All articles from November, 2009
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SprainTV – The Movie
Friends and Family / Individual photographs
Monday, 30th November, 2009 • No comments
Another in my series of One Frame Movie photographs, of Bernese video podcaster Manuel “Sprain” Reinhard.
The Hero
In the Media / Internet / Video
Saturday, 28th November, 2009 • 2 comments
Where some advertisers choose the “viral” route of making a low-budget film to publicize themselves or their causes via YouTube, others still spend the time and make an effort to integrate some very cool interactivity to ensure that their offering or message gains widespread recognition.
The Bear Incident
In the Media / Individual photographs
Thursday, 26th November, 2009 • No comments
Last weekend, reports quickly appeared on Twitter and Facebook, and thence to the local and international press, that a member of the public had apparently jumped over the fence into the new bear enclosure alongside the river Aare in Bern.
Minarets and missiles
Advertising / Life / Writing
Wednesday, 25th November, 2009 • 7 comments
A rare article in which I express how I feel on the subject of national referendum and the political process in Switzerland. This article has been inspired by a prominent national campaign on the subject of the proposed national ban on the construction of Islamic minarets.
On the rails again
Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Travel
Wednesday, 25th November, 2009 • 2 comments
After a fairly long break, I returned to my major photographic project recently, which takes me across the whole of the city of Bern on a quest to photograph all 219 of the tram and bus stops of the Bernmobil network.
In Transit
Travel / Writing
Tuesday, 24th November, 2009 • No comments
An attempt at the first in a series of 50 word short stories, inspired by my trip to Scotland to meet Jo in 2004.
Glad I went, now
Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Life
Sunday, 22nd November, 2009 • 1 comment
Jo and I take a walk through a misty Sunday afternoon to Faulensee.
Ballenberg out of season
Switzerland galleries
Tuesday, 17th November, 2009 • No comments
An autumn stroll around the Ballenberg open-air museum with Jo’s parents.
iPhone and AirTunes
Geek stuff / Music / Technique
Monday, 16th November, 2009 • No comments
How I’ve hooked up my iPhone, laptop and stereo system to have a 50Gb wireless audio system at home.
Survey of internet access speeds
Internet
Friday, 13th November, 2009 • No comments
I order to better cover the needs of my visitors, I’m carrying out a simple survey of how you visit the site.
Why opening new browser windows for external links is pointless
Geek stuff / Internet / Technique
Thursday, 12th November, 2009 • No comments
Don’t you just hate it when you’ve been using the internet for a little while and you have a mass of browser windows to battle with? Where the hell did that website go, that you were looking at earlier? Both of these annoyances are entirely unnecessary, and this article explains why.
Niels and the Showgirl
Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Technique
Wednesday, 11th November, 2009 • No comments
An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
