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FAIL! First Star Trail Shot
Everyone’s got to start somewhere, right? Canon EOS 1D MkIII with EF16-35 F/2.8L 35mm 75x 30s @ F/4 ISO320 This is my first crack at star trails, and as you can see, it’s not very good. The camera was...
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Automating Photo Publishing with Lightroom
Lightroom Published Photos If you’re anything like me, you’re a really keen picture-taker, a fairly keen editor, and a grudging filer. Somehow publishing can get lost, but it’s publishing that allows...
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Studying Orion with a Camera
Orion is one of the most readily identifiable constellations in the night sky. Most visible in winter, when it’s a night-time feature of the sky, Orion is easily located via its triumvirate of aligned...
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Moving Mercedes Men
I’ll put it out there straight away. I’m a big fan of Lewis Hamilton. I think that his talent in the car is incredible, and watching him put it to work is fascinating. He’s in many ways like Jean...
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A Munich Photoblog
So, the stag party invitation said Munich. A weekend’s heavy drinking in the beer capital of the world sounded a little on the dangerous side, but worth it for the adventure points alone. Naturally,...
View ArticleThe Government is not Serious About Buying ICT from SMEs
For several years now, spokespeople close to Government ICT (Information & Communication Technology) procurement have stated a wish to reduce reliance on big companies like Fujitsu and Capita, and...
View ArticleWhy Some British Politicians are Very Scared
It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who proclaimed that “There’s nothing to fear but fear itself,” in his inaugural speech of 1933. If these words were today uttered by one of the leaders of Britain’s two...
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Further Thoughts on West Lothian
Map of results in the 2015 General Election (screengrabbed from BBC News) So as I write this, the final results are being counted in the UK General Election 2015. With 56 of the 59 Scottish seats going...
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Mobile Virtual Banking for Kids
What a great feeling when you discover something that fits a use case absolutely perfectly. Bankaroo is such a product. There comes a time in every parent’s life when Pocket Money rears its ugly head....
View ArticleMontreal, Canada, June 2000
It is Saturday, in June 2000. I’m standing on a bridge, in Canada. A week married, my bride beside me. The bridge looks impermanent, but isn’t. What look for all the world like railway sleepers make up...
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Come in Felipe, Your Time is Up
“Felipe: Your F1 career is behind you. Can you confirm you understand this message” Felipe Massa has been the #2 Ferrari F1 driver for a very long time now. In fact, since the team dropped Rubens...
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Limited Overs Cricket Should Change to “Balls Remaining” for 2nd Innings Winners
In cricket reporting worldwide, if the side batting first wins, then the margin of victory is quoted in runs. It’s a marker for how far ahead the first batting side was. Traditionally, this unit of...
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They Lie, and We Let them
Two of the world leaders most consistently prone to spreading flagrant falsehoods “I didn’t do it” “That person is crooked” “Everyone wants me to just get on with it” Match the falsehood to the 1st...
View ArticleMy “That’s Not My Name” Name
I’m terrible with names. Like, really bad. It’s as if when I sense you’re going to tell me your name, my brain bleeps it out. With advancing years, my declining social fear allows me to just admit...
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Music offers those friendly reminders
I’m uncertain of the year. It was around the turn of the millennium. Late 2001, maybe. I was in London, in a basement flat. It was deep into the early hours of the morning, and I had been up for a...
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Jackson Carlaw has a problem with Uncle Knobhead
Congratulations are due to Jackson Carlaw for being selected as the leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party. With the Labour party continuing to be in disarray nationally, it falls to...
View ArticleA Fair-Weather Prime Minister in a Storm
The truth is inescapable. No matter how you massage the statistics, one hundred thousand people have died from Covid in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, because of a national desire to self-harm, we...
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