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    2023-11-12 General Journal Photography

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  • Latest BBC HLS Radio streams
  • BBC Radio Streams – update
  • BBC deliberately breaks its internet radio service
  • Donald Trump’s court calendar
  • Whatever happened to the Wagner Rebellion?
  • Wagner Group rebellion presents further serious difficulties for Putin
  • Simple street photography
  • USB Type D
  • Is AliExpress any good?
  • Multifunction USB rechargeable LED light
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  • More about my new Ultrastar 20 TB hard disk backup system
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  • Sonos alternative
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  • BR-9C combined Geiger counter and EMF meter – initial impressions
  • Rishi Sunak – yet another unelected pro-Brexit British prime minister
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  • Queen Elizabeth II dies.
  • Dim Lizzy for PM
  • Synthetic stupidity – or one man and his cabbage…
  • Another honest Government Ad
  • The secret documents at Mar-a-Largo
  • Brexiteers’ irrational aversion to the Metric System
  • All your base
  • What about WEBP?
  • Solar storm on the hottest day
  • Bye Bye Boris
  • Lens repair – Tamron 14mm-150mm
  • A fully loaded miniature stainless steel router rack
  • The day I rescued a stag beetle
  • I want to move to Linux, so where do I start?
  • Light meter
  • Moggy takes a dip
  • E73 Tunnels
  • Studio flash power usage
  • Studio refurbishment
  • TV versus on-line video sites such as Youtube
  • Reintroducing Storks to Britain
  • Hey, Hey, Rise-Up
  • Szofi come home
  • Fed up with wall warts?
  • As bent as a nine-pound note…
  • Image processing using FOSS
  • Long Live Ukraine | хай живе Україна
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  • Benbo Trekker
  • A fairly narrow escape
  • Facebook’s fortunes on the turn…
  • Fixing Flatpak public key error
  • My shiny new 20 TB Ultrastar hard disk
  • Merry Christmas 2021
  • Holder for my ruggedised smartphone
  • Is a smartphone a substitute for a proper camera?
  • Stag Beetle Larvae in my garden
  • GNU’s not Unix? If not then why not?
  • Another update: Raspberry π4 for Zoneminder part 3
  • Why I quite like USB C
  • Trump memes collection
  • Countdown to the end of Trump
  • Fixing a damaged SD slot
  • Removing tricky screw thread lens filters
  • Merry Christmas 2020
  • Update: Raspberry π4 8GB for Zoneminder part 2
  • Raspberry π4 8GB for Zoneminder
  • Good riddance to Orange Blotus
  • Remote shooting using “IP Webcam” software.
  • A surprisingly straightforward studio flash repair
  • Clevo N150CU running GNU/Linux
  • Ulefone 3w ruggedised smartphone
  • Why does Google think I’m at Barnard Castle?
  • Sliderule – the eco-friendly computer from days of old
  • Backups: NAS vs external hard disk
  • Home made light modifier
  • Virtual backdrops and wallpapers
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  • Sony ICF2001
  • Working from home during the current crisis
  • First day of National Lockdown
  • Coronavirus misinformation
  • Shattaf – a healthy solution to the toilet roll shortage
  • Covid 19 “Honest Government Ad”
  • Reliable COVID-19 information
  • Batch processing in GIMP
  • Merry Christmas 2019
  • Safer modelling lights for Chinese flash head units
  • BREAKING: Brexit voters to be to pay extra “Brexit Tax” to pay for leaving the EU
  • What is a WebP image file, and how do I open one?
  • Joomla closedown
  • Welcome to the New Look GarfNet
  • Merry Christmas 2018
  • Temporary Shutdown
  • Merry Christmas 2017
  • Drunken bumblebees in our garden…
  • Cheap but effective continuous studio lighting
  • Setting up a home studio
  • Merry Christmas 2016
  • Converting inexpensive LED flood lights for use in the studio.
  • Repairing an elderly Tamron 80-210mm lens
  • Merry Christmas 2015
  • Merry Christmas 2014
  • Server updates
  • “This Is HansinUngarn, from Pécs Hungary…”
  • Merry Christmas 2013
  • Having a Gander
  • Eighteen Years of GarfNet
  • Merry Christmas 2012
  • Merry Christmas 2011
  • Merry Christmas 2010
  • Novatech X16 Pro | Clevo W76TUN review
  • Merry Christmas 2009
  • Novatech/Clevo E16 & X16 Wireless Networking under Ubuntu Linux
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 6 – Lenovo
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 5 – Acer, the most shameful response so far
  • Struggling to make Ubuntu look good
  • Stop software patents in Europe
  • Upgrade to 64 bit Goosebuntu (9.04 & 9.10)(Jaunty & Karmic)
  • Upgrading Ubuntu 9.x to Kubuntu 9.x
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 4 – eBuyer
  • Update – Laptops Direct
  • Why we object to the Microsoft Windows Tax
  • Surely Ubuntu Linux is only for a minority of geeks & programmers?
