Controlling slugs

This season my friend and I are trying a new method of slug control. I am much more squeemish than she is.  Slugs and snails that she spots are humanely dispatched – using a rock and a breeze block!
This, coupled with the fact that she crushes any eggs she finds, has depleted their numbers. But [...]

Photshop layers tutorial- creating a border

I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out a solution to a Photoshop problem -  how to put a white border around an image .
I tried all sorts of things, but every time I drew a rectangle it filled with colour, instead of being an empty frame for the picture to sit in.
Then I found [...]

Are plant pests a headache? Use aspirin!

Allotment gardeners often have some strange sounding ideas, and some odd solutions to problems. And “Tony the Hoe” has written about a cracker of an idea – Spraying plants with diluted aspirin to boost their immune system.
I once knew an old lady gardener whose motto was “Try anything once, dear.” So I may well give [...]

Avatars

Isn’t it fascinating how many words have changed their meaning over the years.  When I first dipped my toe into computing it was a whole new language. Mouse, driver, wallpaper, copy and paste – everything seemed to be old words with new meanings.
The word I found hardest to use was avatar [ the little picture [...]

Embedding a YouTube video in a blog

Wow! Am I chuffed!  I managed to embed the YouTube video in the previous post.
I had tried a few times a couple of weeks ago – but got no joy. I don’t know what I was doing wrong. But the process is simple enough.
When you see a video you want to embed (rather than merely [...]

About RSS feeds

What is RSS? What are feeds? Why should I use them? These questions were all answered for me when I found a great wee video on YouTube.
Learning about blogging makes me want to visit other blogs and learn from them how things might be done. Having found Technorati, and visited a few blogs today, I [...]

Technorati

I have just discovered Technorati. What a great way of getting to know what other blogs are out there!  they offred me a way to “claim my blog”, so that it can benefit from the tools available at Technorati. Writing this post is part of the process. It will be fun to explore and learn more [...]

Adobe InDesign CS3 rocks!

I just love InDesign CS3. After all the problems I had getting the new CS3 suite installed I am delighted with it.
The upgrade from CS2 has been well worth while and I am discovering new benefits every day. So far the best thing for me has been the new tool panels (or are they [...]

Cranford and Miss Marple

It was an excellent production, and thoroughly enjoyable.  Every episode was loaded with cracking narrative and stunning photography (the lighting was a particularly joy). I viewed them in the evening, and all the following day pondered on the latest episode.
I was reminded of a remark made by a character in a Miss Marple story. He [...]