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Lisbon, Portugal, day 2

ByGarf created2005-08-28 23:592025-02-06 17:14 updated2025-02-06 17:14 Digital pictures, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Second day of our trip, first day actually wandering around the beautiful sunny city of Lisbon, in Portugal.

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Backup strategies
ByGarf 2024-04-092026-01-31

I suffered my first hard disk failure way back in 1987. Fortunately I recovered 99% of my data. However, successful recovery required quite a lengthy struggle and a somewhat inelegant bodge. Since then, I’ve held something of a fascination, some might even say an obsession with backup systems. Over the years, I have tried all…

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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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Backups: NAS vs external hard disk
ByGarf 2020-05-042025-08-18

Discussion came up on a forum to which I belong whether it is better to use NAS (network attached storage) or external hard drives for backup. My answer is why not use both? Effectively I have three NAS servers. One is a media server. The others are purely backup – though they can quickly be…

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Merry Christmas 1993
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The goose is getting fat… Our first card using all computer generated vector graphics.

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Radios
ByGarf 2008-02-182025-02-06

I had a lovely model called Onna come down from London today for a retro technology photo shoot. While she was here, she posed with some of my favourite radios, including my Icom IC-R20 and my AOR AR 8200 handheld communications receivers. Which I continued to photograph long after she had gone home. Here are…

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Le Corbusier´s Ronchamp Chapel “Notre Dame du Haut”, France.
ByGarf 2001-08-132025-02-06

Today we drove down to one of my favourite places, Le Corbusier´s strangely beautiful Ronchamp Chapel “Notre Dame du Haut”, France. Camera: Olympus C2500L

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