Nearly 3 years ago I spent the best part of 2 hours one afternoon in PCWorld, looking to kick the...
Determining the best ZFS compression algorithm for email
Benchmarking the performance of various ZFS compression options on FreeBSD.
My Photography Zen just ran over your Dogma
In a previous life I used to attend the local photography club; there were ups (friends; winning the occasional competition;...
Comparing MP3, Ogg and AAC audio encoding formats
Over the past couple of months, I've been both learning the R language and boosting my understanding of statistics, the...
Welding Glass and Rubber Bands
Advanced photographic techniques for long exposure landscapes.
Our Earth Was Once Green
Philosophical ramblings on the intersection of landscape and documentary photography.
Old is the new… old, really
Time for a bit of a rant, geek-style. For about 15 months I've used a Samsung Galaxy Note as mobile...
the mind of a dog-walking automaton
A philosophy of human interaction from the side of the road
Water, water, everywhere
Saturday was wet. Very wet. This was the view just outside Portpatrick, at the corner of the Dunskey B-road turnoff,...
Selectivity, or Why is Good?
I remember two particular thoughts from my time in a photo-club (past-tense, as we've moved house since). First, discussing landscape...