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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Stormy Skies Near Nyon

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather was finally dynamic today. The storm warnings were flashing towards Hermance, on the French side of the lake. This gave a nice contrast between the yellow of the Colza fields and the dark threatening clouds behind. At moments I thought that rain would begin to fall but luckily the doppler…

  • Documentaries about JavaScript Frameworks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWithin the last week Honeypot Originals have released a number of documentaries. Each episode covers a different JavaScript Framework. So far that have Vue.js, Ember.js, Elixir and GraphQL. Each of these documentaries is about half an hour long and interviews some of the key players. What is nice about these documentaries is…

  • The Pandemic Duality

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are currently two societies. On one side we have those who believe what they are told and take everything at face value. On the other side we have those that look at the bigger picture, that follow international news, and look at the big picture. The society that believes what they…

  • The Decline of Twitter

    Reading Time: 4 minutesTwitter is alive and healthy, with vibrant communities and an opportunity to converse with people and find information that mainstream media are sometimes slow to report on. Over the last week that balance is swinging towards less positive times. In Europe, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression require people to say…

  • Playing With The Aranet 4

    Reading Time: 3 minutesCountries like Switzerland recently decided that the pandemic was over because lobbies wanted it to be over. Despite high numbers of infections and the percentage of tests being positive Switzerland decided that the acute phase of the pandemic was over. For them the lack of deaths, and the lack of people in…

  • Acropolis, seen from the Air

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  • Wordle Attempts

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI like this collection of words. I think the experiments are more interesting than the result.

  • Mosaic – A Boy playing with Snakes

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  • The Pont Flavien near Toulouse

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot too far from Aix en Provence you can find a Roman bridge with two arches under which to pass as you cross. I expect that the stones from others were quarried and so this is the last surviving example. If we check the sources we might find mentions of more.…

  • Spring Cycling

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather is relatively cold but the sun is out so the time for spring cycling has come. Spring cycling is like other forms of cycling, but you want to dress warm enough to be comfortable, but not so warm as to overheat. You also want to find routes that are short…