Category: General
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Back to BASIC
I fancied doing some BASIC programming yesterday and wrote a prime sieve in PC-BASIC. It can list primes up to about 10,000 at a decent speed but struggles with larger numbers because of memory and data type limitations in BASIC. Here is a screenshot showing the program and its output. Besides BASIC, other old computer…
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Playing with expired Ferrania Solaris 100 film
This evening I developed a roll of expired Ferrania Solaris 100 film, which I bought on eBay. It was ideal for testing because it had only 12 frames, which I could shoot in a single day—a 36-frame roll can take months. The flowers planted by my mother and me were perfect photo subjects, as was…
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J’ai demandé à la lune
Je n’ai pas grand chose à te dire Et pas grand chose pour te faire rire Car j’imagine toujours le pire Et le meilleur me fait souffrir —Indochine
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Hurting in Bordeaux
I’m typing this in Bordeaux, after spending a few hours refurbishing laptops handed back to me by my sister-in-law before she leaves France. She and P are shopping on Rue Sainte-Catherine. On my last trip to Bordeaux, I was ill—apparently from an unusual consumption of Bordeaux’s fine wines—and spent the last two days in bed.…
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Scratched that itch
The sky looked right for the pictures I had planned for Saint Georges cemetery. I was anxious about going there by myself, because the location is supposedly dangerous. But I have been around Cassis and have driven by the cemetery enough times to know that it’s mostly exaggeration. Still I wanted to not hang around…
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Bain Boeuf
Bain Boeuf beach has had a nice upgrade. The ground leading to the sea has been terraced into multiple levels, each dotted with benches and shady plants. Vehicle access is now restricted to two parking areas, and there is also a public toilet that seems to be well kept. The water still isn’t the best…
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Happy New Year 2023
A friend on Facebook posted a meme depicting this year 2023 as an ominous fog enveloping a wooden rope suspension bridge, of which we can only see the first few uninviting joists. Even if that’s an unfortunate reflection of my own mood, I wish good health and happiness to everyone. * * * The office…
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A great week-end it was
I took these photos while we toured the western and southern parts of the island last Saturday. I avoided using the Nikon D300, because it was in the way too much to be fun. Instead, I leaned on my old Windows Phone. (I believe it is Saint-Felix beach in the first three pictures. But let…
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Cité Vallijee views
When we were in Mauritius in 2018, I planned the photographs below but could not make them. This year, they are the first pictures I took on our trip.
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The FG-20 must go
Another week, another series of tests with film. Regardless of their questionable compositions, these pictures are rather good for being shot on expired film. They result from following the development instructions to the letter. Three and a half minutes in the developer chemical at exactly 38°C, as confirmed by three calibrated thermometers. Vigorous inversion instead…