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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.
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Fitheach
Sat, 09 May 2026 12:09:57 +0000
Comprehensive results are available on the Scottish Parliament website.
However, I'll highlight one other result from the election. Murdo Fraser (Conservative) has stood in EVERY SINGLE election since 1999, and he has lost EVERY SINGLE time. Since 2011 he has stood in Perthshire North, and before that in North Tayside.
What makes it even more amazing is that Murdo Fraser has lost to the SAME PERSON at every election, the SNP's John Swinney.
https://www.parliament.scot/msps/elections/election-2026
Sat, 09 May 2026 11:31:54 +0000
I was pleased to see my old #Yes campaigning buddy, Stephen Gethins, was elected to Dundee City East. This means he will be resigning his Westminster seat to return to Holyrood.
Returning to Holyrood might be a smart move for anyone having designs on leading the SNP. Just sayin'. 😃
Sat, 09 May 2026 08:50:33 +0000
A huge pro-independence majority at Holyrood, and wins for Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein signal the end days of the British Union (I hope).
#Yes #independence #Ireland #Cymru #Wales #Scotland
Fri, 08 May 2026 08:02:09 +0000
Happy Birthday David Attenborough. 🎉
100 years young, to-day.
Mon, 04 May 2026 23:24:11 +0000
Russell Crowe has been spotted shopping in one of the local supermarkets.
It isn't true that when he was told the checkout had closed, he replied: "And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." 😂
#films #movies #Highlands #Scotland
Mon, 04 May 2026 10:34:26 +0000
Come on, I came here to see all the:
May the 4th be with you,
jokes. Where are they?