Te Anau
Driving to Mt Nicholas Station
F# ASP.NET Core Dockerfile
The base Dockerfile I use for ASP.NET Core web applications. This is suitable for both F# and C# apps. Below I detail some design decisions and Docker best practices.
Dockerfile
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:5.0-alpine AS …Lawrence Durrell - Further Reading
For people who fell in love with the Alexandria Quartet or the Avignon Quintet and would like to explore more of that Hellenic world.
I found Diego Delgado Duatis’s doctoral thesis The Hellenic World of Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell a superb read. It paints a picture as to what as going on …
The Return of the Exile - George Seferis
George Seferis. Athens, 1938
“My old friend, what are you looking for?
After years abroad you’ve come back
with images nourished
under foreign skies
far from your own country.”
“I’m looking for my old garden;
the trees comes to my waist
and the hills resemble terraces …
Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 Lens
The Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens was manufactured by Asahi (now Pentax) in the 1960s for SLRs cameras. Fast forward sixty years and this lens is now regarded for its character. Shot wide open at f/1.4 it provides a smooth background blur and subtle vignette swirl. Combined with the golden tint …