2023-03-30: Evening in Edinburgh

2023-03-30: They totally shot some of the Star Wars Andor in Scotland - although apparently it was a whole year …

2023-03-30: Night out celebrating one year in Edinburgh. They’ve had a 0% whiskey too!

2023-03-29: I will never understand why selling and owning weapons is ok in the US. This is just stupid. In the …

2023-03-29: Exactly one year ago we packed everything and moved to Edinburgh. Best decision ever.

2023-03-28: Woooo a solid classical music app from Apple - might be a game changer for me in terms of keeping my …

2023-03-28: Really want to see new John Wick in a cinema - but it is also 3 hours long and I’m like eh

2023-03-28: Succession is too good - even though you don’t really root for any characters at this point

2023-03-28: Season finale!

2023-03-27: Pressure youtube.com/shorts/te…

2023-03-27: Sunday hiking around Loch Lomond

2023-03-26: A bit of Snowdonia on Hasselblad and Kodak Gold film

2023-03-25: Lots of cats suddenly appear

2023-03-25: And voted in the Finnish parliamentary elections today, good start for this weekend.

2023-03-24: Officially cutest game I ever played

2023-03-24: Trams and buses

2023-03-24: The story of Zipline drone delivery is just incredible youtu.be/DOWDNBu9D…

2023-03-24: Well, we made it to Friday after all! Now if only I could make through Friday.

2023-03-23: Drink some fermented Quas

2023-03-23: Sunny Edinburgh today

2023-03-22: Woooo made it to the big league

2023-03-21: I do like DJI but the news that China supplies DJI drones to Russia to be used against Ukraine makes …

2023-03-21: With all the strikes going on in France some might say that state pension age is way too low there …

2023-03-20: Easy and accessible hike they said

2023-03-20: Oh no ChatGPT is down, how am I going to do any work today

2023-03-19: Rainy hike in the hills

2023-03-18: A bit rainy hike today

2023-03-18: Edinburgh

2023-03-16: Pick your poison

2023-03-16: Quality content

2023-03-15: It’s the Mandalorian day of the week!

2023-03-14: Command of the day: ‘git stash -u’ - stashes everything, including new untracked files

2023-03-14: No leaseholds in Scotland! “Scotland does not have leasehold properties. All properties as of …

2023-03-13: Spice must flow!

2023-03-12: I’d get this coffee just for packaging, but the beans are good too

2023-03-12: Laptop free Edinburgh

2023-03-12: Birds milk can be found in our local Tesco and it is excellent

2023-03-11: “Machines will take over our jobs!” Meanwhile machines:

2023-03-11: Your average Saturday in Scotland

2023-03-11: Looks like my political views are very much aligned with the leading party in the parliament of …

2023-03-10: Spice must flow

2023-03-10: Finished first Metro 2033 game and it’s like The Last of Us, only underground

2023-03-09: Important scientific equipment

2023-03-09: Apparently you can cross-post from microblog to Mastodon, which would actually work for me very well …

2023-02-18: Celebrating this 40y by climbing on board of this British aviation legend

2023-01-30: Finished a new movie - Shetland islands on 16mm film and Bolex camera: www.youtube.com/watch Shot on …

2023-01-07: Dramatic sheep of Fife coast

2023-01-04: Kodak Gold film and Hasselblad

2023-01-04: Loch Lomond on Ilford HP5 and Hasselblad

2023-01-01: A bit of Lerwick on Ilford HP5 film and Hasselblad

2023-01-01: New Year Edinburgh

2022-12-30: There are gigabytes and then there are gibibytes

2022-12-30: Amazon always charged me for Prime in January without warning - which used to be £75 and now goes up …

2022-12-30: Edinburgh is the best

2022-12-29: Shetland islands on slide Kodak Ectachrome film and Hasselblad

2022-12-29: The puzzle is complete now - took me a while to find a non-Japanese LD of Batman Returns, am very …

2022-12-28: Finished this build in 4 days and had a lot of fun in the process!

2022-12-24: Career aspirations

2022-12-24: Shroomies on Kodak Ektachrome slide film and Hasselblad

2022-12-22: Forth Bridge and a tiny lighthouse of the North Queensferry

2022-12-21: When you forget there’s film in camera but it makes the picture even better - expired Agfa HDC

2022-12-20: Agfa HDC film, shot in March 2022

2022-12-20: Got the original Dr Mario - with box! Works great too.

2022-12-18: Freshly cleaned and ready for reassemble into Archimedes keyboard. Also it’s my first 105 keys here …

2022-12-17: Toasted marshmallow hot chocolate kind of day

2022-12-16: Introduce yourself with 5 TV shows 📺: Babylon 5 Twin Peaks The X-Files Better Call Saul (same …

2022-12-16: Northernmost point of Scotland - on the islands of Shetland. Took a bit of trekking to get there …

2022-12-13: Free ice skating if you dare!

2022-12-13: My advent calendar chose to shame me today for eating too much chocolate because world wealth is not …

2022-12-12: Very frosty Edinburgh today

2022-12-12: Snowy Edinburgh is ready for Christmas

2022-12-11: Let’s make this Acorn keyboard like new again

2022-11-23: Edinburgh is getting chilly this week

2022-04-07: That 5G thing is actually quite decent after all. This is in Edinburgh.

2022-03-08: Vinyl is cheaper than therapy

2022-02-28: A bit of activism this weekend - with a bespoke hand printed letterpress banner!

2022-02-22: My home country invaded another country today. And how’s your morning going?

2022-02-20: Got a new Polaroid camera. Also I’ve learned black slides from the new cassettes are unique and …

2022-02-19: A very unexpected birthday present!

2022-02-13: Old Harry Rocks - on Fuji Pro 400 film and Hasselblad

2022-02-13: Also got this new Belarusian LP of doom and synth pop because this is the world we live in right now

2022-02-13: When a film photographer goes to buy some music

2022-02-12: Doomers

2022-02-12: You and me, AOC

2022-02-10: How I feel days of the week: Monday, Friday, …, is this thing on?, oh wow it is Friday, …

2022-02-06: New Ghostbusters film is perfect

2022-02-04: Raised by Wolves new season is starting strong

2022-01-30: Watch your speed

2022-01-29: A good day in Brighton is when you spend £100 on vinyl and £5 on a falafel wrap lunch

2022-01-26: That truly hurts

2022-01-23: New short film I shot on super 8 Kodak stock - Derelict London Cinemas. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch

2022-01-22: Super Mario 3 in 2 player mode is like a whole new game (sometimes literally) I had no idea about. …

2022-01-22: Probably not with the current state of world economy, but thanks for asking

2022-01-20: Pretty desperate at first look situation with mere seconds left on my clock - and a stalemate that …

2022-01-18: Balkanization

2022-01-18: All my assets are very liquid

2022-01-17: My new favourite record store. They even got 8-track cassettes for sale. And yes, I do remember the …

2022-01-17: Marlon basically grabbed a random cat and was like “I’m not doing this role without a cat”

2022-01-17: Interestingly Youtube saves some CPU cost by only invoking Content ID checks once your video is …

2022-01-15: Sometimes they come in black. Kodak Pro 100 film.

2022-01-15: Such an epic finale for The Expanse!

2022-01-14: Raised by Wolves is excellent sci-fi - made by Ridley Scott no less

2022-01-13: Lucky Saint is an excellent zero-g beer

2022-01-13: What they call a game changer

2022-01-09: A bit of Cairngorms on 35mm Kodak film

2022-01-09: Special road signs on Outer Hebrides islands. Kodak 35mm film.

2022-01-08: The new Matrix is excellent

2022-01-08: This might not look like much but this is probably the highlight of the week

2022-01-07: Great Glaswegian subway - on Kodak 35mm film

2022-01-05: Got myself a wide angle lens

2022-01-05: Oh it’s cold in London today

2022-01-04: Got my invite to the new Cron calendar app and it is so good

2022-01-03: Fixing my 40 years old Aiwa cassette deck with is more of a tank than anything. Belts needed …

2021-12-31: Hurray to all of us who made it to the end of 2021! Time for a drink or two. Maybe a good film too.

2021-12-30: Well that’s a first one!

2021-12-30: Waves of Brighton Hasselblad and Ilford Delta film

2021-12-30: Insert coin to record your own vinyl. This one is actually working - can be found in Soho.

2021-12-29: Tonight’s double bill of documentaries from national parks with extensive trekking and nature shots

2021-12-28: The 1990 Total Recall film The 1990 Total Recall is an absolute gem and I never thought twice about lots of violence and dead …

2021-12-27: Always fun to find the meridian in various suburbs of London

2021-12-26: Well this happened, and it is so much more fun than Spotify

2021-12-26: My new short movie here we go

2021-12-24: The Expanse is probably the only other sci-fi show besides Babylon 5 where spaceships are not flying …

2021-12-24: It’s going to be new booster shot every 3 months now isn’t it

2021-12-24: Don’t Look Up is like a perfect culmination of the last 4 years

2021-12-22: Boosted now

2021-12-22: Brand new home cinema projector with a fresh bright lamp is a perfect excuse to re-watch Mad Max …

2021-12-22: Started looking into amplifiers for our upcoming vinyl turntable, and omg it is a rabbit hole

2021-12-22: I mean, how good a 8-bit Zelda can possibly be

2021-12-21: Lines of the City Ilford Delta film and Hasselblad

2021-12-20: Whoa original Zelda is good

2021-12-19: Have a croissant Ilford Delta film, shot on Hasselblad somewhere in Hackney

2021-12-19: It’s a bit foggy today in Walthamstow

2021-12-19: Yes please

2021-12-17: Been playing chess daily now for a few months and it is so good. Wrote some words: …

2021-12-17: It’s year 2021 and I’m buying new games on NES cartridges

2021-12-16: Turns out 99.9% of new projectors these days have 4K HDR but lack a composite SD video input. What’s …

2021-12-15: Evening is short, lots of cartridges to try today

2021-12-15: My favourite local coffee place looking festive

2021-12-15: Frustration is the name of the game

2021-12-15: Year 2021: I’ve figured out how to resize a photo on iPhone and this feels like an epic tech …

2021-12-15: Ok so maybe half of Dune was a bit dark, but turns out also our projector was living its last and …

2021-12-14: Land’s End - on Hasselblad and Fuji Provia slide film

2021-12-12: Cinema House, somewhere in Soho

2021-12-08: Scotland on Ilford Delta film & my Hasselblad

2021-12-06: Happy Birthday, Finland!

2021-12-04: One of the best things in the UK is the general abundance of heritage railways and opportunities to …

2021-12-02: New Cowboy Bebop is excellent

2021-12-02: Shooting some film in Wales this windy December

2021-11-29: Exploring Pembrokeshire coast this week

2021-11-26: Welcome to Wales

2021-11-25: Guinness Zero is excellent (and also very hard to find)

2021-11-25: It is a bit chilly today in England

2021-11-23: Today’s achievement

2021-11-22: Here we go - a short film from Outer Hebrides shot on my Bolex www.youtube.com/watch

2021-11-20: Go Astraaaa!

2021-11-16: Youtube is trying to become TikTok and I truly hope they’ll fail at this

2021-11-12: Columbia Road market on Hasselblad and Ilford Delta film

2021-11-12: Upgraded my Chess.com account to a paid tier. It is very nice indeed. Maybe I’ll learn …

2021-11-12: Weekend is settled then

2021-11-10: Got myself a new cassette player. It is great. Seems to be working forever from a single …

2021-11-08: Vinegar is a total miracle when it comes to cleaning oxidisation on old Nintendo cartridges

2021-11-07: Mate without a single casualty. 10 mins of game, all pawns are still there.

2021-11-06: Not sure how I ended up in this situation but it was an incredibly powerful one

2021-11-05: As the owner of the original DJI Mavic Pro i can say Mavic 3 is ridiculous and i want it so much

2021-11-04: Succession is basically Game of Thrones but with excellent writing

2021-11-04: Myself on half frame Kodak Ektachrome film (somewhat underexposed) and Cornwall’s St Michael’s …

2021-11-03: This is epic

2021-11-01: Evil spaceship aka Tate Modern - on Ilford Delta film and Mamiya C33 camera

2021-10-30: Slide film colors from Cairngorms of Scotland - Fuji Provia film and Hasselblad

2021-10-30: Wooo got a boxed Chip&Dale, this evening is settled then

2021-10-29: I’m genuinely interested in interesting original products. Most products today are boring. Cameras …

2021-10-29: Also a massive achievement for me this year - finishing Yoshi’s Island on the original SNES. …

2021-10-29: Whoa original NES cartridges are HUGE. This is my very first authentic cartridge (as opposed to a …

2021-10-28: Looks like original NES cartridges are even more rare and expensive than SNES cartridges these days

2021-10-27: If Men in Black were directed by David Lynch

2021-10-27: Only Murders In the Building <3 Especially if you are into podcasts.

2021-10-20: Discovered this most amazing food bank in our area

2021-10-20: I do enjoy listening music on cassettes. Gives me a weird sense of stability and control, unlike the …

2021-10-19: New Macbook Pro is everything I ever wanted. Except for a price. Yeah.

2021-10-17: Possibly the most expensive gas I ever paid for

2021-10-16: Finally got my copy, in Fort William bookshop no less

2021-10-15: A very cheery looking roundel

2021-10-15: Early morning commute back to the mainland - takes full 3 hours to get back from the Outer Hebrides

2021-10-14: Shooting 16mm on the islands is like 90% of the time down pouring rain, then a sudden sunshine when …

2021-10-13: A bit of droning around Isle of Lewis, up here in the northern Scotland on a foggy morning

2021-10-13: Also a very first trip for my Bolex. Look how happy it is to be out of the box.

2021-10-13: Some serious filming today on the Uist islands

2021-10-13: Island of Benbecula

2021-10-13: Award for the best view from a Co-op parking lot goes to…

2021-10-12: Street signs here in Stornaway are like from Lord of the Rings

2021-10-11: A great looking cinema up here in the North on the islands

2021-10-11: Honestly, Scotland is fantastic. They also have ambitions to bring fiber broadband to every home …

2021-10-11: That’s one tall stone in the circle. Lots of ancient stone circles on the island of Harris.

2021-10-11: This is what I call a proper chocolate sprinkle - solid flakes of chocolate. Breakfast on the island …

2021-10-11: Had to switch my watch face to the one that displays month and week days because I have no idea what …

2021-10-10: Winds are strong on the island of Lewis but tea is hot

2021-10-10: Isle of Lewis is mostly closed on Sunday. Walking paths are open though.

2021-10-10: Island of Lewis today up in the North

2021-10-09: New location unlocked \o/

2021-10-09: Vegetarian Scotch Egg discovered and eaten. Was good.

