OOOOh joy.

Ohh joy a robot floor polisher.

playing with fiber

A funeral, a tracking thingy and a pesky conundrum

Today I went to the funeral of a man I knew for most of my life. He died suddenly which I suppose if you had to go that would be the way. He was 80 next birthday. But he was one of those people that was always 'old'. At least so it seemed. That cannot be of course but so it seemed. The last time I saw him was at another funeral. It seems to be the way.

A new I.D law for dogs came in a few weeks ago which stated all canines had to have a little grain of rice sized chip be entered under the skin. Last Thursday I was in town and happened to be passing a vet and thought why not, it'll have to be done eventually so why not just get over it.
I was certain, as was my mother, that she had been done by the rescue place I got her. But it seemed no. Any hows if she goes baa-loo-baas next October with all the fireworks and heads for the hills she can be IDed with the chip when found.

I have the images chosen for my exhibition in May. What I haven't made up my mind about is if I should simply allow space around the outside, say the difference between A2 and A3, and simply spray glue the photo paper to foam board. Or attach the image to 1.5mm picture mount card allowing similar dimensions, A2 card with an A3 hole.
You see I've decided that making frames isn't a good thing at all. No one else is doing it. At least, not unless it's those cheap looking frames you see that makes IKEA look really swish.

A new PC, well almost.

Anyone taking or making photo images will have the issue of a the hard-drive filling up like a jug under a gutter in a thunder storm. My big camera builds 16meg files inside and then the developing will add at least another 10.
But external hard drives are no longer an arm and a leg so adding a few to the system in a relay is easy. Plus they can act as back-up's. Something I'm very aware of since I lost so many last year with the Win 10 brain fart of mine.
No, what I did was run the test program from the RAM maker Critical and discovered I could add a stick doubling the power of the computer.
And all for the glorious total of €21, shipping included.

Homemade bread on a BBQ

More things to learn

Googles Nik's Collection was made free over the weekend. They were charging €150/$150 for it. Of course being a cynic I think Google were left with little choice when three thousand and ten app's in the store are doing the very same thing only better. But it is a nice addition to a toolbox albeit a good 80 hours of study to get the thing hooked into the brain.
This is a pert of what it does.

App's and today's DIY build.

I had to make certain I had a rapid way to make 45degree cuts in case I lose my mind again and decide my images need frames..
But making that stand for my grinder was like going back to the instructions written before the Germans&Swedes got their hands on the genera. If I hadn't the picture on the box I'd not be able to finish it.

I was a bit shocked at just how far I walked in 15 days.

news ish

My image wasn't accepted at the RHA show. But it truth I was dealing with them to get going at it rather than any true expectation. And 'if you aren't in you can't win' too. So I have two solo shows and I'm putting in for a bursary to spend a month in Rome. And there might cross each other. So that'll be a headache if I get Rome.

I joined up with a group of artists in Galway. May work out.

BBQ is out and running for a week now. Wow, I forgot how good it can make a bit of meat.

An attempt at editing.

The elements on that wall.

Playing with my new tools.