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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, 14 Aug 2026 17:19:07 +0000
I kind of made a similar comment 8 years ago. Does that mean I'm repeating myself? 😃
https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/100570756428604231
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:16:07 +0000
Humphrey Bogart is the only guy ever who still looks tough whilst wearing a bow-tie.
The screenshot was taken from "The Harder They Fall" (1956), which was Bogart's final film.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:27:56 +0000
I'm sure you will have heard the idiom "down a rabbit hole", meaning being distracted, particularly, these days, on the Internet. I've come across the saying several times this week alone.
However, do you know its origin?
Well, I'll tell you, anyway.
It comes from "Chapter One – Down the Rabbit Hole" of Lewis Carroll's book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The titular character, Alice, follows the rabbit, and proceeds to fall down the hole, and lands in Wonderland.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:05:46 +0000
Just had a visit from a mother and baby Sika deer, in the garden. Always nice to see the next generation.
#nature #Highlands #Scotland #photo #photography
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:42:53 +0000
Farage winning the by-election means that the Investigation into his "personal gift" of £5 million can be re-opened. The re-opening of the investigation has been confirmed on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards' website. Screenshot of the website also shows the investigation into Richard Tice. I included that just because.
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:43 +0000
The photo shows some of the candidates at the Clacton by-election count, waiting for the results to be announced.
"Our" man, #CountBinface is unmistakeable in the line-up. Very noticeable for his absence is the by-election winner, Nigel Farage. Farage was too much the coward to even show at the count.
Farage got 22,239 votes, 63.3% on a 44.4% turnout. #Binface got a very respectable 9,455 votes (26.9%), he will get his deposit returned. We likely will see Binface again.