Spotted
I got the new issue of MacUser magazine through the post today, and was just flicking through it to see what was being featured when I spotted a report of the MacExpo which had some pictures of the show. Imagine my surprise to find that I was in one of the photographs! I don’t know what the chances are, but when you consider that the show was open for a total of about 24 hours, of which I was present for 4, that there were thousands of people and a huge number of stands, I find it incredible that I’m in one of the shots. Probability is a strange thing.
However, I don’t think that even my nearest and dearest would recognise me—-it’s a distant shot and I have my back to the camera (my best side for portraits, as it happens). It’s only because I know what I was wearing and carrying, and remember talking to the people in the photo that I know it’s me. It did briefly cross my mind that I could post the image here (if I could avoid getting sued for breach of copyright), and run a ‘Spot the Bsag’ competition. Visitors could enter their guess (as pixel coordinates of the image) in the comments, and the closest guess would win a fabulous prize1. It would be like ‘Where’s Waldo/Wally’, with the added challenge of not knowing what Waldo/Wally looks like.
1 Something in the style of a school fete tombola prize, perhaps, like a packet of Rich Tea biscuits or a bottle of HP Sauce. â
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You can always say which picture it is and fellow subscribers can try...----- ijw:
The pixel dimensions might be a bit tricky though...
by bsag @ 10/11/2005 10:12 pm • Permalink •
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That's what millimetres are for, BSAG.
You know, like off-line measurement. grin
by Lyle @ 11/11/2005 9:11 am • Permalink •
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My guess is the figure in the middle of picture no 7 standing next to the man in blue.
by ThoughtBadger @ 11/11/2005 1:11 pm • Permalink •
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Judging by the blog title, you'll be the female one. Were there many of you at the expo?
by Ant @ 11/11/2005 6:11 pm • Permalink •
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Lyle: Oh yes. Sometimes I forget that there is an offline
ThoughtBadger: Entry duly noted. I'll wait to see if any more come in before announcing a winner
Ant: Mac-based events have a slightly better balanced sex ratio than some techie things, but I would guess that it was still about 70:30 male:female ratio. Hi-fi shows are the worst in that respect. You always find the ladies toilets completely deserted, which, as any woman will tell you, is a sure sign of a very severe sex ratio bias.
by bsag @ 11/11/2005 10:11 pm • Permalink •
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My guess - picture 3, standing in front of the top-left counter wearing blue, with a white-and-something carrier bag and a black shoulder bag.
by ijw @ 12/11/2005 9:12 pm • Permalink •
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Disappointingly, MacUser was wrapped in plastic in Smiths today, so I am going for picture 6, 34mm from the left and 22mm from the top.
by Ian @ 12/11/2005 11:12 pm • Permalink •
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Picture 4 25mm from right edge and 10 mm up from bottom
by Nath @ 13/11/2005 4:11 pm • Permalink •
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ijw and Nath: Noted. Ian, you picked the only photo largely without people! Your spot is just to the right of a speaker hanging on the wall of the Sonos stand.
It think it's fair to say you won't be getting the Rich Teas.
by bsag @ 13/11/2005 4:11 pm • Permalink •
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