2021-10-09: Beware of old bridges

2021-10-09: Your average view in Scotland

2021-10-08: Getting my Hasselblad to a scenic route

2021-10-08: If we rent a flat in Edinburgh and buy a car, we could probably drive to the forests of Cairngorms …

2021-10-08: Scottish cheesery and a good boy guarding it

2021-10-08: If you stay here long enough you might see a jumping salmon

2021-10-08: Your average day walk in Scotland

2021-10-08: Best way to find off the path walks in Scotland sobt.co.uk/map/

2021-10-06: You are half way there

2021-10-06: That’s useful - Google Maps warns you of a volcano eruption

2021-10-05: Trekking today

2021-10-04: That awkward moment when Facebook and Instagram are down, but you are using Microblog anyway

2021-10-04: A local pedestrian bridge - opened by The Queen herself of course

2021-10-04: Cairngorms of Scotland are looking very pretty today

2021-10-04: With some trial and error I’d like to conclude that a good amount of Hasselblad magazines to have …

2021-10-04: Serious macro photography is happening

2021-10-04: It’s October in Scotland and it rains here every day and quite chilly too but still I think every …

2021-10-03: Your average coffee place in Scotland

2021-10-03: Authentic Tardis spotted today

2021-10-03: Hello sunny Glasgow!

2021-10-02: You are not in England anymore

2021-10-02: The Dales today

2021-10-02: Fuel is definitely available along the A1 route, but today I paid something like £1,57 for a litre …

2021-10-02: Current fuel situation up in The North

2021-10-02: Hopefully enough film for one trip

2021-10-02: Step one - get a train to the airport, hire a car and drive London to Scotland today

2021-10-02: Off to an epic road trip to Scotland. Let’s see how long we can fuel our car in these trying times.

2021-09-29: Got myself a proper Sekonic after years of shooting film and measuring exposure with iPhone app. …

2021-09-28: Looks like Apple offers 0% financing for iPhones, but no such thing for Macs / Macbooks. This makes …

2021-09-28: It’s September 28th and I just started our house heating for the first time

2021-09-28: This is not a drill - they are going to reboot Babylon 5!

2021-09-27: Perfect fit

2021-09-27: Wait what

2021-09-26: Lizard Point - on medium format slide film. Fuji Provia 100F film and Hasselblad camera.

2021-09-26: Got the classic trilogy on a laserdisc set. This is a 1997 re-release with updated vfx, which is of …

2021-09-25: Camera pigeon

2021-09-25: Well I’ve upgraded my laserdisc player. To be honest I was happy with D515, but unfortunately it …

2021-09-25: New art in the neighbourhood

2021-09-25: Normal people this weekend: buying iPhone 13 Me: buying a top vintage laserdisc player with a bunch …

2021-09-25: Walthamstow village veggies

2021-09-22: iOS15 going strong on my 6 years old iPhone 6S

2021-09-20: Camera work on Sex Education series is excellent, and season 3 was fantastic too

2021-09-20: A bit of London City on 70 years old Argus C3 camera and Kodak Gold film

2021-09-18: Early morning tube

2021-09-18: Early morning train

2021-09-16: Bridge squared

2021-09-16: I wish Slack would allow free floating windows for channels / chats

2021-09-15: A bit of gradually recovering Big Ben on medium format film. Mamiya Press Super 23 camera and Ilford …

2021-09-15: Not only there is pre-ordering of the new Apple devices available, but also there’s …

2021-09-14: I could almost complement the cameras on the new iPhone if I wouldn’t have already a proper …

2021-09-14: Piccadilly Circus on medium format film. Shot with Mamiya Super 23 Press camera on 6x9 format with …

2021-09-13: The Current War is one excellent film if you are into engineering

2021-09-12: Suddenly lions are everywhere in town

2021-09-12: These do look mighty inconspicuous - wear everywhere, film everywhere

2021-09-11: A very yellow cup of coffee

2021-09-11: Got my big Mamiya for a walk today

2021-09-10: Walthamstow cat

2021-09-10: Now I want that pumpkin spiced latte

2021-09-09: Got myself a new cine lens

2021-09-08: Instagram ads be like “hey you’ve installed one iPhone game - how about a hundred more games?”

2021-09-08: Got myself Starcraft Remastered this weekend and although it is of course not “the same” old …

2021-09-08: I bet new Matrix film will be like Indiana Jones 4 - well made, but not much of a purpose

2021-09-01: Instagram started showing ads one after another with no break for the actual content for me today. …

2021-08-31: Also Werner - “Viewfinders on cameras make your cameraman lazy. An experienced cameraman should be …

2021-08-31: Werner Herzog - “Filmmakers who are using storyboards are simply cowards”

2021-08-31: Walthamstow cat

2021-08-30: Shot some London on 16mm motion picture film and here’s some result youtu.be/tDPf45AOl…

2021-08-30: Fresh music on cassettes - and generally a fantastic record store

2021-08-30: I think they might have sandwich

2021-08-27: Got myself the latest cassette of Chemical Brothers

2021-08-26: Early morning freshly roasted

2021-08-26: At this point my tiny home office feels more comfortable and any London office I worked in for the …

2021-08-24: Quality beans

2021-08-23: First scanned frames from my Bolex 16mm camera. Film is Kodak Vision3 250D. This still needs some …

2021-08-23: Garry Kasparov says endgames are so much more important than openings

2021-08-21: More Twin Peaks vibes today

2021-08-21: Taking my camera for a foresty walk today

2021-08-21: Twin Peaks vibes

2021-08-20: Tesla can request clips from its fleet with specific content to teach its AI models - basically …

2021-08-20: “Because our world is based on real world physics, we can easily emulate that and make accurate …

2021-08-17: For your impostor day

2021-08-17: A quality cassette cost over a hundred quid apparently

2021-08-14: Busy weekend at Headcorn airfield

2021-08-12: Whaaat Frostpunk 2 is totally a thing and it is coming hopefully this year

2021-08-12: Buying a cassette Sony Walkman in good condition today is not an easy task

2021-08-10: Well this hopefully should last me for a while. Got a bunch of chrome type II tapes too.

2021-08-09: Got a special cup for cold stale coffee

2021-08-08: Suddenly a proper looking poutin place in Brighton (sadly closed but maybe one day)

2021-08-07: Just a tiny bit rainy and windy today

2021-08-07: Brighton coffee branding is excellent

2021-08-07: If a dropzone scrubs a day because of wind and rain forecast is it still a good idea to go to …

2021-08-06: Making films on film is possible, but very, very slow

2021-08-05: Slowly collecting all the Donkey Kongs

2021-08-04: Got a brand new viewfinder cup for my Bolex - with extra sweets!

2021-08-02: What - a cup of caramel latte from an actual cup? Unbelievable.

2021-08-02: This is one great looking coffee machine

2021-08-02: Automatic close captioning on Google Meet is somehow insanely good even on bad connections when you …

2021-07-31: You’ve got to admire selection of alternative milks in our local bakery. Not a single Oatly in …

2021-07-31: Our dropzone stopped checking jumpers for temperature on arrivals - that’s a first since like Feb …

2021-07-30: I have a theory they adjust volume of a movie in the cinema depending on the amount of people …

2021-07-29: Totally watched Tenet on a school night, on 70mm, no regrets. Gets only better with every rewatch.

2021-07-29: Finally managed to get a hold onto this piece of gaming history. Will try it in action tonight.

2021-07-29: Semi tempted to go see Tenet once again in IMAX on 70mm film since they are doing re-runs now

2021-07-29: Somehow in chess a bishop piece is actually called Elephant in russian chess, and I can’t help …

2021-07-27: Everyone’s got a plan until your knight is eaten

2021-07-27: Vision 3 500T motion picture film, shot on Columbia Road market

2021-07-26: I mean, of course you can buy soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy on an actual cassette

2021-07-25: Evening well spent. Chess are amazing.

2021-07-25: Kodak Vision 3 200T motion picture film shot with Olympus OM10 camera and an orange filter because …

2021-07-25: Epic find for £1

2021-07-25: Only discovered this comic book yesterday and it is sooo good - quality post apocalyptic fiction

2021-07-24: A whole shop dedicated to chess - this is why I love London. Also I found out a set of custom chess …

2021-07-23: Original Banksy spotted on my early morning cycling today

2021-07-23: Pingogeddon

2021-07-22: Great British Pingdemic

2021-07-22: Pandemic of the unvaccinated

2021-07-21: Soho can be so peaceful and empty at 8am on Sunday

2021-07-21: You must drink every time when they say Karman line or Astronaut on Blue Origin broadcast

2021-07-21: I’m semi confident that there is a dead mouse somewhere in our bathroom. With the current …

2021-07-21: First rule of designing alerts - an alert cannot be always on

2021-07-20: I’m totally keeping the mask on - even now with both jabs done

2021-07-20: Sometimes you swipe, sometimes you hold

2021-07-18: Fully vaccinated

2021-07-14: Shooting some analogue made titles for my analogue made short film this morning

2021-07-13: Elephant of Wood Green

2021-07-11: For me this is more about a company not trusting its own employees to structure their work the way …

2021-07-10: Better Call Saul is so good on rewatch when you can just binge it one season at a time

2021-07-10: Also Bolex is the most unusual camera I ever handled. Quite heavy for the size - like, pretty dense …

2021-07-10: Shot a roll of 16mm 250D today with a Bolex - which got through mostly fine and then jammed at the …

2021-07-10: Well shooting 16mm is heavy job

2021-07-07: So what’s the plan - we remove all restrictions in July, party through August and bring back …

2021-07-07: No more arrow keys. Going to try and have vim mode everywhere and for emergencies arrow keys are …

2021-07-07: Is today the day I’ll pluck arrow keys from my keyboard?

2021-07-05: Watched Birds on 16mm - in colour!

2021-07-04: Finished Artemis by Andy Weir and now wondering why they never shoot a movie based on this book? Is …

2021-07-04: New bakery discovered

2021-07-03: A bit cloudy today at Headcorn

2021-07-02: Apple Investing Heavily in Mini-LED Production for Macbook Pros: Report - PetaPixel

2021-07-02: If there’s ever +46C in London I feel like we’ll all just melt in here. Even +25 feels like a lot.

2021-07-01: YouTube Music somehow looks a lot like Spotify lately

2021-07-01: It’s baffling that we even have to say these thing out loud today, but that’s the sad truth of …

2021-06-30: Let’s shoot a major motion picture

2021-06-30: Best kind of neighbours

2021-06-30: I have discovered a Columbian coffee roasters in our area and their coffee is most amazing

2021-06-30: Davinci Resolve is perfect for processing motion picture film scans - it’s literally got …

2021-06-29: Wow that’s one cool looking keyboard. Especially if you like LISP.

2021-06-29: One consequence of owning a programmable keyboard is that it makes you think a lot about how you use …

2021-06-29: Proof driven remote first software project

2021-06-29: Whoa Instagram allows content upload via desktop web browser now. Your bets how long it’ll …

2021-06-28: Skydiving ticket prices had a bit of a jump this year - but then again they were frozen for the past …

2021-06-27: Bike life

2021-06-26: Best toilet experience

2021-06-26: You be you

2021-06-25: One benefit of a 40% keyboard it’s so small there is no need to move your hands around anymore …

2021-06-25: My cinelab just sent me 60Gb of scans from 3 rolls of super8. Good thing my home internet is fast at …

2021-06-25: Someone needs to write a book about debugging unknown systems. “Debugging an alien ship” …

2021-06-24: A matte black Model M keyboard, branded SEGA - super rare too

2021-06-24: 40% with extra 10%

2021-06-24: Build a custom keyboard they said. It’s going to be easy they said.

2021-06-22: Ok one more - a comparison of my 65% to the new 40% side by side. Is this a keyboard I could travel …

2021-06-22: My first attempt at building a 40% keyboard. Numerals are overrated.

2021-06-21: Let’s find out if I can tell the difference

2021-06-20: Massive upgrade to my home retro gaming setup with this Sony CRT we found today on the curb. Plays …

2021-06-20: Guess the tube station

2021-06-19: Also the new Lego typewriter. Looks amazing, but of course you can’t type on it for real.

2021-06-19: Lots of hearts

2021-06-18: Project Hail Mary is one amazing book and truly hope there’s a movie one day. The way Andy …

2021-06-15: Time to face the fact that I have way too many laserdiscs and start selling them to make some space …

2021-06-14: Morning heron from somewhere in Wood Green

2021-06-13: Printing movie titles old school today for my new short film

2021-06-12: Suddenly new ghost sign spotted which was probably covered by ad banner for ages

2021-06-12: I could either keep buying books on filmmaking or buy Kodak film stock and shoot the damn thing

2021-06-10: Oh my

2021-06-09: One of those Wednesdays that feels like Friday but isn’t one

2021-06-08: Lubed Glorious Panda switches are totally cool

2021-06-08: Hide My Email is actually a fantastic feature and I want it

2021-06-08: StackOverflow is down, cannot work

2021-06-08: I’m at that stage when it’s difficult to get excited about new software updates from …

2021-06-06: Back to cinema! 16mm film screening of Dr Strangelove no less

2021-06-05: This is excellent - a comic book by Keanu himself

2021-06-05: Brighton I missed your colours

2021-06-03: Award for the cutest local little library goes to

2021-06-03: New coffee place on the block is finally open

2021-06-03: I need a Bolex in my life

2021-06-02: The new book on writing by JMS is amazing and is this going to be a reason I’ll get back to …

2021-06-02: Might as well stop automatic photo uploads to Google Photos now when every upload will cost £££

2021-06-01: I know the last episode of StarWars did not site well with the most of us (horses on a spaceship!) …

2021-06-01: Somehow if you remove emoji keyboard from iPhone 6 it becomes super fast again

2021-05-31: Ladybug - shot on medium format Fuji 400H film and Kiev 6C camera

2021-05-31: Slowly filming my short documentary around London on super8 film and today all the principal …

2021-05-31: London Bridge station gave up on advertisements and just painted walls solid black

2021-05-30: Police recommendation

2021-05-30: Barbican on Hasselblad

2021-05-28: Goals in life - be a daring “technician”

2021-05-26: GameStop omg

2021-05-26: With all the weird stuff going on at UK border towards EU citizens I might have to apply for a blue …

2021-05-26: I feel like Slack indeed replaced email at work today, but in doing so it also became not fun at all

2021-05-26: There is a fine difference between archive.org and arxiv.org

2021-05-25: Things you spot on flight radar wow

2021-05-25: Stonehenge on a gloomy day - on Ilford Delta 400 film and Hasselblad

2021-05-25: A house in Scottish Highlands you could buy for a price of a studio in London is too good to be true

2021-05-24: Haha omg

2021-05-22: Lubing mechanical switches is a perfect excuse to spend Saturday evening. Takes me about one hour to …

2021-05-21: Too true

2021-05-20: Stowaway is maybe a bit average space flick but I just found Scott “Fly Safe” Manley did consulting …

2021-05-20: Underneath a bridge on Thames - Hasselblad camera with Ilford SFX film

2021-05-20: Love Death and Robots season two is amazing - and somehow they managed to fit a whole new episode of …

2021-05-19: Morning coffee - on Kodak Tmax 3200 very grainy film

2021-05-18: Actually looking forward to lossless music streaming from Spotify and Apple this year. This is …

2021-05-18: “If you attend a course that will provide you with new expertise, knowledge or skills, which …

2021-05-17: Don’t shoot film too close to the falling rocks

2021-05-17: Shot a bunch of super 8 film in the past rainy week in Cornwall. Expect a movie soon.

