Alex Savin

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We’re back from the Netherlands.

We’re back from Netherlands.

I never heard of black and white Polaroid films.

StereoFinland dot com has been a fun project to do on a spare time.

For my recent trip to California I decided to try something new and not bring any cash across the border.

During our recent trip I’ve tried making and posting short video logs every day for the whole duration of the trip.

Don’t get me wrong, I (mostly) enjoy new fibre broadband from Virgin.

Couple of weeks ago we moved from Bethnal Green to Walthamstow, and it was our first big move inside London since we moved here 2 years ago from Finland.

London is a dream place to be if you love cinema.

Moving from Finland to UK and London in particular was one of the biggest changes in my life.

It’s been another year now, and a new chapter of one second a day film project is finished.

Last week me and Stanisla spent 3 beautiful days in Barcelona.

There is this moment in your UK employed life when your employer announces that from now on you are eligible for something called Cycle Scheme.

Barcelona London Timescapes short film is selected to participate in 3D Film Music festival in Barcelona.

London Timescapes is a short documentary film made of timelapses.

During our recent London React meetup co-creator of GraphQL Nick Schrock did an hour long talk on how they came up with this idea (together with Lee Byron), and why you should use it too.

<img src=“https://alexsavin.me/photos/2015-11-01-35mm-cameras/IMG_0264.jpg" class=“featured” alt=“Zenit EM camera”> I’ve recently acquired a lot with 4 35mm vintage film cameras.

London Timescapes short film was premiered as part of competition programme of Beyond 3D film festival in Karlsruhe, Germany.

One of our stops during Black Forest adventure was a small village of Malsburg-Marzell.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise - London is full of hidden underground history.

Svema film is a curious unicorn.

Second VRLO meetup happened last week, and it was a success.

It’s getting rainy in London, and tomorrow is the first day in school for local kids.

It’s been a whole year now since me, Roisi and Robbie started a podcast titled Red Badger Don’t Care.

Couple of things to announce regarding London Timescapes experimental short film.

Got myself a new white Pebble watch.

Last week was notable for an inaugural Virtual Reality London meetup.

London Timescapes film is basically finished and looking for distribution.

Weekly recap on important things.

My fresh travel video from the island of Corfu is available now on Vimeo.

I’ve been using Fastmail for a bit, and it’s amazing how fast webmail can be.

London is a fantastic place to be, with one huge downside - there are far too many interesting things to do and places to be than you could ever manage.

I’ve been away for some time.

Read If you ever wondered what airport security equipment can do to analog unprocessed film - Kodak got you covered X-ray equipment used to inspect carry-on baggage uses a very low level of x-radiation that will not cause noticeable damage to most films.

Fascinating thing about London is that you can find anything here.

Yubikey is a tiny USB device with a single button.

Read I know none of my passwords - story how to use internet without worrying about security After Snowden, The NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge.

Read Why giving basic income to even the richest makes sense - The Water Room Analogy An open letter to banks by creators of 1Password.

Read The Cold Rim of the World - The rise and fall of Pyramiden, a Russian mining town located in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard UK government’s styleguide on Git commits Roads were not built for cars: how cyclists, not drivers, first fought to pave US

Read How to bring up a baby in the Finnish way - special project by Yle Pi day flyer Exploiting the DRAM rowhammer bug to gain kernel privileges.

Read Notes on watching Aliens for the first time with a bunch of kids.

Read Understanding the Enigma machine with 30 lines of Ruby.

Let’s assume for a second that it is perfectly fine to care about your privacy on Internet, filter out ads and in general have full control over the look of webpages.

Read Marco Arment defends high-speed way of listening to podcasts Fair review of Hello Fresh box delivery service by Roisi.

Read Poor unlucky people with green bubbles The freefall camera prototype development story Review of Cereal Killer cafe on Brick Lane How Canadian Spies Infiltrated the Internet’s Core to Watch What You Do Online.

Read Long read on designing recently released Twitter Video feature.

Read The Duct Tape Programmer - good never gets old, and this write up by Joel Spolsky still very much relevant, although represents another extremity You see, everybody else is too afraid of looking stupid because they just can’t keep enough facts in the…

Read Long read on travel photography by @Stammy of Twitter I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love.

Read A guy goes to Cineworld cinema and (allegedly) attempts to do a screen rip of a film.