Random World Cup Reflections
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 …
Mistle Thrushes Are Back
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 …
Only Just Discovered Google Reverse Image Search
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 …
Weather: You Like It Or Not
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 …
I Reserve The Right To Change My Mind. Continually.
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 …