Author Archives: marcus

Motorcycling and Cycling

Posted on May 20, 2013 by marcus

The more popular cycling gets the more people realise the dangers of riding on our roads. When you start riding a motorbike you do so accepting a few truths: Everyone knows someone who has had a motorbike accident, sometimes a fatal … Continue reading →

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PPI unsolicited text from +447742843345 to a TPS registered number

Posted on May 17, 2013 by marcus

Have just read this in the news again on BBC I thought how timely! I’m one of those 40% receiving a an unsolicited text.. I tried taking it up with O2 yesterday, which I have still to get a response. … I’m … Continue reading →

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Back button Auto-focus

Posted on November 19, 2012 by marcus

At the weekend I got lots of tips from Paul Ronan, a local photographer, including an intro to the possibilities of post processing (with RAW images), see some of the examples on my flickr stream The biggest thing I took … Continue reading →

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Movember 2012

Posted on November 6, 2012 by marcus

Please help my mo make a difference this month by visiting “my mo space” - thank you!!

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Ionian adventures

Posted on September 16, 2012 by marcus

I had this charter in mind since the Day Skipper course I took in 2011, so there was plenty of anticipation as we planned the week long holiday with myself, my daughter (5), two friends with no sailing experience between them … Continue reading →

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kdenlive on Ubuntu 11.10, start up gives Fatal Error MLT’s SDL module not found. Please check…

Posted on April 30, 2012 by marcus

quick post to help you short cut a bit of searching and just make it work:   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kdenlive Basically the fix is there to keep up with a new … Continue reading →

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Sensor Cleaning

Posted on April 6, 2012 by marcus

In addition to always holding your camera facing down when changing lens, always hold the camera level when turning on or off. The reason for this is that sensor cleaning vibrates the sensor to dislodge dust from the surface. If … Continue reading →

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Sailing course providers

Posted on April 6, 2012 by marcus

The company I did my sailing course with last year, Hot Liquid, have had a series of serious incidents over the last year leading to their Southampton school being suspended by the RYA. More details can be found on this … Continue reading →

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Canon EOS Digital SLR

Posted on October 4, 2011 by marcus

I’ve always had Canon cameras over the years so when checking out this wiki page I decided on the Canon EOS 550D. As soon as I started asking about I got so much relevant feedback from friends and colleagues that I … Continue reading →

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Sailing out of Gib

Posted on July 1, 2011 by marcus

Key Dates on my Fast Track Day Skipper course in Gibraltar. 18/June – Started the Shorebased course 20/June – Passage planning, anchoring & pilotage to La Duquesa 21/June – Passage planning, anchoring, (& swimming ) & pilotage to Estepona 22/June – Passage … Continue reading →

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