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Nurses noisy but good-humoured protest
ByGarfNurses’ noisy but good-humoured protest outside Southampton General Hospital today as first ever major NHS nurses strikes in British history take place. Something about this touched me. Perhaps it was the sadness that these hard-working decent people have to do this. Or perhaps it was the gentle considerate way they did it. Every bus and…
My new old 500mm Tamron catadioptric lens
ByGarfI always rather fancied a decent 500mm catadioptric lens. I bought a cheap Korean one off eBay a few years back and frankly it was not very good. But the old Tamron 500mm mirror lens has quite a good reputation. And as luck would have it, one turned up cheap on eBay a few weeks…
FAQ | Journal | Linux | TechnologyWouldn’t it be better if there were only one Linux?
ByGarf“The world doesn’t need lots of different operating systems” seems to be the prevailing wisdom of the moment. But I would question that. Why? Do we also need only one type of car, or one type of television? OK there are those who say the world would be a better place without either. But would…
Merry Christmas 2001
ByGarf“Hiding up the Chimney”- 2001 Christmas card. by Sarah Keen.
A few of my favourite things
ByGarfWell it’s a cold bleak miserable Southampton winter’s day outside. Decided to take a few “library” snaps of some current favourite bits of kit, including a rather nice pair of wideband communications receivers.
Digital pictures | General | Journal | Photography | Road Trip | TravelogueGrain Island
ByGarfA few snaps of the Isle of Grain off the coast of Kent, south-east England. It’s not actually an island any more and forms part of the Hoo peninsula. The the area is mostly marshland and is an important habitat for a number of wild wetland birds.
