have I managed to get a blister on this side of my thumb? Whenever I get blisters they are always on the other side!
Sculling, you’re doing it wrong! š
how on earth
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Sunny and bright!
Just the way I like it… And it seems that the good weather is here to stay, at least for a few days!… š
The best way to start a very long day!
Having a nice cup of coffee and some awesome chocolate chip muffins (I am positively addicted to them!), while looking at my snowy surroundings. And so another week begins!… š
How to play Tetris inside two bike pannier bags…
Years months of practice fitting my groceries inside my bike bags come handy. (it is quite rare to me to actually need to hang plastic bags from the handlebars! š
But I still can’t buy beer… the bags were filled up to the brim! š
Riding my bike in the snow!
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Mudguards are not a very good idea when riding in the snow, apparently…
Snow in Canterbury
It is been snowing non-stop since this morning around here – everything is completely covered in white, and the thickness of the coating is now quite sizable (more than 5 cm, definitely!).
This morning I walked (yes, I did not want to risk my chances by cycling, since only the really major roads are gritted) to the University and took some photos of the campus and its amazing Canterbury views completely covered in white. It was quite a sight… and everyone was enjoying themselves, I saw a lot of families with kids playing in the snow and going down the hill on sledges – good thing that is reasonably hilly around here! š
Some photos (you can, of course, check the complete range on Flickr):
Here we go again…
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Back to the UK after spending the holiday season at home. Feels really strange, like I’m leaving my life here in suspended animation until the Summer holidays!
Hey spidey!
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I’ve been organising some old photos and I stumbled across this one. Given my digital camera ownership history, I was having doubts this one was in the right place, as it definitely appears it was not taken with one of the cameras I had at the time (a fixed/macro focus, 2 MP camera which was complementary for a computer magazine subscription – wasn’t anything special, but sure better than the Mustek GSmart mini 2 it replaced!).
But yes, it is! (I’ve confirmed that with the EXIF) It did suprise me… with the proper conditions, it could perform quite nicely! š
Leaf mesh
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The remains of a fallen leaf, as found by my father in our back garden.
The inside of my everyday backpack in 2008
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All of these things (with some small exceptions) are still working!
– The G3 PowerBook has since retired (replaced by an ASUS netbook and then afterwards by a second-hand ThinkPad), for a time it provided hosting for my Mac museum webpage.
– The white, fourth-gen 60 GB iPod is now permanently docked in a set of powered speakers, its battery has since been replaced. The hard drive is a bit temperamental, but it mostly works!
– My old Palm Z22 and the little Nokia 6070 phone were both replaced when I got my first smartphone, a Palm Centro. Years later, I still used the Centro when I travelled abroad, due to the unavailability (at the time) of MetrO for Android (a public transport route planner).
– Unfortunately, the earphones pictured are only partially working, one of the channels is not making proper contact (I still intend to re-solder them, they are very comfortable to use! š )
– The TI-84 calculator proved relatively useful on my 1st year at the university, but afterwards things became either too demonstration-based or too complex to make any good use of it…
– The pencil case is still the same! (I think I have it since year 8 or something… š )
– And so is the keyring, with the difference that now I have much more keys in it…
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