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Lancashire and Lancaster walkabout

ByGarf created2002-03-31 23:592025-02-06 20:37 updated2025-02-06 20:37 Digital pictures, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Lancashire and Lancaster walkabout with friends and clients who live in that part of the world.

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XO (one laptop per child) rolls of production line
ByGarf 2007-11-072024-12-06

With all the misery in the world, I think this project is actually quite heart-warming. The XO laptop (AKA the $100.00 laptop), is the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte from MIT and former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan. It is designed for children in the majority world. The first machines started rolling off the Changshu…

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Around Havant with a Risespray 7.5mm lens
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I rather like Micro Four Thirds. Currently I have three µ4/3 bodies and a collection of both dedicated AF (autofocus) and adapted vintage MF (manual focus) lenses. Trouble with µ4/3 is that whilst we are very well catered-for in terms of long lenses, there’s a bit of a vacuum in shorter ones. So I decided…

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Why we object to the Microsoft Windows Tax
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Rationale At the moment, everyone who buys a PC from a UK supplier has to buy a Microsoft Windows license whether they want it or not. One has no choice, it is included in the price one pays. So, even if you are using one of the many free alternative operating systems such as Ubuntu,…

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Shefford, a small English town in Bedfordshire
ByGarf 2003-12-082025-02-06

Driving back from seeing a client, I stumbled upon Shefford, a small English town in Bedfordshire.

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Boxing Day Breakfast
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They say there is nothing like a healthy breakfast. And this is nothing like a healthy breakfast. And it was around most normal people’s tea time. But I love a bloody good fry-up from time-to-time, and this one was truly delicious. 🙂

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Merry Christmas 1990
ByGarf 1990-12-252025-02-06

Garf Technology rests on Christmas Day. Actually, it hardly ever does but it was a nice thought anyway.

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