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Jan 18, 2024: Migrating from my old site but I’ve forgotten all the images…oops! 🔍🖼️
Jan 16, 2024: Using AI to add value to society one picture at a time.
Jan 15, 2024: I’ve noticed that people thank ChatGPT when they’ve finished. It is polite and maybe I should be more respectful to my computer. 🤔
Dec 31, 2023: Where did 2023 go? Here we are, the evening of the last day of the year (at least when I started writing this, took me a few more days to finish!) and I wonder what did …
Nov 19, 2023: One Typed Page There’s a website, onetypedpage.com, which is just that. Each day people submit a photo of their typed page and it gets hosted on this blog. …
Nov 11, 2023: Subscriptions Seen a few posts recently with people listing their subs. Thought I’d join in. I really don’t like subscriptions, and would much rather …
Sep 13, 2023: A new writing nook I have to admit my previous one has become overwhelmed with things that there is no longer anywhere to write. It is now home to radio books and …
Aug 16, 2023: A new radio blog I’ve decided to setup a dedicated blog for amateur radio. You can find it at gm5alx.uk. Hoping to actually write more on it…😅
May 14, 2023: Entering the world of Amateur Radio Several years ago, when we were living in California, I started thinking about getting my amateur radio licence. I don’t remember why I started …
Sep 17, 2022: Visiting the London Leica Store Exciting! A few weeks ago I was passing through London and thought I’d take the opportunity to visit the flagship Leica store of the UK - …
Sep 10, 2022: Kosmos Foto Mono Film Stock thoughts Old school soviet box design I was going to call this a review but it’s not that official. Kosmo Foto Mono is a 100-ISO panchromatic …
Sep 9, 2022: M6 prototype for Queen Elizabeth
Sep 7, 2022: Happy 60th Birthday! 60 years of rewinding My Leica M2 was made in 1962, according to the serial number, and it works just as well today as it did when it was first made. …
Jun 22, 2022: Big Orange The Subject I like big oranges. Navel or winter or Jaffa or whatever they’re called at various points of the year. They’re always big. Bigger than …
Jun 21, 2022: Compact Cameras It’s so tiny! Whilst I’d love to get a Leica Q2 or even a GRIII, they’re quite expensive (quite being the understatement on the …
Jun 21, 2022: Hobonichi - for those that want to be told what to do I’ve looked at them a few times over the years but never bought one. They are pretty expensive - I guess from import duties etc. from Japan - …
May 25, 2022: A little writing nook Desk with writing apparatus As much as I love computers, it does turn out that you can have too many. A while back I decided that we needed another …
May 21, 2022: A new keyboard The finished product It’s been a long time since I last built a new keyboard. I think it was Christmas time 2018 when I bought the Iris …
May 13, 2022: I have a photo in an actual gallery If you visit the Fujifilm House of Photography in London, somewhere on the walls you’ll find a photograph that I took. Afraid it’s been …
May 11, 2022: The parts are here…just waiting on the PCB 🦀🧹
May 8, 2022: Time to build a new keyboard! Ordered my PCB from jlcpcb. 🦀🧹
May 7, 2022: Upgrading my T490 to 1080p A while back I decided I needed (yes, needed) another laptop. I do have a Thinkpad T450s already but my daughter has pretty much taken it completely …
May 1, 2022: I’m having fun playing Dark Forest - the 277DAO community round this weekend. I tell myself “just one more move” but then it’s …
Apr 29, 2022: E-ink success! Now to see if I can fix the dodgy soldering job so the pi zero (with wifi) will work.
Apr 28, 2022: It’s only taken 5 months but I’m starting! The Pi Zero 2 doesn’t come with GPIO pins so I had to solder the header. Not a bad attempt. One pin did pop …
Apr 27, 2022: My cheap, old 2012 mac mini seems to struggle with the 50,000+ Photos library. I don’t want to buy a new one as the current 2 TB SSD will be …
Apr 26, 2022: Enjoyed staying at the Ceilidh Place in Ullapool this weekend. I could retire to this place. The local scenery is incredible.
Dec 15, 2021: Generating lots of tiddlers For my Meditations Tiddlywiki, I wanted to make each statement an individual tiddler. Whilst it doesn’t add a great deal to the site right now …
Dec 5, 2021: What could go wrong.
Nov 25, 2021: Monte Carlo Simulation in Excel with Python There are quite a few blogs that show you how to do Monte Carlo simulations using python. A very accessible one is from Practical Business Python. …
Nov 24, 2021: Drummer is awesome, so I made Awesome Drummer! Come contribute! 🥁
Oct 19, 2021: Fuji 18mm f/2 arrived. They old presentation boxes and metal hoods are lovely. It also focuses fast enough for my kids running around so, as usual, …
Oct 11, 2021: Thanks @jack! Now to get some film for this bad boy!
Sep 27, 2021: My favourite teapot Sabinchi teapot and box Like all favourites the real favourite always depends. It depends on the intent, at least for me. I suppose you could do a …
Sep 17, 2021: Hmm my tiddlywiki stopped adding the created field to new tiddlers…which then breaks everything 🤨
Aug 31, 2021: Cheap skate film day.
Aug 22, 2021: I haven’t used this pen in years. Maybe 10+. Always preferred the convenience of cartridges. Been using it everyday for work the past month and it’s …
Aug 18, 2021: Reading through Tim Rushton’s printing book and came across an interesting technique for removing scratches on film! 📷
Aug 5, 2021: This book about making Kodak film looks amazing!
Jul 24, 2021: Lovely evening weather for writing a letter. 🖋
Jul 21, 2021: Film fun 🎞📷
Jul 20, 2021: Playing all the Zelda 🗡🧝♀️ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is out on 🎮 Switch. But what if you want to play ALL the Zelda? It’s actually not too hard (ignoring the hours …
Jul 20, 2021: Grandfather’s slides from living in Kenya in 1962 Scanned and making a photo book for my mum. You can see the slides here. 📷
Jul 19, 2021: Hi! Round 2. Here's hoping it'll last. It ended with an annual subscription to micro.blog. (Better than monthly as (a) cheaper over 12 months, most importantly (b) will keep me incentivised …
Jun 14, 2020: Currently reading: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams 📚
Jun 12, 2020: My new writing buddy - Olivetti Lettera 32. Came from a charity auction and in great condition. Might need a new ribbon but current one works if I …
Jun 1, 2020: Hi! The required first post to a new system. From the intro video and having a random browse around this does seem like a platform that would suit me. …