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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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  • Immich and Picasa – Past and Future

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThose of us that are geeky, and old enough, will remember when apps were local and we saved data to internal and external hard drives. We would take photos with a camera, or a phone, and once we got home we would download them to our computer, using apps like Picasa and…

  • The Desire to Chat Longer on Hikes and Bike Rides

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI was perfectly happy hiking in solitude for years in a row, but eventually, as normal life returned, after the pandemic I felt a sense of isolation, especially on weekends. I would see groups walking together and I longed to revert to that habit. Eventually I did and now for more than…

  • Distances on a Bike and by Car

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I think of going to the Roche Au Dade via ferrata I often think "but it’s far". That’s when I am going by car. I think the same when I consider going to St George, Fort L’écluse and other places. The paradox is that when I think of going to these…

  • Autumn Laziness or Rational Decision

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I set the alarm to wake me at five but I didn’t get up. I felt tired and decided I need sleep more than a bike ride. I don’t know whether I am affected by the seasonal change, or whether I am still tired from this weekend. Waking at 4am…

  • Immich and External Libraries

    Reading Time: 3 minutesOver two or three years I have been playing with Immich. In that time I have exported my photos from two or three phones multiple times. The reason for me importing photos multiple times is that every so often I update immich and something breaks. It is at this point that I…

  • Four Thousand Meters of Cycle Climbing in the Franco-Swiss Jura

    Reading Time: 3 minutesMt Tendre via Rolle For a year or more I had been tempted to cycle up to the Mont Tendre and on Saturday I got the opportunity to try that ride with Tête de Course, a Nyon cycling community and café/restaurant. The route went from Nyon to Rolle, and then from Rolle…

  • 2025 Wake Up and Run Nyon

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I woke at Four, before birds started to tweet, and before the sun started to rise. I woke so early, not to deice planes, like I did years ago, but to go for a group run with five hundred and fifty other people, in theory. In practice I think some…

  • AppleCare+ Justified for Once

    Reading Time: 3 minutesPeople know that I love to hate the Apple Watch. I have loved to hate it since I had an Apple Watch Series 3 where the screen cracked while indoor climbing. For years I had climbed with Suunto without any issues. I replaced the Apple Watch Series 3 with a Series 4…

  • On the Importance of Media Literacy in the Smartphone Era

    Reading Time: 4 minutesWithin the last two weeks children have headed back to schools. As a consequence of this schools, towns, villages, and ‘states’ are banning mobile phones for children and teenagers. In theory this is a fantastic, and simple solution. In practice this is failing society. Plenty of adults, from my generation, and younger,…

  • A Rain Soaked Walk in the Swiss countryside

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I planned to walk so I put on my hiking boots and just as I was about to go out I heard large rain drops hit the velux. I thought "according to the weather app the rain should be light". It wasn’t light. It was heavy and sustained. You might think…