2021-05-17: Well the new book by Ted Chiang is amazing

2021-05-15: Super cool looking derelict cinema in St Ives 🍿

2021-05-15: Cornwall is overwhelming and I shot way too much film in the last week

2021-05-13: Not only wearing mask in public places protects you from things like COVID and flu, it also stops …

2021-05-13: Wooooo best news of the day

2021-05-13: Warning - keep good social distance from Cornish crab 🦀

2021-05-13: Breakfast burrito is totally a thing

2021-05-12: Take me home, I’m your scone

2021-05-12: Suddenly bought last stock of Fuji Pro 400H in this lovely shop in Penzance. Decent price too! The …

2021-05-12: The thing about having lots of money is that you can spend some of it to convince others that you …

2021-05-12: The most fun to work at a company is before a company figured out all the rules and processes

2021-05-11: Super nice local bookshop here at the edge of the world

2021-05-11: Looks a lot like a former derelict cinema theatre here in Penzance

2021-05-11: Made it to St Michael’s. The island itself is closed for some epic film shooting.

2021-05-10: The great Lizard Post Office 🦎

2021-05-10: My Hasselblad enjoying Cornwall seaside

2021-05-10: Hugging is allowed in Britain starting next week

2021-05-10: Our village name is Treknow and it sort of tells you to stop wasting your time indoors, brave the …

2021-05-10: Epic coast trekking day

2021-05-10: Doing film only holiday filming this week in Cornwall - got Hasselblad with color and bw film, and …

2021-05-10: Having my first ever trip without my mechanical kb and I’m seriously considering building a …

2021-05-09: Getting some firewood 🪵

2021-05-09: This is pretty cool - Google is parsing website of attractions for admission prices

2021-05-09: A bit of a trigger topic for this household

2021-05-09: This must be the cutest littlest Spar

2021-05-09: Migrating a legacy project

2021-05-09: Cornwall for the next week. Lots of Cornish pastries 🥮

2021-05-08: Wooo made it to Stonehenge. Not a lot of visitors today for some reason ☔️

2021-05-08: It plans to rain for the whole week, this must be the week I took off from work

2021-05-07: For my mechanical cameras

2021-05-03: Worlds first ATM apparently was in Enfield 😮

2021-05-03: Possibly the cutest fire engine in London

2021-05-02: In anticipation of May 4th rewatching this classic laserdisc edition and playing SNES game

2021-05-01: Skydiving season opening on this icey day in Kent. Those fluffy clouds you see on background are …

2021-04-29: There is a subtle difference when running 3 January February March Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We …

2021-04-29: Some days I wear nice pants to my home office to make me believe I’m doing a real job

2021-04-29: Some gems you’ll find in the corners of old maps - this tapir lying in the grass is exactly …

2021-04-29: Somehow if you want to rent a car in London for a week-long roadtrip, starting and ending on a …

2021-04-27: Walthamstow today

2021-04-27: Of course there is a Youtube genre where people review typewriters www.youtube.com/watch

2021-04-26: So instead of Bitcoins I’m going to get into a bunch of custom keycap group buys and make a …

2021-04-24: Got some classic coffee from Finland 🇫🇮

2021-04-24: More abandoned cinemas of London

2021-04-23: Actually Apple premium podcasts might not affect Patreon at all as they serve completely different …

2021-04-22: I totally prefer this new online format of Apple events - and production value us getting better …

2021-04-22: Now I can post here straight from Alfred whaaaat

2021-04-22:

2021-04-21: Running Norton Commander on my Mac (well not really - but this theme on Marta app is absolutely …

2021-04-20: I guess MacBook Pro 16’’ is getting the next gen M1 chip later this year? I mean, that’s cool too.

2021-04-20: Is today the day we get 16’’ Macbook Pros with M1 CPU?

2021-04-18: Oh no they are multiplying

2021-04-17: Still got enough of fancy keycaps for a full numpad 🙌 Let’s see what happens tomorrow.

2021-04-17: My Drop Alt keyboard on Ilford HP5+ film

2021-04-17: Ready for the weekend

2021-04-15: This used to be a proper train station

2021-04-15: This is Jurassic Band

2021-04-15: Somehow cheapest colour medium format film today is Fuji Provia

2021-04-13: Super happy for my new Weller. After years in software building something real feels extremely good. …

2021-04-13: Fresh street art somewhere in Walthamstow - on Ilford HP5 film

2021-04-12: Mudlarking - on Hasselblad and medium format Ilford HP5+ film

2021-04-12: A roll of expired in 1992 Ilfocolor film

2021-04-11: Handling the Kings Cross canal lock

2021-04-10: Well after living in London for 8 years I finally sailed through Camden Lock - at night no less 😄

2021-04-10: Crossing the Islington tunnel on a boat today

2021-04-10: Such RGB. This is Cospad PCB.

2021-04-08: Good news about my Olympus OM10 camera - I was pretty sure the shutter was stuck for good, but as it …

2021-04-08: Also some sort of black magic with AliExpress - although the package is from China, there were no …

2021-04-08: Let’s see if I can build a nice macro pad out of this ⌨️

2021-04-08: Treat yourself (and your Pusheen) day

2021-04-08: Ordered myself a Weller

2021-04-07: LAST MILE OF LOCKDOWN

2021-04-06: Ok I need this for my back garden

2021-04-06: Re-learning how to solder. Not too horrible but also not amazing and I’ve definitely screwed up in a …

2021-04-06: Overexposed Portra film on half frame Olympus Pen F

2021-04-05: A bit of soldering for this evening. Also cheap soldering iron is not particularly great when you …

2021-04-04: Let’s shoot a motion picture. Had an idea for a short documentary for a while and it is time to …

2021-04-03: Lots of mudlarks on a perfectly low tide today

2021-04-03: City is crazy empty this weekend. Good news though - I’ve travelled outside of Walthamstow for the …

2021-03-31: Got myself the original SimCity with Bowser

2021-03-30: Got myself a fancy cable for my new keyboard ⌨️

2021-03-30: Watching keyboard building streams been my favourite background activity now, and look there’s cat …

2021-03-29: Yup Alice in Borderlands is an absolute gem of scriptwriting and I bet season 2 is not going to be …

2021-03-29: When in doubt buy some soldering supplies

2021-03-29: Now with UK being out of EU could we please stop changing clocks twice a year and stick to one of …

2021-03-29: There are 100%, 65% and 60% keyboards, however I’m seriously considering right now building a …

2021-03-29: Alice in Borderland is excellent

2021-03-26: Cloudy Stow today

2021-03-25: You are on TV 📺

2021-03-25: Finished Zelda this weekend! Took a month and a half of weekends.

2021-03-22: Hey I’ve built my first keyboard and super thrilled about it now

2021-03-21: Main with all the salads

2021-03-20: Going to quit my job and start making custom bespoke key caps for mechanical keyboards because this …

2021-03-19: A gift of feline performance 🐱

2021-03-18: Weekend project here we go, very exciting

2021-03-18: That time some years ago when I got an official Twin Peaks donut 🍩

2021-03-16: Just learned iPads don’t have a built-in calculator app - and apparently never did

2021-03-15: Something you could do with peel apart Polaroid film - reclaim the original negative film from the …

2021-03-14: Fuji Eterna 500 cinema film - somewhere in Bethnal Green

2021-03-14: Bus to Ilford - on Agfa HDC film

2021-03-13: Frame number zero. On Agfa HDC film.

2021-03-13: It’s not a question if buying NFT:s is stupid - stupid things become valuable all the time. Original …

2021-03-11: Let me present my new Moleskine ⚔️ a present from my wife for our anniversary. And yes, we play …

2021-03-10: Silky finish

2021-03-08: You are being watched

2021-03-07: Couple of more shots on Agfa HDC film from around Walthamstow and Lea River - colors straight from …

2021-03-07: Agfa HDC is by far my favorite expired color film, and from what it seems old stock starts to run …

2021-03-07: So I’ve installed the latest Tweetbot and it is indeed subscription only now - but it is miles …

2021-03-05: Shop window made by my former coworker

2021-03-04: What I miss the most about “normal life” is going to book shops and just checking out new …

2021-03-02: Kodak microfilm custom cut for 35mm - shot around Walthamstow of course, where else :D

2021-02-27: While I’m happy to try as many different photographic films as possible, I’m actually super …

2021-02-27: Stow walking path today made with grave stones

2021-02-27: How do you see yourself in 5 years

2021-02-26: Walthamstow is blooming today

2021-02-25: Wow did not expect such drama from Reply All podcast with two key people leaving the show. WTF.

2021-02-25: No political party cares about gen-z in the U.K. right now and I feel like this might blow up later

2021-02-20: Just defeated this boss in Zelda a Link to the Past and this feels like a major accomplishment for …

2021-02-19: Snowy Walthamstow - on Fuji Acros black and white film

2021-02-19: Another year, another cake 🎂

2021-02-18: So now in Snowpiercer they’ve apparently got rid of Melanie and I really hope that’s not the case …

2021-02-17: Taking a few days off work to play some Zelda 😮

2021-02-16: Last roll of the original Fuji Acros film - shot around Walthamstow on Rollei 35 camera

2021-02-16: Orkney islands seaside on Hasselblad camera and Portra 160 film

2021-02-15: Well the new John Oliver was depressing 🦠

2021-02-15: Clubhouse is like a virus - it demands access to your contacts in order to let you use the only …

2021-02-15: A bowl of fresh prints

2021-02-12: Fresh beans

2021-02-12: Elon Musk: “I’ve asked my engineers to make our space rocket more pointy, because of that …

2021-02-11: They used to improve games back in time by literally plugging extra graphics processing hardware …

2021-02-10: They always tell you to diversify, so now my Dogecoin success is funding my GameStop investment …

2021-02-09: Had no idea but apparently you can become a registered Vim user. So that’s how you get into …

2021-02-09: Miro board with 30 people collaborating on it is something I could watch forever like a fire or sea …

2021-02-08: Firefox’s video pop out feature is an absolute gem, and I love it. Probably not gonna last for …

2021-02-08: London is getting covered in snow ❄️

2021-02-07: Re-watched Tenet and it definitely helped figuring out what is going on, but my brain still hurts …

2021-02-06: Current bean of the week - locally roasted

2021-02-06: The Expanse is great, and is no doubt the best sci-fi show we have right now - but one episode of …

2021-02-05: So my “new” Super Nintendo I bought last week was working, however only in black and white. …

2021-02-03: If I learned anything about investing is that if you wait long enough you almost always win

2021-02-02: Walthamstow cat - on a cool Fuji Neopan CN film no less

2021-02-01: I have Super Nintendo now

2021-01-31: What is going on with Dogecoin 🐶😮

2021-01-31: Very expired roll of 35mm Polaroid High Def film shot on a sunny day

2021-01-30: One weird consequence of having a bunch of different crypto currencies at some point is that I keep …

2021-01-29: The good news is that I have Super Nintendo now. The bad news - it only outputs in black and white. …

2021-01-29: If you are still figuring out what’s going on with GameStop, AOC just made this brilliant live …

2021-01-28: Proud owner of GameStop and AMC stock. Honestly I’m not planning to make any money out of this - I …

2021-01-28: Trying to buy some GameStop stock but apparently I’m not the only one today with this brilliant idea

2021-01-27: A Walthamstow cat today

2021-01-26: Just noticed in addition to the “Like” button for songs in Spotify there’s also a …

2021-01-26: 4 and a half hours of Twin Peaks lore, yes please

2021-01-22: Got myself this brand new pack of photographic paper fresh from Ilford factory - announced literally …

2021-01-22: Seriously considering buying a Super Nintendo. I’m a grown up, I’m allowed to buy one now, …

2021-01-21: Got myself a new Donkey Kong game 🍌

2021-01-21: A roll of Kosmofoto Mono film shot in October with Rollei 35 camera - this time two locks from …

2021-01-19: A film shot that works equally well in positive and original negative. A125 35mm film.

2021-01-17: Fuji Pro 400 film is discontinued and I’m very tempted to buy some now, but at the same time I have …

2021-01-17: Got myself a new lens. Not for a camera this time.

2021-01-16: Are there bugs in Cyberpunk 2077? Oh yeah. Is it still a brilliant game? Absolutely.

2021-01-16: What do you mean each episode of WandaVision cost $25 millions?

2021-01-16: Also Ferrania P30 film, but scanned with a different scanner and so you can tell there’s a bit …

2021-01-16: A roll of Ferrania P30 black and white film turned out to be pretty contrasty

2021-01-12: I’m a big fan of the original X-Files series, however when you re-watch them today there are many …

2021-01-11: Started reading the new Netflix No Rules book and so far it seems that the culture at the company …

2021-01-10: Back in 2005 I used to moderate a popular internet forum (remember those?) with hundreds of new …

2021-01-09: Ahh when I feel like I need some entertainment I go and read fresh reviews on episode 8 of Twin …

2021-01-09: Most of David Lynch’s films basically go like “Hey, everything is a dream. Don’t believe …

2021-01-08: Google Stadia via Ethernet connection makes all the difference - getting solid 4k 60fps with …

2021-01-08: Well this should improve my lockdown printing experience a bit 🎞

2021-01-08: A roll of very expired Ilfocolor 100 film shot around East London. Maybe it’s the new film …

2021-01-08: A roll of very expired Ilfocolor 100 film shot around East London. Maybe it’s the new film …

2021-01-05: Very expired roll of color 35mm Trueprint film

2021-01-03: Upgraded my film scanner to Epson V850 (from V550) and it’s like switching from Prius to Rolls …

2021-01-03: The original Twin Peaks was shot on film and The Return was shot digitally - and they look very …

2020-12-31: This might be the first time when we all realise that new year on its own doesn’t really change …

2020-12-28: Current goal is to watch all seasons of Twin Peaks back to back with the feature film and The …

2020-12-26: No Cyberpunk 2077 for me - apparently it requires the very latest update to Windows 10 and my PC …

2020-12-24: Can I have my Hugo blog somehow Micropub compatible?

2020-12-23: Yay a whole new book on Christopher Nolan. Thank you very much, I’m going to read this over the …

2020-12-23: The Expanse aftershow episodes on Youtube are so good

2020-12-22: This whole story with Navalny is a testament to why an organisation based on fear instead of reason …

2020-12-21: Upgraded to Big Sur and suddenly my root password stopped being recognised. Apparently that was a …

2020-12-21: Suddenly tier 3 doesn’t sound that bad

2020-12-21: Finnair decided to pull the plug and now selling holiday flights in VR. This might be the only type …

2020-12-20: So Twitter decided it’s time to start advertising supercars in my timeline. Why? How? At the same …

2020-12-19: You are not a true gamer until you’ve replaced a battery in a Nintendo cartridge 😆

2020-12-19: London tier 4 restrictions here we go 😷

2020-12-19: WarioLand is an absolute gem and it is pretty amazing how amazing a game can be with like 4 shades …

2020-12-18: Whaaat you can attach proper video files to Github pull requests now? Instead of giant gif files? …

2020-12-18: It’s like Cinema God themself made the finale

2020-12-18: Got some chocolate from Finland 💙

2020-12-18: New season of The Expanse is excellent so far and I can’t help but think things become so much …

2020-12-16: A $550 headphones that would not let you work with sound in any professional capacity. Wireless …

2020-12-16: My new job is amazing

2020-12-15: Mank OST is the new Random Access Memories

2020-12-15: Absence of privacy is a double edged sword

2020-12-14: Migrated my good old blog to Hugo alexsavin.me/posts/202… I wonder if I could also add …

2020-12-13: David Fincher’s Mank is a fantastic piece of cinematography but I’m still not getting why they …

2020-12-13: Biggest disappointment with Ready Player Two is indeed the main character who acts extremely …

2020-12-12: Ready Player Two wasn’t horrible but it is a far cry from the original book 😬 3/5

2020-12-11: Year 2020 has been mostly about staying home indeed. You can clearly see both lockdowns in this …

2020-12-11: Instagram fighting against TikTok is like Lukashenko vs Belarusian people

2020-12-10: Got myself a new Zelda game

2020-12-10: I am also aware than Cyberpunk 2077 is out today, but there is still a new DLC of Outer Worlds to be …

2020-12-10: I’ve got a cartridge of Super Mario Land and a Gameboy, and this totally makes me more happy …

2020-12-09: Not sure why I’m surprised but if you want to acquire a cat or a dog in the UK today you might …

2020-12-08: Quality content - today’s arrival from Finland 🇫🇮

2020-12-08: Andy Burrill at Covent Garden. Fomapan film and Hasselblad camera.

