: Did you get caught up in the hype over NFTs, and have bought some, or even minted and sold them? …
: So here’s the thing I was writing about, without the writing because I’m tired and …
: I wrote a whole blog post in the Icro app, and a swipe to scroll to the top caused the entire post …
: Printed and framed. These are my photos that will be on show at the ‘Setúbal Sublime’ …
: 2023 has certainly started out with a bang. Been flat-out doing multiple things to get this …
: A bunch of packages I posted last week just got returned by CTT. All of them US-bound. Turns out I …
: I have some exciting news! I’ve decided on a career change from UI/UX front-end development, …
: Pathway to the Stars Composite of the foreground and buildings shot at blue hour, and 18x 2 minute exposures on a star …
: Wow. Got an email from PhotoStation (authorised Canon service centre in Lisbon) yesterday at 5pm …
: Oh no. My new BenQ SW321C appears to have a bunch of dark/dead pixels 😭
: Can’t believe PhotoPills Camp 2023 is already sold out, less than 24 hours after the …
: Fascination deep dive into the ‘baseline’ test in Blade Runner 2049 and the Voight-Kampf test in …
: Molly White from Web3 is Going Just Great dropping truth bombs on the Crypto stage at Web Summit. …
: LIS feels like SFO right now.
: It’s here! My re-print of (F)light Trails, nearly double the size, and with improved …
: After a long hiatus, I’m getting back into astrophotography. www.jpoh.blog/re-starti…
: I took a bit of time to reprocess one of my father’s photographs taken 10 years ago, on a 3 …
: Was out late to Santa Susana again, this time with a new friend, the guy I bought the modified Canon …
: Milky Way at Pego do Altar reservoir, near Santa Susana, Alcácer do Sal, Portugal Same source images …
: Sunset at Santa Susana (Pego do Altar reservoir) Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5Mk2 Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko …
: Goodbye Canon EOS 60D. All boxed up and ready to be sent to MPB to be traded in. You were a great …
: I’ve somehow ended up with a few cameras… I’m keeping the Canon EOS 10D as a momento as it used to …
: Just picked up a used, astro-modified Canon EOS 6D earlier this evening. Looking forward to learning …
: Milky Way over Pego do Altar reservoir, Portugal This is my most successful Milky Way shot so far. Still learning to use stacking to reduce noise and …
: Backyard star trails from two nights ago. Stack of 620 shots of 4.5" exposures, at 12mm, f/2.8, …
: so it wasn’t all as bad as I thought. The Canon service centre technicians told me that the …
: Mouldy camera gear 😭 After I bought the Olympus OM-D E-M10 mirrorless camera and acquiring micro-4/3 lenses, I gave my …
: Been a long time since I’ve done any astrophotography and I’m a bit rusty. Attempted to catch the …
: Olá @maique @helgeg I vaguely recall you guys talking about photo printing last year. I have a few …
: So, we bought an electric car! 2019 Kia e-Niro 64 kWh that’s only got a few thousand kms on …
: In September last year, I started the process of exchanging my Australian driver license for a …
: Fucking hell. It’s really happening. Can’t believe the Russian invasion of Ukraine is …
: Yup, NFTs are going great. “musical artists logged on to the internet to discover that their songs …
: Gong Xi Fa Cai, Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, welcoming the year of the Tiger 🐯
: 📸 Day 26/365 - New speakers - got a pair of Kanto YU2 desktop speakers.
: 📸 Day 25/365 - Stained Glass at Alegro Setúbal shopping mall
: 📸 Day 24/365 - Objet D’Art - Picked up this interesting metal sculpture from a homewares shop in …
: Just received my 3rd dose booster shot 💉💉💉
: 📸 Day 23/365 - Castle walls at Castelo de Sesimbra
: 📸 Day 22/365 - Sneak Peek at something I’ve been working on
: 📸 Day 20/365 - Empty parking spots at twilight. Candidate for r/liminalspace maybe?
: 📸 Day 19/365 - Wines at the supermarket. I think someone arranged them by their metallic foil …
: 📸 Day 18/365 - Close-up of the cutting of the Tasmanian blue gum
: 📸 Day 17/365 - Very strange-looking eucalyptus trees. My plant identifier app says they are …
: 📸 Day 16/365 - Lemons. Lots and lots of lemons (not ours, unfortunately)
: 📸 Day 15/365 - Flames - Portuguese chouriço being grilled on a ceramic assador.
: Have fallen a bit behind with my daily photos, I have a few queued which I’ll be posting shortly. …
: There have been quite a few new things in CSS in the last few years (with decent browser support …
: Been rebuilding my website and wondering what people are using these days for analytics, if any, as …
: 📸 Day 14/365 - Fluffy white clouds at sunset, with the silhouette of trees (maybe silver birch?) in …
: 📸 Day 13/365 - This past few weeks, Merry has developed a new trait of climbing up to my shoulder …
: 📸 Day 12/365 - Circles in squares. Christmas tree has come down and all the decorations are going to …
: 📸 Day 11/365 - Colourful spices! Marinade for tandoori chicken, comprising of ginger, garlic and …
: 📸 Day 10/365 - Wildflowers picked while on a walk today. Put them in an old Port bottle ‘vase’
: 📸 Day 9/365 - Dinner - homemade Kung Po Chicken. Not much to look at but so tasty!
