So, I rented a FLIR thermal imaging camera for the weekend, for the serious purpose of checking the windows and overall insulation of our house.
But you can also take cat pictures with this thing.
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Martin Sutherland
@sunpig@mastodon.scot
mastodon 4.7.2Scotsman in the Netherlands. Software developer by trade, unfortunately. Bird photographer by hobby. Anti-GenAI Luddite leftist. He/him.
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@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Yes, so please enforce regulations against the platforms rather than imposing restrictions on children. If what the platforms are doing is bad for children, they're bad for everyone else as well.
Right now I'm far more concerned for my parents' safety online than for my kids' safety. Age isn't the problem.
Los Campesinos! at the Liquid Room in Edinburgh this evening were absolutely stunning. So much energy, from them as well as from the crowd. One of the best gigs I’ve been to in years. I’m just buzzing with delight.
Set list here: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/los-campesinos/2026/liquid-room-edinburgh-scotland-434f0b7f.html
Yesterday was Slow Marathon day for me: https://sunpig.com/martin/2026/04/26/marathon-walk-from-oostzaan-to-almere-saturday-25-april-2026/
(Today was also Fast Marathon day for Sabastian Sawe, who broke the 2 hour barrier in London - an amazing achievement. I'm not even doing the same sport as him, though.)
A rare new blog post. Mixed Media, 9 June 2026: https://sunpig.com/martin/2026/06/09/mixed-media-tuesday-9-june-2026/
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@coldclimate I found it on Gearbooker: https://www.gearbooker.com/ Conveniently for me, there was a guy in Haarlem (about 30 minutes away) who had one. If you're in the UK, maybe try hygglo.com? (The site formerly known as Fat Llama.)
I had been looking forward to a photography trip to the Bass Rock tomorrow morning - I'd rented a nice lens for it and everything - but it has been cancelled because of weather conditions. Disappointed :-(
I will probably be back in Scotland again for a few days in September, right at the end of the season. There are some spots available on the last trips of the season - I might try again then.
I don't need another project right now. But sometimes it would be really useful to be able to send someone a link to the kind of photos I like to make...
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@giardino@fnordon.de Bis jetzt wusste ich nicht daß der deutsche Name für "gannet" "Basstölpel" ist, und daß sie nach dem Bass Rock in Schottland benannt sind! https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basst%C3%B6lpel Ich fahre im juni dorthin!
The music app formerly known as iTunes no longer automatically produces an XML file alongside its own (binary) library database for other applications to consume. But there is a menu option inside the app to generate the XML file _manually_...
So I guess I'm learning AppleScript now.
The 6th annual European Gull Screeching competition took place today: https://www.gullscreeching.eu
(This is HUMANS screeching like GULLS. Not people showing off how well their pet gulls can screech.)
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@CppGuy @futurebird Very tempting! The rental was just €40 for the weekend. I know I can get one of the Flir modules that straps to my phone for about €150-200... But realistically it would lie around unused most of the time. It's a bit more than I like to spend for "buy it on a whim, just for fun." 🙂
Today I learned that the German name for a gannet (the bird) is "Basstölpel" - and that they're named after the Bass Rock in Scotland, which has a huge breeding colony of these magnificent creatures.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basst%C3%B6lpel
Today's musical journey: Los Campesinos! -> Nathy SG -> Martha.
Martha - FLAG // BURNER (official music video)
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@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space this weekend’s rental was only €40, which I can cover for a fun whim. To drop $250 on one, I’d have to have an actual serious project in mind!