May 31
It’s nothing new to be skeptical about medical research and, although I’ve never come over all Ben Goldacre before, a story last week finally broke my resolve. So, as the BBC summarised: “People who fail to brush their teeth twice a day are putting themselves at risk of heart disease, research suggests.” “Suggests“. Mmmm....
Read MoreMay 17
At the risk of getting a little repetitive, another photo set from a quick Sunday jaunt round Edinburgh Zoo. Good to snap some animals that I’ve never got before. As usual, click on any image to download the hi-res from MorgueFile. The rhinos were being very shy. One was asleep on his back, the other was quietly eating some hay inside. Managed to long lens...
Read MoreMay 14
I read last week that we’ll run out of IPv4 addresses sometime next year. That means there are approaching 4 billion devices connected to the Internet which, of course, means that there are rather a lot of web sites in the world. Against that backdrop, it occurred to me that I didn’t really visit all that many of these and, in fact, I actually stuck to a...
Read MoreMay 12
I don’t often make self-portrait appearances herein but this photo made me laugh so I thought I should post it here ( and it might look better on black). I took it for my daily image on BlipFoto. Thanks to the boy for helping me get it set up. For the technically minded, I did this by wrapping my black photo background round my head, putting a strobe in a...
Read MoreMay 04
Got my Holga 120N today from the hairy chap at the parcel depot . I showed it to my daughter and she said “That’s from McDonalds!“. I can see what she means. A hi-tech piece of kit it is not. But it has a charm about it. If you’ve never heard of a Holga or Lomography check out the Lomography website (I’m not going to rattle on about it...
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