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  • Macro photos of flowers

    This is a collection of flower photos I’ve taken mainly with my Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens, on my Nikon D90. I particularly like the super close-up photos that become so abstract that it’s hard to tell exactly what it is a photo of. If you liked this post, share it!
  • Macro Photography

    For Christmas, my awesome partner Jason got me a Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens for my Nikon D90. I really enjoy taking close up photos of insects and flowers and although the kit lens I already had does a pretty good job at it, a macro lens can do much better. […]

Macro photos of flowers

August 29, 2014August 31, 2014 Annie Leave a comment Photography

This is a collection of flower photos I’ve taken mainly with my Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens, on my Nikon D90. I particularly like the super close-up photos that become so abstract that it’s hard to tell exactly what it is a photo of. If you liked this post, share it!

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Making kids happy one shape at a time

May 20, 2013August 25, 2014 Annie Leave a comment General, iOS

As a software developer, I spend my life writing line upon line of code with the idea that someone, somewhere will eventually use whatever software I’m building. Assuming that yes, someone does in fact use the software I build, I can only hope that these imaginary people actually enjoy using it! Recently, I received this […]

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Mobile app’s first steps – so far so good!

December 11, 2012August 25, 2014 Annie Leave a comment iOS

Some analytics on Shape Matcher, a recently released iOS game for children.

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Tools I used to create a simple iOS game

December 9, 2012August 27, 2014 Annie 6 Comments iOS

Essential software and frameworks to help you write your first iOS game.

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500km in one year

October 6, 2012August 25, 2014 Annie Leave a comment Fitness

One year ago today I started keeping track of my running. I had just joined a new gym and Jason and I had made a pact to really give the gym a go this time. Little did I know what this would lead to… During this last year I participated in a 5km run with […]

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What to see and do in Amsterdam

May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 Annie Leave a comment Travel

Since moving to Amsterdam about 10 months ago, we’ve had just about as many visitors. For a multitude of reasons, Amsterdam is incredibly popular with tourists. Every weekend the population of this small city swells ridiculously. In 2010 alone, 5.3 million tourists visited Amsterdam. That’s a lot of people in a very small area! Anyway, […]

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Will the real developer please stand up?

May 9, 2012August 26, 2014 Annie 3 Comments Opinion

Over the last year or two, I’ve been reading articles that describe this strange world where software developers are Gods. They are paid so much money that it’s ridiculous. They get flown across the US and invited to parties with naked girls in spa pools and all the booze in the world. Image sourced from […]

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Macro Photography

February 21, 2012August 26, 2014 Annie Leave a comment Photography

For Christmas, my awesome partner Jason got me a Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens for my Nikon D90. I really enjoy taking close up photos of insects and flowers and although the kit lens I already had does a pretty good job at it, a macro lens can do much better. […]

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SQL Server Performance Tuning

February 9, 2012August 27, 2014 Annie 2 Comments SQL Server, Technology

Things in the “software development” world have changed a fair bit over the last 10 years. In the past, developers used to have to think carefully about the SQL they wrote, making sure that they used well optimized stored procedures on well designed databases with the right indexes on the right columns because let’s face […]

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How asynchronous is SmtpClient.SendAsync?

January 30, 2012August 29, 2014 Annie 23 Comments .NET, Technology

In a previous role, I was tasked with writing a newsletter email sender. How hard can this be, I thought to myself, and set off to complete my mission. Initial Thoughts We were probably going to be sending tens of thousands of emails at a time so although I figured I’d need to use some […]

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Hi! I'm Annie Luxton, a Software Engineer / Technical Team Lead with a real passion for technology, travel and photography, currently living in Amsterdam.

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