I’m going sailing! Well, I hope I’m going sailing. I’m leading on a children’s sailing camp until Friday. There should be sailing involved, unless it really does rain all week as is predicted. It’s not getting wet that’s a problem (obviously!), but lightning and 10-20 knot winds can be. I really intended not to be […]
Those crazy scientists
Kangaroo farts could fight global warming When I first saw the line “Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.” I thought, “What the heck?!” It turns out they’re not going to try to transplant cows’ stomachs […]
How to choose and use brushes
After compiling a list of GIMP and Photoshop brushes, Lauren Marie and Pelf said they’d like some tips on choosing and using brushes. I linked to some instructions on installing brushes at the time. Now I’m going to give a run-down of how I use choose and use brushes. If you’re already experienced in brushing […]
Website updates (finally!)
Hoorah for the holidays! I’ve finally had a chance to tackle some of those things that I’ve been meaning to do with my blog. The most obvious (perhaps) being a (slightly) Christmassy theme: Archives After my archive musings I’ve finally updated my archives page. I went with the Smart Archives Plugin; I thought it had […]
Rational Anything-ism
A side note I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I last posted. I apologise for my neglect! I’ve finally finished uni for the year. :party: I’ll be back, writing posts and powering through my RSS subscriptions with gusto. ………………………….. Rational Atheism I read an article in Scientific American this morning, Rational Atheism. […]
Election: Kevin ’07
Yesterday was Election Day in Australia. The Campaign It was one of the most uncertain elections in my memory. The campaign by the Labor party (formerly the opposition) was strong. Although, I found a lot of it to be misleading. All of the television adverts I saw misrepresented our government system. They seemed to summarise […]
