Category Archives: Pictures and photo galleries

picture-posts, photo-dumps, and other galleries of images that I figure people will enjoy

Jun9

Graduating from Trinity

Posted on June 9, 2026 by perfectusvarrus

Wednesday, 29-October-2025

The day is finally here.

11 months of work. A few thousand hours of effort. Probably around 3,000, give or take.

Lots of frustration. Friendships made, friendships strained.

A crush. A relationship. A love. Built and developed, one moment at a time, step by step.

Top marks earned. One reading, one paper, one exam and one presentation at a time. One by one, studying and learning and focusing and breaking and cracking under the pressure. Rebuilding myself, only to break again… and then to be helped up, to stagger forward a bit more.

All for this. A parchment, handed to me, just one person in an endless stream of faceless celebrants.

Success and completion, at least for a moment, before we were sent on to the next challenge.

Graduation 10am 29.10.25 Pic Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX

May22

Views from a spaceship

Posted on May 22, 2026 by perfectusvarrus

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Various times around 2025, 2024 too maybe?

To be clear, these aren’t ACTUAL views from an ACTUAL spaceship. Nor are they technically photographs, since they’re very definitely screenshots.

But one of the ways I’ve been finding calm and relaxation in this manic world of post-MBA Dublin is in my old game, Elite: Dangerous. Flying the spaceships I’ve optimized, running through the game loops I’ve locked down and understood, it’s nice. Calming. A sense of control in a world that offers me less and less control.

And you’ve got to admit – the views are pretty, whether they’re real or not.

May6

A wee jaunt to Scotland – Glasgow

Posted on May 6, 2026 by perfectusvarrus

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Friday, 19-Sept-2026

Ages and ages back, I bought tickets to the Hogwarts Express. Now, we make the journey out of Ireland and into Scotland, visiting friends and exploring the highlands on our way to Hogwarts!

Our first stop was a flight into Glasgow, where we met up with two friends of Andreas – one of her oldest friends, actually, who she’d met in middle school, and his wife. With them as our excellent tour guides, we set off into Glasgow itself, exploring and seeing the sights – cafes, universities, and even an absolutely lovely museum!

But for now… we focus on Glasgow itself: