Modern Life

Courtesy of Private Eye (with Ozymandius corrected to Ozymandias…)

Corona, Vale…

After many years of stout service, I’ve finally had to give up with the UR1 post-crown. Since the beginning of the year,

Rain!

At last! We have rain (plus rumbles of thunder). Been up to 32C today and very clammy, so this is a long-awaited

Second Home?

Still the hot, dry weather continues, so an impromptu visit to Ladybower Inn seeing as we were in the area (well, Hillsborough…).

CSS Grid

I suppose CSS Grid merits its own entry: I’m amazed at how simple it makes web-page layout; a combination of it with

About a week after completing the move to the W3C template, I happened across Bootstrap Studio, and it looked rather funky. So

Got A Semi On

England reach the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990 after beating Sweden 2-0. Amazing stuff. First time I’ve watched

Thai Festival

Still the sunny spell spell continues, so why not pay a visit to the Thai Festival at Manchester? A two-day event at

Matlock Bath

We’re in an amazing sunny spell at the moment, so off to give the Heights of Abraham a whirl. The station car

Just 3 Words

Always nice to discover something new and useful. Having read this article today, I’ve been having a play with What3Words, and it

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