Monthly Archives: March 2010

Why the hell not?

I was once again given cause to wonder what software designers think they are doing? Continue reading

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Sacré bleu!

I mentioned in the previous post that the ZATech podcast had predicted that cheap uncapped ADSL connections were going to be launched in SA soon. Just a day or two after submitting that article for publication in Tribune, Mweb launched … Continue reading

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Dead but not yet buried

it popped into my head that the phrase ‘dead man walking’ describes CD (and DVD) technology perfectly Continue reading

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Sports action

I have been playing with composing pictures with a much tighter crop than I would normally choose. Continue reading

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Free WordPress themes

I’ve added a link to some good looking free WordPress themes in the Free stuff section of my big WordPress page.

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Making posting easy

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of the WordPress blogging platform but I do have one gripe with it. Continue reading

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Icons of Photography

I have posted a review of the book Icons of Photography – The 20th Century, on my photo blog. In similar vein, I posted a review of the two-book Photo Icons set on the blog. They and Icons of Photography … Continue reading

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Icons of Photography

In the book, Stephan presents a selection of just over 180 photographs that he considers to be important in 20th-century photography. Continue reading

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On the front page

What a hell of a time I’ve had over the last few weeks with my computer, which I’ve written about on my other blog.  Finally, I’m back to normal and might even get a chance to process some of the … Continue reading

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As You Do

By Richard Hammond Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 2008 Richard Hammond is best known as The Hamster, the shortest of the three presenters on the BBC’s hugely successful Top Gear television programme. I am quite a fan of the show and took … Continue reading

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