Author: Bernard Tyers
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Cogollos, con pimientos del piquillo
Cogollos con pimientos del piquillo, or Little gem lettuce hearts with piquillo peppers with anchovies in vinegar, salads. Home-made. Yum.
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IOTA 2026 EU-005
I wasn’t able to be in EU-004 land, and I wasn’t able to operate at EI7M in EU-115 land for IOTA 2026, so I had to make do with my KX3 with 15W, a loaded vertical antenna in the park opposite our house in EU-005 land. I did however get to use my new-ish G7UFO…
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Gossiping Street, or Washing Street.
The word Safareig means a traditional public washhouse or washing basin used in Catalan-speaking regions of Spain for washing clothes in a communal setting. The origin of the word, is more interesting than that.. The word comes from Persian; čāhrēg, built from čāh (pit or well) plus rēg (sand). It was then borrowed into Arabic,…
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How dare you Bernard?
I don’t remember what the TV show was, but it had not-Lazlo Cravensworth/Matt Berry in it. And he mentioned my name.
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Induced oppressive thoughts and drunkenness
Anton Chekhov, who visited Sakhalin nearly a century earlier, described it as a “gloomy little world” with its forbidding cliffs overlooking the vast sea, the roar of the breaking waves and the dark skies that induced “oppressive thoughts and drunkenness” among the few inhabitants… Sergey Radchenko
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Wall of FT8 Sound
That Wall of Sound is the sound of most of Europe calling the 3Y0K DX’pedition on 10M FT8. No chance of getting picked out of that din!
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Colmado J. Sabater, Palma de Mallorca
Colmado Jorge Sabater, local and traditional Mallorcan products. Cod, fruits, vegetables, cheese, sobrasada and sausages.
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Kartel politikoak
Political, or social struggle, posters seen on the streets of Pamplona during San Fermín 2025. See 2025 political posters.
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Kartel Politikoak
Political, or social struggle, posters seen on the streets of Pamplona during San Fermín 2024. See 2025 posters, and 2026 posters.
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Lo-fi remote usability testing
Reviewing current work project UI implementation with the Interaction Designer (remotely in Newcastle), me in the office, and our developer (working remotely in Greece). Setup: @ipevo IP2V camera & Visualiser app, double-backed sticky tape, office wall, phone. #UserResearch#MW Large photo left: Overview of iPevo document cam, video setup. Smaller photo top-right: Phone UI close-up showing…