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Escape to Hong Kong II – Macau with my friends

ByGarf created2004-09-19 23:592025-02-06 17:22 updated2025-02-06 17:22 Digital pictures, Hong Kong, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Caught the catamaran to visit the former Portuguese colony Macau today, accompanied by my friends and hosts.

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Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 5
ByGarf 1999-01-032025-02-06

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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Repairing an elderly Tamron 80-210mm lens (103A)
ByGarf 2016-06-102026-01-20

I’ve had this old but very chunky Tamron 80-210mm Adaptall 2 telephoto zoom lens since the mid 1980s. Only I noticed that the overall image quality had become rather poor. I wanted to find out why. When I shone a small torch through it, I noticed what appeared to be a haze. Despite several cleans…

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France – staying in an Alsatian gite
ByGarf 2003-04-202025-02-06

France – staying in an Alsatian gite and cruising around in the MGF. Today we went into Strasbourg, saw the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. Also saw some flamingoes and some rather friendly white Embden geese. Not to mention some rather randy white storks doing their thing.

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Sony ICF2001
ByGarf 2020-04-032025-02-06

The lovely Alexa Allure wearing a cheongsam dress and listening to the world on a 1981 vintage Sony ICF 2001 multiband receiver. Back in the day, Sony used to be one of the market leaders in shortwave radios. Its big selling feature was the continuous AM band that covered all the standard LF, MF and…

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Ruffle to the rescue for Macromedia Flash
ByGarf 2025-07-292025-08-18

Do you remember Macromedia Flash? Now, thanks to the canny lads and lasses at Ruffle, Flash is back! To celebrate Garfnet’s 30th anniversary, we thought it would be fun not merely to reinstate the Flash presentations we used to host here, Only this time we’ll fix it so that readers can watch them on any…

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What is the best media player for the GarfNet internet radio tuner?
ByGarf 2009-07-082024-12-06

Editors note: Gerfnet radio tuner was effectively made obsolete by the fact that most modern browsers play media directly. However, some reader may find our static Internet Radio page helpful for finding stations and addressing other problems that may arise. The internet radio tuner is cross-platform compatible and should work on any modern operating system….

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