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February 22, 2012 

Photo Stream is not the Workflow you Expected

Aperture Syncs with Photo Stream

Since it came out at the end of 2011, there has been a lot of negativity about iCloud’s Photo Stream service. Most of the disappointment stems from some of the apparent limitations of Photo Stream, particularly around the ability to delete photographs (you can only delete the entire stream of nada. Forget trying to weed out individual snapshots of your ignoring toe nails). And limitations with respect to the total number of photos stored (Photo Stream holds 1000 of your most recent photos for a maximum of 30 days). I used to share some of these grievances, until I changed my paradigm and remembered Pooh sticks.  Read More…

February 19, 2012 

On the Adulteration of Soup

Soup Adulteration

This Soup Needs Something...

The other day, my Mother was accusing me of adulterating my Heinz tomato soup with ungodly condiments: Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Of course she left out the fact that she had already diluted the soup with the skimmed juice of a cow’s teat, something I would never do. It has to be said that I do have some odd cooking combinations, some inherited, others through experimentation (for cooking experimentation see boredom). Here follows some of the combinations that at first glance may seem fairly disgusting, but which actually work. Read More…

February 19, 2012 

Work: The Curse of the Drinking Classes

To drink or not to drink...

Define 'Responsibly?'

In the same way that financing companies are required to rattle off a quick example of a loan to include interest rates, monthly repayments and total amount repayable at the end of their advertisements, a disturbing new trend is coming from the purveyors of fine beers, wines and liquors. The request that you drink responsibly. Really? At first glance, this strikes me as a double standard. Why would a brewer want their customers to limit their intake of the product? Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. In addition, drinking responsibly is becoming harder and harder for your average Scot as the net tightens. Read More…

February 11, 2012 

Lilly & Skye

Lilly

My friend Andy and I both have dogs. He has a black and white Greater Munsterlander and mine is a Collie crossed with a Tasmanian Devil. They are both girls. My dog, Skye, has met Lilly (Andy’s dog) on a couple of occasions when we’ve been out for walks, but last weekend we took things a step further. Andy and Lilly came round to the house. To say that Skye’s nose was put out of joint would be more than a mild understatement. Read More…

February 10, 2012 

WordPress on iDevices

I like WordPress. I use it for this blog. I have used other blogging tools. I don’t like them. I like WordPress. Sure it takes a bit of fiddling to get posts to look gorgeous. Sure I spent a few dollars on a premium theme to help with that. And of course I don’t understand what all the functionality available is but I’m sure it’s cool. When it becomes uncool is when I try to use Word on the iPad (or worse iPhone). I want it to be a cool experience so that I can pump out more drivel for the masses to devour. But it’s not cool. Read More…

February 9, 2012 

Snapseed – iPad App

Brilliant Illumination EffortlesslyI have been a wanna be photographer for quite a while now. My wife bought me a 35 mm Canon SLR when we got engaged and I have had various point and shoot digitals and a Nikon DSLR (until recently – see Twitter feed!). Anyway, the other night, while browsing through the app store I thought I would give Snapseed a shot. I use Aperture on the iMac but wanted something that I could tweak photos that ended up on my iCloud Photo Stream from any of my devices. I wasn’t disappointed. Read More…