Seashore image editing Video On request I’ve made some Image editing tutorial videos and this is the first in a series of at least five. Lesson one is an introduction to using Layers. Layers are essential to the construction of drawings and can be used in a similar way when building up effects onto photographs. […]

Swine Flu at Level 6 – Pandemic The World Health Organization today said last week it was getting closer to officially declaring a Swine Flu Pandemic Level 6 and level six is the highest level you can get, reflecting the global spread of the type A H1N1 Virus. Now on Thursday 11th June, that declaration […]

Free FTP Client Software for Windows Filezilla is a free and open source FTP client software program used for connnecting to a webserver to update websites. Here’s a short tutorial video which deals with downloading, setting up and connecting Filezilla FTP to a website. I describe the twin pane approach, and show you how to […]

If I had a yellow boat I’d sail it to St Martins Moor it off the white sand bay Bobbing in the turquoise sea. If I had a yellow boat I’d sail around the island Twice afternoon and once again as the sun goes down. If I had a yellow boat I’d sail it to […]

The wiki called WorkNets has a project collating a list of UK Online Communities. UKOnlineCommunities, WorkNets. A culture for independent thinkers. The list is young and obviously has huge gaps, as well as probably many entries which are listed more out of optimism than evidence of community, but it’s going to be well worth watching and contributing […]

Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico and the US An outbreak of a new strain of Swine Flu has broken out in Mexico, infecting around 1,000 people killing at least 62 so far. The flu virus has been identified as an H1N1 strain. While any new flu strain has the potential of causing a world pandemic, […]

Here’s an aerial picture of The Coombe Valley Raceway Banger Racing stadium in Dover Kent where I used to go on alternate Sundays to watch the banger racing, stock cars, hot rods and mini rods. They also hold special two day meetings to give people something to do on bank holidays. I don’t know how […]

I’ve registered for a chance to spend an hour on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square this summer, have you? The One & Other website opened for registrations yesterday and the idea is to get “representatives” from all areas of the UK to spend an hour each on the plinth to do whatever you like, […]

I managed to get a mediawiki installation up and running on the city escapes domain with Servage web host in the end, and once working it does seem to be fairly robust as far as non-US web hosting services are concerned. Version: This wiki is powered by MediaWiki, copyright (C) 2001-2007 Magnus Manske, Brion Vibber, […]

I can’t remember where I first came across Seashore, but its been sitting in my applications folder and dock for a couple of months and on the odd occasion when I need to do do some image editing I’ve come to rely on it without really feeling the pain of a learning curve. So here’s […]