Ramblings
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Eir F3000 (F@st 5366) pains
As a bid to save some money, I changed ISPs this week, and while the switchover was absolutely painless (compared to what it used to be like to change DSL providers), the lump of hardware Eir supply is a bit less than painless. The F3000 box that they send out is a Sagemcom device, potentially…
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GWFest 2010 – Help for Heroes
Back in the mists of time, I went to GWFest 2010, and took a few hundred photos. Today, I happened to wonder whether YouTube still had the videos from that event posted, and they’re still there.
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Garden Robins
With spring moving along, and slowly giving way to what should be summer (12C is not summer..), the local robins are showing their offspring the area. Yesterday, while I was in the garden, the young robin (seen on the compost bin) decided my shoulder was a good perch point as it flew from the compost…
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Garden macro
While I’ve been unable to find my D750, I’ve at least found my D700, and my Nikkor 2.8 Micro lens. Can’t find my tripod quick release plate (it’s probably on the D750), but I’m still getting some reasonable results hand-held.
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Pandemic baking
With Ireland going into “don’t go anywhere” mode, and the supermarket shelves bare of flour, I went online looking for flour so that I can bake my own bread. Found a nice site, Kells, and picked up 10 kg of soda bread mix, and 12.5 kg of basic white flour. Should keep me going for…
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Turning my first bowl
I’ve been following a bunch of YouTube channels (like Mike Waldt’s) for over a year now, watching people turn wood into household furniture, pens, bowls etc. It’s been very soothing, and rather interesting (then add channels like AvE, This Old Tony, and so on for mechanical gubbins), and I’ve been a bit keen on converting…