Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
Photomacrography (with film) Note: this was actually written for an ‘A’ level English assignment in ages past, long before digital cameras came out. That said, everything here is almost as valid now as it was then. Enjoy. { Extreme close up of a red ant head } Have you ever wanted to fill your camera […]
Closer still. A guide to Photomacrography Read More »
NOTE : A Work in progress! Day one: My current level of French is a few half-remembered words from an ‘O’ level college course decades ago, one I never completed anyway. I’ve decided after years of depression and of hiding forever in games like WoW* that I want to turn my life around before it’s
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Vox Pox: intro Note: This was actually something I did back in 1990 as part of a Desktop Publishing or some other IT course I was doing at the time. Can’t even remember the package I used. Long obsolete now, whatever it was. Vox Pox : The Voice of the People: Education in shambles! Lifes
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Picking a compact camera Before we go on, this isn’t about reviewing cameras, it’s about choosing the best camera for the job. In this case it’s a good quality, lightweight all round camera, one that a professional won’t be ashamed to have in their pocket, but at the same time isn’t too complex for a
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Squarewords See if you can solve this letter array puzzle. This is one of a large number of puzzles I wrote back in the 80’s. Seems a shame to waste it, so I’ve added it here. Squarewords Read clockwise or anticlockwise each block of four letters can form two or more words. No proper nouns
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Nexus word puzzle Going through my boxes, I found a load of puzzles I wrote back in the 80’s for various places. Seems a waste, so I’ll start adding them here. Can you find the connection between the following four words ? (nxa001) Words : Beam fish rise less (nxa002b) Words: Sane lark tans rice
Get paid to complete surveys? I plan on doing a separate blog site just for this (when I can think of a good name) but I figured I’d better start here or I’ll never get moving on it :S It won’t just be surveys, of course, it will look at related options, like draw, competitions,
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Library things Librarything I used to gave a widget for this (js based, not WordPress), but it’s long since broke. I’d refresh it but I don’t want ony more j.js on this site than necessary. Still, Librarything is still worth a look over. Goodreads : Goodreads This looks promising and has an extended api, but
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