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SPTR.net is an occasional thinking and writing space, a technical playground, an “external memory” and a toolkit to support my research. There are four broad “content pillars” I post publicly - stories, pictures, technology, and research. I write and create imagery in all four of these here, and publish an infrequent email letter.

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Recent posts from NixImagery

Lewis and Harris
So finally, we got a break, a proper break in which we could leave behind the ties that bind and head north to the Outer Hebrides. We had wanted to go back since we were in…
19th October 2025

to Inverlochlarig
We recently took at trip up to Loch Earn and had such a good lunch at Mhor 84 that we went back to have another one. It was not as good a day for the weather as the forecast…
23rd August 2025

A nice day out
We took a little run up to Loch Earn today, for no good reason other than it’s a fun thing to do. We stopped in at Camper King Scotland in Falkirk to get a light changed and…
24th July 2025
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