Category Archives: PERSONAL

Day 13 – Shoe, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.shoe noun 1. an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff orheavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. photo by Northampton Museum on Flickr

Day 12 – Vet, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.vet noun 1. veterinarian .

Day 11 – Vowel, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.vow·el noun 1. Phonetics . a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing theflow of air from the lungs ( opposed to consonant ).

Day 10 – Revenge, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.re·venge verb (used with object) 1. to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit

Day 9 – Extraction, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.ex·trac·tion noun 1. an act or instance of extracting Timber extraction near the Burn of Caribo (alan souter) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Day 8 – Retirement, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.re·tire·ment noun 1. the act of retiring or the state of being retired. Brocastle Manor retirement complex (Mick Lobb) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Day 7 – Specialty, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.spe·cial·ty noun 1. a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.

Day 6 – Advert, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.ad·vert verb (used without object) 1. to remark or comment; refer Attribution: Old Tizer Advert (David Roberts) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Day 5 – Somebody, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.some·bod·y pronoun 1. some person. (I modified my 365words meme – I now use search.creativecommons.org to search Google images for works that can be re-used under cc. Attribution with tags Where fitting and possible I try and use the first image)

Day 4 – Sake, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.sa·ke noun a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.

Day 3 – Lid, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.lid noun 1. a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; amovable cover.

Day 2-Button, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.but·ton noun 1. a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attachingto an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passedthrough a buttonhole or loop.

Speedtest 2012-11-adsl-vs-adsl2+, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.Might not be mighty quick for many, but after struggling along for four years on ADSL, the recent upgrade to ADSL2+ is bliss to me.

Update: That seemed to work.. once I got ftp of image uploading sorted out. I like how I can edit and re-post (called Share in Journal) Let’s try some multimedia. [wp_youtube]qcQAxd57Mqs[/wp_youtube] Ok. So because MacJournal didn’t ilk,e ‘<‘ charac her I used wp_youtube plugin which uses ‘[‘ to specify youtube video id. Works good. Hi..ContinueContinue reading “Testing MacJournal for blogging”

ngram-disabled,handicapped-2, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr. Spurred on by the discovery of Google’s ngram utility whilst reading this post by Doc Searls, I tried a query using the words disabled and handicapped. I am struck by a couple questions” 1/ What happened around 1920 when disability became overtaken by handicapped. Especially since handicapped wasContinueContinue reading “When did Disabled become Handicapped?”

1st GPS Track using iPhone app, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr. First go using GPS Tracker iPhone app and Instamapper.com. It’s obvious where there was little signal and therefore no data points uploaded.

Upwords, a photo by dnwallace on Flickr.That’s one big stack of tiles!

Well, after 12 months of being horizontal, including the last 10weeks of surgery and rehab I’m finally vertical again and home. While in rehab at the Spinal Unit I got to hang out with some fellow inmates (as I lovingly referred to ourselves) from all different backgrounds and so here they are: 1. Jim, 2.ContinueContinue reading “Fellow Inmates”

Make things = know thyself., a photo by Austin Kleon on Flickr.”… it’s in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.”

Jed n Lamb Show Originally uploaded by dnwallace Had a bit of fun and a play with Photo Booth while my boy was over, then created this slideshow with a couple more clicks. The Mac just makes it too easy. Then again, memories shouldn’t be hard. Dave