The Big Blog Split

Well, maybe not exactly a split as such, but a new structure. “Thoughts on the World” is a pretty eclectic mix of professional, personal, humour and photography-related content. However, one reader who follows mainly my “professional” content expressed a wish Continue reading →

Sunday, July 11, 2010 in Website & Blog

IS Sometimes Doesn’t

The limitations of Image Stabilisation, and how camera manufacturers could address them very simply Continue reading →

Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Photography

A Confident Prediction

Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

New Blog Now Live – Please Update Your Feed

Hi, My new blog is now live. This allows a lot more flexibility, including commenting etc. Please can you make sure you are taking your RSS feed from one of the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoughtsFromAndrewJohnston (preferred) https://www.andrewj.com/blog/index.php/feed/ (straight from my site) I Continue reading →

Sunday, June 20, 2010 in Website & Blog

Lots of News

Quite a lot of news… Migration of our web sites and email to the new hosting server is almost complete. See previous article/rant for some of my findings. After some initial frustration with my hosting provider (WebFusion) when I discovered Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in My Publications, Personal News, Photography, Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

In Damnation of PHP

<rant>Apologies if the title is a bit strong, but I think it’s the nearest I can get to the opposite of “In Praise of PHP” I’ve just spent a week-end migrating my website to a new hosting server. As part Continue reading →

What I Want In My Next DSLR

What’s missing from the typical DSLR, anno 2010? What could be improved, using simple established technologies, to make the DSLR a better picture-taking device? And why don’t the major DSLR manufacturers do some of these things, which might help sales? Continue reading →

Friday, May 14, 2010 in Photography

Superfreakonomics

Fascinating, fun, and more depth than the first book Continue reading →

Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Reviews

Architectural Photography

A sandwich with not quite enough meat Continue reading →

Heresy

Dodgy Dons Done to Death in Troubled Tudor Times Continue reading →

Sunday, April 18, 2010 in Reviews

Photographic Multishot Techniques

Disappointing content, and too much Photoshop Continue reading →

Sunday, March 21, 2010 in Photography, Reviews

Word Grammar Checker – A Nicely Carribean Flavour

This may amuse you. I went to type “Here are my comments” (something I do fairly frequently), but mis-typed it as “Here are me comments”. Word correctly identifies this as incorrect grammar, with a green line under “are”. Right click, Continue reading →

Thursday, February 4, 2010 in Thoughts on the World