Monthly Archives: January 2010

Apple iPad. What do you think?

A very experienced blogging colleague gives the advice that the way to get readers to engage with a blog post is to ask them a question. And so I am. Nest weekend’s column in the Tribune is going to be … Continue reading

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Lucky dip goodies

Over the last few weeks I have been collecting bits and pieces and I thought I would share them with you this time. According to a news story I saw recently, it seems that Internet-filtering technology can have unintended consequences. … Continue reading

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Out and about at the station

Getting out to take pictures beats sitting at home in front of television or the computer. This one was the product of a recent trip to our local [mostly disused] railway station and I love the colours and textures in … Continue reading

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Cool refreshing mint

Late last year, I did a couple of columns on the free Ubuntu Linux operating system. Continue reading

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Rick made me do it

Photoshop fun: Rick made me do it. Continue reading

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Worldwide Photowalk

In one of the very early posts on this blog, I confided that I had been lucky enough to win the Durban section of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk 2009. Continue reading

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Speech recognition

Regular readers will know that I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software for a couple of years to do my columns and other writings. The version I had was the Recorder Edition v9.5, and it required you to … Continue reading

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Duck!

More from my favourite comic strip:

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Scrapbooking

A while ago I posted on Triscape FxFoto, which I thought might be useful for scrapbookers. Continue reading

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Exposure compensation

A friend asked me the other day what the exposure compensation feature on his camera did, and why he might need such a thing. I’m not bound to any particular agenda for this blog, so I thought I would have a bash at explaining. Continue reading

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