nicklewis
Nick Lewis

https://nicklewis.blog

Web Dev / Synth Nerd / Photographer

Public Key

npub1mlru0pflddcmdv7xk5nhv7stnr0vugcm5jj64wlwevhqxnpuv96qexgrpv

NIP-05 Address

nicklewis@vlt.ge

NIP-57 Address

nicklewis@vlt.ge

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relay.primal.net

relay.noswhere.com

relay.damus.io

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2024-09-11 13:31:31

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Shall look up #cashu as I haven’t heard of it yet but to be fair my journey in this Nostr space is about a few weeks old. Loving it and kind of heading for #nostronly

2024-09-11 12:56:56

I am really proud of my wife Tina pictured here, second from left, light grey trousers for completing her Mighty Hike this Sunday.
The walk was a half marathon length of 13 miles, that started at Corfe Castle and ended in Swanage with a big section along the coastal path. They faced challenges with the weather with “horizontal rain” being the least of their worries, as parts of the coastal path were somewhat tricky to walk on.
The reason behind their participation was to raise money in memory of a colleague who died last year from cancer. It hit us all very hard, as one minute she was there in the office, all normal, healthy and enjoying life. Next she was in hospital with severe pain, was diagnosed and never left the hospital. She was later moved to a hospice where she died a few days later. Her husband Mark was shell shocked.
On Sunday I did part of the walk in reverse from Swanage and met up with them near the coastal path, so that I could join them for their last couple of miles or so.
They did brilliantly but were physically and emotionally exhausted.
They raised a lot of money between them and are still pulling money in.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/cd6a1c064dd7e40922e0fc27d2d2ff4e26ffeff2af2596cd4e0a0413d01d7113.webp

2024-09-11 10:16:08

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Belated good morning

2024-09-10 10:51:58

This is fantastic. Using Arc Search, a test for searching kayak strokes worth learning over the winter. Came up with a lovely summary of content here. So cool!
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/584395a19fd00c29240ac2fb46e9f7360c1824c1ae53080d3450da029c826ce8.webp

2024-09-10 10:47:59

Arc for iPhone installed and works very well. Just tested with my blog site nicklewis.blog

2024-09-07 08:50:41

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Censoring is a consensus between a small group of people at the end of the day with the pretence of protecting another group of people. Quite often working out to achieve the opposite of the desired effect and thus it fails. Perhaps not always but often I’d suggest!

2024-09-07 06:06:03

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Hmmm how can one tell? That’s the trouble now.

2024-09-06 22:57:37

#proofofwalk
My average could, needs to be better I think. Too much time at my desk but I do get out for some walks.
https://m.primal.net/KhSw.jpg

2024-09-06 15:28:18

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Worth a try and I’m going to have a play with it a little longer but whether I’ll keep it going, not sure. If it requires more resources that could get costly.

2024-09-06 13:35:59

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Currently https://nicklewis.me which might change. My curiosity drove me to set it up and whether it will be useful for anyone else or not is another matter!!
I need to plan it out better.

2024-09-06 09:59:36

This is a great episode as ever. Especially upon hearing the second track, my own and I love the way it was mixed into the subsequent track. All courtesy of Wavlake which is working quite well for my music. Exciting times.
https://fountain.fm/episode/VqiUAVR0zoI5V3gaXGJz
#nevent1q…kzxv

2024-09-05 10:36:58

Awaiting my appointment with my nephrologist to check up on my kidney health. Long story short, had a transplant in 2008 and it’s been going strong, had a worrying dip last year but then stabilised, remained so for awhile and still looking good last time.
Fingers crossed for the same today.

2024-09-05 08:22:07

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Ahhhh right, I see that makes sense

2024-09-05 08:19:13

It would appear that I've got a little bit of a muddle going on here because my wallet associated with Alby doesn't seem to correspond with my Lightning node that has 11k sats, the one I am connecting with when using Alby, has only 2 - hmmmmm slightly confused. I've got one private key and 2 public. I need to unwrap this otherwise things will fall apart further down the line.

2024-09-05 06:02:22

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An erupting volcanic island on the horizon??? Amazing.

2024-09-05 06:01:15

I like the way we’ve got some Mastodon posts being fed into Nostr. Do these people get to see the comments I leave for them if they aren’t using Nostr all of the time though? How well integrated are the two platforms?

