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Arca desk clamp for a heavy smartphone
I’m a clumsy clot and I’m always knocking my phone off my desk. OK it’s ruggedised and the floor is carpeted. Nevertheless, ruggedisation has its limits. Also my phone is a heavy old beast, weighing some 360 grams. That’s around 3/4 lb in “old money“. Which means that those flimsy plastic phone holders you see…
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Langley Tavern and Lepe Beach
Went out to the New Forest to visit my mother, in the little red MX5. While we were there, I took the opportunity top gather some images of Lepe Beach and the now dilapidated Langley Tavern. I also took a few snaps of my shiny new Eton S350DL multiband radio.
How to upgrade Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 13 (Trixie)
Debian version 13, aka Trixie is due to be declared “stable” 2025-08-09. I’ve been using Trixie as “testing” for a couple of years now and have found it very good indeed. So much so that we are already upgrading our Bookworm machines to Trixie. In all cases so far, this has proven a relatively smooth…
1993 Prague – a 35mm film retrospective
An old pal was studying at at Prague University on an exchange year for his degree. He asked me if I would care to join him for a week or two. So I made my way to London’s Victoria Bus and I hopped aboard a Prague bound bus carrying a small bag of clothes and…
Summer in Pécs, Hungary
Summer in Pécs, Hungary. Trip to Tetye to meet Charles Barca, the guy behind Black Panther Linux.
What is the best image library management system for me?
Singapore vs SimpleViewer vs Coppermine? All three of these are excellent products. However, the expression horses for courses leaps to mind here. These are quite different in they way they work and are aimed at very different markets. Just because a particular product is better for me, it doesn’t mean it is neccessarily better for…
