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| What’s happening | This site has not been updated for a long while, other than Virage Corner, a … | 2021/09/18 | Commentary | 2021-09-18 12:20:19 |
| I am just going outside and may be some time……………. | Is what I should have said, but didn’t on September 27, 2016, the date of … | 2018/08/09 | Commentary | 2018-08-09 18:49:30 |
| If you have a Yahoo or Flickr account, read this! | Like many people, I have a Yahoo account (for news updates and Flickr). Now it … | 2016/09/27 | Technology | 2016-09-27 16:31:53 |
| Brexit – the ugly options for Trade | This is (as far as I can make it) a factual analysis of the trade … | 2016/09/03 | Commentary | 2016-09-03 11:53:36 |
| Brexit – the Turkey option | A customs Union with the EU is an attractive option for many Brexit proponents. The … | 2016/09/02 | Commentary | 2016-09-02 16:32:14 |
| Malasana portraits | I am slowly grinding through my backlog of photographs for processing. I have now reached … | 2016/08/28 | Photographs | 2016-08-28 00:02:41 |
| Hoods with style – the gorgeous automobiles of Dick’s classic garage | Another photo essay, from a recent visit to the USA. I’ve just got back from … | 2016/08/27 | Photographs | 2016-08-27 18:27:04 |
| Brexit – Is Andrea Leadsom the UK’s Carly Fiorina? | The more I see Brexit’s Andrea Leadsom, the more I am reminded of Carly Fiorina … | 2016/07/04 | Commentary | 2016-07-04 10:48:28 |
| Harry McAughtry – his life and times | My dear father, Harry McAughtry passed away on 8th February this year, and his funeral … | 2016/03/21 | Harry and Joyce | 2016-03-21 18:21:17 |
| Harry McAughtry – goodbye to my dear father | We are all so sad. On the morning of 8th February, my kind, funny, and … | 2016/02/10 | Harry and Joyce | 2016-02-10 09:55:12 |
| Tim Harford and the distractions | I am rarely inspired these days. But I stumbled across this and was a bit … | 2016/01/15 | Commentary | 2016-01-15 07:01:19 |
| Getting the bread | Today’s photo:Getting the bread. This shot was taken in Nalliers, on the river Gartempe in … | 2016/01/05 | Photographs | 2016-01-05 18:58:41 |
| Low light under the bridge | Today’s photo:Low light under the bridge. An early evening shot, with light coming in almost … | 2016/01/04 | Photographs | 2016-01-04 12:25:59 |
| Pont Alexandre III | Today’s photo:Pont Alexandre III. A long exposure shot of the Seine at the Pont Alexandre … | 2015/12/28 | Photographs | 2015-12-28 11:48:26 |
| Gironde Carrelet at dusk | ” Today’s photo:Gironde Carrelet at dusk. An evening long exposure shot around sunset, of one … | 2015/12/15 | Photographs | 2015-12-15 16:13:58 |
| Torre de Belém at dawn | Today’s photo:Torre de Belém at dawn. A long exposure shot taken at the Belem tower … | 2015/10/02 | Photographs | 2015-10-02 09:01:29 |
| You’ll appreciate our high-speed checkout facilities | Today’s photo:You’ll appreciate our high-speed checkout facilities. Shot in the glamorous Erith waterfront on the … | 2015/09/30 | Photographs | 2015-09-30 10:09:17 |
| The Lonely Tuba player | Today’s photo:The Lonely Tuba player. I was surprised to see a full marching band in … | 2015/07/09 | Photographs | 2015-07-09 11:31:00 |
| The fashion watchers | The fashion dummies just can’t make their minds up. Shot in Salamanca, Madrid on my … | 2015/06/06 | Photographs | 2015-06-06 07:52:00 |
| I’m watching you while he’s watching me. | There is a lot of sitting done in Madrid, and a fair bit of watching. … | 2015/06/05 | Photographs | 2015-06-05 16:42:24 |
| The Madrid path to perfection | “Dreams plus workout” may lead to success, but more often will lead to severe injuries … | 2015/06/04 | Uncategorized | 2015-06-04 17:25:25 |
| Ducatos – better than a vacation | “A vacation is an occasional pleasure but a Ducatos is always a smoke”. A rough … | 2015/06/03 | Photographs | 2015-06-03 17:57:23 |
| The nightmare of the FBTs | “On learning the latest results from the precision travel scales”. Closely modelled on Goya’s very … | 2015/06/01 | Travel | 2015-06-01 14:58:26 |
| Madrid street – chums | Out in the street yesterday with my Olympus and a fast telephoto lens. Like so … | 2015/06/01 | Photographs | 2015-06-01 05:54:45 |
| How to skip lunch | Very minor modification to the plan to skip lunch today. The miniature hip-bath of fois … | 2015/05/31 | Travel | 2015-05-31 13:56:02 |
| How to order in Madrid | I have learned two new things in the last 24 hours about Madrid. (1). Always … | 2015/05/31 | Travel | 2015-05-31 12:34:08 |
| The Greeting (and the Fish and Chip Impasse) | Our local hardware shop in France. Notable because of the unsettling greeting of the prop. … | 2015/05/22 | Travel | 2015-05-22 07:21:20 |