2020-12-08: If you are like me after some Finnish movies of the past it seems like DVDs are still pretty much …

2020-12-08: Our landlord gave us official permission to get a pet cat (1 item). Omg.

2020-12-04: Google gives up on the whole “let’s never delete any user content” thing

2020-12-03: A £100 of film 🎞

2020-12-02: Slack is a $78B company that somehow broken threads in the side bar. You know how you click on …

2020-12-02: My second Spotify discovery of the year is that there are 7 volumes of soundtrack from Mr Robot, and …

2020-12-02: Spotify top 2020 songs personal playlist is up, and to no surprise Contagion motion picture …

2020-12-01: I’m following ~600 people on Twitter and getting about new 10 stories a day. Are Twitter Stories a …

2020-11-30: I never had the original Gameboy (or any Gameboy really) and it is one incredible machine. Awesome …

2020-11-30: Got myself a new Nintendo console 🔥

2020-11-29: Dark November days are perfect reason to do some darkroom photo printing

2020-11-28: “And you too can achieve anything”. I missed this game.

2020-11-27: Got some decent chai for these cold days

2020-11-27: Apparently there are at least a few ongoing attempts at filming The Three Bodies Problem - including …

2020-11-27: Lockdown in London is being lifted next week and we are put into “tier 2” (out of 3 levels of …

2020-11-26: Spotify seems to be the most decent podcast player on Mac today

2020-11-26: On one hand there is Ready Player Two book. On the other I could read the last part of the Three …

2020-11-24: Fomapan film and Hasselblad

2020-11-24: My first ever software programming experience was using this computer. You make logical chains using …

2020-11-24: Soooo yes this happened 🎥😭

2020-11-23: Wakehurst botanical gardens on Kodak Aero film

2020-11-21: I remember times when I’d use Google Maps to find a good cup of coffee and not to check in on the …

2020-11-20: Stories are now part of Twitter, but I just wanted to say that sometimes it is also ok not to post …

2020-11-20: Heavy winds on Orkney Islands. Hasselblad camera and Portra 160 film.

2020-11-19: In case you’ve missed this, starting Jan 1st you can’t simply arrive to the UK and start …

2020-11-19: More film - 35mm Fujicolor C200 - shot around Broadway Market in East London

2020-11-19: Agfa HDC expired film

2020-11-18: Whoa Starlink is already available in North America and speed is between 50-100Mbps which is amazing …

2020-11-17: I’ll take this over new Xbox any time

2020-11-17: So another consequence of myself getting Nintendo Super Mario Game&Watch is that I’m now …

2020-11-17: If you decide to leave Creative Cloud, they give you 40% off your annual plan 💥

2020-11-17: Alright, first mince pie of the year. Christmas here we go. And yes, there’s already Christmas …

2020-11-16: You can say anything you want about Linkedin but it is the most amazing tool when you are trying to …

2020-11-16: The biggest challenge of corporate Slack etiquette is the balance amount of different channels and …

2020-11-15: Agfa HDC is maybe discontinued and expired but still an amazing film even when shot and developed …

2020-11-14: I mean, I could buy a new iPhone, or I could buy a refurbished Beaulieu 4008 super 8 motion picture …

2020-11-13: Got myself a new Nintendo console

2020-11-13: Have a cuppa. Ilford HP5+ 400 film 🎞

2020-11-13: Soviet super 8 motion picture color reversal film was totally a thing at some point in history

2020-11-12: Mr Robot soundtrack is of course most excellent

2020-11-11: Orkney islands seaside on film. Kodak Portra 160 and Hasselblad camera.

2020-11-10: A nice touch was demoing Davinci Resolve on new MacBook with native support for the new chip. I love …

2020-11-10: All Intel based CPU desktops are legacy products now

2020-11-10: U.K. government: “We will have the best Brexit there is and it’s going to be so good for your …

2020-11-10: “The new iPhone is a perfect phone for the life I used to live before the pandemic” - that’s a …

2020-11-10: If you feel like the smartest person in the room, you should also consider speaking the least and …

2020-11-10: U.K. is stopping freedom of movement for EU nationals starting January 1st. Pretty sure it’s a huge …

2020-11-09: Blue sky today

2020-11-09: Thinking of ScreenHero still hurts even today

2020-11-09: One way of testing if your codebase is maintainable - if there is a function and it is called, I …

2020-11-08: On one hand PlayStation 5 is out with 8K HDR graphics. On another hand I can still play Heroes of …

2020-11-07: Phew

2020-11-07: Here’s a pic from Columbia Road

2020-11-07: This is the strangest lockdown - lots of people on the streets, everything is open, Broadway market …

2020-11-06: Cool clouds today over Walthamstow

2020-11-06: Tenet is coming on blurays in December and that’s the best news of the day so far ⏰

2020-11-05: Despite the final outcome there are still 68 million people who voted for Trump. America, you’ve got …

2020-11-05: Mavic Mini 2 looks most amazing, and wind resistance is probably one of the most important new …

2020-11-05: Things indeed look much better today than yesterday 💙

2020-11-04: This is a crossing from one Orkney island to another. It is only available during low tides. Did we …

2020-11-03: So Tidal is offering CD quality streaming for £1 / month and I’m like nah I’m good with …

2020-11-03: Job of a software developer can be daunting but I’m still amazed at the fact that I press …

2020-11-02: More epic Scotland on film - Hasselblad and Portra 160

2020-11-02: The main problem with cookie popups is not the popups themselves but the fact that you have to close …

2020-11-02: Ring of Brodgar on Orkney Islands - shot on Portra 160 film and Hasselblad

2020-11-02: Most amazing story of audio books for blind in the UK and the tech around it since 1930:s …

2020-11-01: Movies are still happening

2020-11-01: Today is also the very last day of a weeken before second lockdown in England. Something tells me …

2020-11-01: Found the very first subway line of London - or what remains of it. This used to be an underground …

2020-10-31: Camden Town on this rainy day

2020-10-31: Something tells me there will be a new lockdown in London soon 😬

2020-10-28: Well I’ve learned a Swedish word for a cookie today. It is indeed KAKOR. Also, Amazon is now in …

2020-10-27: Slack removed arrow-up shortcut for quick editing of your last message and this is just killing me

2020-10-26: Just finished and it is indeed one amazing story

2020-10-25: I feel like I’m being watched. Mayfair today.

2020-10-24: Mandalorian has taken over The Lego Shop

2020-10-24: Shooting some vintage Ilfocolor today

2020-10-24: Turned out this abandoned building next to Lidl parking in Stow is actually a cinema built in 1909. …

2020-10-23: Stow fox 🦊

2020-10-22: Today’s cats of Walthamstow

2020-10-22: Very happy about my watch face

2020-10-22: Walthamstow is very positive today 🍷

2020-10-20: Whoa Osmo Pocket 2 looks incredibly cool and from the looks of it they’ve fixed the weakest …

2020-10-20: Monzo Premium looks great. If only I’d have a need to travel and a new iPhone to insure.

2020-10-20: Cairngorms national park in Scotland on Kodak Ektachrome slide film

2020-10-16: Unsurprisingly there is a whole genre of music on the topic of AMONG US

2020-10-16: If you happen to have subscription to Masterclass.com, a course on the art of negotiations with …

2020-10-16: London is sort of under lockdown starting this weekend, but not really. Everything is going to be …

2020-10-15: Disney+ maybe has all the StarWars movies but it doesn’t have Hard Time on Planet Earth 😢

2020-10-14: An engineer needs 3 hours of uninterrupted time to get 1 hour of engineering done

2020-10-14: Also while 🍎 is announcing new 4K HDR 60fps video in a phone, I’m seriously considering stocking …

2020-10-14: This should be a sign for year 2020. Fuji Provia slide film, shot somewhere on Orkney Islands.

2020-10-14: For “A day in the life” micro.blog photo challenge #adayinthelife 13:00 London time on October 13th …

2020-10-14: I really like the new blue iPhone. But my iPhone 6S+ still doing perfectly fine. It’s getting all …

2020-10-13: Youtube is now banning not only the music, but also a copyrighted melody in a completely different …

2020-10-12: Your friendly reminder from Shoreditch

2020-10-12: At some point of life you just have to accept that everything changes - even the URL:s of webpages. …

2020-10-12: Sometimes I wonder if the whole CSS in JS thing is a plot to keep hourly rates high and only let …

2020-10-11: Apple is doing this whole “iPhone === privacy” campaign and although I don’t believe it, it does …

2020-10-11: Microblog 2.0 actually so good I wonder if I even need a dedicated separate blog. Might as well post …

2020-10-10: Myself and Hasselblad - on ORWO motion picture film with proper grain :D

2020-10-10: Yorkshire views on Kodak Portra 160 film and Hasselblad camera

2020-10-10: Made it to the Lego shop today \o/ New Star Wars Cantina set is fantastic although not cheap in any …

2020-10-09: It’s been some time since a website asked me to install Flash. Yes you can still download and …

2020-10-09: Oh look you can increase the amount of tiles in Google Meet to fit everyone on the screen

2020-10-08: Haha I’m sure these people think they can restrict freedom of movement only for EU citizens while …

2020-10-07: Just in case you are wondering are there any alternatives to NordVPN - I’ve generally …

2020-10-07: After 7 years in London we caved and bought a table top dishwasher machine. With a top up tank. Yes, …

2020-10-07: I’m rewatching classic seasons of X-Files and keep thinking that most of the episodes …

2020-10-06: Another thing which still happens in London is door-to-door sales. No masks too.

2020-10-05: Whoa Slack is having problems today

2020-10-04: When choosing internet service today what I usually think of is who is going to own my data and what …

2020-10-04: Shoreditch on slide Ektachrome film

2020-10-04: New Hasselblad 907X is cool, but imagine how much medium format slide film you could buy for the …

2020-10-03: The only complaint I have about wearing a mask in public transport - it’s difficult to enjoy my …

2020-10-03: Cloudy Blackhorse Road station today

2020-10-02: My 7 years old bespoke static site generator finally broke, and I think I’m going to migrate my old …

2020-10-02: Slide Ektachrome film is of course one of the best color films today

2020-10-02: Ah yes, October in London

2020-10-01: I’ve also received my roll of super 8 film back from the lab. Now where could I find a decent …

2020-10-01: East London cat on Fuji Industrial film 🎞

2020-09-29: AgfaVista 200 film, somewhere around Walthamstow

2020-09-27: Wakehurst today - and my current choice of photographic weapons for a Sunday stroll

2020-09-27: Epic weekend skies

2020-09-27: Ottolenghi art

2020-09-26: Basically Breaking Bad somehow set in DC superhero universe. Perfect.

2020-09-26: Our favourite local restaurant is closed because of pandemic but they’ve started doing Treat …

2020-09-26: A bit of the City today

2020-09-25: Friday feeling

2020-09-24: Scotland and Finland friends pin

2020-09-22: Somehow there’s no pumpkin spiced lattes in London Starbucks this year. Or maybe it is already gone …

2020-09-22: “There is absolutely nothing scientifically speaking that would stop a second pandemic start …

2020-09-22: Stanisla and a cat of Canary Wharf

2020-09-22: If they are not going to put a new lockdown might try getting back to Wakehurst one day

2020-09-20: Bought some tea

2020-09-20: There’s definitely a feeling that London might get a new lockdown in a week or two so now is the …

2020-09-20: Columbia Road market is open but the entry is limited and there is a significant queue to get in 😬

2020-09-20: New book!

2020-09-20: Will there be a moment when people decide there are too much ads on YouTube and stop watching vids …

2020-09-19: Back in time when my previous job used to fit in a small coworking space on Brick Lane

2020-09-19: In other news - my dropzone abides by the latest U.K. no more than 6 people rules

2020-09-19: Skydiving this season is sort of slow thanks to the worldwide pandemic, but hey, I’ve got now enough …

2020-09-17: Enjoying my new 16” MacBook way too much. Screen size is brilliant, keyboard feels reliable, and …

2020-09-17: iOS 14 is available for my iPhone 6S and it is now 5 years of support from Apple for this model 👍

2020-09-16: Started a new job today - this time in Medtech. In other positive news - my new company is using …

2020-09-16: Starting a new job in September weirdly feels like going back to school. Yup I’ve got myself a …

2020-09-15: New series on the classic book is out 💚

2020-09-15: Get those extra steps

2020-09-15: Google Maps voice guidance apparently got some ad integration now - and it’s a clever one. “In a …

2020-09-15: This street is indeed pretty small

2020-09-14: Time is really the most important resource. You can buy stuff with money but unless you also have …

2020-09-14: Suddenly they’ve upgraded our room at our very last stop of the journey, and there are like …

2020-09-14: A bit of Leicestershire for the closing part of our epic adventure. Back to London tomorrow.

2020-09-14: Pencil museum is totally a thing

2020-09-13: Made it to the Kelpies today too - a quality driving day to Falkirk and then all the way to Lake …

2020-09-13: Just look at this cinema theatre 💙🎞

2020-09-13: So long Scotland! Your Starbucks cups are the prettiest.

2020-09-13: After 2 weeks of driving the rented car I’ve discovered lane assist. It can keep the car within the …

2020-09-12: Scotland Blue

2020-09-12: Crossing the Northern Sea on a choppy day

2020-09-12: Going around the island of Hoy

2020-09-12: We also got icecream so all is well

2020-09-12: Ferry back to the mainland is now 30 min late and the crossing will take 2 hours vs normal 1h 30min. …

2020-09-12: And boarded on the ferry. Let’s see how choppy the waters are today. Leaving from Stromness to …

2020-09-12: Stanisla and a random honesty box of Orkney treats on the road

2020-09-12: Well that was sort of expected considering the winds yesterday and today. This is a warning …

2020-09-11: Ring of Brodgar - think of Stonehenge but older and far up north. 27 stones in a perfect circle.

