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Wallpaper of the month – September 2011

Wallpaper of the month – September 2011

After a long hiatus, here’s a new wallpaper. Lots of autumnal crabapples, blackberries, hawthorn and elderberries.

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Another new layout!

I spend a lot of time finding interesting WordPress themes for my clients. So it’s no surprise that when I see a new one I really like, I want to put it on my own site. This one is swatch, from WooThemes, and for a free, almost-uncustomised theme, it’s amazing!

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Point Zero

If I’d been busier this week I might not have done this, but OS X Lion was released yesterday and like a sheep I upgraded. So far so not-too-problematic, but here are some annoyances I’ve found, with solutions where available.

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MacBook / External Monitor fix!

I recently bought a nice Dell monitor – the U2311H if you’re interested (it’s great). Unfortunately, when I connected my MacBook I could see subtle but annoying pinstriping on solid blocks of colour. Not really what I had in mind when I paid a bit of a premium for a good-quality panel.

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Brand Me Video

Here’s my promotional video, shot by John Scotland under his Brand You Video campaign. It gives you an introduction to what I can offer, and showcases John’s video production and editing skills.

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Grabbing thumbnails from YouTube & Vimeo

It’s really easy to grab thumbnail images from these two popular video sharing services.

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Wallpaper of the month – August 2010

Here are some steps from the National Wildflower Centre. Makes a change from pictures of flowers, I reckon.

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Wallpaper of the month – July 2010

Not, perhaps, everyone’s cup of tea, but here is a closeup of my little boy’s hair.

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Wallpaper of the month – June 2010

A bit boring this one, but I’ve been looking at this bit of sky a lot over the last few days. So I’m going to take it home with me.

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Wallpaper of the month – May 2010

Flowers are opening in the garden. Here is one.

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Wallpaper of the month – April 2010

A bit of howies merino – my new cycling jersey for the summer. If your desktop icons are on the left, you might want to flip this one over.

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Wallpaper of the month – March 2010

It does not really bear close scrutiny, but when tiled up this creates a reasonably-appealing wallpaper.

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