| Boat and mill at Nalliers | Today’s photo: Boat and mill at Nalliers. An abandoned fishing boat tied up opposite the … | 2015/05/20 | Photographs | 2015-05-20 08:26:28 |
| Smoke | Today’s photo:Smoke. In between the extended periods of summer rain the English like to take … | 2015/05/11 | Photographs | 2015-05-11 09:20:35 |
| Blue and Gold | Today’s photo: Blue and Gold. A long exposure shot taken near Simonstown in the Cape … | 2015/05/05 | Photographs | 2015-05-05 09:10:42 |
| Shoeburyness (next to Godliness) | Today’s photo: Another long exposure shot taken at Shoeburyness on my on my exciting Southend … | 2015/04/29 | Photographs | 2015-04-29 16:52:37 |
| You no see me (teehee) | Today’s photo: A curious but shy girl in a pagoda in Yangon. Note: Click photo … | 2015/04/13 | Photographs | 2015-04-13 09:45:14 |
| Champs en feu | ” Today’s photo: Long low evening light over just harvested wheat fields in central France, … | 2015/04/08 | Uncategorized | 2015-04-08 11:54:26 |
| A Coda…. | It’s been a week since we said goodbye to my mother, and I’m coming to … | 2015/04/03 | Commentary | 2015-04-03 17:55:01 |
| Farewell, my beautiful, kind and funny mother | We said goodbye to Joyce yesterday, at the little Kentish church she loved, with family, … | 2015/03/28 | Harry and Joyce | 2015-03-28 11:53:22 |
| Oh Shoeburyness, Shoeburyness – the greatest gift that I possess | Today’s photo: Another long exposure shot taken near Southend, UK, at Shoeburyness. Ah… Ken Dodd. … | 2015/03/09 | Photographs | 2015-03-09 17:47:09 |
| New New New | In something of a surprising turn of events, I have managed to get quite a … | 2015/03/09 | Commentary | 2015-03-09 11:10:11 |
| Shoeburyness – arrow to the sea | ” Today’s photo: A long exposure shot taken near Southend, UK, at Shoeburyness. This used … | 2015/03/06 | Photographs | 2015-03-06 09:49:12 |
| Pensive | ” Today’s photo: A serious gaze from this boy in the market in New Bagan, … | 2015/03/01 | Photographs | 2015-03-01 10:51:40 |
| On second thoughts I think I’ll walk. | ” Click photo to enlarge – back button to return. Taken on the shoreline facing … | 2015/02/28 | Photographs | 2015-02-28 11:03:40 |
| The pool | Click to see in full screen, back button to return to this page Today’s photograph: … | 2015/02/27 | Photographs | 2015-02-27 09:22:02 |
| Paris – low cold winter sun | Another fine if freezing day, this time in Paris, after which I feel fully arted, … | 2015/01/24 | Commentary | 2015-01-24 19:00:03 |
| Old Orleans – lightly frisked and chilled to the bone | Holed up on a freezing day in a cafe in the centre of Orleans, en-route … | 2015/01/23 | Travel | 2015-01-23 18:57:37 |
| I’m not excited | I had a great, almost charmed life as an IBM executive. One of the things … | 2015/01/10 | Commentary | 2015-01-10 12:46:21 |
| Old salts in Salt River | Click to show full size & back button to return to this page Happy New … | 2015/01/06 | Photographs | 2015-01-06 20:07:18 |
| Alex goes to Salt River | This is the first of a series of shots taken in the footsteps of the … | 2014/12/31 | Photographs | 2014-12-31 20:17:54 |
| Company Gardens Pixie | Click to show full screen. The last few days in Cape Town were pretty hectic, … | 2014/12/29 | Photographs | 2014-12-29 11:05:07 |
| Salt River Sunday | Again with some Street photography. I chanced upon Salt River railway station while wandering around … | 2014/12/14 | Photographs | 2014-12-14 12:09:10 |
| Yellow, Red, Orange | Click to enlarge Another Shot from Bo-Kaap. This is again untweaked – these are the … | 2014/12/10 | Photographs | 2014-12-10 07:41:54 |
| Morning, crashing sea | Click to enlarge. I rose yesterday morning with no trace of the hangover that might … | 2014/12/08 | Photographs | 2014-12-08 08:03:47 |
| Riders from the sea | I have wanted to take this shot for a while after having noticed the effect … | 2014/12/05 | Photographs | 2014-12-05 08:55:17 |
| The hill’s on fire! | A huge mountain fire last night. This shot was taken from our house across the … | 2014/12/04 | Photographs | 2014-12-04 09:35:27 |
| Chromatic love | Taken in the Bo-Kaap district of Cape Town. The walls are really that colour. In … | 2014/12/02 | Photographs | 2014-12-02 08:42:58 |
| On Long St | Little bit of street now. As I write, I’m sitting outside Lola’s cafe on the … | 2014/11/30 | Photographs | 2014-11-30 12:29:27 |
| Heavy evening surf | Just beyond these rocks is where the Noordhoek surfers go – it was pretty wild … | 2014/11/28 | Photographs | 2014-11-28 17:42:50 |
