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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, 21 Oct 2026 12:04:12 +0000
Of course, it is probably the case that the fungus mycelium got there first. The mushroom fruiting bodies are just pushing through the interloper moss. 😃
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:58:32 +0000
Colonised.
Nature doesn't leave a viable living space empty for long. The moss inhabited the top of this tree stump first. Then the mushrooms moved in, too.
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:47:20 +0000
Autumn.
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:20:32 +0000
"...Amazon unveiled a new AI-powered device called the Bee Frontier. It is a wearable that can be worn like a bracelet or clipped to clothing and will “listen to your whole day” in order to serve as a hands-free, AI personal assistant."
It won't be bloody listening to my whole day, that's for sure. AI is all about Big Tech further eroding our privacy to make more billions of dollars. Stop giving away your privacy for a tiny bit of convenience.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/smartphones-internet-era-ambient-computing-b3067840.html
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:28:38 +0000
Heads up!
WHOIS is being retired. It will be replaced by Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). See the links below for more information.
It will be strange not using the whois command-line tool to query domain info. I've used whois since forever. However, there is an rdap command-line tool for querying the new protocol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registration_Data_Access_Protocol
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:57:26 +0000
A nice (lucky) touch was the morning dew dripping off the overhanging tree branches, creating small ripples in the otherwise still water.