Stumble – You Know You Want To

Jan 2, 2007 |

As someone would have said if he were still alive, the Internet is big. Very big. (he may have even said it while he was alive, he was like that). I would add that, if you're not careful, it can be pointlessly big. Lets face it, the way most of us use the Internet is...

Dubious Honours

Dec 30, 2006 |

The regular New Year feast of honours was announced today. The usual crew of luvvies were awarded. And, also as is now usual, a few 'common folk' got awarded for services to their respective communities/professions. These are typically people who have had the same job...

(not much) Foggy Photography

Dec 24, 2006 |

Despite having more time off work than I can remember over the festive period, didn't do much photography. Only managed one trip out on a very foggy and cold Christmas Eve, went down to the bridges to see what they looked like.

Covert Spam Conspiracy

Dec 16, 2006 |

Users of GMail will know that it gives a single text link at the top of the mail, usually in context of what is going on on the page. This is a news story or other item of interest. The strange thing is that when you are in your 'Spam' folder deleting out the rubbish,...

Honorable Mention

Dec 1, 2006 |

I'm delighted to say I got an 'Honorable Mention' in The Everyman Photo contest landscape section. Got into the top 10 of a few of the 21 judges. The image I entered was: click to download hi-res version

Humbled by association

Nov 20, 2006 |

This post serves a very simple purpose. To thank my very good friend DonP for all his help and support over the last few years. He really is a diamond. Recently, he put me forward to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Last week I got the news that it had...

Beavering away…

Nov 20, 2006 |

Not posted for a while. Its been a bit hectic. I've also started work on a new design for scott.liddell.com. I've unashamedly been inspired by the excellent design work on the CSS Zen Garden. Its fair to say that my CSS skills aren't exactly flying yet so it's taking...

New Book – New Sites

Nov 20, 2006 |

After months of indecision, I've finally decided what book I'm going to try and write next. It will be called 'Terra Exitus' and because it has a vague web tie-in (which a certain person finds crass!) I've registered the domain in preparation. I'll probably split off...

My Favourite Tree

Nov 5, 2006 |

Took a very rare day off on Friday, got up early and went to Cammo in the dark. Feet got very wet trudging across the field and it was a little chilly thereafter but I did get this picture of my favourite tree. Its up on a little rise which means you can get below it...

Editing Smediting

Oct 24, 2006 |

My reader will be aware that, for quite some time now, I've been working on a novel, The Beatle Man. That self-same reader will also be aware that, despite being finished in first draft, there remains much to do. Therein lies the problem. The editing/revision process...

Heat Sinking

Oct 21, 2006 |

It has never been clear to me why I write. I certainly can't remember why I started. I'm not really of a mind to work it out, doesn't seem to matter. Why I continue to attempt to write a probably a more pertinent question. Given that it competes for time with the...

Resurrected By (ahem) Popular Demand

Oct 19, 2006 |

To explain. I first started writing a novel, Orion's Belt, back in the early nineties.I made it about 25,000 words in when life, circumstance, boredom caused me to stop.If I read it now, I file it under 'not bad'. Truth is, its very unlikely to ever get finished,...

Youthful Writings

Oct 18, 2006 |

A rather frightening 16 years ago, I got on a train on a rainy Sunday night to go back to Glasgow. I sat at a table and started to write. Probably the first time I had ever consciously decided to write anything. What emerged will certainly win no prizes but its...

Return to Harlaw

Oct 8, 2006 |

Went back up to Harlaw today in the Pentland Hills.Not a great day for photography at all, windy, raining with only very brief moments of sunshine. Had some time to experiment with my new filters, mainly a circular polariser and and Cokin P grad filter. Not quite got...

Blogzones

Oct 8, 2006 |

Given the somewhat random subject matter herein, I thought I would introduce some simple categorisation so its easier to find content related to given subject areas. These are (so far):PhotographyWritingTechnologyShowcase - a personal celebration of things I...

Spread a Lot of Happiness

Oct 7, 2006 |

Wrote this article a while back, it was published in Computer Headline magazine, thought it was worth a repost here. Enterprise System Adoption and Scale Free Networks It is now well established that the return on investment from an enterprise deployment is in no...

T-Shirt Empire

Oct 5, 2006 | ,

I was reminded recently of CafePress which led me to remember I set up a shop on there once. The idea was to have T-Shirts with eye charts on them that were actually sayings/slogans. Obviously, being me, I did one design (and some people got them for Xmas) and forgot...

Photo Usage

Sep 28, 2006 |

Going to start blogging the places that my photos turn up. Not going to go back and list all the previous uses, but here are some recent/interesting ones. It is amazing where your photos end up when you give them away for free.A German Personalised CalendarA Menu on a...

Photo Blog #2

Sep 24, 2006 |

Shot some fabric close-ups for Time To Change Fabrics. Good fun, lots of great colours, tartan seemed to come out the best.Then used some great red fleece I got from the site as a backdrop for my first attempt and some Christmas stock shots. Nothing great yet, just...

Photo Blog #1

Sep 24, 2006 |

Had a couple of hours in Edinburgh yesterday to run around with the camera. It was generally too bright ( between 2pm - 4pm ) so it wasn't very good light at all. That combined with there being lots of people about made it quite tricky. Was up Calton Hill and got some...

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