Between hospital visits

Colourful autumn carpets November 22, 2020

The previous post presented the landscape of Parc Cefn Onn in autumn, these four shots focus on the leaf litter. The closing comment in that post pondered whether I shouldn’t have just used a faster 35mm prime lens, these shots using the same 24-105mm F4.0 lens justify the decision I made. Of course I could […]

An autumn walk November 17, 2020

DeeJay encouraged me to go up to Parc Cefn Onn whilst the sun was still shining and whilst there were still leaves on the tress. I was pleased I took his advice. Using just one lens (the Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS) on my Sony ILCE-7RM3, but forgetting to switch on OSS (duh!), I […]

A return to Bute Park November 8, 2020

With the autumn colours beginning, it’s logical to return to Bute Park which has a fantastic collection of trees to capture the changes. But there are other things to see as well, including this cormorant drying its wings in the middle of the River Taff upstream of the National/Millennium Stadium (or whatever it’s called now). […]

Thought grazing …

Open Source and “free” software October 22, 2020

I was quite surprised to see when I reviewed the articles I’d posted over the years that I’d never written one specifically about Open Source software, and “free” software. Of course the topic has cropped-up quite a bit at Cardiff U3A Computer Group meetings, and I have referred to pieces of Open Source and “free” […]

Great new Plugin from Ordnance Survey for Mapping Trails September 20, 2020

I’ve been using a WordPress Plugin called OS OpenSpace Maps for quite a while that allows the mapping of trails (I use .gpx format to record the trails) onto an OS Map. This has worked well, but in updating a blog post I came across the information that the Ordnance Survey has produced a new […]

Keeping safe online September 10, 2020

The threats – real and perceived Luckily, there’s plenty of advice and guidance available – often slanted particularly towards our demographic (ie oldies) … Those two sites are particularly easy to follow and understand, but others are equally informative and targeted. Your bank probably has guidance which it publishes online and which is accessible to […]

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