I saw the headline Study suggests birds can truly navigate. It cracked me up. It’s cool that birds can navigate over 1000 kilometers, but when they fly into church in the middle of the service they can’t find their way back out… and poop on the projector screen.
Technology
NearlyFreeSpeech: excellent web hosting
I feel the need for a little positive rant about my web host NearlyFreeSpeech.net. I’ve been using them since 2006 and their service has been excellent. You only pay for what you use, at low rates too. Their support service is quick and friendly. They support a wide range of software. They don’t make many […]
Designing decisions: links
I’ve been making a wordpress theme thinking about web design. So far I’ve written about heading hierarchy and page width. As with any element, you can style links essentially any way you want to. Should you though? I didn’t think it would be such a difficult decision, but I found myself searching the net for […]
DIY protective wrap
In planning for our trip, I decided a bag that holds both my camera and other stuff (wallet, notebook, water bottle etc) would be useful. Even better, a bag that could carry those things and my laptop; I could use it as carry on luggage and for uni.
To-do Software
A while ago I downloaded iGTD. I used it to put aside the things I’d rather be doing than studying for exams, so I could do them in the holidays. I also wanted to get used to the software before I started my rather busy year this year, in the hope that I might feel […]
UFRaw User Guide
Just a quick note about dealing with RAW photos with open source software. I recently realised that my camera shoots RAW (in the Nikon .nef format), so I want to learn how to use this format. The version of GIMP that I downloaded from Wilbur loves Apple already includes the UFRaw plugin. So when I […]