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
2021-04-21: 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
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
2020-04-21: 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…
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