Gibbseys Christmas lights
I have a pal whose house lights up like a Christmas tree – literally. So whenever he does this, I always nip over thee with a camera…
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A fairly narrow escape
As storm Eunice rages all around us here in Southern England, it seems my kid brother had a fairly narrow escape from disaster yesterday morning. He was driving north along the busy A34, where it splits with the A33, just north of Winchester, when a large tree blew down completely blocking the northbound carriageway. He…
Saverne Brewery
Having already sampled quite a lot of the local beer, we thought we really ought to swing by Saverne’s local brewery for a few snaps. Unfortunately it was quite dark by the time we got there. And closed. But the floodlighting is quite good. Camera: Canon Digital Ixus.
Why does Google think I’m at Barnard Castle?
In fact, I am 416 kilometres away from Barnard Castle, as the crow flies, or about 500km by road. Granted, I very seldom use Google as a search engine. I use privacy-aware searches instead such as DuckDuckGo. I have also been to great lengths to prise my rooted smartphone from Google’s clutches too. But my…
Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 4 – eBuyer
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…
Drunken bumblebees in our garden…
Drunken bumblebees working the lavender in our garden. Seems Bumblebees have longer tongues than ordinary worker bees and can reach to the bottom of the lavender flowers in order to get to the nectar. Moreover nectar can ferment, when mixed with rainfall and natural yeast. Consequently these incredible little creatures can become quite tipsy, especially…
Cuba 1998 – a 35mm film retrospective
Found myself in Havana, Cuba with former New Millennium features editor Sarah Keen, back in the spring of 1998, shortly before my photography “went digital”. Lots of memories from Cuba: the warm climate and friendly people, old American cars, the beautiful but crumbling architecture and the stunning countryside. But most enduring memory is the music….
