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Windy Wednesday
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3501333943796370502
#blip of some cottage garden #flowers.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #cottagegarden #france
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Red Poppy
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3500965342648207916
#blip of a #red #poppy in the harsh midday sunlight.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #wide #flower #france
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Shadowy gate
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3500600257832553045
#blip of the #shadow cast by a drive gate onto a crazy-paved drive made up of slate blocks.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #monochrome #monochromeMonday #ilfordDelta400
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Mystery mono
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3500261273730289663
#blip of mysterious #monochrome image.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #ilford #delta100 #mystery
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Another hippodrome rose
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3499834162313953767
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On a #HMRC form for UK/France tax treaty, I noted that the instructions for the French tax authorities on the form were all written in English - which is a bit rude of HMRC.
It's not a lot of money but I don't like paying tax twice when I don't need to.
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Looking up at the roses
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3499507535918924826
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #flowerfriday
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There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP. For those that don't even allow you to force the language you want, there is an extra special place reserved...
#strava I'm looking at you at the moment...
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@pwaring while #Labour deserve a good slap in the face for being red Tories, but voting for #Reform will only make things worse not better.
I see the #GreenParty have picked up lots of votes but virtually no new seats because the voting system punishes anyone not No 1 or 2 in the seat. Coming a good third doesn't help you.
The #LibDem have picked up more seats than the Green party so far.
My old county has swapped Tories for Reform, so no real change there.
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Poppy
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3498795983305706663
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Damp blossom
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3498416553802597662
#blip of a cluster of white #flowers on a shrub.
#blipfoto #france #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #spring #blossom
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Mono rose
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3498030339492675602
#blip of a wild Burnet #rose with an #Ilford #xp2 filter applied to give a #monochrome result.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #flower #monomonday
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Today I came across a weird #printer problem. From #Debian #Linux I could print to the #Canon PIXMA printer in simplex or #duplex.
BUT, in duplex mode it would print a side, eject the paper, re-load the paper, then eject it again without printing anything on it, and then start the second page on a separate sheet of paper.
This happened from my PC and a separate one using the stock #IPP driver in #CUPS
Annoyingly it works perfectly in Windows...
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After the rain
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3497666814861642190
#blip of an #orange coloured #rose about an hour after heavy rain.
#blipfoto #photography #gimp #rawtherapee #france #garden #flower
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Working
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3497304308754417048
#blip of a wild red #poppy growing in a garden, with a visiting #bee
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Blue
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3496965007827009971
#blip of some blue #flowers growing wild on a wall in #Brittany #France.
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Dear feediverse, work want to standardise on #Apple #Macs. I've never used a Mac but I do have decades of experience with #Windows and #Linux, so I'm not looking forward to the GUI change.
However the bigger problem is that essential software for my day job is only available as x86 Windows binaries, they are not available for ARM Windows or Mac OS at all.
How good is Windows under a VM on the Mac?
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Building work
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3496613683528729146
#blip of a partially rebuilt house in #saintmalo #France.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #architecture #housing #urban #photography
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Pool of light
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3496269124999315968
#blip of a wall mounted street light, throwing a pool of light down onto a narrow stone wall lined lane in #France.
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Tiny car
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3495882338775075880
#blip of a child's small toy car.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #tinytuesday #france #Porsche
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Bicolour
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3495526377145239523
#blip of a red and white #aquilegia #flower.
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Last visit - for the season
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3495136749972096092
#blip of the #beach at #saintmalo looking towards #intramuros.
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Little rose
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3495067444618201449
#blip of a small white #rose possibly a Burnet Rose in a hedge.
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Flower in dappled shade
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3494425727615371928
#blip of a red flower in dappled shade.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #flowerfriday #flower #france #garden
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Peppy poppy
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3494068858380094431
#blip of a wild European red #poppy, taken from above.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #flower #garden
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Apple blossom
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3493340566018591911
#blip of #apple #blossom on a small apple #tree.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #garden #spring #france
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Light spot
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3492993659521993393
#blip of a pool of light reflected on a plastic coasted desktop. Processed as #Ilford #Delta 3200.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #monochrome #monochromeMonday
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Big tide
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3492591032397202532
#blip of a #beach normally underwater, but exposed at a very low #tide
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #brittany #sea #saintmalo
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In bloom
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3492522729066727449
#blip of a #conker #tree coming into #bloom in the spring.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #blue #sky #france
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Big sky
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3491904597084081405
#blip of the sun poking out from behind a #cloud over a silhouetted urban horizon.
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Apple blossom
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3491528925031434407
#blip of #apple #blossom on a small apple tree.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #flowers #garden #france
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Say "ah"
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3491181780763936326
#blip of a #blue #iris #flower, that looks like it's sticking it's tongue out at you.
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@CelloMomOnCars #EDF will like that as it will help to justify their absurdly expensive nuclear fleet...
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Just spent my afternoon-off sewing a new bottom panel into a 30 year old #LoweAlpine 15 litre rucksack that I could have replaced with something perfectly good from #Decathlon for less than €30. A genuine Lowe Alpine would cost a bit more though...
I also gave it a thorough wash and the water wasn't very clean, though it's a lot cleaner now.
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Random grey
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3476343057782147607
#blip of a metal pencil sharpener in #monochrome.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #office #desk #ilford
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This morning on my dog walk there was some bloke outside a garage with his monster #Dodge #ram parked blocking the pavement. The chap from the garage was only shoulder high to the top of the bonnet, there is a reason why many of these Stupid Useless Vehicles aren't legal on European roads. I assume it's a "private" import to get round the law, and they were discussing doing something to it..
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Little and large
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3474500317695971040
#blip of a #poodle sniffing something, with a large #tractor #tyre behind casting a shadow.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #caniche #dog #dogsofmastodon
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Big air
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3469764798353245006
#blip of a #kite #surfer in the air against a grey sky.
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #sport #watersport #france #brittany
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Waves
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3466185531623212320
#blip of a AA #Energizer #NiMH #rechargeable battery. With a #Gimp artistic filter applied.
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Spherical and plural
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3444312379049906015
#blip of three #Logitech #TrackMan balls. One is red and two are blue.
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Attempt two
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3443575744930778271
#blip of the inside of a #logitech #Trackman
#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #computer #hardware
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The contractors to install fibre are now an hour and a half late for their appointment. I think the narrow lane, restricted access and the kiwi vine growing on the current copper line may have scared them off...
Our current #ADSL line is pathetic at only 7MBit/s so I am rather looking forward to the theoretical 1GBit/s that fibre offers...
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Some wood
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3416110819954396901
#blip of old floor joist timbers lying on a blue tarpaulin.
#blipfoto #timber #lumber #wood #gimp #rawtherapee #Photography #recycling
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So far my main desktop running #KDE on #Wayland is highly unstable under #Debian #Trixie. There were always glitches under Bookworm but things are less stable than before. I suspect that the box which started life on #Jessie may have reached the end of the upgrade cycle. Just too many old things lying about, and a clean install and fresh user profile may be in order.
Systems started Bookworm and hardly used upgraded perfectly.
I will be buying a new desktop next year anyway...
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Set an old laptop to upgrade from #Debian 12 to 13 today, while I do other things. I have a local apt cache so each upgrade pulls files locally rather than crush my feeble #adsl feed.
One day, perhaps before the heat death end of the universe, #Orange may get round to running fibre the 200 metres from the closest pole to my house along the lane...
Main desktop and laptop will be upgraded over the weekend.
So far every upgrade has been painless and KDE6 looks pretty.