Alex Pardoe

If you’ve happened across my profile you’ll probably find me posting random photos from my morning walks and complaining about technology. My main “thing” is probably landscape photography (preferably involving trees) though - here’s a sample. #Photography #Landscape #Trees

Had a CGP Grey video suggested to me by the algorithm today… that guy left the internet at the right time, we all should have followed his lead.

I'd bet that the binned chips in the new iPad mini only have 8GB RAM rather than 12GB that the A20 Pro gets in the iPhone.

Some great clouds today, still wish we got a bit more of a sunrise though. #Photography #Sky #Clouds #ShotOniPhone #LeicaLUX

Managed to catch the moon in the downtime between the rain this morning.

I'm happy to report that the new Music icon has made no difference to my home screen.

Harvested fields. https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/5CO982BgDThStHHKRTIzfr #Photography

Tried the iPhone Duo in a store this weekend, it's a really nice bit of hardware but I'm not sure I could live with the nano-texture screen and crease as a dark mode user - it was _very_ obvious under the lights even with content on the screen.

New one-day photography project unlocked… setting the time to GMT on all the cameras.

#SilentSunday https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/1NvSp37jIhvb25jT01wu30 #Photography

This hits too close to home.

Capturing the light. Sometimes it alone can transform a scene.

Looking up to the fire. https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/6ct6VJiTtRgZjelLWkeBFC #Photography

I'm just going to sit here looking at photos from the telephoto lens of my 18 Pro while I tell myself I don't need a Duo.

Into the woods. https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/4ogpGqPPlxYhr7mrXdGMrz #Photography

Sigma just dropped the FP2 and I want it so bad, really need to try and hold out for an FPL2 though.

I'm tempted to head to the Cribbs Causeway Apple Store tomorrow morning to see what the Duo is all about…

I visited the Morgan factory and took some photos. I would also like a Supersport now.

It's entirely a me problem but this doesn't half ruin my workflow.

I'm sure today is going to be a great day for anyone who vibecoded a PHP site and doesn't know how's it's deployed or how it works - getting hacked by bots was my first learning experience as a novice developer putting something online too.

The price is as stupid as ever, but very cool nonetheless.

I'm pretty happy with this incarnation of the homelab… at least until boredom strikes in about a month's time.

The number of people driving past the "Road Ahead Closed" sign only to have to turn around is extremely impressive and very entertaining this morning. Why should they follow the diversion, they have jobs to get to and kids to drop off, the sign is clearly for everyone else and not for them.

According to my spotty accounting I've uploaded ~1200 photos to various corners of the internet over the last 20 years and I've been taking photos for at least the last 30 years. I wish I'd focused on it more, tech careers increasingly take a lot out of you (even if they do fund the GAS habit).

Went on a cruise, didn't enjoy it much, but at least I came away with some decent photos.

Photography: @rosannab88.bsky.social #photography #Autumn

So how many "my iPhone Duo isn't due until December so I went to look at it in an Apple Store and here is my review" podcast episodes are we going to get now…

Hopefully the HomeView (especially the wall mount one) can permanently pair with any random set of AirPlay 2 speakers for media output.

Lol, the new Aqara U600 Smart Lock for UK doors requires you to remove the locking bit of your front door to use it, therefore invalidating your home insurance - good luck, early adopters!

The Apple HomeView is a pretty tempting WFH desk companion to be able to quickly see who is at the front door whilst displaying some useful information about my day. No, I don't want to do this with Claude Code and a hacked digital photo frame from AliExpress.

Seems about right.

#SilentSunday https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/3iNrqvAiop05OC1Yqbrkno #Photography

If the price of fuel in the UK doubles from where it is now it'll still be cheaper to drive to get somewhere 100+ miles away than to get a train (if the train can even get you there in the first place).

Loving the Guardian's "review" of the new Jaguar Type 01 in which the "reviewer" has neither seen the car in the metal, sat inside it, nor driven it, but is very angry that it exists.

I caved and tried Temu-AI-Lightroom and it's about as terrible as you can imagine - it would take a team of real people with real taste to bring this to an acceptably usable place.

Finally finished simplifying my homelab over the weekend to make it quieter and easier to manage - from an overpowered TrueNAS server and three-node Proxmox cluster to a UNAS Pro and a single micro-PC running Debian.

Here come the autumn mornings… finally. https://glass.photo/digitalpardoe/60XMvrU34r3d3BcIdsPrgP #Photography

I don't have a problem buying cameras but… you can get a Panasonic S9 and 18-40mm lens direct from Panasonic for £750 at the moment if you're willing to have it in silver and can find a discount code to combine with the £200 cashback.

Went on the Morgan factory tour… and now I covet a Supersport. #Photography #Cars #Morgan

A lot of the AI stuff in Lightroom has been genuinely quite useful, things like AI masking and noise reduction, this might be taking things a little too far though.

It doesn't look like the cloud is clearing this morning so here's one from the other day proving that the iPhone telephoto lens is still the best lens. #Photography #Trees #ShotOniPhone #Landscape #LeicaLUX