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It wasn’t all that long ago that I wrote an article for a magazine about the many hidden benefits of Google andsince then I have discovered some other tricks that you may employ to help you become a smarter and better informed person.

Guilfest is just around the corner and I shall be there again this year, armed with my Nikon and a bag full of lenses. Headliners this year are The Levellers, Blondie and The Australian Pink Floyd plus others acts such as Seth Lakeman, Zucherro and Kula Shaker.
This will be the first time that I will [...]

We discovered a fantastic new bakery company in Dorset this weekend, called Long Crichel Bakery in the village of the same name. My Dad (pictured above) had heard of their fine almond croissants. So we ordered some and whilst they weren’t cheap, they were damn well worth it, as they were delicious! Feast your eyes [...]

It looks like some of my posts have gone into a black hole today, as only their titles show. Sorry about this!
The man thing today is that I have found out that the Red Arrows have been banned from the 2012 Olympics which is both absurd and sad. Apparently they are deemed as being “too [...]

Read this - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/police_photographer_stops
- It makes for interesting reading on why photographers like you and I
are feeling intimidated. Discussions are welcome!

My large camera rucksack was just getting crazy. I was carrying my own weight in kit and climbing up steep hills. It was killing me, probably literally, as my health right now isn’t A1.
So time to wisen up over this and scale things down. So I am now using a much much smaller rucksack [...]

I love my Nikon D200 and the artillery of lenses that I own alongside
it but often times, its not practical to carry with me - At least not
in my pocket! I therefore also own a compact digital that can just
about fit in my pocket… My Lumix is modelled on the classic Leica M8
range-finder camera, its [...]

I have often wondered whether Google would one day offer some new
services that would allow you to gather all of your starred items from
Gmail, Reader, Bookmarks and Notebook together into one place.
It would be called “Google Central” or something along these lines.
You would then be able to easily view items you have favourited from
all of [...]