New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary
Just spent a very cold and snowy New Years Eve in Pécs, Hungary.
Seems this time it’s Venezuela’s turn to have its infrastructure destroyed and its citizens blown to pieces. Trump claims it’s to stem a drug problem and that President Nicholas Maduro wasn’t fairly elected. Much of the world thinks United States’ Invasion of Venezuela is mostly to satisfy the United States’ insatiable appetite for other people’s…
Today I decided to make my own affordable detachable camera and equipment lanyard straps. I used some cheap generic “Peak Design compatible” buckles, bought direct from China via Ali Express, together with some generic anchors from the same source. I also used some 25mm nylon webbing I’ve had kicking round for ages. Granted, perhaps bright…
A few snaps of the Isle of Grain off the coast of Kent, south-east England. It’s not actually an island any more and forms part of the Hoo peninsula. The the area is mostly marshland and is an important habitat for a number of wild wetland birds.
A strange cloud formation in the northern sky round the back of our house.
This was actually rather annoying. These days one rather expects wireless networking to work “out of the box”. Anyway, seems the fix is reasonably simple. These instructions are very specific and therefore need to be followed exactly. They assume you are using the 64 bit version of (K)Ubuntu. I’m also assuming you are using Firefox…
I had to go to Southampton’s West Quay shopping centre today. It was quite a nice sunny day. There was hardly anyone around and almost everything was closed. So I stopped for a few snaps.