Quick! Brush your teeth!

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...

PhotoBlog : Another Sunday @EdinburghZoo

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...

It’s My Small Internet World

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...

Daft Maul

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...

Stop! Holga Time…

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...