René's old blog
Whatever I feel like posting, whenever
This site goes back some twenty-five years, so it is bound to be full of stale links and irrelevant information. It is, at best, updated irregularly.
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Our gondola has been retired to the museum on Lazzaretto Nuovo
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Across the river, into the trees
I spent a good deal of January and February 2021 on a movie set, but it wasn’t a very positive experience
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Rowing video from Across the River
Short video of me rowing dressed as a 1950s US Army colonel
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Fog in the lagoon
The Venetian lagoon under the fog is like an eery dream of being lost in nowhere
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A different Carnival in Venice
The Carnival in Venice 2021 has been a different carnival in many ways, and in many ways like it once was, before it was commercialised.
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Death
Death is always with us, even if we choose not to notice.
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Philips PicoPix Max portable projector
We’ve gotten our hands on a Philips PicoPix Max portable projector, and it is a very nice little gadget. The projector is an android device with the projector instead of a display, and a touchpad on the top of the…
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WordPress without a web server
In the almost two months we’ve spent in Coronavirus lockdown here in Venice, I’ve had the opportunity to get some of the old forgotten tasks done. During one of these I finally got around working with WordPress from the command…
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WordPress update failed to complete
I have a bunch of sites running on a Debian multi-site setup. Managing it is normally simple. However, one day I activated automatic WordPress updates. Big mistake. The next minor WordPress update failed miserably, due to lack of permissions, and…
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Vaporetto photography in Venice
The vaporetto is ubiquituos in Venice, and it is very useful both as a subject, prop and location for photography in Venice.
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Poveglia – urban decay in Venice
Poveglia is an abandoned island in the Venetian lagoon, about 10km south of Venice. The ruins of a hospital closed in 1969 dominates the island.
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High tide photography
High tide is a common event in Venice, and it can make the city even more photogenic. However, photography during and after high tides has its problems.