2020-09-11: For a moment I read this the wrong way

2020-09-11: I’ve got to say that owning 3000 Brownie boxes is not a particular challenge but still a valiant …

2020-09-11: I think I’ve just experienced strongest wind in my life 💨 otherwise it’s perfectly nice and sunny …

2020-09-11: Flying a drone with winds like these on Orkney islands is extremely tricky but yesterday I managed …

2020-09-10: Stanisla fighting the winds of Orkney

2020-09-10: Double rainbows of Orkney

2020-09-10: Doing a bit of island hopping today. No ferry needed. Yes it is only ok during the low tide. And yes …

2020-09-10: Revolut keep demanding the ID verification and all I want is to close their account. However to …

2020-09-10: Best burger on Orkney

2020-09-10: Checking for daily weather forecast at Orkney is pretty useless - it is often everything at the same …

2020-09-10: Neolithic village of Skara Brae famous for inventing shelves 5000 years ago. (the part about shelves …

2020-09-10: So the good news is that my first ever super 8 film is now developed and scanned and is available …

2020-09-09: First proper trip for my Hasselblad. I bet it never saw so many lichens.

2020-09-09: Kirkwall is the capital of Orkadians

2020-09-09: Orkney is incredibly pretty. Exploring The Gloup yesterday.

2020-09-09: Crossing the choppy waters on a Northlink ferry from Scrabster to Stromness

2020-09-08: Instagram today reminds me of a graveyard of all the startups Mark tried to destroy

2020-09-08: If I ever own a cafe I’m calling it…

2020-09-08: Made it to the islands. It’s a bit windy here.

2020-09-07: Off to the islands! Crossing the Northern Sea today.

2020-09-07: The northernmost town on the island

2020-09-07: Now I’ve driven from London all the way to Thurso this island doesn’t feel big anymore

2020-09-06: Museum of Scottish Lighthouses is the coolest place ever

2020-09-06: View towards village of Crovie today in Scotland

2020-09-06: Cup of tea with a view

2020-09-06: Museum of lighthouses is a thing and it is so cool!

2020-09-05: Route 250 today - coastal Aberdeenshire is incredibly beautiful although somewhat moody weather wise

2020-09-05: Aberdeen town today

2020-09-05: This definitely awakes childhood memories - both the original SMB and Game & watch, which of …

2020-09-05: I wish there would be electric and hybrid options when renting a car in the U.K.

2020-09-05: Trekking to An Lochan Uaine on a sunny day. (was actually raining every 10 mins but we made it …

2020-09-04: Puggy Line trail 🚂

2020-09-04: Professional photo session for local shroomies. On slide film no less!

2020-09-03: Cairngorms today on our way to Loch Muick

2020-09-03: Also in today’s program - pink castle 🏰 Craigievar Castle is closed for the public but you can still …

2020-09-03: Loch Kinord on a brief sunny moment today. Trekking Cairngorms park for the next few days before …

2020-09-02: Today’s day trip from Northumberland to Cairngorms of Scotland. Lots of rain and at some point the …

2020-09-02: Northern Angel of Newcastle on a brief sunny moment today

2020-09-02: Made it to Northern Angel today

2020-09-02: It’s been raining cats and dogs since we crossed the border

2020-09-02: Driving from Northumberland all the way to Scotland today, with a few mandatory stops for tea and …

2020-09-01: Having a personal castle in Northumberland in 12th century was surely a huge pain

2020-09-01: The most amazing bookshop. Yes, this is a former train station. The platforms are filled with books …

2020-09-01: Be a lion and keep your tail straight. Alnwick town today with a glimpse of a castle.

2020-09-01: Some of the plants were kept in proper cages too 😬

2020-09-01: I should mention that in Finland parking discs are a huge part of local culture. They are strong …

2020-09-01: A very rare situation when parking is free but you need a parking discs. It is so rare in the U.K. …

2020-09-01: Dine in style in the former waiting rooms while contemplating your next book purchase

2020-09-01: What is town of Alnwick and why they have the best second hand book shop - occupying a full sized …

2020-08-31: Not your average spa place

2020-08-31: This Yorkshire cat joined us for afternoon tea somewhere in Dales ☕️

2020-08-31: Your average dwelling in Harrogate of The North

2020-08-31: What is town of Harrogate and why it has more posh boutiques than Knightsbridge?

2020-08-31: British island is about the same size as Finland, however driving long distances with a car (think …

2020-08-30: Heather fields of Yorkshire with Stanisla today

2020-08-30: Town of Whitby is very picturesque, on steep hills and with its own harbour and beach. Also you can …

2020-08-30: Weekdays are easy forgotten when on holidays and today we were reminded that on Sundays Great …

2020-08-30: So I guess no sending my drone to pick up some groceries.

2020-08-29: A day of rain and wind in Lincolnshire. I think it qualifies as a storm. Not that it would keep us …

2020-08-29: Yep so this thing happened today. No need to register it with CAA but of course still must obey the …

2020-08-29: A fail of epic proportions - I’ve got my drone for a trip but no controller to fly it. It’s entirely …

2020-08-29: First time in movies since Christmas I believe. A total treat. Peak Nolan. ⏰

2020-08-28: The original plan was to drive in one day from London to Northumberland (if not to Scotland), which …

2020-08-28: Day 1 of our trip - pretty intense drive out of London and towards The North. We made it to Hull …

2020-08-28: What is this magic? Not only Google knows I’ve got a car, but also shows me where it is parked 😮 …

2020-08-28: Next two weeks of gear - the plans are epic and lots of photography is expected 🎞

2020-08-26: If you need some quality sci-fi to watch, Prospect is excellent

2020-08-26: Abandoned tube station on Foma 200 medium format film and Hasselblad camera

2020-08-21: Making some YouTube videos

2020-08-18: I’ll be very busy for the next couple of days

2020-08-17: Can I say that I’m enjoying hand sanitisers now available for free on every corner and in every …

2020-08-16: Two years ago when we could still travel around the world, train station in Moscow and a sleeper …

2020-08-16: First time dining in since March 😮☕️

2020-08-16: Taking big camera for a spin today 🎞

2020-08-16: Feeling very safe now

2020-08-15: Rainy days are perfect for reading thick books

2020-08-15: If both Trump and Lukashenko will loose their power this year, 2020 might be an ok year after all

2020-08-12: TENET is totally happening this month, and it is on 70mm film 15 perf too

2020-08-10: Best hand sanitizer in town

2020-08-09: Also, skip Bloomberg when looking for a job

2020-08-09: I need to write a proper blog on WFH but meanwhile here’s an excellent point

2020-08-08: Winter is not the only problem in the U.K. 😬

2020-08-08: On one hand the weather is perfect for skydiving today. On the other - it’s +34 degrees

2020-08-07: Temporarily migrated back to my Macbook Pro from year 2013 and it is still incredibly snappy and it …

2020-08-06: Cinema experience today. Despite the need to wear a mask for the whole duration of the film I would …

2020-08-04: PSA on Kodak Pro Image 100 film

2020-08-03: Knock Down The House documentary is now free on Youtube and you should totally watch it if you …

2020-08-01: Haven’t done any wing walking today but I did jump 3 times on this sunny Saturday 🪂

2020-08-01: Somehow this makes me more happy than buying a real Nintendo console 😭

2020-07-29: It’s not enough to have settled status in the UK in order to be eligible to vote in local …

2020-07-29: Ghosting is a naturally occurring phenomenon when you think everything is going well in your …

2020-07-29: Cats of Walthamstow

2020-07-25: And another rainy weekend in Headcorn. At least they have coffee and I can catch up on reading my …

2020-07-25: Not exactly the most popular time to advertise anything else but social distancing and cycling 🚴‍♀️

2020-07-21: My code will be printed on film and stored forever in the ice of Arctic

2020-07-21: Ah look, good old hex editing is now part of VSCode

2020-07-21: Yodica film does indeed produce unpredictable colours in every frame 😀🎞

2020-07-19: Aerodrome sandwich and coffee today. Lots of clouds too.

2020-07-17: Upgraded to holographic tier

2020-07-14: I wish I could have Spotify but with Winamp experience - with cool custom skins and music …

2020-07-13: East London colors on Fuji Superia film

2020-07-12: Rare soviet microfilm camera fixing is in progress

2020-07-11: Brick Lane today

2020-07-11: So Apple can detect my phone model on Twitter and push a personalised ad to try and convince me to …

2020-07-10: Spotify won’t start today, apparently because of Facebook outage

2020-07-10: On SSD durability

2020-07-08: Fantastic episode by This American Life on everyday COVID-19 in hospitals overcast.fm

2020-07-07: Naming variables is hard, but here is one hint - if a value involves a unit, always have this unit …

2020-07-07: We used to have a social contract when getting a personal mobile phone that if it rings, you must …

2020-07-07: Healthcare tech sector is definitely booming right now - lots of tech startups are hiring

2020-07-06: Frostpunk official soundtrack is on Spotify open.spotify.com

2020-07-05: Pubs are reopening this weekend

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2020-07-02: Well that’s one bold design for an audio recorder

2020-06-29: Our dropzone has published concrete plans of coming out of the quarantine. It is going to be …

2020-06-28: Fuji Industrial 100 film somewhere around Woodford

2020-06-28: Two failed attempts to finish Frostpunk Last Autumn campaign so far and my god this is the most …

2020-06-25: Must be all the podcasts they bought

2020-06-22: Let’s not forget ARM used to be Acorn Computers

2020-06-22: Love the new Apple keynote format. Doesn’t matter that it is prerecorded. Fast paced, to the point, …

2020-06-21: A semi regular reminder to myself that Kodak Portra is the best film out there

2020-06-21: Hand sanitisers by TFL

2020-06-20: And yes, your Frostpunk workers can totally go to strike and refuse to work, even in the face of …

2020-06-20: Fronstpunk while it’s +10 outside with forests and seaside. What looked like a walk in the …

2020-06-20: Eel and pie place is for sale - and it is a freehold too!

2020-06-20: Pick a book from the window and order it online with free local shipping

2020-06-19: My parachute is services, reserve is repacked and everything is ready to go. Now let’s just …

2020-06-19: From my series of abandoned East London cinemas

2020-06-18: I keep manual coffee bean grinder because on some days it is the only exercise I get

2020-06-17: A major trend of iOS apps lately - you must perform all financial transaction, subscriptions and …

2020-06-16: Well that was a perfect find this weekend 🎞 www.imdb.com Dark Waters (2019) A corporate defense …

2020-06-16: Our neighbour showed me his collection of mechanical typewriters yesterday. Two things - the …

2020-06-15: Facebook started firing engineers who questioned company moral stance. Can’t say I’m …

2020-06-14: From the series of East London semi-abandoned cinemas

2020-06-12: Quote of the day

2020-06-12: If you ever wondered is there a word to describe a person who likes watches and clocks - it’s …

2020-06-11: Expired Fuji film on Lea river

2020-06-11: A bit of expired Fuji film from Stoke Newington

2020-06-09: A Kodak moment on High Street

2020-06-09: Instagram started supporting 60fps videos and now suddenly you can tell who’s got a new phone and …

2020-06-08: Apparently Fatboy Slim been releasing weekly lockdown mixtapes on Youtube for free, and they are …

2020-06-07: Community is kindness

2020-06-07: My homepage, now with dark mode support

2020-06-07: Find of today’s cycling around Walthamstow - this amazingly looking cinema. When I’m old and rich …

2020-06-06: Shoot some slide film they said. It’s going to be fun they said.

2020-06-06: Upload -tv show is excellent material for weekend binging. It’s like Black Mirror but on a good day. …

2020-06-05: Touch screen interface in the new SpaceX rocket is written in JavaScript on top of Chromium

2020-06-05: You are not supposed to call Falcon 9 rocket that has successfully been launched and landed - a …

2020-06-05: Did a blog on idempotency in apps alexsavin.me/eng/posts…

2020-06-05: Good old London

2020-06-03: Slack nowadays looks like support tickets queue where every message is followed by a lengthy thread. …

2020-06-02: I’m 100% with TheVerge www.theverge.com/21277579/… If social media would simply adhere …

2020-06-01: Also tried today log based metrics in StackDriver for a bit, then gave up and built a dashboard …

2020-06-01: Switched to Spark email app on Mac after using it on my phone for a year. I’ve switched to …

2020-05-31: This success of SpaceX basically means an end to Russian space program in its current state. …

2020-05-31: You would think Internet overnight would be full of updates on the ongoing Falcon 9 mission but …

2020-05-30: In other news - bought my first super 8 film camera today 🎥

2020-05-30: Best day of 2020 so far with the first manned fight on Falcon 9 today 🚀

2020-05-30: Alan Wake is basically Twin Peaks The Game

2020-05-29: This is new - a referral bonus for a person getting to the interview stage

2020-05-29: Did someone say hiring in IT is slow these days?

2020-05-29: Wrote about atomicity and how it can help building fault tolerant systems …

2020-05-28: Ok hint of the day - if you don’t want your Macbook Pro to overheat, charge it from the right …

2020-05-28: I see Google is actively pushing updates to Meet - this is very much appreciated

2020-05-26: Ah yes, the most important hint to avoid burn out - never ever put your job above your friends or …

2020-05-26: My general hint for avoiding burn out in a long run is - stick to working hours and never ever work …

2020-05-25: Coffee in the garden. Kodak Colorplus 200 35mm film.

2020-05-25: One more pinhole film shot from our garden

2020-05-25: A bit of pinhole film photography on a 3D printed and self assembled camera

2020-05-24: Our main source of quality beans nowadays. Free local delivery, and biodegradable bags! ☕️

2020-05-23: We can’t travel so I’ve ordered some beans from Stratford-upon-Avon

2020-05-22: Is Spotify the next Youtube?

2020-05-22: If most tech companies go remote, not only it would be easier to hire talent not based on …

2020-05-21: I think I’m warming up to pineapple flavoured Jaffa cookies

2020-05-21: Pretty amazing how you can do a talk on advanced software engineering just with circles, squares and …

2020-05-20: Can’t really call my current job easy, but in one way I’m fortunate enough to see how …

2020-05-19: Math and typesetting threadreaderapp.com

2020-05-18: Final bit for comfortable PR reviewing in VSCode - GH+ colour theme. I’m officially abandoning …

2020-05-18: Remember times when you could go and visit Chinatown?

2020-05-18: Significant delays in quality beans delivery 😢

2020-05-16: What is this new generation of Captcha?

2020-05-16: Whoa iA Writer now supports Micropub publishing Whoa iA Writer now supports Micropub publishing

2020-05-15: In other news - we are maybe coming back to work from our office after June 30th. But not everyone. …

2020-05-15: My current job encourages to take holidays while at the same time asks to work extra on the weekend …

2020-05-15: Town Kilin in Scotland with an epic stone bridge and waterfalls

2020-05-15: Next seasons of our favorite shows will probably be filmed remotely using Unreal Engine 5.

