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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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  • A Meetup Weakness

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore the pandemic, when life was normal, I would go to three or four events per week organised via websites. These days, on meetup.com things are organised every two weeks, and for just 15 people at a time. This means that if you’re not first to sign up you’re on a waiting list…

  • Adult Thoughts on the Casio F-91W

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI was born in the 80s and as I grew up so did the computer industry, the digital industry and more. As watches came out with new features I would desire the latest watch with the latest features, and when a newer watch would come out I would desire the newer, innovative watch.…

  • Experimenting with Paperless

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I was experimenting with a Pi zero 2W I came across [Paperless NG](https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-paperless/) which is a simple to install app that allows you to catalogue paperwork automatically on a local machine rather than in the Tech Giant Clouds like Google, Amazon, Apple et al. It didn’t like being installed on…

  • Experimenting with the Ocean Drive Street E-Scooter

    Reading Time: 4 minutesOver a year ago I sold my petrol scooter because the service was expected to cost more than five hundred Swiss Francs. As a result of this I was without a scooter for a year or two. In that time I missed the convenience of having a small vehicle to take me…

  • The Nyon to Gland Loop

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is possible to walk from Nyon to Gland and back in a single day, and to play Ingress in Gland, before meeting a meetup group to walk back to Nyon from Gland, via the Toblerone. The distance I walked was twenty eight kilometres but this is partially due to spending an…

  • The Long Walk

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I walked for six hours and covered 28 kilometres. I will write more tomorrow. Now I will recover.

  • The Lure of a Walk to a Walk

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a good chance that tomorrow I will go for a walk along the Toblerones from Prangins to the lake side and on to Nyon. For this walk I have the luxury that I can walk to the starting point before doing the group walk. The issue is that the walk…

  • Walking in Linear Circles

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy walks are more often than not circular. I walk in a clearly defined loop across several villages before heading home. On weekends, and days such as yesterday my habit of walking in loops is scuppered by the habit of normal people to walk with dogs. I wouldn’t mind so much, if…

  • Self-Hosted Problem

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was already out when I noticed that I forgot to restart the audiobookshelf instance on my server before the run. I could either go home, start the server, and run, or I could just go for my run and use the normal app instead. By normal app I mean using…

  • SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner and Others

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2007 I bought a copy of [SuperDuper](https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html) that I used to backup my laptops for a while. I bought the licence for fourteen GBP in 2007 and it is still valid to this day. That’s less than a GBP per year of use. The tool is simple. It allows you to…