I’ve also started a Flickr Pogo Swap group, so if you have a Polaroid Pogo printer or camera and want to join in with the swapping fun please add yourself to the group and wait for further instructions.

Wow, time has flown by and can only mean one thing, I’m getting old.
As I did a review of the first 6 months, I thought it would be rude not to follow it up with the last 6 months of the year. So here we go.

I guess we start off back July, after I caught Swine Flu and Crispin’s wedding.
The birth of my new camera system, The Olympus EP-1. I love this camera, but I’m afraid it doesn’t look as pretty now, with all the dents and scratches that it has acquired in the past 6 months.

I walked 192miles across my fair country, on the epic Coast to Coast path devised by the late Alfred (glutton for punishment) Wainwright. I managed to raise £1000 for Cancer Reseach UK as well. You can find out how I got on, here.

My trip to Alaska had to be three of the most incredible weeks of my life.

Wild camping with new and old friends.

We saw bears and Guy shit himself.

A Killer whale swam around our little boat. “We’re gonna need a bigger boat”

Chatted up by M.I.L.F’s

Grew a beard and tried to look Alaskan drifter.

and saw some of the most oar inspiring views I have ever seen.

Met up with my old friend, the clunge magnet that is Chad. Top boyo.

Met up with a couple of my favourite Tweeps (Twitter People) – Pam. She showed us around her most excellent city of Minneapolis.

And Bournemouth finest – Lisa & Phil. I’m gutted that I couldn’t meet up with Laura, next time.

Got a camera phone? Get a Polaroid Pogo printer. I love mine, It’s the printer everyone is talking about. My review can be found here.

I shit my pants watching Paranormal Activity on Halloween with Guy & Stu. Great film.

At last, I got to watch one of my favourite bands performed live, The Cinematic Orchestra live at the Camden Roundhouse. They were more incredible live than I could ever imagine.

The Random Photographer had a record number of visitors in November. I’ve have also created a Random Photographer ‘Fan Page’ on Facebook and my own line of T-Shirts. I’m branching out, these days.

Addicted to yet another social websites, Foursquare. Watch this one, it’s going to be big for 2010.

I started making a time lapse film about London. It should be finished in middle 2010. The soundtrack is being produced by my good friend – The Citizen.

This is a test film.

My niece Molly turned one, and I became a Godfather.

The best restaurant I’ve found in London for a while – Wahaca.

A new pub I rather am taken with – The Punch Bowl.
It’s Guy Ritches own pub, located in the heart of Mayfair, so you would think it would be a rather pretentious place, pulling in the tourists and fame seekers. But it’s not, it’s a quiet & pleasant little London pub. And with that, I salute it’s charms.

My love affair with Speakers corner continues.

Mr Stu and I start our Sunday bike riding club. Basically, it’s us cycling 30 miles to find a pub, eat a roast and drink a cider before heading home a little slower.

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The next big trend of 2010: Naming your Wireless router an amusing name for your neighbours to find.

Thanks to me and my random friends, London had it’s first Snuggie pub crawl.

And we end this year with one of the best New Years Eve’s in a long time. Mersea meet London, well you’re just asking for trouble.

What’s in store for 2010? Who knows, but you can count on me, it’s going to get more Random. Keep it Random for 2010.

The Pogo
In the mean time, Polaroid have released the Pogo Printer to meet all your instant needs. It’s been out for a while now and I loved the idea of having a portable printer with me at all time. When it was released, it cost £99 which is far over priced in my mind. You can now get it from Misco for the jaw dropping £19, It would make a perfect Christmas or Birthday present for someone.

The tiny Polaroid PoGo printer fits in your palm, and the included rechargeable battery handles about 15 prints on a single charge. It can print directly from Bluetooth enabled phones & computers. At the moment, it can’t print from the iPhone because as Apple does not currently have a Bluetooth transfer capability on the iPhone. The Pogo can also connects to PictBridge-enabled cameras via USB.

The Prints
The Pogo holds 10 sheets of 2″ x 3″, sticky-backed ZINK Paper at one time. A pack of 70 sheets costs about £11 from various online retailers.

I wasn’t entirely sure how the Zink paper works, for all I knew, it is created by Harry and his chums down at Hogwatts. In case you want to know, I pulled the info off Poloroid’s website.

The quality isn’t going to be the same as modern ink printers and don’t think it’s going to have the same attributes as the old Polaroid film, but it does have it’s own qualities (Think low-fi for the digital age).
Prints taken from my mobile turned out satisfactory and from my Olympus EP-1 I was pleasantly surprised how well the little credit card size print turned out.

The only disappointment I have with the Pogo is printing in B&W. I seem to get a heavy magenta cast over the photo.

The Verdict
I think it’s brilliant little device, i love the fact it cheap to run and very portable. I always take an instant camera with me when I go travelling, I like handing out prints to people who I’ve taken photos as a thank you. The Pogo would cut back on cost and space and I shall be definitely be taking it on my next big adventure.
The sticky backs are a great idea too, It means I can stick them straight in to my Moleskine Journal on the go and have a permanent record.
I don’t think it was worth the £99 it retailed for at the start of the year. But for £20 you really can’t go wrong, buy one and I bet you’ll get as addicted as me.

Well done Polaroid, I love it, you’ve got me hooked.