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Thank you for dropping-by, I hope you enjoy your visit. The main content is to be found in the blog, where I discuss everything and anything, but, topics including: photography, nature, technology, food, movies, music, politics, and life in the Highlands of Scotland, make regular appearances.
I commonly write reviews of movies (or films, if you prefer). Some movie reviews are short, others will be discussed in more detail. The scope covered will be mainly mainstream English language movies from the 1930s until the present day.
About me
My name is Iain MacDonald, and I live in the Highlands of Scotland (although I have lived elsewhere in the past). I use Fitheach as my online pseudonym, on this website, on Mastodon, and on Matrix. I am a big fan of Free & Open Source Software, which I use both professionally and at home.
Computing and technology tend to infuse themselves into my other interests, as once you learn some skills in one area it is convenient to use them to solve problems in other spheres.
When not tinkering with computers, I am likely to be found repairing things because living in the countryside you learn to be resourceful.
Of course, man doesn't live by SSH tunnels and kerosene vapour burners alone, so, food, as a subject, makes regular appearances, too.
My latest Life articles
My most recent ramblings can be found in the Life section.
My latest Mastodon posts
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Fitheach
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:05:13 +0000
My upgrade went really smoothly.
My only issue was my locally installed Python packages (~/.local/pipx/venvs) not working due to the system-wide installation of a new Python version.
That was easily fixed with this pipx command:
pipx reinstall-all
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:56:41 +0000
Luckily, the package "usrmerge" makes the transition to bin/, lib/ and sbin/ under /usr to be really easy.
The recommendation is to install this package before upgrading from Daedalus to Excalibur.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:35:08 +0000
Bye bye /bin, /lib and /sbin.
#Devuan #Debian #Linux #Excalibur
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:36:37 +0000
Can a domain name be too long?
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:27:04 +0000
How do you delete an image when using Tusky?
In my previous post, I inadvertantly added two copies of the same image. I couldn't find how to delete the second image.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:09:26 +0000
Good to see some physical retail expansion in this age of online buying. :-)