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Escape to Hong Kong – The Peak

ByGarf created2004-01-12 23:592025-02-06 17:22 updated2025-02-06 17:22 Digital pictures, Hong Kong, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Decided to ride the Peak ram up to The Peak, to get a few snaps across the city.

Digital pictures | Hong Kong | Journal | Photography | Travelogue

Escape to Hong Kong II – Central
ByGarf 2004-09-252025-02-06

Went into Central with my hots today. It was quite hot and we didn’t do much. But I did manage to grab a handful moderately good snaps.

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Istanbul 1996 – a 35mm film retrospective
ByGarf 1996-03-312025-02-06

Found myself in Istanbul with former New Millennium features editor Sarah Keen, during a particularly cold spell, back in February 1996. Now, I had naively imagined that the Republic of Türkiye is a hot country. But not in February, apparently. It was bitterly cold with icy winds all the way from Northern Russia, howling across…

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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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Merry Christmas 1989
ByGarf 1989-12-252025-02-06

Chief engineer’s Christmas wishlist. Original by my maternal grandfather, AR Bunday.

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Marriage of minds or just a shotgun wedding
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Microsoft has been in trouble for some time – but has taken its executives quite a while to realise it. Vista has been a massive flop. And M$ is becoming increasingly perceived as a company that has ruthlessly exploited its monopoly – fleecing its customers for vast sums of money whilst providing poor quality, insecure…

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Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 4 – eBuyer
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This is the fourth article in a series of case studies illustrating the difficulty one has purchasing a PC in the UK without being forced to pay a “Microsoft Tax”. We use Linux on all our PC’s and have done so for several years. Therefore we do not need, nor should we be forced to…

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