A sad loss
I attended a funeral yesterday of a good family friend. A mother of five children. She died suddenly a couple of weeks ago aged only 43. Two of her children are university age, the rest are younger....
View ArticleNatural 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...
View ArticleAmazon book reviews and the average reader
I do find it amazing how many book reviews on Amazon claim that the book isn’t for the average reader. To quote from my recent comment on this: I do wonder who this “average” reader is that anyone...
View ArticleCloud computing discussion on facebook
A few weeks ago, I got into a discussion about cloud computing from an unusual angle. I posted a link advising people to secure 25GB of storage on the Microsoft SkyDrive before they reduced it to 7GB....
View ArticleThe Digital Magazine dilema
I really do not mind paying more for a digital experience that is not a gimmick but genuinely adds to the value I get out of the content over and above what I would have gained from a printed or basic...
View ArticleHumanist response to tragedy
I do envy those of faith at such times. I have been watching coverage of the bombings at the Boston marathon as well as the car bombings in Baghdad both of which showed many at prayer and whilst I do...
View ArticleMoving on from IBM
Two big milestones in my life this year: turning 50 leaving IBM The first was automatic, and as I have been referring to myself as 50ish for a good while, was no big shock anyway. The second was a...
View ArticleA new Physiotherapist in the family
After a slog of four years of study, I am delighted that Lucy has finally been awarded her degree 2.1 as a Physiotherapist. We knew when she started on the journey four years ago by attending a local...
View ArticleWhy I use a Mac instead of more for your money PC
I recently switched from PC (Lenovo running 8.1 Pro 64 bit) to a top spec Macbook. I know Windows very well. I used to build my own PCs. I expect to reinstall Windows OS every six months. I absolutely...
View ArticleArticle: Europeans are so sick of being unemployed that they’re working fake...
I’m finding it really hard to get my head around this. I can see the value of some training, but surely there must be opportunities for some of these people to launch new businesses. Europeans are so...
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