| After dusk on Noordhoek Beach | The scene on Noordhoek Beach 20 minutes after sunset, looking away from the sea. … | 2014/11/24 | Photographs | 2014-11-24 15:55:21 |
| Kommejtkie rockpool | A morning walk with M*t*n and P*tt* on the beach at Kommejtkie. Walkers, surfers, dogs … | 2014/11/23 | Photographs | 2014-11-23 22:09:05 |
| Morning, pristine | Today’s picture. Taken at about 8:30am on Noordhoek beach before the arrival of many children. … | 2014/11/22 | Photographs | 2014-11-22 14:36:06 |
| Waiting for the Taxi | Waiting for the taxi OK. This might be a bit messy, but this is the … | 2014/11/21 | Photographs | 2014-11-21 13:11:25 |
| Mandela’s Funeral | Back again after a longish hiatus (explained below), with shots that capture the emotional scene … | 2014/09/01 | Photographs | 2014-09-01 18:34:44 |
| The fallen tree in the forest – my photographs and Flickr | A musing on the process of taking and then showing photographs, and a partial explanation … | 2014/05/27 | Commentary, Photographs | 2014-05-27 17:48:01 |
| On Portability – can a phone substitute for a camera? | My recent adventures with the world’s only phone capable of taking RAW images. How does … | 2014/04/21 | Photographs, Technology | 2014-04-21 11:42:42 |
| Spring in the Japanese Gardens | Back in the Water Gardens in time for the Spring Blossom – one very fine … | 2014/04/08 | Photographs | 2014-04-08 17:08:34 |
| The death of Mandela – Cape Town Pictures | The scene in Cape Town the weekend after Mandela died – when the great and … | 2014/03/31 | Photographs | 2014-03-31 17:15:16 |
| Rusting land yachts at the Wijnlands Motor Museum | Some evocative shots showing the passing of time on several different levels, from an amazing … | 2014/03/28 | Photographs, Travel | 2014-03-28 12:36:26 |
| Moved! | This site has changed host location. Nothing should change except performance. … | 2014/03/27 | Technology | 2014-03-27 10:11:30 |
| South Africa vs Australia Test Match at Newlands – March 2014 | Some high speed telephoto shots of the South African’s herculean and ultimately unsuccessful efforts to … | 2014/03/22 | Photographs | 2014-03-22 17:40:05 |
| London Geometry | Some recent photographs which focus on lines and shapes, taken in and around London. … | 2014/03/15 | Photographs | 2014-03-15 16:20:30 |
| The Wolfberg Cracks and Arch – David’s photographs | Full-size photographs of the amazing scenery of the Wolfberg cracks and arch from our trip … | 2014/02/20 | Photographs, Travel | 2014-02-20 19:13:08 |
| The Wolfberg Cracks and Arch – M*rt*n’s story | Last November M*rt*n and I travelled to the Cederbergs – a spectacular mountain region several … | 2014/02/14 | Travel | 2014-02-14 19:24:13 |
| The ruined villas of Kep-sur-Mer | A final photo-essay from our trip last autumn. This time it is the elegiac ruined … | 2014/01/31 | Photographs, Travel | 2014-01-31 10:30:06 |
| Cambodia – the crab ladies of Kep | A photographic study of the crab catchers – all women – of Kep on the … | 2014/01/24 | Photographs | 2014-01-24 18:10:35 |
| Myanmar – the Chickadee photographs | Final set from our Myanmar trip. These are the shots that the Chickadee took as … | 2014/01/21 | Photographs | 2014-01-21 12:28:19 |
| Myanmar – Bagan and Yangon | The penultimate set of photos from this trip. Our last two destinations, the amazing temples … | 2014/01/15 | Photographs | 2014-01-15 18:17:26 |
| Myanmar – Mandalay | On to Mandalay – with some street shots of market traders and world rulers, plus … | 2014/01/08 | Photographs | 2014-01-08 10:42:02 |
| Myanmar – Fishermen and the stupas of Indein | Third Installment of Myanmar photos from Inle Lake. This time the amazing fishermen and the … | 2014/01/06 | Photographs | 2014-01-06 12:45:23 |
| Myanmar – Inle and the journey to the second lake | The second installment of Myanmar photographs here. These show a lot more of daily life … | 2013/12/27 | Photographs | 2013-12-27 18:29:27 |
| Myanmar – Views of the Treasure | The Chickadee and I did a circuit of Myanmar in late September and October. I … | 2013/12/23 | Photographs | 2013-12-23 19:38:37 |
| London Street Photographs – the Scottish army | Some recent shots of terrifying looking Scottish football supporters in London. One day during … | 2013/11/07 | Photographs | 2013-11-07 12:41:26 |
| London Street Photographs – geometry | Some more London street shots exploring different areas of style – this time looking at … | 2013/09/16 | Photographs | 2013-09-16 06:27:28 |
| Notes from la Vienne | A few observations from the parallel world that is rural France. Including a literal example … | 2013/09/14 | Travel | 2013-09-14 10:47:29 |
