Narrowboat

Having joined Twitter for a couple of weeks now, hmm Johnny-come-lately since some have been using it for ages, I got to the what’s it all for. Many people “get” the idea and use it to keep friends etc. updated, some join and after a short period think its a waste of space and move [...]

Earlier this month Andrew (of granny buttons fame)  did a post about utilising wefollow on twitter suggesting people
“Send a tweet to @wefollow, containing three words … that categorise you”
but the question that arises then is what words? Andrew uniquely chose @wefollow  #canals  #waterways  #narrowboats which you’d think were obvious choices, but not many other people [...]

When using my camera to take photographs for my videos I use the cameras lowest setting (640×480) even though its a 7MP camera. Previously youtube always butchered my videos so there was no appeal to go higher, and it also meant my two 4GB cards are fine for going out for a fortnight or a [...]

I have been posting my videos on both blip.tv and youtube, mainly because I was appalled at the low quality of Youtube. Recently, as they’re now part of Google, they’re supporting HQ uploads. It seems a bit of hit and miss, and essentially it will mark those it deems as HD with the “view in [...]

We have a pair of two-way radio’s to use at locks, etc., but stopped using them a year or so ago because the batteries failed (rechargeable ones that had given up the ghost), which could in part be due to using them in damp conditions. Recently Adam on nb Debdale mentioned he’d bought some from [...]