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richard
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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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  • The Forgotten Phone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteUsually if I forget my phone I realise quite fast. Not today. Today I went for half a day without my phone. It was at home and I wasn’t. I used the watch’s LTE connection but a watch can’t do much. People speak of leaving phones at home for runs, and…

  • Spot the Heron

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCan you spot the Heron? [![A heron fishing in Javea — A heron fishing in Javea](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2304-1-225×300.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2304-1-225×300.jpg)

  • Bear Spray will work on any mammal with eyes.

    Reading Time: < 1 minutehttps://www.advnture.com/features/does-bear-spray-work-on-wolves I was curious about whether bear spray or pepper spray would be good to carry, now that wolves are common, and being spotted by skiers, hikers, and dameuse drivers (Dameuse are ski piste tractors that repair the pistes while people enjoy Après Ski drinks.

  • Exhausted by Noise Pollution

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday the drive was easy. 12-13 hours of easy driving with good road conditions. The exhaustion came from having neighbours that start making noise at 20:00 so the “early bed time” you planned is ruined. I woke at 0230 and by 0330 I was driving for 12hrs straight. If I had…

  • From a Walk in Spain

    Reading Time: < 1 minute[![Spanish blossom — Spanish blossom](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2084-1-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2084-1-300×225.jpg) I am too tired to write, not from a long drive, but from being kept awake by Arlequino. before a long drive. I leave you with blossom today.

  • Audiobookshelf and Driving

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an ideal world I would use Audiobookshelf when I’m driving tomorrow. In the real world I can’t, or at least shouldn’t. The reason for this is simple. There is no iOS app which, in turn, means that there is no car play app. Combined this means that if I want to…

  • Who Killed Twitter – My Opinion

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo authors wrote books. In these books they speak about whether Jack Dorsey or Elon Musk killed twitter. The answer is neither. If Twitter was alive and healthy it would never have been sold to an individual for four times its value, because its growth potential would have made this absurd. Twitter…

  • Migrating Photos from Facebook to Google Photos

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere has been a shift within cloud services such as Google, Facebook and others. That shift is to make migrating photos from one service quick and easy. The old fashioned method would be to download media from service A before re-uploading it to service B. This requires lots of space on hard drives and…

  • Experimenting with Linux

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning when I should have been working on the daily blog post I decided to install Ubuntu on an external hard drive to see if it still worked as I remembered it working. It does, sort of. There are two approaches. You could install Linux straight onto the internal HD of a…

  • Tired of Garmin and Apple, Playing With Casio

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a while now I have been wearing a Casio and an apple watch or a Garmin and an Apple watch, or a Casio and a Garmin watch or a xiaomi smart band and a casio or a xiaomi smart band and… it goes on. ## A Break of Routine The reason…