Posts from the category General
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Lucky Thirteen
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This website turns thirteen today.
Creating a single-width Gutenberg block
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How to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
Cinque Terre – La Spezia
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Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
Riederalp to Hohfluh
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Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.
Moods of Seaton
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One has to wonder what happened in the Devon seaside town of Seaton to bring it from a self-touted “artisanal haven” to its current dilapidated state.
The old-fashioned way
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Taking my new tripod and neutral density filters for a walk in the forests above Beatenberg.
The wonders of CSS Grid
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I’m beginning to delve into the newest extension of the CSS style rule possibilities at a professional level, in order to design and create websites which break the mould.
Multilingual brain overheating
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Swiss German uses a lot of French words, so a delivery driver is called a “Chauffeur”. This word used to mean “heater” too. There’s a sign on the door to the delivery bay of the local supermarket saying “Chauffeur – bitte Ware in den Kühlraum mitnehmen”. Which actually means “Driver – please take your goods
The non-holiday holiday
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After some rushing around, I find myself on my own in Zurich for a couple of days. After dealing with the day job, I have the evening to myself, with no pressure and no responsibilities. Leaving work behind, I head for the old town and the anonymity of a familiar, traditional and noisy restaurant. The
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
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Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Piz Gloria from the air
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This photograph is available to buy as a framed print in my Redbubble gallery.
I is for introvert
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I am an introvert and that’s O.K.
Frozen lake at Corbières
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Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.
Diemtigen Valley from the air
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Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.
The anxiety rollercoaster
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I’ve been suffering from anxiety issues for the last year or so. A couple of people have said to me that the topic isn’t discussed as much as it could be, so I thought I’d write about my experiences in the hope that they might help others in a similar situation.
Lobhörner from Sulwald
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The longest and hardest hike in Switzerland I’ve managed to date, captured in photos and video.
The end of Flickr
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After many years sharing photos on Flickr, I’ve decided to migrate them all here and close up shop on the photo sharing service.
