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  • Beddington Park

    Pictures taken at the delightful Beddington Park with an iPhone SE in raw format.

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  • Robot dog

    Robot dog!

    A birthday present produces its first result. A solar powered dog!

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  • Out the window

    A Sunday morning cricket match on one of the much-used artificial pitches. They often begin at 7 in the morning.

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  • Cribbage program finished!

    Cribbage program finished!

    Finally I’ve finished the VB.NET program to play the game of cribbage. So time consuming but so, so interesting.

    Now I have to think of another project.

    A code snippet

     RunPoints = HowManyRunPoints(Cards, n, TurnOverCard)
 PairsPoints = HowManyPairsPoints(Cards, n, TurnOverCard)
 FifteenPoints = HowMany15points(Cards, n, TurnOverCard)
 FlushPoints = HowManyFlushPoints(Cards, n, TurnOverCard)
 JackPoints = HowManyJackPoints(Cards, n, TurnOverCard)
 If FifteenPoints > 0 Then t = t + FormatNumber(FifteenPoints) + " points for fifteens " + vbCrLf
 If PairsPoints > 0 Then t = t + FormatNumber(PairsPoints) + " points for pairs " + vbCrLf
 If RunPoints > 0 Then t = t + FormatNumber(RunPoints) + " points for runs " + vbCrLf
 If FlushPoints > 0 Then t = t + FormatNumber(FlushPoints) + " points for a flush " + vbCrLf
 If JackPoints > 0 Then t = t + FormatNumber(JackPoints) + " point for the jack " + vbCrLf
 If t = "" Then t = "NONE!" + vbCrLf

and so on.....
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  • A walk up Box Hill

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  • A new camera

    My camera has not been found since I lost it a month ago. I’ve waited long enough and decided it was gone for good and needed replacing. I decided to get the same camera, although a later model. The Sony RX100 has 7 versions and I’ve gone for the Mark 3 to replace my lost Mark 1.

    New features include a pop-up viewfinder, which I can imagine using a lot, and a tiltable screen, which I don’t envisage using much. It’s good to have a proper camera again. Below are a couple of images taken yesterday at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (we had complementary tickets).

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  • Cirencester, The Bear

    Three days away for family gatherings and visiting friends. Cirencester we liked a lot, two nights at the very pleasant Bear at Rodborough (again), the outskirts of Bristol, an overnight stay at a Premier Inn where our room electricity tripped out three times.

    And my lost camera is still lost.

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  • Happy Father’s Day to me!

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  • Ightham Mote, Kent

    It was a very hot day and after an hour or so driving with the a/c blasting we arrived at Ightham Mote, a National Trust property in Kent. It’s well worth a visit.

    These pictures were taken with my budget iPhone – my camera is still lost and would appear to be for ever. I used an app to shoot in RAW format and the images are OK. I’ve never been happy with pictures I’ve taken where there’s lots of green or in the noon sun. They’re probably ok for a blog but I may need to consider getting a phone with a better camera spec. The pictures taken inside the house were unusable.

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  • Reality

    Reality

    Based on a true story and using dialogue recorded by the FBI, Reality is a terrific film. Superbly acted by Sydney Sweeney, it’s a mere 82 minutes and is highly recommended. If you don’t know the real-life ending, don’t look it up before watching the film.

    A mid-day showing at the Soho Curzon with just two others in the audience.

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