Nigel Paterson

No champagne for you!

Can you imagine going past seemingly hundreds of cellar door champagne outlets and not sampling even one of them? Yes? You must be a bloke, because I can’t remember meeting a woman who didn’t drink champagne. Me, I would have loved to have sampled any number of the many, many types on offer along theContinue reading “No champagne for you!”

French Roulette

You’ve heard of Russian Roulette, haven’t you? You know, one bullet in the chamber, spin, point the gun at your own head and pull the trigger. One chance in 6 you’ll be dead. We’ll, French Roulette is when a tourist rides around the Arc de Triomphe… I started my first full day in Paris fullContinue reading “French Roulette”

Snails, steak & brulee

I went with the snails, but the memory of Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean and the episode of the steak tartar meant I went for cooked version: and very good it was, too. A wonderful little Sydney restaurant, sadly closed now I believe, The Little Snail, served wonderful escargo, better than la place, where I’mContinue reading “Snails, steak & brulee”

Is the Canon EOS 1D MkIV half-baked?

Canon’s EOS 1 range of cameras were the professional standard against which others were judged. Put simply, they are the choice of squillions of working professional photographers, the guys and girls who make a living looking through pieces of glass, who require dependability and high performance in every respect. Some would argue the range peakedContinue reading “Is the Canon EOS 1D MkIV half-baked?”

My iPad

There has been no end of coverage of the new Apple iPad, and I suppose I’m just contributing to the noise here, but that’s the point of a blog: I can write this and if no one reads it, well, no trees will fall in the forest. But I’m not going to say who theContinue reading “My iPad”

How Skype could improve the world

Skype Language Learning System is something I hope is being developed (but maybe it’s my idea). It wouldn’t be difficult to develop and would result in the decline of global warming and world peace. OK, it wouldn’t be that significant. What it would do is help people help each other learning foreign languages. Essentially theContinue reading “How Skype could improve the world”

Call me square

There has been a slew of new cameras announced on launched in recent months, but no manufacturer has really launched a game-changer. Put simply, we still use cameras like we did when their design was as much dictated but the shape and technical requirements of film rather than what’s ideal for us – except weContinue reading “Call me square”