| London Street Photographs – building a style | Some more London street shots – now working on closer shots with wider lenses … | 2013/09/03 | Photographs | 2013-09-03 11:15:47 |
| Porsche 911 – my most expensive MOT ever | In which after taking my Porsche 911 for a routine MOT (annual roadworthiness check) and … | 2013/08/31 | Technology | 2013-08-31 18:00:11 |
| Some new London Street Photographs with the Nex-6 | I’ve been working and thinking quite a lot about street photography this summer, and developing … | 2013/08/23 | Photographs | 2013-08-23 09:19:14 |
| NSA, GCHQ, and XKeyscore – missing nothing | The Guardian in the last month has confirmed more or less everything I wrote back … | 2013/08/03 | Commentary | 2013-08-03 09:23:19 |
| London Street Photographs with the RX-100 | London life from April this year – shot round Soho and Waterloo No question … | 2013/08/02 | Photographs | 2013-08-02 18:07:35 |
| Virage vacuum piping – removing the Plenum Chamber | Another item of interest only to the tiny band of enthusiastic but long-suffering Virage owners … | 2013/08/02 | Technology | 2013-08-02 09:50:50 |
| Boundless Intrusion – it’s much bigger than Prism | The recent flurry caused by Edward Snowden’s revelations on Prism is welcome – this … | 2013/06/22 | Commentary | 2013-06-22 08:50:47 |
| Virage corner – exciting new information | You might want to be seated and fully relaxed for this one. Yet more information … | 2013/06/21 | Technology | 2013-06-21 17:11:40 |
| Faith restored in French cuisine | Magnificent eating in Rouen the other night – showing that at least in some quarters … | 2013/06/20 | Travel | 2013-06-20 10:11:06 |
| Virage Corner update – new pics of the process for removing water from the fuel tank | Of interest to a maximum of 5 people in the world – but possibly very … | 2013/06/19 | Technology | 2013-06-19 16:45:13 |
| Windows 8 tip – keyboard shortcut for details | Quick (genuine) tip here – a super fast way to change the view you see … | 2013/06/19 | Technology | 2013-06-19 15:28:56 |
| Aaron Liddard – Sweet and Strong | Another stonking night this Tuesday at the Grey Horse in Kingston. The John Bird Big … | 2013/06/14 | Concerts | 2013-06-14 07:46:29 |
| Four trees in black and white | I’ve been experimenting lately with black and white images, particularly with the various possibilities of … | 2013/05/19 | Photographs | 2013-05-19 18:22:59 |
| I’m not sleepy (and there ain’t no place I’m going to) | In the dead reaches there is plenty of time to think. And there have been … | 2013/04/15 | Commentary | 2013-04-15 11:18:24 |
| Auto-anti-b*st*rdizer news | The recent attack on WordPress sites has made me look harder at visitors to this … | 2013/04/13 | Technology | 2013-04-13 12:33:28 |
| M. Thatcher memorial Denial of Service attack* – normal service hopefully restored | No doubt to signal their displeasure at the public money about to be wasted on … | 2013/04/12 | Technology | 2013-04-12 15:03:55 |
| Plus ça change, plus c’est vraiment différent | On the way to our place in France, I was able to reflect on the … | 2013/04/10 | Commentary | 2013-04-10 10:25:13 |
| RX-100 long exposure shots from Cape Town | A few final seascape shots from Cape Town using the ability of the RX-100 to … | 2013/03/26 | Photographs | 2013-03-26 18:57:33 |
| Hitler and I learn of the impending demise of Google Reader | While Hitler makes his feelings about this incredibly dumb decision by Google very clear, mine … | 2013/03/25 | Technology | 2013-03-25 10:10:37 |
| Possibly the most irritating thing about British Airways. | In which listening to some opera brings back a wave of forgotten memories about the … | 2013/03/16 | Commentary | 2013-03-16 17:47:28 |
| More Cape Town Photos – spot the S3 one | Still carrying the RX-100 around everywhere and getting the odd nice shot when the opportunity … | 2013/03/15 | Photographs | 2013-03-15 10:58:40 |
| Autumn in Cape Town – RX 100 photographs | Back in the warm south thankfully. Here are a few photographs of the area immediately … | 2013/03/07 | Photographs | 2013-03-07 10:24:38 |
| Type “zerg rush” into Google. | “Zerg Rush is an online gaming term used to describe an overwhelming scale of attack … | 2013/02/26 | Snippets | 2013-02-26 19:37:23 |
| Three from Imgur. | 1. My boyfriend of 7 years and I are both physicists. Here’s how he proposed … | 2013/02/24 | Snippets | 2013-02-24 21:18:23 |
| London in February – RX100 photographs | Following on from the Ravelious piece in the last post, here are some shots taken … | 2013/02/18 | Photographs | 2013-02-18 09:50:08 |
| The paradox of Tyler Cowen | World music CDs of recent times/2012 Tyler Cowen is the right-leaning economist who runs the … | 2013/02/17 | Snippets, Uncategorized | 2013-02-17 20:55:48 |
