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The bright patch in the cloud shows refraction splitting of the sunlight, like in a rainbow. The sun is off-frame to the right. I’ve never seen anything like that before.

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Coventry manages to make even snow look grim…

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Still feeling graphic. Forcing myself to take an image a day is quite good fun. I don’t have time to shoot the sorts of things that I usually do, so instead I’m looking for interesting things around me.

I’m sure it’s of no interest to anyone else…

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Christmas comes to Coventry.

I love: Christmas, christmas trees, Stollen, gifts, snow

I hate: the sudden manic rush to go shopping. Christmas songs playing in shops from the end of November. Mince pies and christmas puddings in the supermarket from The Beginning of October

I really don’t like the way that the retail industry in this country seems to pin its yearly success on making people part with their money at Christmas. It makes the whole thing less special. It’s no longer about giving gifts, it’s about buying gifts. And that is sad.

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I want a macro lens for my D70 – and more time to take macro photos.

Writing about:University of Warwick: Linux Specialist

So, Warwick is looking to recruit someone with

...sound technical knowledge of Linux, and experience of delivering Linux desktop clients and applications on a large scale (1000+ workstations)...

Curious. I wonder if this signifies a move away from the microsoft/Novell desktop that they’ve used here for the last decade?

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Behold, the vortex of procrastination!

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Surface of the sun?

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I found myself still holding a pencil while working at the computer, thought that the contrast was interesting. For all the hot air about e-learning and New Media and the rest, it’s still often easier to just use a pencil and paper…

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Here’s yesterday’s photoblog photo. It was cold, I’d just driven back from Mum’s place, and I couldn’t be arsed with a tripod, so I shot this picture of a stranger at 1600ISO with the camera pressed against a lamp post.