Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 1
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
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Today we drove through France down to Strasbourg and arrived safely at the gite.
Bumblebees 2025
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Southampton Common in the Snow
There was an unusually heavy fall of snow overnight. So I thought I would wander across to the Common and grab a few snaps.
Backing up using big, cheap hard disks and some nifty Unix tools
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