Today, I thought I'd have a go at some macro photography using a technique that was the subject of an article in the latest Make magazine. The idea is to take a shadowless photo of something small, by placing on on a sheet of (clean) glass, which is supported above the (plain white) background. I needed some photos to illustrate an Instructable ( Read more... )

Well, the Farnell parcel turned up the very next day, with all the parts I'd ordered. For some reason, the web-site showing the order's progress hadn't updated at all, and still showed zero items processed. So I now have some phono plugs for the various 8-bit computer video cables that I need, as well as the special DIN plug that fits a Commodore ( Read more... )

It was 9am (or thereabouts) and I was awake, just. For the first time in ages, it wasn't raining. I'd been thinking about a few bits and bobs that might come in handy. So, it was time to go to The Car Boot Sale. I headed North, towards Bradley Stoke and the fabled Trench Lane, all the time wondering if the boot sale was still being held in that ( Read more... )