2020-05-14: Loch Lomond last October

2020-05-14: Scotland is amazing and my vague plan was to spend at least some time there this year too. I wonder …

2020-05-12: “The British government will today set out details on how to make workplaces safer”. As one of my …

2020-05-11: One of the interesting consequences of this year might be skydivers all around the world loosing …

2020-05-07: Interesting Chrome feature - if one of the background tabs suddenly starts playing sound, it will be …

2020-05-06: Oh look, milkman brought us eggs today. This does feel like an olive branch 🕊

2020-05-05: I need a course in office politics

2020-05-03: The fact that Davinci Resolve exists almost makes me want to make a Linux based editing workstation

2020-05-03: It’s been some time since I saw MacOS black screen of death and today it was Davinci Resolve that …

2020-05-03: Last episode of the epic Scotland vlog is getting cut

2020-05-02: Is there really no way of sharing a screen and controlling an iPhone from an iPad?

2020-04-29: Comments in the code are needed not because you need to explain what code is doing, but instead why …

2020-04-29: In many ways I like analog reproduction of film and music over digital is that digital always does …

2020-04-29: Another consequence of the pandemic is that more new movies might actually start being released …

2020-04-28: Does open office floor counts as a large gathering of people?

2020-04-27: Oh no broadband internet is down now, how will I watch the show finale of Homeland

2020-04-27: Quality weekend with Fronstpunk - a proper challenging survival strategy with a massive list of …

2020-04-26: Someone should make an account with all the giant fishes from old maps

2020-04-24: They say economic recession this year is going to be worst than in 2008

2020-04-23: Fleabag is too good

2020-04-23:

2020-04-21: Great news of the day - there will be season 6 of Better Call Saul

2020-04-21: Now with oil price in the negative we are going to find out which apps are going to break and who …

2020-04-21: “Finland is what you really want” Half way through Fleabag season 1

2020-04-18: Droning around Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye

2020-04-17: There is a Starbucks cup in every shot of Fight Club

2020-04-16: Isle of Skye definitely had its moments

2020-04-15: Getting groceries online is a huge challenge - most shops have either stopped deliveries or have …

2020-04-15: Ah here we go, an introductory course into COBOL and how to use it with VSCode …

2020-04-15: Well here’s an investment idea - learn some COBOL www.theverge.com/2020/4/14…

2020-04-14: Town of Ullapool in Northern Scotland

2020-04-14: Rocks of Northern Scotland last October

2020-04-13: Among other things that are completely sold off are VR headsets. Is this the VR breakthrough we’ve …

2020-04-13: Feeling

2020-04-13: Also I made a mixtape of songs about coronavirus www.spreaker.com/user/immi…

2020-04-13: Every time I call my mom in suburbs of Soviet Russia - “Hey if you feel sick just call a …

2020-04-12: Remember time when you could just take a plane and go anywhere? Fomapan 400 medium format film and …

2020-04-11: Civ VI is also a perfect excuse to stay indoors for the whole duration of Easter holidays

2020-04-11: Civilization 6 is an excellent continuation of the series. I do realise it’s been 10 years …

2020-04-10: Starship Troopers is of course an excellent film 🚀

2020-04-09: I bet staying indoors on this gorgeous Easter weekend is going to be incredibly difficult

2020-04-09: It’s summer weather today so literally everyone are outside on the streets today

2020-04-09: Somebody is signing all the trees in our area

2020-04-08: I feel like you must know - there is a whole new genre of music made about coronaviris pandemic with …

2020-04-08: Eggs are mostly gone from all the shops and even our local milkman stopped delivering 🥚

2020-04-07: I’m gonna make a mixtape of all the songs about coronavirus

2020-04-06: Social distancing while queueing

2020-04-05: This weekend was a success

2020-04-04: There are people who believe that COVID-19 is caused by the new 5G antennas installed around us

2020-04-04: NHS is asking people to stay at home this weekend instead of clapping in the evenings

2020-04-03: Well this is interesting - almost 300 Monzo staff have also been asked if they would consider being …

2020-04-03: If the world internet goes down I’ve got like a million movies on laserdiscs to watch. If the …

2020-04-03: Haha I was right - people are indeed making and posting more new music in these trying times

2020-04-02: Week 4 of working from home and week 2 of lockdown in London. I don’t mind the home office …

2020-04-02: Every single bank in the U.K. now lowered ISA interests

2020-04-02: If you ever need to write a performance review for your fellow engineers teammates, Monzo …

2020-04-02: If you are managing a Kubernetes cluster daily, k9s is a fantastic addon on top of kubectl to make …

2020-04-01: Instagram ads these days are not fun anymore

2020-04-01: What is month

2020-04-01: Everyone is suddenly making music now, which is amazing since I need new music all the time for my …

2020-03-31: Gitlab’s internal handbook is probably the most comprehensive online document of efficient …

2020-03-30: Someone stole my credit card number and tried to pay for food on Deliveroo. Is this the beginning of …

2020-03-30: People on our street are actively buying indoor bikes. Someone even got a Peloton bike last week.

2020-03-30: Slowly scanning our family collection of autochrome glass plates. Autochrome has the most amazing …

2020-03-29: I guess it’s finally time to scan our family archive of 100 years old autochrome glass plates 🎞

2020-03-28: Ah the art of moviemaking

2020-03-28: Weekend sorted

2020-03-28: Lomography announced a new black and white film. “This new film packs drama into the frame …

2020-03-28: Ok one more, now with backlit on. It can sense when you are about to start typing and will bring …

2020-03-27: Had no idea a keyboard from Logitech could bring up so many emotions but Logi Keys is just excellent …

2020-03-27: Don’t hold the food they say. It’s going to be fine. www.theguardian.com Millions to need food aid …

2020-03-26: I do miss wandering around London with a film camera and a stash of film

2020-03-25: Day 4856 of the quarantine

2020-03-24: I like SMS. It’s reliable.

2020-03-24: A guide to efficient communication while remote working by Gitlab about.gitlab.com/handbook/…

2020-03-24: I remember times when Slack was used as a simple chat app with pretty much no rules. Today you must …

2020-03-24: Last remaining coffee place around here

2020-03-24: Miss my Oculus Rift today now we have Half Life Alex officially out

2020-03-24: Now we are in lockdown it will take a bit of time to actually be effective. In a couple of weeks it …

2020-03-23: 3 weeks of lockdown in London, this is going to be interesting

2020-03-23: Aaaaaaand it’s a lockdown in London

2020-03-23: Sunny Walthamstow on Mamiya C33 TLR camera and Kodak Portra 160 film

2020-03-23: RSS is so hot right now 🔥

2020-03-23: It’s been heavily debated right now in our corporate chat if going for a run in the City is an …

2020-03-23: Dear Microsoft, could you please buy Octotree and make it free for everyone 🙏

2020-03-23: Lidl operates on one in/one out principle today and max 100 people inside. And yes, it was at full …

2020-03-23: Found some eggs today 🥚

2020-03-23: Chocolate of the week. Spoiler - it’s great.

2020-03-23: Alright, week two of the quarantined remote working, let’s do this 💡

2020-03-23: Somehow in the past week there’s a significant increase in quality content made and posted online.

2020-03-22: Flour and eggs are very much gone in our local Coop

2020-03-22: Kew Gardens on Fuji Industrial film

2020-03-22: Let’s just all go on a beach 🏖

2020-03-22: I do miss being outside, and like, taking a train, and going somewhere, and having a lunch in a …

2020-03-22: Beach in Highlands from bird’s perspective

2020-03-21: Who said Ilford only made black and white film 🎞

2020-03-21: Not entirely sure what’s going to be the plan for the weekend. Leaving house doesn’t …

2020-03-21: More Highlands

2020-03-20: Weekend reading

2020-03-20: New iPad Pro is ordered, and now eagerly waiting for May to get the new Magic keyboard with a …

2020-03-20: A bit of Northern Highlands from a birds perspective. Shot last October when it was perfectly ok to …

2020-03-19: I suppose it is as good time as ever to rewatch: 12 Monkeys Contagion House MD Outbreak …any …

2020-03-18: No reason to come out of the house now

2020-03-17: Looks like Last week tonight with John Oliver is going to be postponed now too :(

2020-03-15: Not only Contagion is a fantastic movie - it also has a perfect soundtrack

2020-03-15: The more I spend time in Davinci Resolve the more insane it seems how much professional grade …

2020-03-15: In other news, if you need to capture a GIF on Mac, Giphy Capture is a free app they’ve …

2020-03-15: There are many firsts with the current world situation, but one of them - you are not allowed to …

2020-03-13: Blogged about 100% remote work and building such culture in an office first company …

2020-03-13: The Expanse season 4 soundtrack is on Spotify 🚀

2020-03-13: Walthamstow area is slowly but surely getting lots of nice coffee spots within walking distance from …

2020-03-13: Now when every studio postpones new film releases, because of the corona Netflix could really …

2020-03-12: Ah look, no more tourists allowed into the US. Unless you are flying from UK - then it is ok.

2020-03-10: A bit of Scottish Highlands for you

2020-03-10: Pictures of finance men touching their faces while worrying about money …

2020-03-09: Now with the whole Italy on lockdown maybe Ryanair will finally cancel my flight to Milan and give …

2020-03-09: Space Laser Company 🚀

2020-03-09: Can we use this Coronavirus thing to fight against the culture of huge open space offices?

2020-03-07: A rare sunny moment in Liverpool on Kodak Portra 160 medium format film. Shot with Hasselblad 500 CM …

2020-03-07: This might sound incredibly insensitive and morbid, but there is a positive side for COVID-19 …

2020-03-06: 🎞 Devs is crazy good - a new show from Alex Garland

2020-03-06: Such name!

2020-03-06: No snow this winter in London so here’s a Polaroid shot from the last year snowfall

2020-03-06: Writing a blog about the benefits of waking up at 4am every day

2020-03-06: Starbucks in London stopped accepting reusable cups, because… virus 🦠?

2020-03-05: New Reply All episode is out and it is incredibly good

2020-03-03: Magit for VSCode is totally a thing marketplace.visualstudio.com/items

2020-03-03: More motion picture film photography. This one is on 70mm Kodak Vision 3 250D, shot on Hasselblad …

2020-03-02: Meanwhile Ferrania P30 black and white film is back in selected shops so I totally ordered a couple …

2020-03-02: Rumours of Google killing Improbable OS. I was actually chatting with their recruitment at some …

2020-03-01: I was sort of cautious about director of Deadpool making a Terminator movie. Yeah, it turned into a …

2020-03-01: Chairman Meow

2020-03-01: The best part of the original Snake game on Nokia phones was that you couldn’t pause it. Once you …

2020-02-29: “The game is afoot” ⚾️

2020-02-29: 🎥 Knives Out is an absolutely gorgeous murder mystery

2020-02-29: Driving on a Moon never looked so sharp - NASA footage upscaled to 4K 60fps www.youtube.com/watch

2020-02-28: Today’s outcome of a career progression discussion is that I need to start recording a list of …

2020-02-28: Ahh amazing work perks

2020-02-27: Blogged on leaving Instagram for Open Web alternatives alexsavin.me/eng/posts…

2020-02-27: I know I’ve been mostly under a rock in some ways - just discovered Startup podcast by Gimlet and it …

2020-02-27: Github console cli is now my favourite way of creating pull requests

2020-02-27: Snowing in the City today

2020-02-27: I need a spring break but so far it looks strongly that we’ll be cruising our own island of Britain …

2020-02-27: Booking holidays today is like a lottery - you never know which country they are going to quarantine …

2020-02-26: Oh look a new quality post apocalyptic game BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION on GOG.com

2020-02-26: Discovering the whole new world of Open Web Security initiatives: dzone.com/articles/…

2020-02-26: If you are one of those dreaming of a dedicated digital camera made by Apple - fear not - they’ve …

2020-02-26: And a still on Kodak Vision 3 250D motion picture film

2020-02-26: A bit of Fuji Eterna motion picture film. Shot on Rollei 35 camera.

2020-02-25: Got some very rare film to shoot 🎞

2020-02-25: LinkedIn has shot itself in a foot today by disabling mobile view on the Web. There is no way of …

2020-02-25: If nothing else, Airbnb prices in Italy are now as cheap as ever

2020-02-22: Got myself a new phone \o/ it has games too 🐍

2020-02-19: In tomorrow’s plans - streaming millions of rows of data into my BigQuery instance

2020-02-19: In today’s learnings - BigQuery is nice but if you screw up data type of a column there is no easy …

2020-02-19: Today’s working day is a constant battle of productivity vs creativity

2020-02-18: 🎞 Hot Fuzz is such a great illustration on what is gaslighting

2020-02-17: So now we’re back to folding phones, can I have a phone that unfolds into a screen on one side and a …

2020-02-17: I’ve discovered coconut milk coffee latte today. It is excellent.

2020-02-16: One important fact about me - I share birthday with Pusheen

2020-02-15: Jojo Rabbit is also banned at least in Russia which is a sad thing - but then again it’s also the …

2020-02-15: 🍿 Jojo Rabbit is the best film, everyone has to watch it immediately

2020-02-15: In Liverpool this weekend. Lots of bricks here 🧱

2020-02-15: You are my galaxy 🌌

2020-02-14: I wish you could lend your Kindle books to your friends 📚

2020-02-13: A night out in town today 😷

2020-02-13: By far one of my favourite comic book authors and a new book 📚👏

2020-02-13: In a modern database not only you can query the current data but also you can query what this data …

2020-02-13: For All Mankind definitely feels like a sequel to Battlestar Galactica. I honestly wish they’d write …

2020-02-12: One of the best podcast episodes recently if you are into space and rockets - a former NASA …

2020-02-11: Sometimes when travelling I’d go for a local film in foreign language with no subtitles - I’ve done …

2020-02-11: I’ve grown with pretty much all films dubbed to Russian, so moving to Finland where all movies where …

2020-02-11: It’s almost impossible to buy breathing masks in the U.K. anymore, but we’ve got a small stash now

2020-02-09: Locke & Key was perfect fit for weekend binging while it is storming outside

2020-02-06: Snowpiercer is like one of the best sci-fi action post-apocalyptic films out there 🚞❄️ Apparently a …

2020-02-04: They say Cinestill 800T is the best film to take pics of neon lights, and they are not wrong.

2020-02-03: Since the new year I’ve completely stopped uploading new pics and stories to Instagram. I feel like …

2020-02-03: From our series titled Cats of Walthamstow

2020-02-03: Learning of the day - Kodak TMax P3200 film is not actually ISO 3200, but more like ISO 800 that can …

2020-02-03: Brexit day on Cinestill 800T film

2020-02-02: Developed some film this weekend 🎞

2020-02-01: Slowly selling my obsolete photo stash. These are accessories for Polaroid Land camera which I’ve …

2020-02-01: “I only wanted bendy bananas” youtu.be/uovt1sC3r…

2020-02-01: I need a Brexit day cake. Two cakes actually. One to have, and another to eat.

2020-01-31: When working in the office the best thing you can do to increase productivity of your day is to …

2020-01-31: A bit of colorful Scotland for your day

2020-01-29: Got a fresh roll of 35mm Ferrania film to shoot 🎞

2020-01-29: First episode of Picard was actually alright and I’m cautiously optimistic about the series 🚀

2020-01-29: iPad turns 10 years and I still never owned one. But I do have a bunch of Moleskines and pens for …

2020-01-29: A bit of Thames in West End on Kosmofoto Mono 100 film and Hasselblad camera

2020-01-27: TransferWise is very cool, however when you want to transfer some £££ from your sterling account to …

2020-01-26: Some interesting pieces of modern art spotted today on Lee river

2020-01-25: Researching options for living on a boat while working in central London. Its…. complicated.