| Shooting at the Sun – James Ravilious and lens hoods | The work of a noted English photographer leads to the discovery of a useful camera … | 2013/02/16 | Photographs, Technology | 2013-02-16 12:03:14 |
| The Dales in January | Some photographs by way of a change of subject from technology. These shots are of … | 2013/02/14 | Photographs | 2013-02-14 17:06:04 |
| Windows 8 – Pentium 4 warning and Media Centre offer | In the last post I extolled the virtues of Windows 8 and recommended that you … | 2013/01/30 | Technology | 2013-01-30 09:53:22 |
| Microsoft XP warning – act now and get a bargain (this is not an advert!) | I meant to write this post last month – and now this warning is very … | 2013/01/21 | Technology | 2013-01-21 22:48:05 |
| Sailing at 120kph – “that’s it… we’ve smashed the *rs* off it” | British design breakthrough – fastest ever speed attained in a sailing boat. The video is … | 2012/11/23 | Technology | 2012-11-23 09:49:24 |
| Petraus – beyond credibility | This story continues to surpass all normal levels of conjecture. The reported 20-30,000 page Kelly/Allen … | 2012/11/14 | Snippets | 2012-11-14 17:38:18 |
| How to Be the Most Helpful Slave You Can Be for Me and My Baby | On one or other of my Android tablets I scan around 90 web sites daily, … | 2012/11/12 | Snippets | 2012-11-12 05:14:09 |
| In a surprising turn of events a good little’n beats several good big’ns | In prior posts I have waxed on and so on and so forth about my … | 2012/10/22 | Technology | 2012-10-22 16:53:30 |
| Autumn in Richmond Park | Arrived back in the UK from a short Malaysia trip to find Autumn in full … | 2012/10/15 | Uncategorized | 2012-10-15 10:17:05 |
| Saturday in St Savin – now available to Apple users | Saturday was a typically not very busy day here in the Vienne. In this post … | 2012/09/25 | Photographs | 2012-09-25 15:53:00 |
| The Vienne in Autumn | We are back in our favorite quiet corner of France to pay bills and agree … | 2012/09/25 | Photographs | 2012-09-25 08:36:07 |
| Street photographs with the RX-100 | My new little Sony RX-100 camera has sparked a renewed interest in taking lots of … | 2012/09/14 | Photographs | 2012-09-14 22:32:54 |
| On Portability – Cameras Part 8: the latest little thing | In the series up to now I have been chasing the ideal portable camera. I’ve … | 2012/09/14 | Technology | 2012-09-14 10:30:59 |
| How to put an end to printer cartridge misery | Genuine tip warning! Like most of us I suspect, I have never found a printer … | 2012/09/02 | Wheezes | 2012-09-02 13:11:32 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 7: The one in your hand | My recent posts of Olympics photographs made me think more about practicality in portable cameras, … | 2012/08/30 | Technology | 2012-08-30 18:27:12 |
| Olympics – closing ceremony | Thanks to a very generous friend, I was able to be at the Olympic stadium … | 2012/08/29 | Photographs | 2012-08-29 17:52:39 |
| I always wanted to waltz in Berlin – with the Gandinis | A while ago I happened across the wonderful Gandini jugglers. Looking them up I found … | 2012/08/29 | Exhibitions and shows | 2012-08-29 10:01:46 |
| Womens football final – Japanese fans really quite scrutable | Wonderful evening at the women’s football final between USA and Japan. I ended up in … | 2012/08/11 | Photographs | 2012-08-11 10:06:51 |
| Olympics Stadium and Mr Bolt – Photos | A wonderful morning at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. I went just to soak up … | 2012/08/10 | Photographs | 2012-08-10 09:03:25 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 6: Canon SX220 | Time to return to the subject of portability in cameras. This post is non-technical (ish) … | 2012/08/05 | Technology | 2012-08-05 11:43:36 |
| I like bananas, and apples, and these jugglers | Not in a bad mood to start with, I chanced across these jugglers the other … | 2012/07/31 | Out and About | 2012-07-31 23:52:29 |
| Well hello again – I should stay away more often | As I will detail in subsequent posts, this has been an exceptionally busy time, and … | 2012/07/31 | Commentary | 2012-07-31 11:29:04 |
| River Pageant – finale video and Final Day flypast phots | The best part of the Pageant was at the end, when the orchestra and singers … | 2012/06/05 | Photographs | 2012-06-05 19:15:32 |
| The Jubilee Thames Pageant – Photos | A magnificent day on Sunday the 3rd, as we watched the amazing Thames Pageant. I … | 2012/06/04 | Photographs | 2012-06-04 18:12:32 |
