richard
richard
@admin-richard@www.main-vision.com

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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  • Remember this, I do.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBack in the good old days. Used to watch this video on one of the free channels.

  • Euro 2008, the victorious nation of Spain Celebrate

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a sunday night in Switzerland and I’m with some friends. Spain were playing Germany and won 1-0, a respectable score. I was there with the phone streaming the celebrations at the Geneva Fanzone in Plainpalais. Here are the clips Ten seconds from the end. Spanish Fans celebrate. Drumming atmosphere. Happy…

  • I’m not the only one.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMG had noted that, after a week, Twitter seemed to realize that it was a problem that the replies still weren’t working, and was pointing people to Summize for a workaround. I said “I hate having to rely on the web version of Twitter, first of all, then having the reply tab…

  • No more twitter for a month

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwitter is obviously never going to sort out it’s issues so from midnight today I will no longer be using the service during a month. I’ll be using all the other sites, just don’t feel like having my time wasted by twitter anymore. For all friends just continue interacting via all…

  • 29,000 down, a thousand to go

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  • When I commented on the twitter whale

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  • Mobile spending

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteImportant for global marketers, mobile handsets are the dominant way people access the Web in many emerging markets, as it is far cheaper, says John Gauntt, senior analyst at digital ad tracker eMarketer. With a computer, “The cost of entry to get Internet access is about $1,200 for the PC and…

  • Piclens is fun

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePiclens is a plugin for Firefox and it’s great fun to use to look through hundreds to thousands of pictures and videos on youtube, facebook, flickr and many other sites. It’s worth playing with. piclens Other than that the threaded seesmic player is quite fun. You can follow full conversations and…

  • Fête de la Musique in Geneva

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  • Twitter purge no. 2

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs a frequent user of twitter following over 1000 people it’s impossile for me to keep up with everything that’s going on. That’s especially true now that I’m going out more often, working and summer is here. As a result of these factors I removed anyone that doesn’t @ me very…