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I just had a bit of a scare. An app which tracks my Twitter activity informed me that “DignitasLtd” had started following me. Of course, I immediately thought of the Swiss clinic, and wondered what they knew that my doctor wasn’t telling me…
A little research later, and it transpires that @DignitasLtd is the Twitter handle of a software consultancy in the West Midlands. I haven’t confirmed it yet, but I suspect it may be someone I work with, or have worked with, at National Grid.
Panic over, but I wonder who else has this problem. Is there an @BadLuckAndTrouble or an @DeathAndDestruction out there?
– Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
I’ve blogged previously on the other merits of Canon’s wonderful EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, but not really its image stabilisation characteristics. This shot from Cuba shows how good the lens is in that respect. The above is an Continue reading →
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in
Cuba Travel Blog,
Photography
I decided a while ago that it would be useful to “geotag” my photographs, i.e. to automatically record the location from which each is taken and add that to each images’s metadata. As my next photographic trip is to Iceland Continue reading →
Saturday, July 2, 2011 in
Photography,
Travel
Not literally, unfortunately, but I’m finally getting on top of my shots from last November’s trip, and I thought I’d share some of them with you. Here’s one I rather liked of a green car under dappled light on the Continue reading →
Thursday, June 23, 2011 in
Cuba Travel Blog
I don’t know whether any other iPad / iPhone users out there get the same problem, but I’d be interested to hear if you do. Quite often I go to use an app which needs to communicate over the Internet, Continue reading →
Saturday, June 18, 2011 in
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Thoughts on the World
Well the third day of EAC 2011 came and went. My talk went well. Despite the last minute scheduling change I got a decent audience, and once in front of real listeners managed to find my style and pace again. Continue reading →
Thoughts on the inadequacy of contingency planning on the British transport networks Continue reading →
Halfway through, and this is shaping up to be the best EAC I have attended for a while. I was umming and aahing about whether to attend yesterday’s seminar sessions, and couldn’t make up my mind which to join. In Continue reading →
I’m speaking at the IRM Enterprise Architecture Conference 2011, in London next week. My topic is “Practical Enterprise Integration: Realising the Benefits of a Strong Canonical Architecture”. In the paper I discuss the evolution of an EAI environment at National Continue reading →
As a general rule, it’s good for an action photographer to get close to said action, but I’ve recently seen a few films that demonstrate there’s a limit. One key example was “The Eagle”. It’s a stirring tale, full of Continue reading →
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