P1000526.jpg Originally uploaded by kyber Went for a nice walk today in Apley Castle Park, Telford. http://apley-castle-park.info – rather liked this quick snap on my compact of my daughter sitting on some tree roots.
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Natural Photography
Every now and then, I come across someone complaining about the photoshopping of images in the media, particularly magazines, and this is often linked to a demand for natural photography. I am no great fan myself of the plastic look, or bad photo retouching generally (which I am guilty of myself). It is the …
Processor upgrade
My main desktop computer at home as been a little neglected for some considerable time. This is mostly because despite my taking what I thought was a lot of care in its various rebuilds over the years, including provididing a very high quality and powerful modular PSU and 8Gb of excellent fast DDR2 memory, it …
Tunnel Vision
Had a great day yesterday, enjoying a long tour through tunnels and locks on canals around Dudley with the Dudley Canal Trust, followed by a meal at Mad O’Rourke’s famous pie factory (pub). and then a drink at The Crooked House. This was a surprise treat from my brother for my recent birthday. My …
A journey to Gym & Swim
I never thought I would say the following … I enjoy going to the gym. I have been going for around a month now, pretty much everyday for at least half-an-hour. I have also often followed a gym session with a relaxed swim. My diet has also changed. I have had practically no really bad …
Not excited about my new car
I change company car tomorrow and I am nervous. Less so than I was yesterday, but still nervous. My choice this time is a Toyota Prius T-Spirit. My current car is a Ford Mondeo Titanium X auto estate. I have had it three years, and three years was the lease option I chose. I would …
Linux revisited
Once upon a time, I was very familiar with Unix, included the BSD variations (legal wranglings over which triggered the development of Linux by Linus Torvalds) both at the management/operational level and as a programmer. However, as I have mostly used Windows for my desktop activities rather than say an Apple Mac (which is built …
Running Kindle for Windows on Linux
Installs and works perfectly on WINE with no special measures. Just thought you might like to know. For those interested in a little more information … Decided to resurrect an oldish laptop earlier today. It was always a bit (well, a lot) too slow under Windows XP but seemed well suited to running Linux. Downloaded …
Dangerous tyres
My company car had a service last Friday and when the car was returned I was told in no uncertain terms that three of the tyres were illegal and the fourth was not far off. I was given the number of the mobile service and given the message from the leasing company to use that …
Kindle failed but Amazon customer service replacing
Wow. I went to use my Kindle this evening only to find the screen frozen. A quick Google showed this was a problem with a small number of Kindles. Went onto the Amazon customer service page, clicked a few buttons to say my Kindle (bought by my wife) had a fault. I was advised to …