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Tag: photos

  • My contribution to the long-standing British tradition of photographing dogs at polling stations. Don't forget to vote, folks!

    Full image of A French Bulldog stands alongside a polling station sign that's been attached to a bike rack.
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    A French Bulldog stands alongside a polling station sign that's been attached to a bike rack.

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 1 May, 2025
  • GeoGuessr screenshot showing a guess in Dhaka being compared to the correct answer of Chittagong.

    ChatGPT beats GeoGuessr

    Given nothing more than a screenshot or two of my game screen, from the starting position only, ChatGPT plays GeoGuessr better than I ever could. Apart from cheating at GeoGuessr, what else could this mean? Is this going to be a scary new weapon in the toolkit of Internet stalkers?

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1408 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 April, 2025
  • Gorgeous view of Slievenamon towering over Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, as seen from Gurteen Wood, where my mother and I are just on our way back from our successful expedition to the 2024-11-24 52 -7 geohashpoint.

    Full image of Under a blue-white sky, a rounded hill towers over a fertile green valley dotted with little white houses, as seen from between the trees of an ancient forest.
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    Under a blue-white sky, a rounded hill towers over a fertile green valley dotted with little white houses, as seen from between the trees of an ancient forest.

    • Note
    • posted 24 November, 2024
  • Full image of First-person view down a hammock in a rural garden. The hammock's occupier (Dan) is holding a novel and a can of premixed Pimms & lemonade.
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    First-person view down a hammock in a rural garden. The hammock's occupier (Dan) is holding a novel and a can of premixed Pimms & lemonade.

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    • posted 11 August, 2024
  • A young white man with platinum blonde hair holds up a large, boxy digital camera.

    Oldest Digital Photo... of Me

    The oldest photo I own of myself was taken in 1982, when I was almost 2 years old. But how old is the oldest DIGITAL photo of me? Let's try to find it...

    Read more - about 3 minutes (478 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 3 February, 2024
  • Selfie of Dan wearing an "elf costume" Christmas jumper and matching hat with bell.

    Mental Elf Day

    Christmas Jumper Day at the kids' school. Because I'm the "embarrassing parent", I joined in for the school run too.
    (Also for my meetings today, obviously.)

    Read more (26 words)

    • Note
    • posted 8 December, 2023
  • Frosty meadow with frozen fog, with low sunrise barely cutting through, with beginnings of a blue sky barely peeking through.

    Freezing Fog

    Gorgeous freezing fog over the fields on the school run this morning.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Note
    • posted 6 December, 2023
  • Thich white sandwich on a blue-and-white china plate, with the distinctive shape of an organge-coloured Monster Munch crisp poking out.

    Monster Munch Sandwich

    Experimenting with some unusual combinations in anticipation of International Crisp Sandwich Day. Today's is Roast Beef Monster Munch on Farmhouse White.

    Read more (36 words)

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    • posted 5 October, 2023
  • A white man wearing simple round spectacles with a silver wire rim, his finger to the corner of his mouth, looks into the camera.



    Beginning to prepare/test my costume for an upcoming murder mystery party, I glanced into the mirror and briefly didn't recognise myself. Glasses can do so much to change your face shape!

    Read more (32 words)

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    • 5 comments
    • posted 14 January, 2023
  • Dan carrying French Bulldog 'Demmy' in a dog carrier bag, with a sunny meadow behind them.

    "Walking" the dog

    Brought Demmy out on the school run for her first "walk", this morning.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 12 May, 2022
  • Image representing post: Child Photographers

    Child Photographers

    Taking photos of children isn't difficult. Unless it's the early 1980s and that child is Dan.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (691 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 4 April, 2022
  • Family down a cave.

    Holidays in the Age of COVID

    Dan takes a three-week block off work and does many, many things with his family.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (940 words)

    • Article
    • posted 15 August, 2021
  • Dan in his home office (links to an interactive 360ยฐ panoramic photo with info points).

    Dan's Office (360ยฐ Panoramic)

    This week, some of Dan's colleagues are sharing pictures of their workspaces. So Dan made a 360ยฐ panoramic with interactive "info points".

    Read more (33 words)

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 August, 2020
  • Image representing post: Passport Photos

    Passport Photos

    Passport photo rules make self-expression impossible. Or do they?

    Read more (235 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 23 August, 2019
  • Rory's darkroom

    Darkroom Printing

    Rory tells the story of how he set up a darkroom in his (spare) windowless bathroom and shares his experience of becoming an increasingly analogue photographer in a digital world.

    Read more (160 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 21 July, 2019

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