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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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  • On Half Litre Kettles and Tea Drinking

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I thought, "I want a smaller kettle so I can boil enough for a cup of tea or to make coffee, without throwing out two thirds to three quarters of the water I boiled. For years I thought that getting a smaller kettle was a waste of money, as they…

  • Of Seesmic, TikTok and Qik

    Reading Time: 3 minutesInternet coelacanths like @documentally remember a different era. We remember internet video communities in the early days of Seesmic and Qik. Seesmic was a video instant messaging platform. We could either post disconnected videos about anything, or we could reply to each other and have converssations. KDFA had "Le Bar est ouvert",…

  • On Immich and Gemini Help

    Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s interesting that my use of Immich has evolved with my adoption of Gemini. I know that the cool thing would be to vibe code an Immich clone, and then show off about it to the world. I don’t want to do that. I don’t find it interesting to re-invent the wheel.…

  • On the Convenience of Buses Making Self-Driving Cars Obsolete

    Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the last two days I ran 8.7 and 7.6km. I also walked 7km and 6 or more kilometres. I’m also recovering from a cold. That’s why yesterday I broke a fundamental rule, by catching a bus. For clarity, I am opposed to buses because their frequency is low, and at 3…

  • The Freedom to Run Again

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor several days I either had bad allergies or I had a cold. Both are possible because we went from cold and rainy, and cold and snowy to spring like so three or four trees at once dumped their loads of pollen into the sky at once. Since so many people are…

  • The End of ‘Clouded’ Judgement

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf I was up to mischief I would say that some people, especially Apple users, suffer from clouded judgement. Of course I mean this as a pun. If you use Android devices, or Windows machines, or Linux, you can purchase a microSD card and within seconds have one or even two terabytes…

  • On Photoprism Claude, and HEIC Files on a Pi

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I migrated my Photoprism library from an HP Laptop to a Pi5 I found that there was a nine thousand photo hole in the total photo count. It’s when I looked closer that I found that the gap between expected photos and actual photos is down to Photoprism and the Pi5…

  • Migrating Photoprism From One Machine to Another

    Reading Time: 4 minutesDue to the Raspberry Pi 5, and older, having issues with heat throttling and more it makes sense to build a Photoprism on a "normal" laptop before migrating towards the Pi. The process is an interesting one. Photo Consolidation The First step is to consolidate your photos from Google Photos, Apple Photos,…

  • The Declining Case for Social Media Giants

    Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago I was interviewed by the RTS to speak about Twitter and my conclusion is that it would never pick up in Switzerland because there are too few users and they’re too dispersed. That is still true. Social networks that are alive and well are Meetup, GoSocial, Strava and Whatsapp. It’s…

  • Having a Cold with Garmin and Apple

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I woke up feeling tired and both Garmin and Apple said that I neded to rest. What I thought were allergies turned out to be a one day cold, I hope. According to the Apple Watch my HRV crashed down and in the evening I definitely had a cold/flu dream.…