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Winding Down Old Projects

  • 29 August 2024
  • Engineering  
  • Photography  
  • Django  
  • Python  
  • Lambda  
  • AWS  

Today I deleted an entire module from my infrastructure terraform repo, the one that related to my photography project. It was always massively over-engineered and at this point in my life I can’t justify the cloud costs. Everything is gone except the media in the buckets and a big pg dump.

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Malvern Hills

  • 18 May 2024
  • Travel  
  • Walks  
  • Nature  
  • Photography  

Walking The Malvern Hills

Approximately 4 - 6 hours

Walking North to South along the tops of many of the Malvern Hills from the North Hill to the Hollybush hill via Eastnor Obelisk.

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Polished Turds - Lower Clapton to Erith

  • 17 August 2023
  • Travel  
  • Cycling  
  • Photography  
  • Exploring Cities  
  • London  

Cycling from The Hackney Marshes to Erith, via two Victorian Pumping Stations

About 2 hrs at a slow pace.

The East End of London has tons of walking routes in and around the various canals and the Thames. I did a little post about one of them here, but this time I wanted to see a bit more in a day and the best way to do that was to get my old bike out.


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A little knowledge of html goes a long way

  • 3 July 2023
  • Engineering  
  • Photography  
  • Python  
  • Lambda  
  • AWS  
  • HTML  

Now that my photography project looks pretty much how I wanted it to, I’ve turned my attention to polishing it and trying to get it to render quicker in the browser.

One of the reasons I’ve given this some extra attention is perfectly captured in the gif I made for the original post..

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Tossa de Mar To Canyelles

  • 12 June 2023
  • Travel  
  • Walks  
  • Photography  
  • Spain  
  • Coast  
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Rob's Photos

  • 19 May 2023
  • Engineering  
  • Projects  
  • Photography  
  • Django  
  • Python  
  • Lambda  
  • AWS  

After a slump in inspiration, I decided to pick up a new project which involved something creative.

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Flu Walks Along the East London Waterways

  • 13 October 2022
  • Travel  
  • Photography  
  • Walks  
  • London  
  • Exploring Cities  

Walking The Waterways in East London during Covid lockdown 2020

1/2 to a full day depending on your route


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The Viking Trail

  • 6 October 2022
  • Travel  
  • UK  
  • Coast  
  • Walks  
  • Photography  

Walking the coastal path between Margate and Ramsgate, via Broadstairs

About 4 hrs at a wandering pace


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