave our alongside berth at 0500 today. I hung around to get a photo of the sunrise over Costa Rica

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Online Travel Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you are off to jail in Fremantle, Western Australia, try this travel guide

http://www.schmap.com/australia/historic/#p=140455&i=140455_13.jpg

Blogger Security?

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Smurf) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:35:00 +0000

Twice in recent weeks I've had to delete a spam post and change my password. My computer is very secure, and I used a very strong password. Yet still someone managed to post in my blog using my login information.

If it happens again, that's me finished with blogs.