  • Update – Dell
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 2 – Laptops Direct
  • I want to try Linux, is it best to dual boot? or what?
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 1 – Dell UK
  • Trying to buy a PC without Windows part 3 – PC World
  • My Ubuntu sound system suddenly stopped working. Can I restart it without rebooting?
  • It’s war!
  • How do you install Google’s Chromium browser on (K)Ubuntu Linux?
  • What is the best media player for the GarfNet internet radio tuner?
  • It works!
  • Internet radio tuner
  • What is LAMPP?
  • Which CMS has GarfNet chosen and why did you choose it?
  • Would you use Debian on a desktop or laptop PC?
  • Why is Garfnet moving from a hand written site to a contact managed one?
  • Didn’t you use another Linux at one time?
  • Which Linux ‘flavour’ did you choose and why did you choose it?
  • Why is GarNet using Linux?
  • What is the ‘Millennium Team’ doing now?
  • Is the New Millennium available in an archive?
  • What happened to the New Millennium ezine?
  • What does VISTA mean?
  • Joomla 1.5 Bugs
  • An apology
  • Hot Spots
  • Cleaning a camera CCD with a vacuum cleaner and a Lens Pen
  • Is Linux a “disruptive technology”?
  • Using VirtualBox to run Windows apps that will not run on WINE
  • UK taxpayers can submit tax returns online using open source software
  • Windows 7 – is it any good?
  • Merry Christmas 2008
  • How do I stop Google indexing a particular page on my site?
  • Backing up using big, cheap hard disks and some nifty Unix tools
  • How to upgrade to “Goosebuntu” – a fully loaded (K)ubuntu 8.xx (Hardy) system
  • How to upgrade from Ubuntu to Kubuntu (version 8.xx – Hardy)
  • Setting file & directory properties
  • GNUCash – serious open source accounting software
  • I can’t open Raw files from my digital camera
  • Britain’s metrication fiasco
  • My camera cards keep getting corrupted. Can I prevent this?
  • Windows can’t read from my camera’s memory card
  • gOS – has the Google vs M$ war just “gone nuclear”?
  • Marriage of minds or just a shotgun wedding
  • How to make (K)Ubuntu play copy-protected DVD’s, and…
  • How to upgrade to “Goosebuntu” – a fully loaded (K)ubuntu 7.xx (Gutsy) system
  • How to upgrade from Ubuntu to Kubuntu (version 7.xx – Gutsy)
  • What is the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu?
  • Coppermine “batch-add” hangs
  • Hungarian rebels against the “Microsoft Tax”
  • How to install CS-R20 software for Icom IC-R20 on Linux
  • Icom IC-R20 radio scanner
  • Merry Christmas 2007
  • I want a really good website but I don’t want to pay for it!
  • Wouldn’t it be better if there were only one Linux?
  • 2007-11-07 XO (one laptop per child) rolls of production line
  • Cannot upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy
  • Please may I have GarfNet Pictures account?
  • Ok so I installed Ubuntu but I hate the Gnome desktop?
  • Buying tips
  • Will Google be the new Microsoft?
  • What is the best image library management system for me?
  • How does GarfNet manage its image library?
  • Posting pictures on GarfNet Coppermine
  • Another reason to be cheerful
  • How to install PHPRunner 4.0 on Ubuntu Linux
  • Windows applications running successfully on Linux using WINE
  • Vista woes might lead us to better things
  • Persuading ThumbsPlus for Windows to work on Ubuntu Linux
  • FHS (File Hierarchy System) on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux
  • Can I get my scanner | printer | copier | teamaker | etc. working on Linux?
  • All fixed now!
  • About Joomla
  • Go Trabi Go!
  • Merry Christmas 2006
  • Happy New Year 2007
  • WebOnCD
  • The Open Source Revolution
  • Fed up with Norton Antivirus?
  • Web-footed web log
  • What computer should I buy?
  • What is a “Lifestyle Business”?
  • Merry Christmas 2005
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  • The Way (1987)
  • After Dark (1992)
  • If Anyone Can (1996)
  • Merry Christmas 2004
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