: 📸 Day 7/365 - Been a busy two days dealing with a hacked server infested with malware Camera: iPhone …
: 📸 Day 6/365 - Welcoming/inspecting the new arrival to the household! Camera: iPhone Xs
: 📸 Day 5/365 - Palmela castle while on an evening walk Camera: iPhone Xs
: Woke up to a notification email from Google Search Console that someone new was added as an owner to …
: 📸 Day 4/365 - Espresso machine cleaning day. Look at that filthy group head. Camera: iPhone Xs
: 📸 Day 2/365 - Coffee and Pastel de Nata (Portuguese custard tarts)
: 📸 Day 1/365 - Catching some rays of sunshine in the new year
: Happy New Year! I’ve decided to try something new and do the 365 Project thing, posting a …
: On the last day of the Malmö trip, I took the train over to Copenhagen and spent the day checking …
: A few shots from my trip to Malmö last week to visit my brother Colin who’s just moved there, …
: Got some good news that Pippin seems to have recovered and basically back to normal this morning, …
: Got woken up by a cat coughing and vomiting, and an hour or so later found Pippin curled up asleep …
: Here’s another shot from tonight, an 8 minute exposure where the Milky Way is faintly visible.
: It’s been a few years since I last did any astrophotography, and I’ve been meaning to get back to …
: Immunity To COVID-19 Could Last Longer Than You’d Think
: Tonight is the last night at our Carcavelos apartment that has been our first home in Portugal for …
: Another hurdle of Portuguese Bureaucracy passed. Just attended our SEF appointment this afternoon to …
: Just tried to log in with my old @mac.com Apple ID and got hit with this prompt to verify the email …
: Just received my first dose of the vaccine today. Huge sense of relief after several weeks of …
: Just some grape vines, on a sunny day, at a vineyard in Alentejo.
: Interesting Apple product announcements today. Putting the M1 into even more things. Really like the …
: Carcavelos Beach is busy today
: Wet weather today. Was originally planning to take a day trip out to Sintra but postponed it.
: As a lifelong Trekkie, I want to believe. Astronomers find 40 Eridani A aka planet Vulcan
: My order of some Portuguese craft beers from DoisCorvos arrived yesterday, just in time for some …
: Okay, let’s try making hot cross buns today. it was going so well… then, disaster! 😱 😭
: I’ve pretty much done this with Facebook now, I should start doing a bit of pruning of …
: One year of COVID-19 In mid-February 2020, it was just a typical day at work. There was some news a colleague had brought …
: Dramatic sky with dark rain clouds rolling in from the Atlantic Ocean.
: Buying an ultrawide monitor in 2021 Anthony and I have been thinking about getting new monitors for our new WFH reality. While we have …
: Taken a bit of time but I’m getting the hang of this new machine and grinder, and getting pretty …
: Trying some (hopefully) fab Portuguese craft beer
: Nice day out for a walk along Carcavelos Beach
: Praia de Carcavelos (Cascais) was open this evening, with people surfing, and some walking on the …
: Online advertising companies being arseholes again What’s CNAME of your game? This DNS-based …
: Yesterday a tree got uprooted from the rain and strong wind over the weekend which luckily fell on …
: Please don’t make me choose a username
: Espresso machines Our cranberry-red Breville espresso machine served us well in San Francisco. Sadly, we had to sell …
: Our @wacaco_ltd Nanopresso broke this morning 😭 This has been our constant companion for the past …
: Just tried ginjinha (Portuguese cherry liqueur) for the first time tonight and it tastes incredible.
: This piece by Cory Doctorow on what’s been going on with r/wallstreetbets is worth a read. Once …
: The best web browser is the one you have with you The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML – …
: Good tips on how to de-Google-ize and some alternatives to their services. I use Fastmail for email …
: Our cats Merry and Pippin are just off the coast of Iceland right now. Yes I’m tracking their …
: Went into Lisbon for some errands before tomorrow’s lockdown and wandered around the city for a bit
: Happy New Year! I’m pretty excited about 2021. Moving to a new country (Portugal) for a fresh start, …
: Another flight change, yay pandemic travel
: Just did my first Apple Fitness+ workout (3 month free trial with my new Apple Watch) and the 20 min …
: TIL I’ve been typing the wrong symbol for ‘degrees’ on my mac. Turns out º …
: How Melbourne eradicated COVID-19
: NYC’s New Digital Subway Map is a very cool reinterpretation
: After 1.5 hours of messaging with Telstra Customer Support I finally got my prepaid SIM activated, …
: Travelling in a pandemic “No long lines of people checking in, no bored kids running around and …
: Last night, through the window of the bus being taken to our hotel, you could see people out and …
: Moving day! Goodbye Mission District, Goodbye San Francisco. You’ve been swell but it’s time for a …
: QANTAS, Australia’s flag carrier, had stopped flying int’l routes since March, leaving it to other …
: Everything is orange. Dolores Park in San Francisco
: Cue surprise, as if nobody could have predicted this apple.news
: Market St, San Francisco (looking towards Westfield) on Saturday afternoon. A little busier than …
: US folks get all defensive about their MMM DD, YYYY date format, except for today when it becomes …
: Had to hit them where it hurts before they’d do anything about it. Facebook will label rule …
: Wouldn’t have seen that one coming… Literally no one is profiting off of third-party …
: About bloody time they finally grew some balls. YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard …
: Shut everything down. Now. Fine the non-essential businesses that flout the rules, and also people …
: Far too many people aren’t taking the lockdowns seriously, think COVID-19 is something that …
: Beware the frauds, quacks and snake oil salespeople touting miracle cures for COVID-19 …