Monthly Archives: April 2010

An overgrown throne

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Allan Jackson

One of my most intense photographic passions is for ruined buildings and structures and I often seem to notice scenes where a toilet is included. The picture below was taken in a building that was rapidly returning to nature, found … Continue reading →

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Keeping abreast of technology

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Over the years I have realised that I am not a true geek because I am not that interested in the technical minutiae such as processor speeds and all that sort of thing. But I am pretty interested in technology … Continue reading →

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Making the finals

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Allan Jackson

I am proud to have made the finals of Eolake Stobblehouse ‘s recent photo competition with the picture above. It’s of the new football stadium built in Durban for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The little oblong bit at the … Continue reading →

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Photographer’s block

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Allan Jackson

We were talking about this and that the other day and the subject of photographer’s block came up. Continue reading →

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A road warrior again

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Nine years ago I took the plunge and bought a notebook computer before leaving Durban for a life on the road. The machine in question was a Toshiba Satellite 1800-100 and by today’s standards seems woefully underpowered (see here for … Continue reading →

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Creating powerful presentations

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Allan Jackson

This week I continue my look into the Microsoft Office 10 Beta suite of office programs. Continue reading →

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Why the hell not? II

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Another one of those messages you get when you try to do something your software designer doesn’t think you should do: “This is not a valid action for footnotes.” All together now:  ”WHY THE HELL NOT?!”

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Ideas to steal

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Shoot a loved one today !! Continue reading →

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Some humour

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Allan Jackson

What the Duck is often so true.

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Testing, testing, testing…

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Allan Jackson

I have been fiddling with one of Mweb’s uncapped broadband Internet package which was launched on an unsuspecting market a couple of weeks ago. Continue reading →

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