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We used to take the mickey out of Japanese user manuals for not being written very well. My favourite example was “engine not turning very round”, although sadly I suspect that may have been apocryphal. Now, I think there’s a … Continue reading
Nice Palette
Here’s a picture from my Swiss trip last year. I was a little disappointed with my shots from Montreux – it’s such a compact town it’s very difficult to isolate the buildings and features from one another. However, I’m reasonably … Continue reading
First Photo Blog Post
Hi, welcome to my new photo blog. Here’s a shot taken on my trip to Santorini last year, a “grab shot” of a rather nice yacht scudding along in one of the island’s trademark sunsets. The triangular shapes at the … Continue reading
The Big Blog Split
Well, maybe not exactly a split as such, but a new structure. “Thoughts on the World” is a pretty eclectic mix of professional, personal, humour and photography-related content. However, one reader who follows mainly my “professional” content expressed a wish … Continue reading
IS Sometimes Doesn’t
The limitations of Image Stabilisation, and how camera manufacturers could address them very simply Continue reading
A Confident Prediction
Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading
New Blog Now Live – Please Update Your Feed
Hi, My new blog is now live. This allows a lot more flexibility, including commenting etc. Please can you make sure you are taking your RSS feed from one of the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoughtsFromAndrewJohnston (preferred) https://www.andrewj.com/blog/index.php/feed/ (straight from my site) I … Continue reading
Lots of News
Quite a lot of news… Migration of our web sites and email to the new hosting server is almost complete. See previous article/rant for some of my findings. After some initial frustration with my hosting provider (WebFusion) when I discovered … Continue reading
In Damnation of PHP
<rant>Apologies if the title is a bit strong, but I think it’s the nearest I can get to the opposite of “In Praise of PHP” I’ve just spent a week-end migrating my website to a new hosting server. As part … Continue reading
What I Want In My Next DSLR
What’s missing from the typical DSLR, anno 2010? What could be improved, using simple established technologies, to make the DSLR a better picture-taking device? And why don’t the major DSLR manufacturers do some of these things, which might help sales? … Continue reading
Superfreakonomics
Fascinating, fun, and more depth than the first book Continue reading
Architectural Photography
A sandwich with not quite enough meat Continue reading
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