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arcolz @arcolz.net · 20/03/2026

I just wrapped up Boxes: Lost Fragments, which I picked up as a free game on Epic a little while back. It was good! Fun little steampunk escape-room-esque casual puzzler. Lots of clicking and fiddling around. Reminded me a bit of Monument Valley, but with the PBR look.

Screenshot of magic box with a clock on it, from the game Boxes: Lost Fragments

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 08/09/2025

It's a little known fact that John Noble played "Dr. Wikipedia" himself.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 19/05/2025

Romanesque stone crypt with leaded glass windows #photography

A Romanesque stone crypt with leaded glass windows emerges from the darkness, lit by pink light

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 13/05/2025

Moss growing on quarried granite blocks with mortar remnants, surrounded by pine needle and oak leaf litter #photography #reference #materialreference

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 11/05/2025

Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia denudata × Magnolia liliiflora) #photography #nature

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 10/05/2025

Moss growing on a stump in the forest, surrounded by pine needle and oak leaf litter #photography #reference #materialreference

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 06/05/2025

🌛 Sony Alpha 6700 Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD 300mm - f/6.3 - 1/500 sec. - ISO125 #photography #moon #astronomy

An photograph of the moon taken during the day, over a blue sky. The moon seems to be fading halfway out of the sky.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 03/05/2025

Crypt window depicting a dove, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia #photography #birds

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 02/05/2025

View of Cardiff Castle from the Norman-era Keep #photography

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 29/04/2025

Kayaks on the Thames, London, UK December 2024

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 23/04/2024

Another view of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) at the zoo 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 500

A red panda sits in the crook of a tree.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 21/04/2024

🦊Red Panda having a blep at the Zoo (Ailurus fulgens)🦊 Yes, I know those are fox emojis, but there isn't a red panda emoji, and they are nicknamed firefoxes. 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 123mm f/5.6 - 1/200 - ISO 400

A red panda sticks it's tongue out while sitting in the crook of a tree.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 21/04/2024

🌽🌽CORN UPDATE🌽🌽 The CORN has been CULLED. Of the 50 seeds, 49 germinated and sprouted, which seems like a pretty darn good ratio? That means I had to remove 24 of those, leaving a 5x5 grid. Of the 24 I plucked, only 8 were replantable, so I stuck those in the ground in a row, as a ad-hoc experiment.

A metal raised garden bed with 25 corn plants in a 5x5 grid, beginning to sprout. A pair of dirty gardening gloves are flopped across the side.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 18/04/2024

Then I spotted the same bird during the day! It's a Barred Owl (Strix varia)! 🪶📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD @ 300mm f/6.3 - 1/500 - ISO 4000

A barred owl looks down through bright branches and leaves

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 18/04/2024

Spotted this guy hanging out on a branch during a late-night thunderstorm last week. 🪶📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD @ 300mm f/6.3 - 1/5 - ISO 25600

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 18/04/2024

🌽🌽LATE CORN UPDATE🌽🌽 I planted the corn *during* the eclipse in a 5 by 5 grid, with two seeds at each spot, and it's starting to sprout. If two seeds both sprout in the same spot, I'll transplant one into the yard, just as an experiment

Two tiny corn sprouts emerge from the ground.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 06/04/2024

Albino Indian Peafowl at the Zoo 🪶📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 46mm f/5 - 1/80 - ISO 200

An albino indian peafowl with pure white feathers is perched on a branch inside a zoo enclosure

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 05/04/2024

🐼panda at the zoo🐼 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 160

Close-up photograph of a panda sitting in front of a rock wall

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 04/04/2024

Detail from the above

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 04/04/2024

Wisteria beginning to bloom 🌼🌱📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/4 f/5 - 1/160 - ISO 100

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 01/04/2024

🦍 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 500

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 30/03/2024

An *almost* blooming Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) 🌼🌱📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/4 f/1.4 - 1/500 - ISO 100

A tiny flower with pinkish-white petals is starting to open. In the background, out of focus, is the stem of the flower, with several unopened buds.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 29/03/2024

A freshly bloomed Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) 🌼📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C f/2.8 - 1/400 - ISO 100

A tiny flower with thin white petals and a yellow center. In the background, out of focus, is the stem of the flower, with several unopened buds.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 28/03/2024

A mourning dove from earlier this year. Bonus stick! 🪶📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 200

A mourning dove with brown feathers sits amongst fallen brown oak leaves and green grass. Behind it is a fallen stick covered in green-grey lichen.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 27/03/2024

🐯rawr🐯 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 124mm f/5.6 - 1/200 - ISO 320

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 26/03/2024

🌽🌽CORN UPDATE🌽🌽 The raised bed is in place and ready for planting! The double layer of cardboard should hopefully block any unwanted weeds attempting to grow up through the dirt. After assembling the modular metal garden bed, we filled it with raised-bed soil that should allow proper drainage.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 21/03/2024

Lappet-faced Vulture at the Zoo 🪶📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm| f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 1000

A vulture stands on the grassy ground with a stick in its beak.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 21/03/2024

🪶 PINK! FLAMINGOS! 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 130mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 160

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 20/03/2024

🪶 Red-winged blackbirds in silhouette 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 130mm f/5.6 - 1/500 - ISO 100

A photograph looking up into tree branches where maybe sixteen red-winged blackbirds are sitting. The branches and birds are in dark silhouette against a flat grey sky.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 18/03/2024

🪶 Wrinkled hornbill at the zoo 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 800

A wrinkled hornbill sitting on a thick branch. It's large curving beak fades from yellow to orange. It's dark eye is surrounded by blue skin. It has a white neck with a large pouch, and a black body and wings. In the background is a chain link fence and some green foliage.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 14/03/2024

Spring has sprung 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/4 f/2.8 - 1/125 - ISO 100

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 14/03/2024

Blooming Saucer Magnolia 📷 Sony Alpha 6700 - Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C f/4.5 - 1/1000 - ISO 100

A photograph looking up into a flowering tree with thin branches, small light green leaves, and flowers. Each flower has spoon shaped petals that fades from darker to lighter pink. In the background are out of focus trees with yellow leaves and a blue sky with a few clouds.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 12/03/2024

Gull on the beach. Never realized they have red eyeliner! Sony Alpha 6700 - Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/800 - ISO 100 🪶

A close up of a gull walking on the sand of a beach. It has a white stomach, grey wings, black tail, yellow legs with webbed feet, a yellow beak with a black band, and red skin around its eye. In the background are out-of-focus fallen reeds, partially buried in the sand.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 07/03/2024

Grackle on the beach. Is that a shell or an egg at its foot? Sony Alpha 6700 - Sony E 18-135mm @ 135mm f/5.6 - 1/800 - ISO 100

A close-up of a black bird with a yellow eye, standing on top of a pile of reeds, resting on the sand of the beach. There is a small shiny tan object, maybe a shell or egg, resting next to its foot on top of the reeds.

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 05/03/2024

CORN UPDATE. I've purchased a modular metal raised garden bed and an stupid amount of soil to fill it to be delivered on Friday. The soil around here is mostly hard clay, so I figured going raised would be best after talking to my green-thumb sister.

A raised zinc garden bed, dark grey, planted with a variety of leafy vegetables and herbs

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arcolz @arcolz.net · 04/03/2024

Supposedly this is what it will look like. We'll see 😉

Two heads of corn with multicolored shiny kernels

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