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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
Fri, 01 May 2026 13:01:21 +0000
At last! A campervan owner who recognises their obstructiveness on the roads. 😃
Fri, 01 May 2026 11:11:11 +0000
Moving my personal wiki from Moinmoin -> Zim -> QOwnNotes -> Joplin, over the years, has created a lot of cruft in the data. Mostly, this has been formatting that was used in one system, but, wasn't removed during the conversion process. I've decided to do a clean-up.
I'm actually enjoying the "Spring" clean. I'm looking at pages that I haven't seen in years (I've got in excess of 4,000 pages). Sometimes, it is a trip down memory lane.
Fri, 01 May 2026 10:46:49 +0000
That's a house door. 😂
#HomeMadeCamperVan #Highlands #Scotland
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:10:43 +0000
The BBC are reporting that Stephen Fry is suing the organisers of a tech conference (CogX), after he fell off the stage. Fry had just made the keynote address. He is claiming damages of £100,000.
I don't know any details about the incident, nor do I know the layout of the venue (O2 arena). The BBC article doesn't elaborate.
What do you think? Should organisers/venues be more careful with their guests or should speakers watch where they are going?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzr2yy6vro
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:33:49 +0000
Anas is correct, Scotland needs change. That's why independence is the only answer.
#scotpol #independence #yes #Scotland
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:01:20 +0000
I've converted my previous folder structure into Joplin notebooks. This process was quickened by multi-selecting notes on the Joplin Desktop client using Shift-Ctrl. Thank goodness for that.
I also noticed (I think) that Joplin automatically made sub-folders into sub-notebooks.
I'm currently in the process of forcing the local data to overwrite the Nextcloud data. I can then evaluate usage of the Android Joplin client.
I'll also evaluate Obsidian at the same time.