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How hard could it be?
Managing a house renovation project is hard work. We keep rushing from place to place, making phone calls to and meeting tradesmen for cost estimates, and pleading – if not begging – for our work to be started in priority.… Read the rest.
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“I write about photography and programming”
Today, someone from an online tool store with which I had placed a rather large order called to verify that I was not a fraudster.… Read the rest.
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Am I turning into a Luddite?
This YouTube video reminds me that my newest personal computer, a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s, is already 10 years old. My other personal computer, a Lenovo ThinkCentre desktop, is 12 years old.… Read the rest.
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New Year’s Day photoblogging: The local
priscimon.com… Read the rest.
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Christmas Day photoblogging: Mauritius Bulk Sugar Terminal
Merry Christmas! After a wonderful lunch with my mum and two of her sisters in Quatre-Bornes, P and I headed to Les Salines.… Read the rest.
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Mum’s flowers
Here are a couple of pictures from my mother’s garden. priscimon.com… Read the rest.
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A few memories of Tahiti
From November 2019 to January 2020, P and I holidayed in Tahiti. When COVID locked down England a couple of months later, the experience of our trip was quickly effaced and replaced by the anxieties of the day.… Read the rest.
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More pictures from expired Ferrania Solaris 100 film
I developed a third roll of Ferrania Solaris 100 today, and the pictures are meh, consistent with the previous two experiments.… Read the rest.
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A brief appearance of the Nikon FG-20
Previously I wrote that the Nikon FG-20 is not a suitable camera for practising photography. I argued that its flawed ergonomics did not make for a pleasant shooting experience and could even be the cause of my exposure mistakes.… Read the rest.
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Fixing low sound volume in Linux
If your audio output suddenly sounds much lower than usual, check the volume settings of Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). Run the command alsamixer on the console and verify that the volume is as expected.… Read the rest.