| On Portability – Cameras Part 5: Resolution tests | Gird yourself here, this post is extra-wonky. Alternatively, you can brace yourself. As you may … | 2012/05/10 | Technology | 2012-05-10 18:41:44 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 4: Fuji F600 and F900 | After too long a delay, I am going to finish off this series about good … | 2012/05/08 | Technology | 2012-05-08 18:50:26 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 3: Fuji EXR technology | Warning – more than slightly wonkish! In this section, I want to focus on the … | 2012/04/16 | Technology | 2012-04-16 18:45:48 |
| Fuji F600 London Photos | When I got back to London in March, my new Fuji F600EXR was waiting for … | 2012/04/15 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-04-15 17:54:47 |
| The Scream at Sotheby’s – Go! | [singlepic id=154 w=320 h=240 float=left] Some of the rarest and most exquisite works of art … | 2012/04/13 | Exhibitions and shows | 2012-04-13 17:33:07 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 2: Panasonic, Sony, Nikon | In the prior post I looked at the differences in portability in the 5 cameras … | 2012/04/10 | Technology | 2012-04-10 14:49:52 |
| On Portability – Cameras part 1: Big to small | I’ve always been on a quest for the ideal digital camera. As technology keeps advancing, … | 2012/04/09 | Technology | 2012-04-09 09:56:11 |
| Nar-phu trek (2009) selected photographs | In my last post I described a new approach to showing images from Himalayan and other … | 2012/03/17 | Photographs | 2012-03-17 08:31:31 |
| Photographing treks – a recording journey | Over my past 5 years or so of trekking, I have struggled with a way … | 2012/03/16 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-03-16 18:30:17 |
| Systems check for runners | In a recent post I wrote about the little reward of a decent lunch after … | 2012/03/08 | Health and exercise | 2012-03-08 08:23:11 |
| Otter Trail 2012: My favourite pictures | It pains me to write this, but I suspect that some of the readers of … | 2012/03/06 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-03-06 09:22:09 |
| Otter Trail 2012: M*rt*n’s diary | Having put up a few pics of the recent Otter trail, it’s time for a … | 2012/03/03 | Travel | 2012-03-03 15:03:10 |
| Runner’s reward – Cape Town | There is an odd feature about life down here. I can run harder, longer and … | 2012/03/01 | Health and exercise, Travel | 2012-03-01 08:36:03 |
| Goebbels’ heirs | Musings on the occasional use of truth in politics. Nearly ten years ago, in the … | 2012/02/28 | Commentary | 2012-02-28 16:01:38 |
| How to gain weight by drinking beaver anal gland juice | A few fun food facts for you today – to both inform and revolt. Despite … | 2012/02/21 | Commentary | 2012-02-21 08:39:25 |
| The Otter Trail 2012: Photo album | For years I have been wanting to go on the Otter trail – probably the … | 2012/02/15 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-02-15 09:23:06 |
| Wizards of Wonk | The saintly Paul Krugman (of whom more later) often helpfully tags his columns in the … | 2012/01/19 | Technology | 2012-01-19 13:54:59 |
| Some Malaysia travel snaps (with a little work from LR3 and Sagelight) | As is my practice now, I only took my little Fuji F900EXR camera with me … | 2012/01/17 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-01-17 08:13:30 |
| A Night at Ril’s Steakhouse (vegetarians should not view this post) | Those that prefer plants turn your eyes away now – This steak is medium rare! … | 2012/01/11 | Travel | 2012-01-11 03:54:51 |
| Apple stuffing | A while ago I wrote a series of posts on why I really didn’t care … | 2012/01/08 | Technology | 2012-01-08 01:31:41 |
| Bali jam | On the plane back to KL there were a few moments to reflect on what … | 2012/01/05 | Photographs, Travel | 2012-01-05 00:15:06 |
| It’s Alive! | Those that regularly visited this site may have been under the impression that I died … | 2011/12/30 | Commentary | 2011-12-30 03:39:35 |
| Ril’s at the Warehouse – new photos and reviews | The new restaurant above the Warehouse Gallery and Cafe in KL’s chinatown has now opened. … | 2011/10/17 | Travel | 2011-10-17 16:47:23 |
| Angkor temples | Finally I have got round to processing and uploading photos from Angkor Wat. First tranche … | 2011/10/08 | Photographs, Travel | 2011-10-08 11:12:39 |
| French Lunch (in France) | In a previous post I ruminated on the oddly poor quality of French supermarket wine … | 2011/09/26 | Travel | 2011-09-26 20:29:34 |
| Cambodian Images | Some snaps from my recent trip from Phnom Phen and Siem Reip. A bit of … | 2011/09/22 | Photographs, Travel | 2011-09-22 19:56:38 |
