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    A year off

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    This time last year I was tidying up loose ends and handing my work over to my colleagues. After Christmas and New Year I started to think about how I would occupy my time. I bought a DSLR camera with the generous amount of money donated by my former colleagues.…

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  • An upright cyclist

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    My wife’s bike is a Raleigh Motus Tour. The design is thoughtful and the power assistance gives quite a boost. My bike is a Boardman hybrid. The handlebars make you stretch forward and the power assistance is less noticeable than the Raleigh. Belfast Bicycle Workshop did a good job replacing…

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  • Integrity

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    Many of my readers have read the blog Integrity has no need of rules. Albert Camus put forward the idea that integrity could trump morality. In other words, the individual can build a set of principles that are unique to that individual and that in so doing there is an…

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  • Exhibitionist

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    1970s London, two brothers, both students living with their parents near leafy Putney Heath. One morning the older brother asks his sibling to stand against the dining room wall so he can take his picture.

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  • COP36

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    Scene: Sydney Conference Centre, two police officers on security detail COP36:. Going anywhere nice for your hols? COP37:. We were looking for somewhere in the mountains, maybe give South Island, NZ a go. COP36:. A nice break from all the bushfires, eh? COP37:. Too right. Did you see the wildfires…

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  • COP26

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    Scene 1 – Glasgow Conference Centre, two police officers on security detail Cop 26: Do you think we’ll get overtime? Cop25: Yep Cop 26: No nutters so far then? Cop25: Just tree huggers and Greta Thunberg groupies Cop26: She talks a lot of sense that one Cop25: But to be…

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  • Murals and more

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    I am getting more confident taking photos with my DSLR camera. This mural in Belfast’s city centre took my fancy. I did some basic editing to crop the image and tweak the luminance, but the colours really are that stunning. Here’s another mural that brightens up a rather drab neighbourhood…

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  • More Student Stuff

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    Well, Week 4 came around quickly. I still haven’t made a study timetable, but I have printed off all the course material to date. TG089 is a full on photography course with plenty of technical information about editing and the various aspects of camera usage. My photographer friend, Jason, met…

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    Leftovers

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    I hate waste. Throwing good food away is criminal, so when our bananas are on the turn it’s time to make banana bread, and if it’s Halloween there will be leftover pumpkins. Nigel Slater has a good recipe for pumpkin scones in the Observer magazine. I replaced parmesan cheese with…

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  • Sound bars

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    Our Sharp television has fairly basic speakers. Consequently, the bass is fine if a bit overpowering. Conversations are sometimes very hard to make out. I bought a Majority Bowfell Bluetooth soundbar for £35 and plugged it into the TV’s headphone socket. The sound quality is much better for dialogue. As…

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