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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, 04 Sep 2026 18:42:48 +0000
How do you get 500 dogs to sit still for a photo?
These 500 dogs must be much more placid than just one Akbash of my acquaintance. #Gruoch
https://goldenretrieverclubofscotland.com/
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:08:04 +0000
Seeing as all the dogs are Golden Retrievers does that qualify the event to be a Clan Gathering? 😃
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:05:53 +0000
What could be better than a lovely Golden Retriever?
Well, how about 500 lovely Golden Retrievers?
The Golden Retriever Club of Scotland will be holding a gathering at the breeds ancestral home, Guisachan House, Glen Affric, in July 2028.
Almost 500 Retrievers attended the last gathering in 2023.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzd12jd2qo
#dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Highlands #Scotland
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:34:22 +0000
The pallets will be made into, what I call, log cages. One pallet for the base, four pallets around the sides, and sometimes a pallet for the roof. I don't have a source of free/cheap roofing, so, the roof is made of whatever I have available. Construction takes all of 5 minutes.
Each log cage holds approximately 1 cubic metre of wood.
"... and here is one I made earlier."
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:55:18 +0000
The first of many loads. 👍
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:26:04 +0000
Nice to see that Tim Berners-Lee, and others at the W3C, have their own instance (Mastodon) on Fedi.