James Holden
Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds
Autumn’s a great time of year for photography. There’s some really nice light around and the leaves starting to fall. This image of the office buildings reflected in the river was taken from the footbridge at Whitehall Waterfront in Leeds at 8:50am.
Geekup Leeds September 2009
Went to Geekup last night. There was a really good turnout. Here are some photos from the night.
Locations and conditional rewrites in Nginx
jamesholden.net runs on nginx, and has done ever since the anti-terror billboard went totally viral. Whilst many people haven’t heard of nginx, it’s got a fair few success stories to its name and powers some major sites including Wordpress.com and FastMail.FM.
Leeds International Pool Demolition
So after weeks of stockpiling a vast amount of rubble to actually fill in the pool, destruction is being wrought upon the building.
Triumph
This well-worn Triumph caught my eye when I was walking through Leeds a couple of months ago. It was shot on Ilford HP5+ and home developed, but I only just bought a film scanner so now I can get some of the last couple of months of photography online.
Recycled Disney
A video compilation showing how animation is re-used in different Disney films.
Photos from Temple Mill, August 2009
Last week I was lucky enough to get a tour round Temple Mills. Here are some of the photos I took on the way round.
Vintage Lego: 8860 Car Chassis
I had a lot of Lego when I was a kid, and I kept it all, which is freakin’ awesome. The boys are just about old enough to start playing with it now, but some of the more complicated kits are still a bit beyond them. Of course, that doesn’t stop me from helping them [...]
Your car reg on your parking ticket…
This is a new one for me… I’ve just pulled into the short stay car park at Leeds Bradford Airport to collect my mother, who’s flying in from Spain, and I immediately noticed that the ticket issued from the entry barrier had my car registration number on it!
Rolls Royce Rally at Harewood House
Yesterday we set out to take the kids to the park and ended up at Harewood House, where we found the annual Rolls Royce rally. Annoyingly, I hadn’t bothered to pack my camera so I was pretty gutted not to be able to take any pictures.
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