Fireworks
Fireworks in Southampton Common. Happened to have the Fuji S3 Pro with me…
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Szofi come home
My wife is Hungarian. Like many folks in central Europe, Hungarians have a particular affinity for white storks. Even during the soviet era, lampposts often had huge plinths welded to the top, so that these massive wild birds can build their nests. Throughout the various COVID lock-downs my wife started following various European stork nests…
Wales 1996 – a 35mm film retrospective
Went to visit my uncle in Brechfa Wales, with former New Millennium features editor Sarah Keen to take a look at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth, geo: 52.622591,-3.841492 while we were in the area. links Centre for alternative Technology https://cat.org.uk geo URI geo: 52.622591,-3.841492 This has been posted retrospectively. This images were originally…
Linux server builds
I had a bit of interest in my Linux media servers recently. In fact I recently completed four Linux media or Zoneminder builds. Here are a few snaps… The machines are based on basic Novatech business PC’s. Nothing special. The media server versions have KDE Neon GNU/Linux. This is a very attractive KDE based desktop…
The Big Russian – my MTO 1000 mm catadioptric lens
This is by far my largest and longest focal-length lens. Rumour has it that the MTO 1000 mm catadioptric lens was “standard issue” to KGB surveillance operatives during the Cold War Era. MTO itself also has an interesting history. Seems it started out by making the huge glass reflectors for Russian anti-aircraft arc-lights. It made…
Christmas lights in Lyndhurst
Stopped to take a few snaps of the Christmas lights, Lyndhurst, in the New Forest.
How to upgrade from Ubuntu to Kubuntu (version 8.xx – Hardy)
Firstly please back up anything that is important – as you would with any major upgrade on any computer system! Then you can either use the Synaptic package manager or in this instance it is probably quicker to install from a Terminal window. First we make sure the system is fully up to date. Simply…
