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Not a plane in the sky
ByGarfIt’s a beautiful spring day here in south east Hampshire. And it’s dead quiet thanks to the Coronavirus lockdown. And the northern sky that normally liberally criss-crossed with vapour trails is a perfect clear sky blue, with no aircraft within 50 km or more.
Lantau and Po Lin Monastery
ByGarfToday we enjoyed a pleasant cable car ride in Lantau, Hong Kong up to the Po Lin Monastery and the Giant Buddha.
Another view from Portsdown Hill
ByGarfFound myself on top of Portsdown Hill again today, with its magnificent views over Cosham, Portsmouth, Southsea, the Solent and 15 km+ into the distance, the Isle of wight. Despite the bright sunshine, it was still quite hazy over the conurbation. Still, I was somewhat reassured to discover that our green and pleasant land is…
Taran Race Day
ByGarfI was invited to attend one of Taran Microsystems Caterham 7 race days. Today we were at Bedford Aerodrome. My kid brother joined me for the day as we drove up there in a new MGF roadster.
Ruffle to the rescue for Macromedia Flash
ByGarfDo 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…
My new old Tamron 90mm macro lens
ByGarfA few snaps of my new, old Tamron 90mm macro lens c/w matching 2x teleconverter. For top notch macro work, I’ve yet to find anything – certainly not anything affordable, to beat this old thing. With the matching teleconverter, it does genuine 1:1. On a Micro-Tour-Thirds camera, it means the entire width of an unedited…