2024-09-04 07:24:15

https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/f663860e72549a7c470906048186b07281c6de5ea01ce5b7691e49fe3ccff79d.webp

2024-09-04 07:18:08

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Good luck - was thinking of doing similar!

2024-09-03 21:07:21

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Totally, discovering great tools being developed each day and the rest is very much in all of our hands.

2024-09-03 19:48:14

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Utterly incredible image, must have been absolutely brass monkeys that day! I agree on Nostr, there is that great feeling of discovering something new. These v4v platforms are a great addition to our world and ideal for documenting projects of various kinds.
I think in time, hope really that there will be a lot more in the way of various artists, from photographers, to musicians and more.

2024-09-03 19:44:40

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That looks fantastic, very impressed by that!

2024-09-03 10:04:00

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Yes, been having some trouble with it. Have you?

2024-09-03 09:57:51

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The video didn’t post. Hmmm. What broke there?

2024-09-02 11:45:46

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I remember writing a game in machine code back in the day, where you’d type in commands. A text based adventure. It was massive fun writing it and learning along the way. ICQ, BBS, AOL, Gopher, IRC and FidoNet all bring back memories - I might be older than many in this chat and since it’s only a number - 52. The meaning of life plus 1 decade!!!

2024-08-31 06:09:00

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I recognise the location of the second photo, West Highlands somewhere? Ranoch Moor?

2024-08-26 10:05:26

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Chessington World of Adventures Theme Park with the family today. A wedding on Thursday.

2024-08-25 22:15:36

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Happy Birthday EC!

2024-08-22 12:08:14

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Probably true!!!

2024-08-22 12:06:56

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It’s frustrating. Every year I get a higher number and that’s mad!

2024-08-22 07:03:30

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Actually going there in October. Seems unreal!

2024-08-21 22:09:13

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Checking out the update to Fountain which I’ve been using for awhile now and amassed a decent amount of Sats with it too. Checking out Proton’s new things…. It’s all happening!

2024-08-20 12:33:36

Sharing some #flowerstr
https://m.primal.net/KFjB.jpg

2024-08-20 10:55:17

In some Nostr apps, I follow people and then they show up as not being followed a day or so later #asknostr

2024-08-20 10:39:07

How fantastic!
#note1kd4…5jnh

2024-08-20 10:36:00

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Wow that takes me back to the 90s, kind of miss those days in a way.

2024-08-20 10:19:24

#asknostr
#note1kz8…qgc7

2024-08-20 10:18:19

Looking forward to two very different things this week. The first is trying to paddleboard tomorrow evening, having kayaked for years. The second is performing some music at ModCaf on Thursday night with my modular/semi-modular synth gear. Only potential if time allows.

2024-08-20 10:13:06

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It’s like a lot of things in technology, hurdles can be overcome to a point. Do you use any particular tools for your IPFS tasks that you feel make all the difference?

2024-08-20 10:09:57

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As you can see, the tree is the star of the show, the moon looks more like a torch being shone in my face! Will keep trying.

2024-08-20 10:08:42

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Let’s try now….
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/11986cddd8d9fc91fd008fdf825a224b2bcd9038b281fdb718ef7d3a232088c2.webp

2024-08-20 05:43:00

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Yes! You’d hear that brrr-duh-brrrr-duh sound, can’t think of any other way to describe it! I had these speakers.

2024-08-19 20:41:31

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Interesting stuff, this could be my first venture into creating a relay in order to try this out and I’m happy to do that and get involved in these projects where I can.

2024-08-19 19:25:39

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I’m on Bluesky and obviously here too but where am I right now!? Here Nostr’ing and having fun which I can’t say I do over there.

2024-08-19 19:14:07

@npub180c…h6w6 how did you set up your fiatjaf.com website that is plumbed directly into Nostr (seems to be at least)

2024-08-19 19:12:49

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Seemed great at first but then hit issues with files taking a more than acceptable time to load or not showing at all.

2024-08-19 15:36:55

Now let’s see if I can share my Arweave content here, as I started using it in place of IPFS to host and share files.
https://v2.akord.com/public/vaults/active/zbPqauNmlJTyXubxhvQMEGvW7oRIq_FfQwjQi-I3oyA/gallery#166f5fcd-65af-46f7-8b5d-895945dffafa
This is a track I recorded earlier on my iPad using AUM and a bunch of synths.