2020-01-25: Shot a roll of Street Candy 400 film - the film used in ATM machines taking pictures of everyone who …

2020-01-24: Cinderella incineration toilet is totally a thing www.cinderellaeco.com/gb-en/

2020-01-23: On Christmas I get paid one week earlier, which is great for Christmas and less so for the rest of …

2020-01-23: Flickr is raising yearly prices by $10 after that sad letter about the state of financials, and I …

2020-01-22: The newest iPhone buy now

2020-01-21: Cranes and cormorants. Isle of Dogs, Ilford HP5+ 400 film 🎞

2020-01-20: Moviemaking in 1959:s used to be so much faster than nowadays - you could film a feature in a week, …

2020-01-20: Bricks of Thames on 70mm Kodak Vision 3 motion picture film

2020-01-20: Sex Education season 2 is perfect

2020-01-19: International Apostrophe society is a real thing www.apostrophe.org.uk

2020-01-19: Always wanted to try shooting on IMAX film and here it is. 70mm Kodak Vision 3 250D shot on …

2020-01-18: 📚 This looks like a great read 🎥

2020-01-18: 2020 might just be the year when I completely migrate back to paper based notepads and a weekly …

2020-01-18: Sony RX0 Mark II is the most bizarre mix of a professional still and video camera; and the most …

2020-01-17: Also, I do miss that weird part of working for a huge corporation when they release cringe inducing …

2020-01-17: So there are Apple Archives now with every video and print Apple made - and some of it is just …

2020-01-16: A new Reply All episode is out today 📻

2020-01-15: Seriously considering moving to live on a boat with the current prices for flats in London

2020-01-15: Very sunny Walthamstow today

2020-01-15: I feel like the biggest difference of being in thirties is that sport is not optional anymore. …

2020-01-15: Let’s shoot some medium format 🎞 Also, check out that sweet retro packaging from Foma

2020-01-14: I love watching how Pixelfed project is developing. Now they’ve added support for photo stories.

2020-01-14: Moving on to color film - this one shot on medium format Kodak Portra 160 and Hasselblad camera. …

2020-01-12: Spotted this in Hammersmith yesterday. Bring your phone, show it to the camera, leave it in the …

2020-01-12: Winter colours of Kodak Portra 160 🎞

2020-01-11: Enjoying my new Hasselblad camera way too much - it’s too good. Kodak Tri X 400 film, on a …

2020-01-09: Whoa Google became pretty evil

2020-01-07: To be fair, 4 days workweek and 6 hours workday is where you’d imagine we’d be in 2020 …

2020-01-07: Watching some of CES keynotes and I’m totally going to become one of those old grumps living …

2020-01-06: It’s 2020 and only boomers are still shooting on digital cameras 📷

2020-01-06: Got myself some IMAX film 🎞 Hand roller and adapted for medium format. With remjet layer.

2020-01-05: From my experience, UK:s new settlement status system for EU nationals is easy, quick and free only …

2020-01-04: 📷 Successful mudlarking on Thames today

2020-01-03: 📷 10 years ago I used to live in this house in Tampere, Finland. And this is how January used to …

2020-01-03: New Years resolution - listen to more podcasts in Finnish language

2020-01-02: 🎞 Wellington Paranormal is great - What we do in the shadows and X-files all mixed up

2020-01-01: Have a great start of the year

2019-12-31: Happy 2020! Doesn’t matter what you’ve done or not done in the past 10 years - it’s all about what …

2019-12-30: A bit of festive Stratford-upon-Avon

2019-12-29: Ah the good old 1950:s

2019-12-29: Maybe instead of a flat in London I could buy a narrow boat. A brand new wide boat with all the …

2019-12-28: Oxford Circus, Witcher edition today

2019-12-28: B5 comic book!

2019-12-28: Since TENET is still half a year away I had to rewatch Inception now and I’ve got to say it still …

2019-12-28: So Babylon 5 comic books are a thing and I just bought a bunch of those. Year 1995, mostly 🚀

2019-12-27: Pusheen cafe in Brighton today

2019-12-26: Day 1 of migration to DaVinci Resolve and I’m pretty much sold. The new workflow for quick video …

2019-12-26: 🎞 Witcher was alright - I’d skip the first and the last episodes and just watch the middle …

2019-12-26: 📷 Early Christmas morning in London on medium format Kodak TriX film and Hasselblad 500CM camera

2019-12-26: Our boiler decided to stop working on this beautiful day so no hot water and heating for us today 🥶

2019-12-25: I’ve recently realised that you could buy a bunch of direct USB-C to your target device cables …

2019-12-25: This Christmas is a success

2019-12-25: Everyone: Merry Christmas! Me: TOSS A COIN TO YOUR WITCHER

2019-12-24: iPhone is the essence of vanilla

2019-12-24: At this point i feel like giving iPhone for a Christmas present is like the most boring thing out …

2019-12-24: New Years resolution - move to DaVinci Resolve from Adobe Premiere. I think it’s time, …

2019-12-23: Star Wars in our local indie cinema

2019-12-23: The Expanse season 04 is the best season so far 🚀

2019-12-23: My mouse cursor keeps disappearing in MacOS and it’s getting harder every time to get it back. …

2019-12-23: I’ve heard about recordable LaserDiscs, but it was mostly legendary stuff that you’d never …

2019-12-23: I’m moving back to my trusty Nokia 3210 www.nytimes.com/interacti…

2019-12-23: 📷 Festive Columbia Road Market on BCG 35mm film

2019-12-23: Whatever you think of the new Star Wars film, the final trailer is an absolute gem and in many …

2019-12-22: 🎞 More film prints at my improvised home darkroom

2019-12-22: 📷 A bit of Orwo motion picture film for you today. Shot around East London.

2019-12-21: 📷 God’s Own Junkyard today

2019-12-20: Flickr Pro is a thing, and they need more Pro subscribers to keep good old Flickr afloat. Here’s a …

2019-12-18: 📷 East London art pixels

2019-12-17: I never worked in a company that would genuinely want for me to progress in my career. It has always …

2019-12-17: 📷 A still on AgfaVista 200 film and Rollei Prego camera

2019-12-15: 📷 A common East London boat cat

2019-12-13: A nation that is voluntarily choosing to suffer should be allowed to do so

2019-12-13: Ok boomer

2019-12-10: Too relevant for right now

2019-12-10: Printed some analog pics

2019-12-08: Developed some film today 🎞

2019-12-07: 📷 A day on a narrow boat in East London

2019-12-07: Another lucky find on EBay this week is this Criterion collection release of Seven on laserdisc. …

2019-12-07: 🎞 A true gem - Fry and Laurie - Real estate agents working at the pump www.youtube.com/watch

2019-12-06: Happy birthday dear Finland 🇫🇮!

2019-12-06: Home letter pressing

2019-12-06: 📷 Sunny London on Kodak Portra 160 film and Kiev rangefinder camera

2019-12-06: Why buy new Nintendo Switch when you can still buy original Gameboy and a bunch of games for …

2019-12-04: 🎞 Not a huge fan of the books but the new His Dark Materials by BBC is fantastic - and the bear is …

2019-12-03: 📷 Very happy about Cinestill 50D film. Developed at home with Tetenal.

2019-12-03: Merry Christmas Also, support Shelter. www.theguardian.com At least 135,000 children in Britain to …

2019-12-03: Vote Labour

2019-12-02: In other news iOS13 became extremely aggressive towards killing apps in background. As in - if I put …

2019-12-02: It’s never really black and white, but for me a sign to leave a free web service is when they …

2019-12-02: Instagram is officially a closed box now - when opening someone’s profile in a browser it will …

2019-11-30: David Fincher is cool and crazy at the same time

2019-11-28: Aaand finished Outer Worlds. This was great 🚀

2019-11-26: Kevin Smith does a great job at recapping full 3 seasons of The Expanse www.youtube.com/watch

2019-11-26: The new Doctor Who season trailer is out and it is soo good 🚀 www.youtube.com/watch

2019-11-25: Hey look, Nokia N97 is back

2019-11-25: www.theguardian.com Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web

2019-11-24: Drove a narrow boat today along East London channel. How’s your weekend?

2019-11-22: Cybertruck looks fantastic 🚀

2019-11-21: Meet-up tonight at Old Street

2019-11-21: I love that my phone have a 3.5mm audio jack, and I can connect to it at any moment, and it works …

2019-11-21: I see Slack is turning into Microsoft Word

2019-11-20: If you ever wanter to see Hugh Laurie as a captain of a space ship, here’s a trailer for you …

2019-11-19: Ship it at Twitter Piccadilly

2019-11-19: Is it ok that I’m tweeting from Twitter office on Micro blog?

2019-11-19: I really need to watch that new season of Mr Robot

2019-11-19: Big sleeve edition is such a great format of distributing films. I wish they’d put more vinyl …

2019-11-19: Very excited about upcoming Google Stadia - however I’ll wait until they make it into some sort of …

2019-11-18: A proper way to release a movie for home entertainment

2019-11-17: A bit of flooding at the birth place of William Shakespeare

2019-11-16: Really wish they’d have ferry today of all days. A bit of flooding in England.

2019-11-15: Got myself a slide projector 📽

2019-11-15: My 2017 MacBook Pro still have zero issues with the keyboard. Every butterfly key works and clicks …

2019-11-14: This sums up perfectly the whole feeling about Scottish independence and the possibly upcoming …

2019-11-14: Definitely prefer meeting friends early in the morning than late in the evening. The only problem is …

2019-11-13: Oooh new 16’’ MacBook looks very nice. Is it time to find a new job so they’d buy me one?

2019-11-13: I feel like this is a problem of any major corporation, and we definitely had it back in Nokia times …

2019-11-12: Messing with abstract syntax trees is fun but also slow

2019-11-09: 🎞 In case you’re wondering what pics taken on new Ilford Ortho film looks like, here’s a roll I’ve …

2019-11-09: Ok let’s develop some Ilford Ortho film and see what it’s going to look like

2019-11-08: No more pumpkin spiced latte - it’s all about gingerbread latte now and there is a whole Christmas …

2019-11-08: My work in progress transition to Open Web

2019-11-08: 🎞 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is too good - got to season 2 now. A rare gem with fantastic long shots …

2019-11-08: It’s freezing cold in town today, but my plan is to load some fresh Ilford Ortho film into …

2019-11-07: One could move to Scotland just because they have both 1st and 2nd of January as bank holidays

2019-11-05: I bravely shot a roll of Fujifilm Velvia 50 slide film during a week of rain and dark clouds in …

2019-11-03: 📚 Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion is of course a masterpiece

2019-11-01: Google is selling security key bundles nowadays if you need a more secure way of protecting your acc …

2019-11-01: Damned immigrants www.youtube.com/watch

2019-10-31: 📷 Got myself a slide viewer. Classic.

2019-10-30: Whoa DJI Mavic Mini - 249g and no need to register it with FAA (or CAA) www.youtube.com/watch

2019-10-30: It’s actually amazing how we’re slowly crawling back to the Open Web the way it was …

2019-10-30: Made myself a Pixelfed account - let’s be friends pixelfed.social/alexsavin

2019-10-29: Maybe microblog could actually be a replacement to Instagram, but it has some performance issues and …

2019-10-29: Apparently you cannot access public Instagram profiles anymore without logging in. This is very sad. …

2019-10-26: 📚 a great a very relevant graphic novel to read

2019-10-25: 📷 Stay Right. 35mm Kodak Gold film and Olympus Pen F half frame camera. Love half frame.

2019-10-24: New films and paper from Ilford 💙👏 NEW PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED PRODUCTS INCLUDING 5TH GENERATION ILFORD …

2019-10-24: Google might’ve inadvertently created a major push for unionising among tech workers for the …

2019-10-23: Final trailer for the Rise of the Skywalker is of course one of the best trailers of this year

2019-10-23: Whoa Ed Snowden is on Joe Rogan’s podcast overcast.fm

2019-10-23: Doesn’t look like Rise of Skywalker will be presented on 70mm film anywhere or am I missing …

2019-10-22: Whoa totally got my Pebble watch back to life, thanks to rebble.io community. Now again can change …

2019-10-21: 🎞 Binged Living with Yourself on Netflix and it is an absolutely perfect mini series

2019-10-21: Whoa Pebble community is alive and is keeping the smartwatch going rebble.io/howto/

2019-10-16: Apparently you can get it customised

2019-10-16: There is not enough slide film in the world to capture all the sights of Isle of Skye

2019-10-13: 📚 Reading Snowden’s book and it’s pretty incredible how all of Internet traffic is …

2019-10-13: 📷 The idea was to hide in this cave from the rains of Northern Highlands, but as it turned out there …

2019-10-12: I’ve also loaded a roll of Fuji Velvia slide film at ISO 50. I’m either desperate or very optimistic …

2019-10-12: It still rains every day and night, but the weather in Highlands changes very quickly and in between …

2019-10-12: 📷 Northern Highlands are full of amazing beaches. Some of them are better than others.

2019-10-12: 📷 Teeth of Scottish dragon - exploring the very top of British island today

2019-10-11: 📷 Stanisla and Highlands

2019-10-11: 📷 Cant get enough of Scotland. Driving into Highlands today.

2019-10-09: 📷 Cairngorms Park in Scotland looks a lot like Finnish Lapland this time of the year. The rain has …

2019-10-07: 📷 Our first stop on this Scotland adventure is Edinburgh. It’s mostly coffee and rain so far. …

2019-10-05: Mancunian - a person living in Manchester area

2019-10-04: Did an extensive blog on how we approach shadow testing at scale. If you are tasked with releasing …

2019-10-04: My dream camera is of course panoramic Hasselblad Xpan, but the current prices for those are close …

2019-10-04: I’m actually semi excited about the new GoPro Max camera - from the sound of it you can use it …

2019-10-02: Made a video about fixing my Pioneer laserdisc player. Because why not. If you were wondering how a …

2019-10-01: If I stick to iOS 12.x I wonder for how long they’ll let me do that

2019-09-29: Ahh the good old movie making

2019-09-29: 🎞 Assembling my very own Central Perk cafe out of Legos youtu.be/msNOpUcuh…

2019-09-29: 🎮 Atom RPG is so much improved over the past few months - now with a vast underground Metro network …

2019-09-29: 🎮 Also taking recommendations for recent good quality post apocalyptic RPG:s. With a great storyline …

2019-09-29: Atom RPG is probably the best post nuclear game since Fallout II, and the update they’ve released …

2019-09-29: So Vimeo has finally started removing videos with copyrighted music - unlike YouTube they just …

2019-09-28: 📷 Lego Friends set is very enjoyable and you can finish it in one evening \o/

2019-09-28: Was kind of excited about always on display on the new Apple Watch and now they say this feature …

2019-09-27: 📻 Somehow missed the whole Zone 51 debacle and Joe Rogan’s podcast episode with Bob Lazar 🛸 👽 - a …

2019-09-27: Considering that a quality camera is the main reason to get new iPhone Pro, I might instead buy a …

2019-09-24: 🎞 Undone on Amazon Video is one of the best shows this year, with incredibly strong story and mind …

2019-09-21: Might have to get a new laserdisc player soon as my current Pioneer is literally dying 😨 I do …

2019-09-08: 🎞 What can be more fun than putting 2287 pieces together? Making a video about it. Lego Stranger …

2019-09-03: 🎞 Brexit live from the capital of Great Britain - did a walk this weekend around Westminster, …

2019-08-30: I feel like Terminator franchise needs Christofer Nolan

2019-08-28: It’s pretty amazing how democracy is just an illusion in the UK and can be switched off and on …

2019-08-10: 📷 Great halo today on my flight to Moscow

2019-08-05: Anyway I’m in Russia for the next week, going to enjoy some forests, potatoes and tea from …

2019-08-05: Todays flight to Russia was supposed to be disrupted by strike in Heathrow, but in the end got …

2019-07-26: In other news - got myself a blue Monzo card now. Monzo is my favourite bank by far and they are …

2019-07-26: 📷 London City cat on the hottest day ever

2019-07-26: General reminder to myself that Brompton bikes are not particularly stable in wet weather and prone …

2019-07-15: 🎞 Years and Years is an absolutely fantastic mini series from BBC on the state of the world in the …

2019-07-14: Nice skydiving at Headcorn on this cloudy Saturday with 3 jumps and some tea ☕️ ✈️

2019-07-13: Career development cycle of an engineer: Work as hard as you can at a company for a couple of years …

2019-07-12: Is Pebble watch now officially dead for everyone? Pebble app seems to mostly stop working and no …

2019-07-12: Fresh vlog episode on the most recent indie comic book fest in East London - ELCAF 2019. Expect …

2019-07-10: 📷 A bit of grain on Silberra Cinema 52xx film. Shot around Portobello Road with Olympus OM10 camera. …

2019-07-08: 📷 Sweet dreams! I’m having way too much fun with this set.

