Leaving home for Hull university Alexandra, our youngest child, left home for University in Hull at the back-end of September. She was heading into the unknown, not least in so far as accommodation arrangements were not confirmed because of going through clearing and she was simply advised that she would meet potential landlords and would …
Canal Holiday 2011
We finished off September with an excellent holiday on the canal. Navigating the canals of the UK on a narrow boat has long been my favourite holiday, first instilled in me by a couple of teachers at my secondary school who were married and lived on the banks of a canal and who were daft …
A level results day
Last year, Zoë did not worry that much about her A level results as she had chosen to go to Keele Univesity to study Geology and their requirements were, well, not that challenging. Alexandra had rather more at stake to fill her place at Lancaster for Theatre Studies, so she was very worried on results …
We are not sure what it is and need to do some more tests
On my way home one very pleasant evening from Swansea to Telford, I stopped off in Ludlow for a coffee to help me keep awake for the final stretch. I decided I was not too tired to head for to my gym club in central Telford before heading home so I called my wife to …
The Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea
The Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea, a photo by kyber on Flickr. A long-exposure evening shot of the Dylan Thomas Theatre on the Marina in Swansea. I rarely have the patience to wait with the camera on a tripod to get these kind of shots. I do rather like it though. The effect is great, and …
Secure passwords online
I am often asked for advice on creating good passwords. Usually, as I talk, I get an opened mouth response as people go into shock. The short version, for those who cannot be bothered to read the detail below, is you need to use machine generated random passwords of a decent length that are different …
Roots
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.
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 …