2024-08-18 10:47:42

I’ve canned a project that made use of IPFS and looking for alternatives. Earmarked this article by @npub180c…h6w6
https://fiatjaf.com/d5031e5b.html

2024-08-18 10:44:41

I use markdown a lot but shall I check out asciidoc? Oh yes, I love stuff like this. Are there any JavaScript plugins for it to incorporate in static websites??
#note1jfg…qwjy

2024-08-18 10:31:34

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It’s a tricky thing to photograph as many
phones use some form of algorithm to “correct” things, so can be overridden with settings or other camera apps that are available which are designed to make this sort of thing easier.
I tried capturing the moon back in the autumn last year and likewise found it quite difficult to capture.
This was the best I could come up with and it’s still rather burnt out, more like someone shining a torch into my eye!
But, hmm can’t upload images at this moment in time. I’ll try a post later and you’ll see that.

2024-08-18 08:35:11

Having got back into Lightroom again this week, though the jury is out on whether I prefer to stick to it or adopt Affinity Photo fully, is yet to be decided. Anyway digging into the archives a little bit to look at some images from last summer on the south coast of England. Southbourne near Bournemouth is a nice spot to explore and photograph with breathtaking views along the coast towards Hengistbury Head, Isle of Wight.
Now beach huts are fun aren’t they! Could never bloody afford one of the buggers though.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/456b187d09ab6ceebe1f9573ef89f1349ec72ab6f4bc2a767065be7bb82dfee9.webp

2024-08-17 22:30:53

I’ll share my more typical bridge photo tomorrow but here is another that I took from the other side perhaps an angle that hasn’t been used before or at the very least not often. Framing photos using foreground details such as this hedgerow, really helps draw the viewer to the subject in the photograph.
I did use some AI tools in Lightroom to remove two cars from the bridge and they worked phenomenally well, it actually impressed me immensely. I decided to leave the people in, that if you are eagle eyed might see.
I followed a Thames Path sign but wasn’t convinced this path was actually public because I could see how far it went and then stopped to turn back, taking this photo along the way!
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/4a1a7e36e68a2280b05d04341c106ef6f0b2a89611d6a91b8b0db962b173f1d5.webp

2024-08-17 22:25:29

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It’s a great area, the county as a whole is lovely. Looked nice down on the coast today from your photo.

2024-08-17 22:24:34

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Yesterday was very fruitful and have shared some here already, got a couple more to post tomorrow or Monday and getting to visit some more locations over the coming couple of weeks before going up to Snowdonia in September.

2024-08-17 17:23:41

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GA from Northampton and just as sunny up here with the in-laws.

2024-08-16 21:48:12

One of the locations I visited today was Whitchurch and it’s beautiful bridge. I took a number of photos for a project I’m embarking on this year and into next, to photograph every Thames bridge, of which there are over 160. My aim is to capture a number of regular photos and some that stretch my and the viewers imaginations equally.
When photographing a bridge, what do you do, where do you position yourself and your camera? Do you photograph the bridge from a distance or do you go for some concepts that need to be taken on the bridge or from it.
I took a walk across it and whilst looking down, spotted this opportunity for an image, the contrasting late summer light actually helped in this instance, the light details of the buffers protecting the pillars that hold up the structure versus the dark waters of the River Thames, with the swirling weeds sketching out the flow of the water flowing through.
It’s just so fascinating and makes for an unusual image, very abstract. I shall share the more traditional photos I took tomorrow or when I get time later in the week.
GN.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/e97d57856a98a669978c443def9e4de1a4dd8a691456806ff902521a7d4c71b5.webp

2024-08-16 21:37:03

St Bartholomews Church, Lower Basildon, photographed today - Sony a7r3.
Built of flint and brick 700 years ago, close to the river Thames. Jethro Tull, the father of modern farming, has a memorial here but the whereabouts of his actual grave is unknown. There is a tragic statue of two brothers in swimming trunks who drowned in the river in 1886.
The church is a simple construction and was once a very prosperous parish in the fifteenth century, when parishioners grew rich from the local wool and corn trade.
In the photo you can see that part of the roof has been fitted with corrugated metal, in order to temporarily fix a falling roof.
I wonder if they accept bitcoin donations?
I shall be sharing some more photos from this outing in the days to come.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/593bd552021426310809b37e53320d11f993a672e90222fd1e15f7f1bf377a82.webp

2024-08-16 17:06:10

I’ve got some photos and video to edit for today’s photographic ramble. It all started at Whitchurch on the Thames, found this little spot. Nice.
https://m.primal.net/KBet.jpg

2024-08-16 12:08:26

A golden field of sunflowers taken with my insta360 last weekend and I’ve grabbed this still from the footage. The monopod extends out quite far, so that I can get drone-like angles. I’m going to be gathering more photos from around the area with this camera and other cameras that I own, including a drone.
https://m.primal.net/KBVl.jpg

2024-08-16 10:19:48

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Fantastic stuff, I love this.

