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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, 09 Jul 2025 14:22:13 +0000
Who knew?
In Scotland, if one gets a small piece of wood embedded under the skin it is called a skelf. The same in England (Wales/Ireland?) is called a splinter.
To me a splinter is what one gets for a broken leg.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:36:57 +0000
#Gruoch has a soft kennel in the house. She sometimes lies lengthways in the kenmel, which means her paws protrude out underneath the mesh doorway. It looks so cute.
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:02:06 +0000
That's it, I've gone for a Full Fibre service from Plusnet.
I had yet another 4G outage, from Three, that lasted for nearly a week. I'm hoping the Full Fibre service is going to be much more reliable.
Installation should be happening sometime next week. We'll see if that goes smoothly.
#FullFibre #broadband #plusnet
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:15:54 +0000
I've noticed that many former astronauts are exceedingly long-lived. John Glenn was 95yo when he died. Michael Collins was 90yo when he died. Buzz Aldrin is very much still with us at 95yo, as is Jim Lovell (pictured) at 97yo.
I wonder if anyone has researched the reasons for their longevity.
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:42:57 +0000
Sheep worrying.
No-one has explained to #Gruoch that her breed (Akbash) were meant to protect sheep. She thinks sheep would be very, very tasty.
#Highlands #Scotland #dogs #DogsOfMastodon
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:50:32 +0000
I've just noticed that Chromium has a built-in "create a QR code for this page" feature. Firefox doesn't have this feature,, although there is an available add-on. Surprisingly, the add-on doesn't look very active.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/share-qr-code/