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Now that is a great timewaster, although given my new-found amazement at just how close Cairo and Luxor city boundaries are to the Great Pyramid and the Valley of the Kings, it’s also educational.
tags: general author: ian comments: 2 Comments
Aperture seems to have a pretty good defaults in the main – it certainly doesn’t get in my way for simple things, but recently I’d been getting upset with the performance of the EOS 350D kit lens (Canon EF-S 18-55mm) where my images just simply looked poorer than I expected. Until recently I’d not [...]
tags: aperture, photography, software author: ian comments: 1 Comment
For about 3 months now I’ve not been able to use Photoshop Elements 3 for no reason that I could find. I tried erasing preference files, repairing permissions, deleting plugins, emptying caches, uninstalling TWAIN drivers, removing over 300 fonts and re-installing all to no avail. The Adobe PSE support forums were of no [...]
tags: software author: ian comments: 3 Comments
This is a Ginger Bread, and not Gingerbread (not that I’d try to confuse anyone intentionally of course…)
1/2 tsp Yeast
200g Strong White flour
200g Strong Brown flour
15ml Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Sugar
2 tsp Ground Ginger
30g Crystallised Ginger
100ml Semi-skimmed milk
170ml Water
Bake for 4 hours on a standard raisin bake, and make sure that the crystallised [...]
tags: recipes author: ian comments: No Comments
I am completely obsessed with the colour tool in the latest point release of Aperture, but it’s got to the point where I’m not sure if I like the results, or clicking the change button on and off and looking at the before and after results… Have a look for yourself and see what [...]
tags: aperture, photography, software author: ian comments: No Comments
I’ve got a new favourite – it’s s slightly modified version of the Orange loaf from page 25 and smells amazing once made. I’m not sure what I might put on it, as half the loaf had to be ‘tested’ whilst hot, and was great just by itself. Place the ingredients in the [...]
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