2024-08-16 10:19:18

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Is that the Model Y?

2024-08-16 07:26:40

Walking along the River Kennet last night and came across this plant, which I think might be a Miscanthus of some sort, it’s got similarities to bamboo, albeit with much finer stems.
#bloomscrolling #photography #rivers #kennet #nature
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/f1d0a7724f1a56d368eb77cb0b34bafe6592657a73b995d7f418aabf2e0ae2eb.webp

2024-08-15 22:26:55

#asknostr
#note12eu…8fvq

2024-08-15 22:08:30

I have started working on a video series about music making on the iPad using AUv3 plugins. In this one, I talk about chord progressions and how to build them using the Progressions app.
#music #ipad
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/44cdf30a4cb52b9313e89d7c58b48f35d0ad6bae46c09af79daceef615cc2dd2.mp4

2024-08-15 21:07:03

Exploring the River Kennet this evening near the village of Woolhampton and came across this interesting old World War II pillbox on opposite bank.
A link to the details on Wikimedia- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4902424
https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/141c27dc321e8eab56f3d5d57873da985ccd55bb29ddd2c443c97cbac8bbd4fb.webp

2024-08-15 20:51:42

Testing out some different NOSTR apps that work well for iPhone and iPad. Interesting to note that I’m using a different app on the iPad to the one I use not the iPhone. Nostur is good for the larger screen as it makes full use of the space, two columns.

2024-08-15 20:35:58

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Thanks, no answers yet, which is a pity.

2024-08-15 16:57:37

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Apologies I was going to write more! Then got it interrupted!

2024-08-15 16:54:14

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I’m pretty much in the same place right now and found your note really interesting

2024-08-15 11:43:25

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How did you setup your BTCpay out of curiosity? Finding my way around Nostr.

2024-08-15 11:42:39

Looking for advice on how to setup BTCpay in order to take zap donations and noted that some people I follow here on Nostr may prefer this method?

2024-08-15 11:35:38

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I’m going to give myself around 6 months to do it as I may prefer to photograph certain locations under various conditions without overcomplicating things.

2024-08-15 07:43:40

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Definitely a book and then take it from there. I am going to put together some kind of plan and the autumn/winter months will be best for the light - it’s going to take a long time but where I live, not far from the location pictured I’ve easy access to them. Some photos will be taken from a boat.

2024-08-15 07:36:40

I think we’ll see more and more aggregation tools for online content springing up enabling the combination of feeds and I’d love to see RSS in the mix too. Something like a hybrid of @openvibe.bsky.social and Fountain - which for those of us who use v4v powered apps can earn some Hive,Bitcoin etc

2024-08-15 07:25:31

I plan to visit and photograph every bridge on the river Thames, how many are there in total? 138? Quite a lot! Some may be concrete motorway bridges but then there are magnificent ones too. Such as this delightful specimen at Whitchurch on Thames. https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/00bc8825448ffd781cba3759e76b9903ae822809573d8c5bc3e1b7b375e21b80.webp

2024-07-22 06:25:51

Over the weekend I released a new track on Wavlake, over the week I shall push it across to other platforms (maybe I won’t bother as they’re all arses) too to maximise it’s audience. It’s not my usual track, something different, if I knew a lyricist, singer and guitarist they’d complement this instrumental nicely. Anyway go and check it out. What genre would you place it under? Struggling to decide what it is.
https://fountain.fm/album/SytX7QSIZxVKovkDuFvh

2024-07-12 16:48:11

https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/8da99f96bef50bcdee2dd78dfc714c74ed8981664a80e43a166d924f59c4cc1e.webp

2024-07-12 16:46:48

London skyline. Taken today. https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/8ecc72618d3ed51d47335d022bcf2ab24bd3d1ccbb21f49bc307a8afd2ce867a.webp

2024-07-09 16:56:56

I shall be checking this app out soon. Lots of great stuff coming out at the moment. https://nostrcheck.me/media/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/b3799dbda3bc94969f226fead73644bc19a235e1d62015e74dcce6f8d274db91.webp

2024-07-09 06:37:33

I really like Wavlake and that I’ve earnt some sats so quickly there with just two tracks onboard. I’ve a question, the sats total is still zero. Does it take a few days or more for the sats to accrue?

