Alex Johnstone
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Hello and Welcome!
Finishing the Realm of the Enderlings Series
What a lot of words
3 min
Books
Thursday, 15th February, 2024
Changes to the Scottish Tax Bands
This ain’t no temporary refund adjustment
6 min
Python
Finance
Monday, 5th February, 2024
Where did 2023 go?
And just what did I do?
5 min
Lifestyle
Sunday, 31st December, 2023
One Typed Page
Typewriter blogging
1 min
Lifestyle
Writing
Sunday, 19th November, 2023
Subscriptions
A drain or cost effective?
4 min
Finance
Saturday, 11th November, 2023
A new writing nook
Making a nice place to write, again.
3 min
Lifestyle
Writing
Wednesday, 13th September, 2023
A new radio blog
Everyone needs more blogs, right?
1 min
Radio
Wednesday, 16th August, 2023
Entering the world of Amateur Radio
What a rabbit hole
8 min
Radio
Sunday, 14th May, 2023
Bookcases
A joy to behold
2 min
Books
Home
Friday, 3rd March, 2023
First attempts with 4x5
Taking snapshots like it’s 1924
3 min
Photography
Film
Friday, 27th January, 2023
My 2022 Steam Replay
I never play any games
3 min
Games
Tuesday, 27th December, 2022
Choosing between the Fuji 50mm f/2 and the 60mm f/2.4
Which is better?
3 min
Fuji
Photography
Sunday, 18th December, 2022
Print
Print your photos
1 min
Photography
Thursday, 3rd November, 2022
Film scanning with my digital camera
First attempts at scanning with digital
7 min
Photography
Film
Wednesday, 26th October, 2022
Finding a camera for my dad
Discussing options for a camera for my dad
3 min
Photography
Monday, 17th October, 2022
A new Fujifilm lens
Welcoming yet another lens to my collection
3 min
Photography
Fuji
Wednesday, 5th October, 2022
The trade offs of a prebuilt
Discussing the pros and cons of buying a prebuilt vs. making you own
6 min
Hardware
Saturday, 1st October, 2022
My first successful 35 mm development
I finally make it all work and develop my first roll of 35mm film
7 min
Photography
Film
Tuesday, 27th September, 2022
First attempt at 35mm development
It doesn’t go well
6 min
Photography
Film
Wednesday, 21st September, 2022
Visiting the London Leica Store
A brief visit to the Leica store in Mayfair
1 min
Leica
Photography
Saturday, 17th September, 2022
Seeing the Queen’s cortège
We go and see the Queen’s final journey
1 min
Events
Sunday, 11th September, 2022
Kosmos Foto Mono Film Stock thoughts
Thoughts about this 35mm black and white film stock
2 min
Photography
Film
Saturday, 10th September, 2022
Happy 60th Birthday! 🎂📷
My Leica M2 film camera celebrates 60 years of age
1 min
Photography
Leica
Wednesday, 7th September, 2022
Big Orange 🍊
Idle thoughts about the fruit
7 min
Wednesday, 22nd June, 2022
Compact Cameras
An unnecessary journey into the world of compact cameras
3 min
Tuesday, 21st June, 2022
Hobonichi - for those that want to be told what to do
First impressions with the Hobnichi Techno notebook
3 min
Writing
Notebooks
Tuesday, 21st June, 2022
A little writing nook
Making a nice place to write
4 min
Lifestyle
Writing
Wednesday, 25th May, 2022
A new keyboard🧹🦀
Building a new keyboard (again)
3 min
Hardware
Keyboard
Saturday, 21st May, 2022
I have a photo in an actual gallery 🌌
As seen in a London gallery!
3 min
Photography
Friday, 13th May, 2022
Upgrading my T490 to 1080p
Replacing the screen on my laptop
5 min
Hardware
Saturday, 7th May, 2022
Generating lots of tiddlers
Programmatically creating tiddlers JSON
4 min
Python
Tiddlywiki
Wednesday, 15th December, 2021
Monte Carlo Simulation in Excel with Python
Simulating the possible with python and excel
6 min
Python
Excel
Thursday, 25th November, 2021
My favourite teapot 🫖
What a lovely teapot. Excellent spout.
2 min
Lifestyle
Monday, 27th September, 2021
Managing my personal finances with beancount
Explaining my setup with beancount, fava, and pythonanywhere
24 min
Python
Finance
Saturday, 27th February, 2016
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