31 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
One of the discussions I am taking place in at the moment on the Digital Photography School forums concerns the question of what is meant by macro photography. The standard definition is that 1mm in real life is represented by … Continue reading
30 March 2011
by wpAdmin
2 Comments
Our garden has a slightly different set of weeds from previous places we have been in. Some are very familiar, such as dandelion (Taraxacum officinale); others require me to do a bit of research to identify. An example, which I … Continue reading
29 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
26 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
It is Earth Hour tonight, the campaign that encourages people to switch off their lights for an hour from 8:30pm tonight and to think more widely about how to reduce energy wastage. Will I observe it? Possibly not as I … Continue reading
25 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
It is already a week since I took a trip to Twycross Zoo. So far, I have published a few of the pictures I took on Flickr but still have a lot left to work through. And then there is … Continue reading
24 March 2011
by wpAdmin
2 Comments
I tried upgrading my Mac to Firefox 4 this morning only to discover that it requires at least OS X 10.5. Grrr! I’m now back to 3.6. I wish the requirements had been made more obvious in the download and … Continue reading
22 March 2011
by wpAdmin
3 Comments
If you have looked at my Last.fm profile in the past few days, you will have seen a big boost in listening, most of which has been jazz and latin tracks. If you have really paid attention, you will have … Continue reading
21 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
The Shadow Conspiracy II is a co-ordinated anthology, with each author contributing a largely unconnected story but all set within a consistent milieu. Initially I was rather disappointed as the opening tale had a very antiquated tone and a plot … Continue reading
20 March 2011
by wpAdmin
2 Comments
Today’s DIY project was building a roof garden. No, not on the roof of our house (too steeply pitched and inaccessible!) but on the roof of the bike store I built earlier this month. We bought a small herb planter … Continue reading
19 March 2011
by wpAdmin
0 comments
It was glorious weather today so we decided to crown the day by getting the firepit out again and having another BBQ. It was a good opportunity to get rid of another pile of garden debris, too.