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  • Book Review: The Art of Making Memories

    The Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking.My rating: 5 of 5 stars. The Art of Making Memories is a book that teaches us how we can create more memorable moments in life, and do everything we can to preserve them. It’s a fascinating look into what memories are, and why we remember the things…

  • Computer Industry Book Reviews

    Back in the 1990s, I wrote regular book reviews for computer industry magazines. It was a great little gig and I enjoyed reading the books and seeing my writing in print. I also got to keep the books after reviewing them, and ended up with a large collection. I’m sure I still have some of…

  • Computers used in the Classic Dallas TV Series

    Earlier this year I began watching the classic TV series, Dallas, which ran from 1978 to 1991. I don’t recall what made me look, but I discovered all 357 episodes on Apple TV, and committed myself to a new daily routine of watching one over breakfast each day. During the first five seasons, the appearance…

  • Will 2020 be The Last Year of Flickr?

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    I really hope I’m wrong, but I have a sad feeling that 2020 is going to be Flickr’s last year. I’ve been a ‘Pro’ (paying) member of the photo-sharing site since 2006. The early years I remember the earlier years of Flickr very well. For me, it went through a Golden Age which ran from…

  • Happy Childhood Memories

    Today I went back to my old home town of Great Harwood, and walked around for half an hour with my camera. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for years. It’s grim up north, but it’s where I grew up, where I spent many a happy summer day playing in those backstreets as a…

  • A Short Break in Windsor & Eton

    Nearly twenty years ago, I worked in Slough for around six months. I wasn’t immediately impressed with the town back then, and followed some advice to stay in nearby Windsor instead. I found myself a B&B where I settled for the duration, and since then I have been a regular visitor back to Windsor and…

  • Two views of Stocks Reservoir

    Two pictures I made of Stocks Reservoir.  I’m not really a landscape photographer, but these are interesting because they are both of the same scene, both captured from The Causeway in Gisburn Forest, but shot twenty-two years apart. The weather conditions are obviously different, as is the water level! The first photograph was made on black and white film…