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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
Sat, 30 May 2026 14:24:39 +0000
Bummer!
My Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ100 has stopped reading SD cards. I'm hoping some dirt, or similar, is on the contacts. However, I don't relish the prospect of opening the camera to clean the contacts.
Sat, 30 May 2026 12:39:42 +0000
The hawthorn (craobh-sgìthich - crataegus monogyna) is an amazing bush/shrub/tree. No other plant growing in the #Highlands produces proportionally as many flowers as the hawthorn. The scent is also amazing.
Tue, 26 May 2026 08:33:31 +0000
I've been watching some of the old "Taggart" episodes, following on from @gemlog providing a link to "Root of Evil", hosted on Dailymotion,
For some weird reason, many of the episodes have the video image flipped in the horizontal plane. So, text (e.g. car number plates) is shown backwards. Characters exiting stage left, actually exit on the right, etc.
Why would someone do this?
Sat, 23 May 2026 10:48:05 +0000
Markor also supports:
* plain text
* todo.txt
* Wikitext/Zim
* Asciidoc
* OrgMode
* CSV
as well as Markdown.
Sat, 23 May 2026 10:39:32 +0000
My perfect set-up.
I use Markor on my LineageOS 'phone for general notes. I mostly write the notes in Markdown, as this allows me to pretty-print them. Markor offers to "share" a note to a print file or PDF. At work, I can send the note to a wireless enabled HP LaserJet M207dw .
So, a complete solution for writing and printing nice looking, and functional, documents, without getting my laptop out.
Other set-ups are available, this is mine. 😃
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.gsantner.markor/
Tue, 19 May 2026 08:11:09 +0000
I've fallen asleep, and awoken in November.