In the UK the coronavirus / covid-19 lockdown is starting to ease. Most recently Zoos have been amongst the list of attractions that are now allowed to reopen. This is our first visit to a zoo since lockdown and our first experience of a post lockdown day-out, other than visiting a local park / woodland. […]

When the Raspberry Pi camera board was first released it sold out within a day or so. Farnell have now got the second batch and are back in stock. Raspberry Pi camera board from Farnell. I’ve previously posted some photos of our Bee Box Raspberry Pi project taken with the Raspberry Pi camera module. Since […]

The Raspberry Pi computer includes a connector designed for a camera module to connect to. The camera is now available, although due to popular demand there is limited availability at the moment. I was up early on the day the camera went on sale to ensure that I was able to get hold of one. […]

Looking to buy a bridge digital camera? Here are a few features that you may want to look for. A bridge digital camera is a popular choice for anyone that wants to achieve better results than a point and click camera, but doesn’t want the size and complexity of a D-SLR camera. I bought one […]

The First Aid and Emergency Services photo gallery on First Aid Quiz.com has been upgraded to a new alpha version of the PenguinGallery web photo gallery software. This now means that the photos have more meaningful titles. It also means that it is easier to add new photo galleries and mean that new features can […]

Although knowledge of the command line is not required to use Linux sometimes it can come in very helpful. renaming files is one area where it is often quicker and easier to batch rename a number of files using a command line program or short script.

Back in the 1990’s I used to use Mandrake Linux as my preferred distribution. Back in the day it had great hardware support and looked good.Mandrake merged with Lycoris and Connectiva to form Mandriva Linux. Mandriva went through a stage where the distribution was not as stable as it should have been and about that […]

Photo gifts are a popular way of creating personalised presents for relatives. Although some photo gifts can be ordered through the Java based online applications these are normally limited compared to the dedicated download photo applications. Unfortunately the dedicated software required to create some photo gifts is not available for Linux and sometimes not even […]

Ever had that sinking feeling when you format your SD card with all your precious holiday photos before suddenly realising that you hadn’t actually copied them anywhere? In this case it turned out I did have a copy after all, it just happened to be on a different computer. I thought it was a good […]

Recently I’ve been working on an update to the First Aid Quiz website. I’ve already updated the questions in-line with the latest First Aid Manual and updated some of the info on various pages. I’ve now added a photo gallery to provide some photos of Emergency Service Vehicles and events in the UK. I’ve started […]