It’s been a frustrating couple of days. Yesterday, B’s computer started playing up, with crashes and corrupted files. After spending all day trying to diagnose the problems, it became clear that the old Win 98 OS was falling apart. So, we agreed to reformat the drive this morning and install XP. Well, it sounded like […]
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…is always worth pinching, I say. So here I present my answer to Dawkins’ “Scarlet Letter” (see previous post): the astrologers’ “Sky-Blue Letter”! If you’re an astrologer, feel free to copy it and display it on your blog or website, linked to your local astrological group’s site. For Astrological Association members, I’ve also designed a […]
This is the logo of the Out Campaign; if you’re an atheist, you display this on your blog or website. I don’t define myself as an atheist – I’ve put it up because I really like the design. It’s bold, striking and simple; it also deliberately references the classic novel The Scarlet Letter, where the […]
Over a week ago, I ordered a graphics tablet on eBay. It was second-hand; I checked the price of the new model and it costs £25 – £30. So I wasn’t surprised that the asking price for this was only £4.99. It arrived this morning – without a stylus. Checking the item description on eBay […]
Remember that landscape painting I started back in January? Well, I struggled and strugled with it, repainted it again and again. But it just wouldn’t work. Nothing came right. So, the other day, in a fit of anger after a final futile attempt, I got a tube of white and smeared it all over the […]
There is going to be a remake of that classic SF film The Day The Earth Stood Still. With Keau Reeves as the alien Klaatu. Ack. This could possibly be the worst remake of a classic film since the 2006 mangling of “The Wicker Man”.
As you may have noticed, I have now installed Skype (I refuse to use “I’m Skyped!” or some other some horrible mangling of the language). So any of you with a Skype connection can now talk to me online. You may also have noticed the new ad for my astrology service – yes, I am […]
…is what I’m feeling today. Had another tachycardia attack last night, just after I’d got to bed. Spent an hour lying there, willing it to stop, then went downstairs (very quietly, so as not to disturb B) to get a beta-blocker down my neck (Doc G has told me this should do the trick, if […]
….since I bought these earphones for my ‘puter, I’m discovering all sorts of wonderful music. I’ve never had sound on my machine before; I had speakers for a while, but could never get the sound to work, then Son borrowed them for his machine and broke them… Anyway, I can’t believe what I’ve been missing. […]
Just sent off Transit to the printers. Spent yesterday and this morning getting more and more frazzled. I was trying to put the magazine together, discovered that a regular contributor couldn’t make it. So I had to delete four pages and rearrange the rest of the magazine. Then discover a couple of items that I […]