2024-07-08 19:19:59

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it’s very clean and works nicely. I’m a fan already.

2024-07-08 19:18:47

I’ve been posting a couple of tracks on Wavlake recently, here is a linky dink. https://wavlake.com/nick-eb-lewis

2024-07-08 18:49:15

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Trying out!

2024-07-08 10:04:42

I will perhaps create my own hardware node at some point but I’m using #voltage in the meantime. The free channel is taking forever to provision. Not sure what is going on here. So currently it has no real means of accepting zaps? That said I was able to send some Bitcoin to it from my personal wallet and it has a capacity of 11k sats.
Maybe someone could send me a tiny test zap? Thanks!

2024-07-07 18:51:50

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I was about to ask the same thing having just tried but no luck.

2024-07-07 18:50:05

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Yay, I’ve been teaching some scouts kayaking skills today. Love being out on the water.

2024-07-07 18:45:11

https://wavlake.com/album/e89889c4-2df1-4332-b463-dd8e274a1de4

2024-07-07 18:44:09

https://wavlake.com/studio/albums/e89889c4-2df1-4332-b463-dd8e274a1de4

2024-07-07 14:51:03

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I’m an avid user of Fountain and this sounds very useful.

2024-07-06 21:34:35

Trying out #strike for use in conjunction with Damus. Hoping this combo will work ok for sending zaps. Regulations here seemingly restrict some apps. Sussing out the landscape for exploring Bitcoin more.

2024-07-06 19:06:12

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That sounds much better than the pharmacy I had my last vaccination (I’m immunosuppressive since having a kidney transplant) which was as dodgy as heck. It was nowhere near my house either.
Love organ music in cathedral spaces. It’s beautiful.

2024-07-06 19:02:50

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Goring on Thames, lovely place

2024-07-06 10:05:05

https://image.nostr.build/cc6a4f06c2b82217e8d4ff505be425dfa1c3a308caf3b45baec8e4f8d2e0021a.jpg
Salisbury Cathedral

2024-07-05 22:02:52

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It’s a unique place is the IOW!

2024-07-03 08:48:48

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The Germans invented them 🍔🍔🍔

2024-07-01 07:14:01

Just down the road we crossed the river and admired the view. Just to the left, sadly not pictured, is another hotel and it’s called The Swan. Very good food and the conservatory restaurant is right on the bank of the river.
https://m.primal.net/JEJO.jpg

2024-07-01 07:12:04

Stopped off for a pint at this lovely pub in Goring-on-Thames yesterday. It’s called the Miller of Mansfield and is also a hotel.
The pub is named after the medieval ballad, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, which tells the story of a miller who gives a bed for the night to a stranger travelling to Nottingham. Over dinner, the miller tells the stranger they’re eating one of King Henry II’s deer, poached from Sherwood Forest. The following day, the miller discovers the stranger is the king himself. Rather than being punished for theft, though, the miller is knighted for his hospitality. The tale concludes with the miller journeying from Mansfield to Westminster to receive his knighthood.
What a story! Wow!
https://m.primal.net/JEJE.jpg

2024-06-30 09:07:05

https://image.nostr.build/6aef068522dd7a5c603961583a505b5c9c57774f66047c94b7b90330fc7994c0.jpg
London looked resplendent the other night on a hot balmy evening as we walked back to Waterloo.

2024-06-29 23:06:09

It is a shame the wallet in Primal isn’t yet supported here in the UK but I figured that I can still provide my own wallet for Zaps. No idea if this works yet of course until I’ve written further notes and gained more traction on here.
GN

2024-06-29 21:46:43

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NOstriches! I love that! I’ve learnt a great deal from this one more and it’s got me thinking about ways in which I could get involved as a developer at some point but also keen to set up some things.
Highlighter has me intrigued. Just having a look for that.

2024-06-29 20:48:22

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That would be amazing!