Trump memes collection
Just a wee collection of Donald Trump memes I have collected over the years. I plan to add to the collection from time-to-time, as I stumble across them. Some of them are a bit rude. But then again, so is Trump…
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Batch processing in GIMP
In my early days of using GNU/Linux full time, we had an application called Gwenview. It was, and still is an excellent thumbnail viewer. But back then it also used to have an excellent set of plugins called KIPI. Sadly the really useful ones such as resizing and changing format completely disappeared when KDE 5…
My new old Tamron 90mm macro lens
A 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…
I’m the operator with my pocket calculator
Like in that old Kraftwerk song, I have a bit of a penchant for small pocket calculators. These are a few of my oldest examples. In fact the Sharp Elsimate dates back to 1973 and belonged to my late father.
Road trip to Hungary, part 1
A fabulous road trip across Europe to meet my new girlfriend’s parents, in the beautiful Hungarian city of Pecs Leaving Southampton and Crossing the English Channel Other days You are here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12…
Merry Christmas 2007
Wishing all our readers a very merry, peaceful Christmas And a happy, successful New Year… “Mr. Penguin and Mr. Goose, on a very frosty Hungarian day.”
Checking out my new lens tilt mechanism
I treated myself to a lens tilt mechanism and a vintage Helios 4m-44 58mm f/2 lens. So I figured I needed to go out and test them. These were taken from Portsdown Hill, facing south, over Portchester and Cosham. Being able to tilt the lens means one can shift the focus onto a particular part…
