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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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  • Blogging to the Fediverse via WordPress without Tags

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI noticed a drop in traffic to the blog which I would attribute to three things. The main reason is that I went from main-vision.com/richard/blog to blog.main-vision.com. This screwed up all the search engine results, despite adding the redirection order in the htaccess file. As if that wasn’t silly enough I then…

  • Riding a Foot Scooter Along My Ordinary Walk

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Old Scooter and Winter Winter is coming, and with the arrival of winter comes the need to swap the tyres from summer to winter. In the process of getting the snow tyres out of the cave I pulled out my old scooter. The one that I used when I had a…

  • Thoughts on Masto.host

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor up to three months I was running my own instance via Masto.host and the experience was good. Setting up an instance is easy. Within a few minutes you can set up your own instance, post and perform administrative tasks such as accept trending hashtags and more. No DevOps and No Code…

  • The iPhone Keynote – Apple Being Cheap

    Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently Apple shot its entire keynote on their most expensive mobile phone. Whilst this sounds fantastic and empowering, it isn’t. In my eyes this is a marketing gimmick and a sad commentary on the state of video production today. Video as Art Video is an art. Video is a creative pursuit. If…

  • Walking In Heavy Rain

    Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago I saw that heavy rain was announced for that afternoon so I thought that I would not go for a walk. In the end I did go for a walk in the heavy rain. I was wearing a reasonable rain coat so I could have stayed dry if…

  • Being European and Paying for Facebook and Instagram

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor those of us living in Europe we now have the option of paying for Facebook and Instagram, not to see ads. In theory this is fantastic and we should be jumping on the opportunity. I don’t feel that way. I had plenty of conversations, with uni friends, colleagues and more, until…

  • Books I Am Reading

    Reading Time: 4 minutesAccording to Goodreads I am currently reading 97 books but in reality I am reading between three to five books consistently at the moment. I read several books at once because it gives me time to absorb ideas from one book whilst reading a second book, and then a third, and so…

  • The Apple Watch As an Ipod Nano

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFour or five years ago I tried to download an audiobook to the Apple Watch and I gave up. I saw that it would take hours so I gave up. At the time we would download podcasts to our laptops or phones, and play them once we had them stored locally. The…

  • Reading Time: 5 minutesAccording to Apple Health I take an average of 14,553 steps per day, over the last year. It doesn’t stop there. Not only do I take fourteen and a half thousands steps per day on average but I run up, up to fourty five floors per day and I walk at six…

  • Replaceable Batteries and Wearable Tech

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWith a user like me it takes a year or two for a mobile phone to become depleted. After this period of time I am stuck with the weight of an external battery that I have to plug in half way through the day to recharge the device. This is, in part,…