Topic: West Sussex

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ArgoNet (1996-2000s)

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Work for ArgoNet, Argo Group, and Freedom2Teach (AKA Passport2Learn)

Me!

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Back before social media was a thing, someone said it was vain to have a page with my pictures on. But now we have Twitter and Facebook and Instagram so who's laughing now? Now I guess the question is more: why do you still have a personal website?  Well at least it gives me a place to back up my photos that I actually have some control over.

I'm more comfortable behind the lens than in front, but a while back I started trying to keep a current picture on my site.  Before social media it was a lot harder to know what people looked like, which was a problem if you ever wanted to meet in real life.  Or just were really, really nosey.

Chichester and Fishbourne

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This is my attempt at some solo birdwatching, which is to say, going out on a cold, windy day, take a lot of photographs, and hope that I can make them out when I'm back somewhere warm. A couple of short movies I took on the day didn't make the cut - I took them more to get the sounds of the Redshank warning calls, but all I got was the sound of the wind.

To cut to the chase, there's a lot of Redshank here, along with Dunlin, Oystercatcher, and Grey Plover. Oh, and the usual Mute Swan, gulls etc.

Foggy's Leaving Do

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There should really be more photographs of this momentous occasion, but frankly I was pissed. But in the good way.

Freedom 2 Staff, Chichester, 2004

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This was about the time when some of our test servers got so hot that chips started popping off the motherboards, among other problems with heat building up overnight.  So we had to get some air conditioning in, and rebuild a bunch of servers along with our usual day-to-day stuff.

Chichester weather, 2001-2004

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The good thing about British weather is that there's so much of it to talk about.  Here's a generous sampling from my time in Chichester.

Chichester Snow

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During the day we laughed at the suggestion that it might snow, sitting in the warm office looking out at sunny skies. Even getting into the car to go home, it was cold but clear (if a little dark at 6pm). On the five minute journey to my flat however, we went from clear, to thundery, to the first stinging flakes of ice as I put my key into the door. By the time I'd got rid of coat, bag and keys there was a tapping sound at the window, and outside was covered in a thin layer of white.

I put some food in the microwave, but decided that grabbing my camera and taking some photos was more appealing that microwaved pizza. Before it got too bad...

Chichester 3

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The Cathedral pics are mostly test shots while I waited for the return of the peregrines - only had to wait a week or so as it turned out.

The others are random stuff seen in and around town: the Terminator 2-style burned out cars are the aftermath of a garage fire, and they'd been moved out of the way by the demolition crew.