2019-07-08: 📷 A bit of great British seaside from this weekend - and a ruined Roman fortress

2019-07-07: 📷 Museum of Victorian tiles in Ironbridge yesterday

2019-07-05: Every time I have a shorter work week, it becomes incredibly packed with events and drama. Anyway. …

2019-07-04: My dentist told me to cut down on daily tea drinking. What now, I have to cut my usual 6 cups a day …

2019-07-03: Instagram is down, the world must be ending

2019-07-03: Stranger Things Demogorgon on Lego Ideas ideas.lego.com/challenge… 👏

2019-06-30: 🎞 On a topic of vintage film photography - here’s a vid I made on the latest Photographica …

2019-06-27: 📷 This rocket is getting taller every day

2019-06-26: Some stories on this list of GDPR fines are absolutely hilarious www.enforcementtracker.com

2019-06-26: This is getting a bit out of hands, but I’m in a great position to build my own Saturn V …

2019-06-25: 📷 Took us 3 days to assemble this NASA Lego special, but it has landed finally - just next to my …

2019-06-24: Is Facebook’s Libra going to destroy Transferwise now?

2019-06-21: 🎞 Two days in Porto town - classic trams (and a visit to Porto tram museum), lots of pastries (and …

2019-06-18: 🎞 Truckla - the Tesla truck car youtu.be/jKv_N0IDS…

2019-06-18: My current Youtube situation - I’ve got a bunch of ideas and already filmed material for like …

2019-06-13: Reactor’s relocation guide to Amsterdam is so good that I want to move there …

2019-06-13: 📷 One very cloudy and rainy City today

2019-06-12: Is there a reason why Slack is struggling to bring dark mode for desktop app?

2019-06-11: 🎞 For me B5 was the first proper space tv show and I’ve been trying to find something of equal …

2019-06-04: Season finale of Chernobyl is like the best thing that happened on TV this year ☢️

2019-06-04: On working nights and weekends If anything I’ve learned over my almost 20 years of career is that doing overtime, nights and …

2019-05-27: Sometimes I do feel that ignorance is a choice

2019-05-27: Britain just voted for Brexit party to represent their desire to exit EU in EU parliament. Not …

2019-05-26: Doom Patrol is sooo good 🎞

2019-05-24: Whoa Flickr has just migrated all the petabytes of pics and videos from Yahoo legacy servers into …

2019-05-24: A day in Coimbra University Botanical Gardens - fresh vlog episode from our spring trip to Portugal. …

2019-05-24: I’ve sort of gave up a bit on UK politics and voted in Finnish embassy last weeked for the EU …

2019-05-22: Whoa Chernobyl is almost full 10 stars on IMDb www.imdb.com/title/tt7…

2019-05-22: Chernobyl mini series by HBO is very cringey to watch, but incredibly well done and absolute must …

2019-05-18: I’m choosing a Euro parliament candidate based on their Instagram profiles

2019-05-17: A roll of Kodak Portra 35mm film shot in February in Bristol and Bath. Mostly cloudy, but with …

2019-05-15: Not sure how I missed this but soundtrack to The Social Network is a perfect companion to daily …

2019-05-12: Have we already arrived to a place when typing a URL into a browser without googling it first is …

2019-05-12: A bit of droning in Cotswolds last weekend. Some sushine but also lots of clouds and rain. …

2019-05-11: A whole roll of Kodak Portra 35mm film shot around London in February. Camera - Olympus OM10. …

2019-05-02: Skip the new Avengers, here’s the most epic sci-fi film you’ll see this year - The Wandering Earth …

2019-05-01: Great data viz by Bloomberg on climate change www.bloomberg.com/graphics/…

2019-04-30: TheVerge did an excellent article on how to adjust your TV for the Battle of Winterfell …

2019-04-30: On GoT and bitrates Interestingly lots of people complain about the darkness of the most recent GoT episode and how much …

2019-04-28: Fresh vlog from Portugal - Serra da Estrela national park and a day trek to Covao Dos Conchos lake, …

2019-04-24: A roll of “near infrared” Film Washi type Z, 35mm. Shot with a red filter on Olympus …

2019-04-21: Took a few pics yesterday from Central London - Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus, Parliament Square …

2019-04-21: If you need a bit of sunshine and paste de natas, here’s a fresh vlog from the south of …

2019-04-19: 📷🎞 Very happy about this Silberra Orta black and white film. ISO 50, 35mm, shot with Olympus OM10 …

2019-04-16: This season of Game of Thrones might as well be the most pirated event like ever

2019-04-14: 📷 Yesterday’s parachuting on a chilly April day

2019-04-13: A bit of sunshine and clouds today. A particularly cold day to start a skydiving season but here we …

2019-04-12: So nice of SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy on an international Space Day!

2019-04-10: Happy message from the U.K. Home Office

2019-04-10: Back on Flickr and actually quite like the old school “upload some pics and put them into …

2019-04-09: A bit of droning from around Eastern Germany last year, in proper 4K and some music …

2019-04-08: Great question for a job interview - “What were the biggest issues raised in your latest team …

2019-04-07: A fresh vlog from Eastern Germany - towns of Quedlinburg and Magdeborg, featuring mostly bridges …

2019-04-05: Instead of a UX data driven apps I want an app with a soul

2019-04-04: In all the seriousness, Google shutting down Inbox is a great opportunity to move to a different …

2019-04-04: Sad day

2019-04-03: Am I the only one who finds this Apple ad extremely cringeworthy? It underlines all the traits of a …

2019-04-03: Now with Slack being the centre of the Universe, is it time to go back to IRC? It is decentralised, …

2019-04-02: “Inbox by Gmail will be gone after March 2019” - ahh so this might as well mean it will …

2019-04-01: Settling down in the UK

2019-04-01: Ok so the good news is that to apply for settled UK status if you are an EU national you don’t …

2019-03-31: My favourite thing to do in this busy town of London is to take street photos with no people 📷

2019-03-30: Probably one of the last packs of Tetenal film developer kit since they’ve pretty much discontinued …

2019-03-29: March 29 - A day when UK did not leave the EU. Should be a new bank holiday if you ask me.

2019-03-29: Migrating to Notion from Evernote. Notion looks so fresh and fast and pretty and they’ve got …

2019-03-28: Custom tailored blog pipeline Decided to check if my custom tailored publishing pipeline for my personal blog is still working, …

2019-03-28: 📷 Burn that sunset. Eastern Germany, November 2018

2019-03-27: 📷 Top of Brocken mountain in Eastern Germany, with a narrow gauge train resting before the trip back …

2019-03-26: A bit of Eastern Germany and our climb to the location of a secret spy station on top of Brocken …

2019-03-24: Mortal Engines is of course one absolutely gorgeous looking film, with a finished story for once 🎞

2019-03-24: Municipal Darwinism

2019-03-23: Last day in Portugal today - I’m going to miss this blue sky

2019-03-22: Who likes trams as much as I do? Porto tram museum today.

2019-03-16: Off to Portugal for a week. Sunshine and pastel de natas here we come.

2019-03-16: Umbrella Academy is such an amazing show and I’m not upset at all that they’ve hinted at the second …

2019-02-08: Your online presence and life insurance www.theverge.com/2019/2/7/…

2019-02-08: Stonehenge

2019-01-31: Netflix’s Sex Education is absolutely perfect in every way and I hope they’ll make another season

2019-01-27: 📷 Sharpest of them all - a shot on Kodak TMax 400 medium format film - slightly expired, hence the …

2019-01-27: All I really want from life is sit on a sofa and read comic books

2019-01-21: 📷 A bit of mudlarking on Thames on a sunny day

2019-01-17: 🎞 Brexit: The Uncivil War was premiered couple of weeks ago on Channel 4 and indeed looks very much …

2019-01-17: 🎞 A day trek in Czech Switzerland national park - with some bonus renderings from Google Earth …

2019-01-06: 📷 Colors of Saxon Switzerland. Also, check out the full album from 2 days in that amazing place on …

2019-01-06: 🎞 Two days in Saxon Switzerland vlog - second most beautiful national park of Germany. Expect rocks, …

2019-01-05: 📷 Plenty of Tuckersoft ads around East London and Brick Lane in particular. They say there’s a …

2019-01-05: 🎞 Bandersnatch was much better than you’d expect from an interactive film. Very well planned …

2019-01-01: 📷 Decaf latte with oat milk and some vynil covers this weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon

2018-12-31: 2019 things to resolute Since everyone is wishing new epic achievements for the new year, here are my 2c: try to work less …

2018-12-31: Alright, have a happy New 2019 Year everyone! This is the year when I’ve decided to start a micro …

2018-12-30: 🎞 One thing I’ve tried this year for the very first time is slide film photography. Kodak has …

2018-12-28: 🎞 A very Christmassy vlog episode from the empty streets of central London - with some contemporary …

2018-12-27: All I want for Christmas is Virgin Media not throttling my upload speeds and letting it go above …

2018-12-26: 📷 Early morning Christmas stroll on Regent Street

2018-12-24: A dilemma of micro blog - is it a blog, is it an Instagram, is it a Twitter?

2018-12-24: “You are a lot more scratchy” www.instagram.com/p/Brs3JRF…

2018-12-23: 🎞 Christmas is upon us and here’s a festive vlog episode from Central London …

2018-12-19: In case you need a taste of what’s the renting situation in London is like …

2018-12-18: 📷 Medium format film shot on a slightly expired Kodak Ektar 100 film and Mamiya C33 TLR camera

2018-12-17: I’ve just realised that JIRA is basically Lotus Notes 😮

2018-12-17: Whoa HBO is coming up with a film about Brexit, it is out in January and stars Benedict Cumberbatch …

2018-12-16: One of the absolute best games on NES - Robocop 3. Groundbreaking for a NES game in so many ways, …

2018-12-14: 📷 A freshly scanned roll of expired Kodak Ektar 100 medium format film with pictures from September. …

2018-12-14: Trying to go with trends - if you’re on TikTok let’s be friends! vm.tiktok.com/Ju7BR5/

2018-12-11: 📷 Film photography from East London - the best breakfast spot of Bethnal Green. Shot on Agfa Vista …

2018-12-09: 📷 Christmas is totally happening now 🎄

2018-12-06: 📷 Myself chilling on top of Saxon Switzerland rocks - a shot on 35mm Kodak Ektachrome slide film and …

2018-12-06: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2…

2018-12-04: 📷 Golden leaves on slide film are absolutely magical. Kodak Ektachrome film and Agfa Flexilette 35mm …

2018-12-04: A whole roll of Kodak Ektachrome slide film in my Flickr album, shot in Eastern Germany and some …

2018-12-01: 🎞 Karelian pies in London and where to find them - a whole vlog episode on Scandinavia in London …

2018-12-01: 📷 A very grainy 35mm Film Washi type F - a film used for medical X-Ray, now repurposed for casual …

2018-11-29: 📷 Rainy cloudy East of the City

2018-11-29: Hey look DJI just announced my Christmas present www.youtube.com/watch - very happy I decided to …

2018-11-25: 🎞 A trip to Jurassic Coast and Old Harry Rocks - mostly on my trusty Brompton in this vlog episode …

2018-11-25: 📷 My very first slide film - a roll of resurrected Kodak Ektachrome 100 - now developed and looking …

2018-11-20: 📷 Did some analog photo printing this weekend and this is one of the prints from 35mm Film Washi …

2018-11-16: New John Lewis ad is out, which means Christmas is totally happening youtu.be/mNbSgMEZ_…

2018-11-12: 📷 Our Czech - German trip is over now, but there are still tons of pictures to process and videos to …

2018-11-11: 📷 One of those 6:30am flights today, Berlin to Stansted

2018-11-11: And back in rainy London. What did I miss?

2018-11-11: www.weforum.org/agenda/20…

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2018-11-10: 📷 Early foggy morning in the countryside Germany. Today our last day of this epic trip through the …

2018-11-09: 📷 A bit of somewhat different Germany today. This is not ice, rather a former dig now filled with …

2018-11-09: One can only imagine Netflix reshooting most or half of the last season of the House of Cards - but …

2018-11-08: 📷 Wernigerode Castle on a sunny November day

2018-11-08: Camera hints for when shooting in -50C Siberian weather petapixel.com/2018/11/0…

2018-11-08: Whoa this is great news - Flickr will keep all Creative Commons pics hosted even after deadline …

2018-11-07: 📷 You’d never guess what country this is, but it is actually Eastern Germany, a town of …

2018-11-05: 📷 River Kamenice from Saxon Switzerland national park - this time on Czech Republic side. The park …

2018-11-03: 📷 A very important hint of visiting Bastei Bridge on a weekend is to get there very early. It’s a …

2018-11-03: Got my paid Flickr account back today, last time I paid for Flickr in 2014.

2018-11-03: One thing I’d wish Flickr would do with the new paid plans is that if you have Creative …

2018-11-02: 📷 Fresh shot from over the Elbe river today. In other news - droning in Germany is extremely limited …

2018-11-02: 📷 Prague from air is equally magnificent

2018-11-02: While we have sometimes companies with open salary cultures, here’s a whole country with such …

2018-10-31: 📷 Last day in beautiful Prague today - one of the most photogenic places in the world and an …

2018-10-31: 📷 Prague trams in the misty night

2018-10-30: 📷 Long exposure Prague from last night

2018-10-28: In (rainy) Prague for the next few days