Field Notes

Small experiments with home networks, film cameras and slow travel.

Making an old router quiet again

The fan in my spare router finally gave up, so I replaced it with a passive heatsink and moved the box to the shelf above the bookcase. Temperatures stayed under 60 °C even during a long backup, which was more than I expected.

Developing Portra at home: what went wrong the first time

Two rolls, one cheap thermometer and a lot of patience. The colours came out slightly green, mostly because the bath drifted by almost two degrees. Next time I am buying a sous-vide stick.

Three days on regional trains

No plan, a paper map and a list of small stations with good bakeries nearby. The best one turned out to be a place with no bakery at all, just a lake and a bench.