Having watched most first-round and a few second-round matches, I think it’s fair to say that no team has been outstanding. So …

“Wish You Were Here”

Now this is what makes Photoshop worthwhile! Posted on Twitter.

Time For A Change

Having settled on a template for the website for some long time, I thought it might be interesting to look at revamping …

Well, one is. Had a visit to the back lawn yesterday afternoon. Problem is, new neighbours two doors down have two cats …

Affinity Photo

After using (“a version of”) Photoshop CS6 for many years, I decided to go legit. But at Adobe’s prices (over £100 a …

Flamborough

A drive over to Bridlington on a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday… Set off early (7am) and quiet motorways all the way to …

Having tried in vain to identify the location of a series of photos showing a castle, and only coming up with that …

Landline Woes

Tested out the 2 SIMs in the new mobile by calling our landline – and got the sound of silence… Further investigation …

OS Map Wrong

It’s a very rare occasion when you have to call doubt on something on an OS map, but I found out the …

Ladybower Visit

Weather looks very promising for this week, so time for a brief (2.8 miles) walk at Ladybower. Been wanting to see the …

So How Old Am I?

Did a test the other day in some online newspaper that allegedly judges how “grown old” you have become: and scored 21/35 …

New Mobile

Finally got round to buying a new phone, after plodding along with my 3-year old cracked screen Motorola. It’s a Xiaomi MI …

Today is like a dull, miserable November’s day. How different from yesterday’s sunshine and blue skies – perfect walking weather, so a …

Working Together

Having booked a flight from Manchester to Cebu with Singapore Airlines, it turned out that the first leg was Manchester to Frankfurt …

Struggles With Koken

Spent a day tearing the remnants of my hair out trying to find a way to stop Koken appending the site title …

Annoying Greetings

I have a courier delivering my tea who insists on addressing me as “pal”… WTF? He seems to be an obnoxious twerp, …

And Another Change Of Mind…

Very disappointed with Firefox Quantum, and I’ve changed my main browser to Waterfox. Never heard of it until today, but it’s looking …

Right, then: having definitely decided to use Coppermine for the gallery, I am now using Koken… Just felt that Coppermine looks a …

Piwigo Problem Solved

OK, this was not too difficult to sort out. Just stick: date_default_timezone_set(“Europe/London”); near the top of /include/common.inc.php. However, Piwigo does not seem …

Where Did They Go?

Been wondering what happened to the mistle thrushes we had in the garden earlier this year: spotted one by Greno Surgery.

Photo Galleries

Having settled on Piwigo for my image gallery, I’m a bit disappointed to find that it won’t run properly on hosting.co.uk: it …

Blogging Software

Looking to move from my home-brewed blog, I’ve been trying just about everything that’s available from the Hosting Cpanel. WordPress looked good …

Bye Bye, Hostinger…

… and hello hosting.co.uk. Couldn’t justify the price hike from £50 to £70 for what is essentially a bit of dabbling, so …

Collared Doves

We seem to be being invaded by collared doves; which is nice… Yesterday, noticed a flock of around 20 descending on trees …