Monthly Archives: July 2019

Swimming, 25th July 2019

Hit the pool with my daughter today and I have to say neither of us particularly enjoyed it. I really struggled and was far hotter than I would normally be whilst swimming. When I left one of the life guards … Continue reading

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The joy of libgphoto2

Whilst I was on holiday I took a bit of a leap into the unknown and decided I’d try to implement support for DSLRs in the camera library I’ve written for oacapture and related applications, the intent being to use … Continue reading

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Swimming, 23rd July 2019

Another day with the pool rather too warm, but I think I did better than yesterday apart from the last few reps when someone decided they’d share the lane I was using and swim very slowly. It’s not particularly enjoyable … Continue reading

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Swimming, 22nd July 2019

Back to my usual pool today, to find it anything but usual. The water temperature was apparently 31C, which is a bit much for swimming hard. Given the enforced break from my usual sets I’ve decided to take this week … Continue reading

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Swimming, 8th to 19th July 2019

Holiday time! And whilst I have access to a 30m pool, it’s busy, doesn’t always have lane ropes and observance of lane etiquette is poor. Oh, and there are no lane lines on the bottom of the pool, just a … Continue reading

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Swimming, 4th July 2019

Arrived at the pool today to claims from the lifeguards that it was 40C on poolside. I can believe it, too. Walking out of the changing rooms felt like running into a wall of hot air. The water was far … Continue reading

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Swimming, 2nd July 2019

A much better day today. Hard to believe it was only 24 hours after such a poor performance yesterday. I’d not claim it was easy — I was definitely having to push hard from about sixteen reps in, but I … Continue reading

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DHL lying this time

It feels as though courier companies are now in the business of removing parcels from the sender’s location after which point no-one (other than the recipient) really cares what happens to the delivery. I had a DHL delivery scheduled “before … Continue reading

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Swimming, 1st July 2019

Well, an utter disaster today! For a number of reasons, I think. My head wasn’t really in the right place today for a start. Too many other things going on and I wasn’t properly focused as a result. Also a … Continue reading

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Swimming, 28th June 2019

I felt a little better than yesterday when I hit the pool today and it showed in my swimming. The same set, but this time no fighting and whilst it was hard, I didn’t feel at any point that I … Continue reading

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