Author Archives: Andrew

Cuba Portfolio Now Online

Tobacco farmer, Vinales
Camera: Canon EOS 7D | Date: 18-11-2010 16:14 | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/250s | Aperture: 5.6 | Focal Length: 260.0mm (~421.2mm)

I’ve finally managed to publish my photography portfolio from Cuba. Take a look and let me know what you think…

Apologies if you use the RSS feed for my album – this will be fixed in a day or two.

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Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows

If you’re one of those people who uses loads of Apple products, and is thinking of proposing Steve Jobs for canonisation, then you may be happy with how your iPad works, but if you’re trying to make it work effectively Continue reading

Saturday, December 3, 2011 in Agile & Architecture, iPad, Thoughts on the World

It’s Only Taken a Year…

I don’t know whether anyone else has this problem, but it can take me an inordinate amount of time to process photos from larger trips and events. Today is the anniversary of my return from my Cuba trip (as I’ve Continue reading

Thursday, November 24, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Travel

Something Fast, Something VERY Slow

After an inevitable delay while I set up my new PC, I’m finally back to sorting out some images. The new beast certainly does what I wanted it to. Processing an 18MP RAW file on the old laptop took up Continue reading

Thursday, November 17, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog

I Thought They Were Supposed To Be Getting Smaller?

Musings on why my laptops are getting bigger and heavier, instead of smaller and lighter Continue reading

Monday, November 14, 2011 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World, VMWare

What Are The Chances Of That?

For the last couple of years, I’ve been working fairly regularly with a chap called Carl. The other day a group of us were chatting, and got to talking about cars we had owned. Among others, Carl had once owned Continue reading

Friday, October 28, 2011 in Thoughts on the World

The Grand Design

Humour and Philosophy, but Ultimately Unsatisfying Continue reading

Thursday, October 6, 2011 in Reviews

The Templar Salvation

A Rip-Roaring Romp, with Cutting Questions on Christianity Continue reading

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 in Reviews

Simply the Best!

Not a lot to say about this one – it just made me giggle when I was reviewing the photos from a wedding I attended last weekend. Enjoy 🙂 Continue reading

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Whatever

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Spies Without Style Continue reading

Sunday, September 18, 2011 in Reviews

That Shouldn’t Have Worked…

There’s a lovely moment in the film Sahara where Pitt and Giordano are following a typically desperate plan in the hope that if they can kill the villain his men will just surrender and lay down their arms. When, to Continue reading

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography

Iceland Photography Tips – A Spare Everything!

A photographer’s guide to Iceland Continue reading

Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography, Travel