Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 4
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998 and early January 1999, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
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I had a bit of interest in my Linux media servers recently. In fact I recently completed four Linux media or Zoneminder builds. Here are a few snaps… The machines are based on basic Novatech business PC’s. Nothing special. The media server versions have KDE Neon GNU/Linux. This is a very attractive KDE based desktop…
Fixing Flatpak public key error
I had a pretty grim time recently trying to fix a “Flatpak public key error” on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Well KDE Neon to be more precise, but it’s underlying operating system is Ubuntu. I had been attempting a “user” mode installation of an application via Flatpak with no success. I installed Flatpak in the normal…
Road trip to Hungary, part 11
The Shabby Trabi Today was a day of rest. But I dis manage a snap of the “Shabby Trabi” – an old Trabant 601 parked up on a piece of wasteland near the centre of Pécs. Other days Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part…
Why does Google think I’m at Barnard Castle?
In fact, I am 416 kilometres away from Barnard Castle, as the crow flies, or about 500km by road. Granted, I very seldom use Google as a search engine. I use privacy-aware searches instead such as DuckDuckGo. I have also been to great lengths to prise my rooted smartphone from Google’s clutches too. But my…
Make your own “monostick”
The subject of monopods was raised recently in a photographic forum to which I belong. As it happens, I was already flirting with the idea of using a walking stick as a monopod, to avoid the need to carry two sticks. I’m a lazy so-and-so at the best of times. I also have a habit…
How I mounted my 120-year-old Bausch & Lomb + Beck lens
Several people have contacted me privately and asked for information regarding how I actually mounted my 120-year-old Bausch & Lomb + Beck lens on my µ4/3 camera. I hope in this article to shed a little light on how one can make such an old lens and seemingly-incompatible lens actually stay on a modern mirrorless…
