Grabbed a week off work… was hoping for a clear night to grab a last minute milkyway shot but alas it wasn’t to be… so I dusted down the drip rig instead 🙂 Been meaning […]
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Another milestone for the S3….
So have spent the last few weeks driving the car, making tweaks and driving the car more… she does quite well MPG wise on the commute to work all things considered… 30+ indicated on the […]
Castle Combe TCR UK race weekend 2018
It was a very hot and sunny day… rather sticky too as I was plastered in factor 50… Was looking forward to this race weekend… BTCC (of sorts) at my local track and of course […]
Retro Gaming part 2
…following on from my previous post (Retro Gaming) I have done a little more to the console… I wanted to be able to turn the console on and off using the PS1’s power button… the […]
Retro Gaming…
I am a serial modifier and like my games too so using kit supplied by Pi Retro Gaming I decided to combine the two 🙂 Armed with the Superior console package (based on the Odroid […]
Progress with the S3
So a couple of months on from breaking the car (The joys of modifying cars…) and she up and running again… I stripped the replacement box to check it was all ok… …then cleaned it […]
Castle Combe Race 2 2018
Race 2 I hear you cry?…. what happened to race 1!!!?… well… I didn’t go… simple as that :)… it was wet, there were some crashes and Tony Hutchings had a wardrobe malfunction which resulted […]
The joys of modifying cars…
For the past few years I haven’t really done too much work on the S3 since the engine rebuild… she hasn’t really needed anything more than ‘servicing’ but one thing that did need a bit […]
Editing astrophotography
As a follow on from yesterdays first dip into astrophotography I went and did some proper processing this evening… Astrophotography introduces a whole different level of complexity when it comes to capturing images and processing […]
First attempt at some proper astrophotography
I have had a tracking mount for a while now but not used it beyond a couple of images of the moon… the tracker really helps keep the fast moving moon in frame while I […]
Site Update – Minor Issues
It was brought to my attention that the light box wasn’t working very well on mobile devices… I have spent a couple of hours tonight trying to work out what is going on but the […]
Site revamp
New year new site layout… 🙂 I have been running my blog for a little while now and thought it needed a new look… hopefully you will all like it… The theme I have used […]
Backyard Astro…
I follow a youtube channel called AstroBackyard… a nice Canadian fella called Trevor who does astrophotography from his actual back yard in a fairly heavily light polluted area… I have to say he is a […]
The drip rig mods continue….
My splash photography has been a bit of a journey… starting off with a hole in a bag (Fun with macro), advancing through to the HiViz controller setup (Random post from nowhere!) and now with […]
End of year Moons…
This weekend saw the coming of the super moon… 7% larger and 15% brighter being some 16,000 miles closer to earth than usual… Leading up to the weekend the weather reports suggested a cloudy night […]
Drop Controller DIY
One of the things that was evident after my week of playing with drops is that I think I had reached a limit with my current drop controller… A while back I had bought two […]
Castle Combe Finals 2017
As is tradition I am posting this a couple of weeks after the event 🙂 As you may have gathered by now my Castle Combe race posts rarely contained commentary of the day’s actual racing […]
Drip week
After what seems like an age I managed to grab a much needed week off work… originally I was planning to take a week off during the new moon period and hope for a clear […]
Moon rise attempt 2
Have been itching to get out and do some astro… been practicing with the tracker and watching loads of videos on youtube on image stacking and other such astrophotography related fun and games… I plan […]
Audi Driver International 2017
ADI was a little earlier than usual this year but I have been pretty busy of late so I am posting this a couple of weeks after the event 🙂 Wasn’t really feeling it this […]