Lando Norris takes a well-deserved win at the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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After a disastrous Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix two weeks ago, crashing out of the race whilst battling his teammate, Lando Norris (McLaren) rebounded to take a well-deserved win at yesterday’s Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix. He secured a commanding pole position on Saturday, well clear of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and the rest of the… Continue reading Lando Norris takes a well-deserved win at the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Quite a change of pace at the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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After the unexciting race at Monaco just a week ago, yesterday’s Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix was a much more interesting event. In qualifying, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris of McLaren had locked out the front row of the starting grid, but defending champion driver Max Verstappen of Red Bull (who had qualified in third… Continue reading Quite a change of pace at the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

A dull Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025

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Yesterday’s Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix was a rather pedestrian affair, and simply boring for what was meant to be a race at the pinnacle of motorsport. Formula 1’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), mandated a minimum of two pitstops per car in an attempt to make the race more exciting, but… Continue reading A dull Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix 2025 →

Oscar Piastri wins three races in a row

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A few days ago, Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri won his third race in a row, at the Miami Grand Prix. Although not a Formula 1 historian by any means, I was hard pressed to think of the last time any Australian driver won three consecutive Formula 1 races. Only a few notable Australian… Continue reading Oscar Piastri wins three races in a row →

Oscar Piastri leads the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship

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At yesterday’s Saudi Arabian Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix race, young Melburnian Oscar Piastri became the first Australian driver in 15 years to lead the F1 drivers’ championship standings. The last time this happened, apparently, was late in 2010 when Mark Webber held the lead in that year’s drivers’ championship standings. (And it happens that… Continue reading Oscar Piastri leads the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship →

A new African president

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In a recent session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and the first African elected as President of the IOC. I had not come across Mrs. Coventry before, but what immediately struck me is that when you look at her photograph, you can clearly see that she… Continue reading A new African president →

Ten years of blogging

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It was ten years ago that I started this photography weblog with a welcome post. What a lot has happened since then! Remarkably, my photographic equipment and process remains essentially the same as a decade ago; I am still shooting with my Nikon D70S and Nikon D700, and I think the only lens I have… Continue reading Ten years of blogging →

Keychron C3 Pro keyboard

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Keychron C3 Pro keyboard and IBM Model M keyboard, January 2025, January 2025, Perth

The first part of my career was in academia, where I undertook postgraduate research in cognitive psychology for many years at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and worked in various research positions at UWA and Curtin University. Before that, I was part of the first generation of school students to start using microcomputers (at… Continue reading Keychron C3 Pro keyboard →

Final upgrades for the AM4 platform

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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU, January 2025, Perth

As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently upgraded one of my computers. It is based on AMD’s AM4 platform, which means that any CPU (Central Processing Unit) from the AM4 range is physically compatible with the CPU socket on the computer’s motherboard (the main internal component). The first AM4 CPUs were released in… Continue reading Final upgrades for the AM4 platform →

Fixing access to Thunderbird user data after upgrading Microsoft Windows

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Over the last six years, I have been using a Microsoft Windows 10-based computer as a secondary machine for my work. In terms of hardware, it uses AMD’s AM4 platform, and it is a custom-built machine that I assembled from parts. One of the remarkable things about this platform is that AMD has supported several… Continue reading Fixing access to Thunderbird user data after upgrading Microsoft Windows →