| Gerald Brooks on the legendary organ at the Abattiale de St Ouen | A once-in-a-lifetime experience listening to a very unique instrument. In a previous post I wrote … | 2011/09/16 | Concerts | 2011-09-16 09:45:31 |
| Lucinda, the Chickadee, Margaret, and Lake Charles | In which I track down the sad story behind one of the chickadee’s favourite songs, … | 2011/09/14 | Commentary | 2011-09-14 08:11:52 |
| The Warehouse gallery and cafe – Kuala Lumpur | Brilliant new art gallery and cafe in downtown KL – best coffee in Chinatown, and … | 2011/09/06 | Travel | 2011-09-06 05:47:53 |
| Slow boat to Heathrow | Over twenty-five years of intensive traveling, I must have made (I roughly calculate) more than … | 2011/08/30 | Travel | 2011-08-30 00:12:00 |
| The trouble they’re in – part 3: Google’s problems with Apple | Apple’s all-out assault on Android around the world is Google’s biggest problem by far. And … | 2011/08/25 | Technology | 2011-08-25 09:39:08 |
| The trouble they’re in – part 2: Google’s problems with Oracle | Google’s Android problems with Microsoft and GNU might seem bad enough. But they are chickenfeed compared to … | 2011/08/20 | Technology | 2011-08-20 17:22:33 |
| The Neville strides out* | Stride piano. Something that you don’t hear every decade. The second album I ever bought, … | 2011/08/19 | Concerts | 2011-08-19 15:43:47 |
| The trouble they’re in – part 1: Google’s patent problems with MS and Linux | Google is in real trouble with patents, and it could threaten the whole company. This … | 2011/08/18 | Technology | 2011-08-18 09:38:51 |
| London in 3D! – Google maps adds a dimension | In a previous post I reviewed the Google Maps app for Android and iPhone, and … | 2011/08/17 | Technology | 2011-08-17 17:44:53 |
| How honest are we. Really. (updated) | In all the middle-class hand-wringing about the riots, the universal refrain is that the looters … | 2011/08/15 | Commentary | 2011-08-15 17:54:00 |
| Struth – what about them Hungarians then | In the 20 years before the first world war, Hungary produced an extraordinarily high proportion of … | 2011/08/13 | Exhibitions and shows | 2011-08-13 17:25:40 |
| Greece is the word | Hustling through. Waterloo station on Friday, I noticed numerous identical little ladies in pink t-shirts collecting … | 2011/08/13 | Commentary | 2011-08-13 08:01:14 |
| Thomas Trotter thrillingly manipulates Albert Hall’s massive organ in front of large crowd | Pumping away vigorously, the monumental Albert Hall organ was given a sustained pounding by Thomas … | 2011/08/11 | Concerts | 2011-08-11 07:03:55 |
| The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 4: bodywork | The Virage is one of the largest hand-built aluminium cars ever made. You would have … | 2011/08/10 | Technology | 2011-08-10 07:46:54 |
| on Portability – iPad vs Transformer update | The iPad2 revisited in depth. How does it look now? Flicking through the web on … | 2011/08/07 | Technology | 2011-08-07 21:09:54 |
| The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 3: maintenance | Keeping this classic car running smoothly. The Virage can be had for relatively low prices, … | 2011/08/07 | Technology | 2011-08-07 08:55:12 |
| Jayhawks blow the bl**dy doors off in Kentish Town | Also, new camera proves quite effective, so your correspondent doubly chuffed. I have always … | 2011/08/07 | Concerts | 2011-08-07 08:03:58 |
| The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 2: The engine | The 5.3 litre V8 of the Virage is at the same time the essence and … | 2011/08/06 | Technology | 2011-08-06 10:31:33 |
| The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 1: A thoroughbred classic | One sunny Friday morning in May 2002, your correspondent was returning from his weekly commute … | 2011/08/05 | Technology | 2011-08-05 09:29:57 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 8: Android and Transformer security and round-up | In this, the last post of the Transformer series, I’ll cover security issues, look at … | 2011/08/03 | Technology | 2011-08-03 09:18:03 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 7: Android software (part b) | In prior posts I have covered the core browsing software for Android tablets as well … | 2011/08/02 | Technology | 2011-08-02 11:59:48 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 6: Transformer keyboard | OK, enough with the sentimentality already. In the previous post I looked at the excellent … | 2011/07/28 | Technology | 2011-07-28 18:55:51 |
