Author Archives: inksmithy

About inksmithy

I moved to the United Kingdom in December 2003, to marry a wonderful lady in 2004, which union has produced 2 lovely children. My interests lie chiefly among the technical areas, robotics, programming, artificial intelligence, that sort of thing. I have a love for technology and firmly believe that properly used, tech can solve some of the most pressing problems the world is facing. Unfortunately, it isn't being used properly most of the time, with software patents and pointless bickering over recyclable ideas and hardware. I'm a bit of an inventor, and I'll often spend time on this blog typing up ideas which may never come to fruition. I have a couple of projects which I do work on a fair bit and I'll be writing about them as well.

Christmas in twelve weeks.

Posted on September 29, 2011 by inksmithy

I know, this really is unbelievable. Sickening, in fact. This year so far, I have achieved a bit, and failed to achieve a bit. I have twelve weeks to attempt to achieve more of what I initially hoped to. I … Continue reading →

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Any ideas?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by inksmithy
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First day at big school

Posted on September 19, 2011 by inksmithy

What can I say, it’s his first day at big school, in the school uniform. He loves it. He’s pretty damn happy about heading off to school finally.

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Jimmy

Posted on September 17, 2011 by inksmithy

My four year old son calls any snails he finds, Jimmy.

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Gallery: Second Attempt at Lightroom Export

Posted on September 6, 2011 by inksmithy

I’m testing out some export plugins. At the moment, Dossier Du Presse seems to do ok, but for some strange reason it doesn’t publish the post, it just leaves it as a draft. It also means I have to come … Continue reading →

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New Camera

Posted on August 21, 2011 by inksmithy

Bought a new cam, a Canon Eos 1100D. So far, I love it. Here are couple of early images.

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Bottom Feeding Oxygen Thieves

Posted on August 17, 2011 by inksmithy

For various reasons, I have had cause for one of my family members to send some money to me from Australia. You would think this would be a fairly simple process. The money leaves the Australian bank account and reasonably … Continue reading →

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News International – A Caution

Posted on July 19, 2011 by inksmithy

Been a few days since I last posted about this issue, but there have been some amazing developments in the story. The more I read about it and the more outlandish things get, the more I keep hearing that tiny … Continue reading →

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Sunday Filth

Posted on July 17, 2011 by inksmithy

Not neccessarily filthy, that was just a name we used to describe pretty much anything my dad cooked in the kitchen. The stuff he did wasn’t terribly structured, but it definitely had loads of flavour. Mine is much the same, … Continue reading →

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Chicken and Tarragon in a Creamy White Wine and Mustard Sauce.

Posted on July 16, 2011 by inksmithy

I’ve typed this recipe out a few times, hopefully this will be the last. This is one of my favourites, as it is one of the first meals I ever really cooked from scratch, without referring to a recipe. I … Continue reading →

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