Travelling Tim

Travelling Tim maintains a number of separate Blog Pages that reflect his current interests. See the latest entries below...

	Travelling Tim - A Voyage of Discovery into Other Minds and Cultures. Solar Eclipse at Kovalam January 15, 2010 8:46 AM Comments (1) At lunchtime today, the 15th of January 2010, we were privileged to witness a partial 'Annular' solar eclipse. I am currently staying at Kovalam Beach, which is in Kerala, southern India: a location quite near to the optimum viewing... Christmas at Kovalam Beach December 21, 2009 7:55 AM Comments (3) Christmas Greetings from Kovalam Beach, which is situated in the state of Kerala, on the sunny south western tip of India. Today is the shortest day of the year, just a few days before Christmas, and an ideal time to...
	GPS Jottings - I navigate through the World of GPS, and GPS Maps. Testing the Mobile Action GT-200e November 11, 2009 11:41 AM Comments (0) I have recently been testing out a compact GPS receiver from the people at www.mobileaction.com. This Taiwanese company produces a range of small GPS devices suitable for walkers, cyclists, and other travellers. The unit I have been looking at is... GPX Route Map Technical Details July 8, 2008 6:30 AM Comments (0) This page describes the procedures used to record and process a series of Garmin GPX files for display online as a Google Map, or as a detailed report that displays a GPX file in the form of graphs and useful...
	Tims Web Notes - The Conquest of Conundrums: A list of Web How-To's. Too many open files February 29, 2008 3:54 PM Comments (0) My website was recently having a problem accessing pages with active content, driven from the cgi bin. When I type their address in my browser, I get a '500 Internal Server Error' page. Its text read as follows: Internal Server... Movable Type 4.0 site Hacked February 18, 2008 5:24 PM Comments (0) Ever had your website taken over? Its no fun. The other day I logged on to find that my site was partially infested with files that I hadn't put there. In certain directories there was an .htaccess file, and another...
	Photo Focus - Discoveries in Hardware, Software, Technique, & Sales. HDR photos - some finer points December 31, 2009 8:26 AM Comments (0) I am sure you have all read the tutorials, and know the basics of HDR photography. A good steady tripod, the camera set to aperture-priority, a range of different apertures, preferably taken automatically to minimise any movement, and hence 'ghosts'... HDR Photography - 2 January 10, 2009 6:27 AM Comments (1) Some more of my recent HDR photographs for you to look at... The Jaswant Thada at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India The Jaswant Thada at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India The Jaswant Thada at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India The Gadi Sagar at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India...
	Thoughts & Serendipity - Things to Share from Mind, Life, & Web. One Life is Ended July 13, 2008 10:59 AM Comments (0) I was recently reading a book called 'Slow Boats To China', in which the author, Gavin Young, describes a series of sea journeys he took whilst travelling from Athens to Canton. In that book he narrates an incident that happened... Things I'd like to share October 26, 2007 2:29 PM Comments (0) The idea behind this particular one of my Blogs came about whilst surfing on the internet. You all know the kind of thing: start with a particular site in mind, explore it for a while, then click on an interesting...
	Photo Gallery - An online Exhibition of Walks and Travel Photographs. If a picture speaks a thousand words, then there are plenty here to keep you a satisfied surfer. Explore the East Sussex countryside, and plot the location of every walk-photo on a Google Satellite Map. See my latest outings and journeys with students, friends, and family. Check out my travels through Africa. And keep coming back - this Gallery is updated regularly.