| Portugheis plays Debussy | Friends and family probably don’t think of me as an emotional person. Yet I do … | 2011/07/27 | Concerts | 2011-07-27 17:55:40 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 5: Android keyboards | The last post (mournful trumpet sound) on Portability covered the core systems and browsing experience … | 2011/07/27 | Technology | 2011-07-27 08:56:30 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 4: Android software (part a) | The prior post was on the hardware of the interesting Asus Transformer Android tablet. In … | 2011/07/26 | Technology | 2011-07-26 21:18:31 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 3: the Asus Transformer:hardware | In previous posts on Portability I’ve covered what I don’t like or don’t any more … | 2011/07/25 | Technology | 2011-07-25 17:40:13 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 2: Why I don’t much like Apple | This is the second in a series of posts about portable systems – focusing mainly … | 2011/07/23 | Technology | 2011-07-23 16:40:00 |
| On Portability – Systems Part 1: Breakthroughs | On a brisk Spring day in March 1996 your correspondent was excitedly waiting outside the Aladdin’s cave … | 2011/07/20 | Technology | 2011-07-20 19:20:24 |
| London lunchtime chamber music venues | Nice places to listen to chamber music at lunchtime in London. In a previous post … | 2011/07/15 | Concerts | 2011-07-15 20:44:55 |
| Murdoch and the death of New Labour | OK it’s schadenfreude, but it is enjoyable This was not intended to be a site … | 2011/07/12 | Commentary | 2011-07-12 09:27:08 |
| The Phoenix behind | Famed family turn out to have quite interesting names after all I only occasionally go … | 2011/07/09 | Drollery | 2011-07-09 21:09:00 |
| Lunchtime chamber music in London | Where to listen to short chamber concerts every working day of the week In 40 … | 2011/07/07 | Concerts | 2011-07-07 09:42:31 |
| Al Di Meola at the Union Chapel | Gifted guitarist vigorously picks away. Eight years ago or so I was sitting 10 feet behind … | 2011/07/03 | Concerts | 2011-07-03 07:19:04 |
| Monty Alexander and successful Concertstuff trial | West Indian piano wizard vigorously thumps away at keyboard in new Blues Festival – at … | 2011/06/30 | Concerts | 2011-06-30 09:44:54 |
| Whitey Bulger and Fu Manchu | A method formerly used to baffle fiendish mastermind Fu Manchu comes back into style It’s … | 2011/06/25 | Commentary | 2011-06-25 07:37:40 |
| French wine (in France) | At last an end to locally-bought French wines that taste rather unpleasant misery Like many … | 2011/06/22 | Wheezes | 2011-06-22 18:15:20 |
| ConcertBev | At last: an end to ‘sit in rock-hard pew for two hours waiting for concert … | 2011/06/20 | Concerts, Wheezes | 2011-06-20 00:15:36 |
| Concertgripe | Announcers at the beginning of concerts quite rightly request all phones and things that beep … | 2011/06/18 | Concerts | 2011-06-18 17:24:48 |
| Concertcushion | At last an end to aching backside caused by 90 minutes sitting on rock-hard pew … | 2011/06/17 | Concerts, Wheezes | 2011-06-17 16:09:20 |
| Cape Town Photos Spring 2011 – the Argus bike race | I had so much fun with my Sony Nex-5 plus old Nikkor lenses that I … | 2011/06/14 | Photographs | 2011-06-14 22:28:32 |
| Cape Town Photos Spring 2011 | [singlepic id=2 w=534 h=400 float=left]This Spring in Cape Town I got back into serious … | 2011/06/12 | Photographs | 2011-06-12 18:19:24 |
| Roger Ebert’s cartoon captions | Roger Ebert, the celebrated Chicago Sun-Times film critic and general good egg, recently won a … | 2011/05/31 | Drollery | 2011-05-31 07:44:55 |
| Pet care and the rapture | An interesting quandary in the otherwise very certain moral world of the followers of Harold … | 2011/05/30 | Drollery | 2011-05-30 16:05:00 |
| Jazzellerault 2011 | Jazzellerault After half a lifetime of coming to France from the UK, I am still … | 2011/05/30 | Concerts | 2011-05-30 15:34:13 |
| The technology behind the new site. | In an earlier post I described why I had to move the technology base of … | 2011/05/26 | Technology | 2011-05-26 04:37:00 |
| Melissa Kenny and the Billroth quartet | Young Harpist plunks away to charming and dramatic effect. One of the joys of the … | 2011/05/13 | Concerts | 2011-05-13 13:44:00 |
| Choeurs au Diapason | French choristers roar away to great effect. The French choir Choeurs au Diapason hail from … | 2011/05/09 | Concerts | 2011-05-09 14:36:20 |
| Fratelli’s Deli, Kingston | My favourite Italian Deli in Kingston This post is really here to demonstrate to myself … | 2011/05/07 | Out and About | 2011-05-07 15:38:00 |
| What happened to the old mcaughtry.com? | I started mcaughtry.com in 1999 and used the best software at that time – FrontPage … | 2011/05/07 | Technology | 2011-05-07 11:50:18 |
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