: Starting with geocaching I’ve recently started geocaching. This is certainly not a new thing, the site is celebrating …
: Finishing the Realm of the Enderlings Series Last night I finished the final book in the series…at about 2am! It’s a fantasy series …
: Changes to the Scottish Tax Bands Introduction Scotland’s government has decided that from next year (from a tax perspective) …
: 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 …
: One Typed Page There’s a website, onetypedpage.com, which is just that. Each day people submit a photo of …
: Subscriptions Seen a few posts recently with people listing their subs. Thought I’d join in. I really …
: A new writing nook I have to admit my previous one has become overwhelmed with things that there is no longer anywhere …
: A new radio blog I’ve decided to setup a dedicated blog for amateur radio. You can find it at gm5alx.uk. Hoping …
: Entering the world of Amateur Radio Several years ago, when we were living in California, I started thinking about getting my amateur …
: Bookcases Book cases, book shelves, whatever you call them, I am drawn towards them. It is always interesting …
: First attempts with 4x5 I’ve been meaning to write this up for the last 14 months! I also took a lot more photos for …
: My 2022 Steam Replay Annual recaps seem to be the trend in social media and apps. It’s quite interesting actually. …
: Choosing between the Fuji 50mm f/2 and the 60mm f/2.4 This post sat as a draft for a long time when I was using blot. Whilst migrating my site to this new …
: Print Print out your photos. Please remind me to do this. It’s so fun to hold them in your hand and …
: Film scanning with my digital camera A few weeks ago I managed my first successful attempt at film development. Whilst I was very excited …
: Finding a camera for my dad My dad likes photography, but he doesn’t really have a camera. He used to own one, think it …
: A new Fujifilm lens This, the 35mm f/1.4, just arrived today from eBay. I fitted it to my X-E4 and took a selfie in …
: The trade offs of a prebuilt I’m referring to used prebuilt computers, and not laptops…all of those are prebuilt. …
: My first successful 35 mm development After the previous attempt, where I concluded the developer had expired, I was determined to …
: First attempt at 35mm development This isn’t my first attempt at film development, that was at the beginning of this year with …
: Visiting the London Leica Store A few weeks ago I was passing through London and thought I’d take the opportunity to visit the …
: Seeing the Queen's cortège The Queen is travelling from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, and goes along the main road that’s …
: Kosmos Foto Mono Film Stock thoughts I was going to call this a review but it’s not that official. Kosmo Foto Mono is a 100-ISO …
: Happy 60th Birthday! 🎂📷 My Leica M2 was made in 1962, according to the serial number, and it works just as well today as it …
: Big Orange 🍊 I like big oranges. Navel or winter or Jaffa or whatever they’re called at various points of …
: Compact Cameras Whilst I’d love to get a Leica Q2 or even a GRIII, they’re quite expensive (quite being …
: 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 …
: Making a nice place to write As much as I love computers, it does turn out that you can have too many. A while back I decided …
: A new keyboard🧹🦀 It’s been a long time since I last built a new keyboard. I think it was Christmas time 2018 when I …
: 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 …
: Upgrading my T490 to 1080p A while back I decided I needed (yes, needed) another laptop. I do have a Thinkpad T450s already but …
: Generating lots of tiddlers For my Meditations Tiddlywiki, I wanted to make each statement an individual tiddler. Whilst it …
: 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 …
: My favourite teapot 🫖 Yes, I'm very fond of tea. Like all favourites the real favourite always depends. It depends on the …
: Explaining my setup with beancount, fava, and pythonanywhere ⚠️ This guide is considerably old. However, the concept will still work but likely the configuration …