Writing Tips: Spot the Difference 12: Lightening vs Lightning I’ve seen this once a few times and Microsoft’s spellchecker is notorious for changing it to the wrong one! Lightening: to become lighter or illuminate Lightning: a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the…
Read MoreA Letter To Spammers Dear sir/madam, It has come to my attention that you are a spammer. Congratulations on being the scum that lives in the deepest and darkest crevices of the internet. In a vain attempt to provide some assistance, I will provide you with some tips that may stop you targeting the wrong…
Read MoreWake Me Up, When The Lecture Ends I was looking for something I wrote when I was at uni, but couldn’t find it! So I had to rewrite it; it’s not exactly the same, but pretty close. A parody of Greenday’s Wake Me Up When September Ends Wake Me Up, When The Lecture Ends The…
Read MoreDoctor, I Think I Have A Problem… Sticking to and achieving goals – They don’t have to be new year resolutions “What’s that? You’re sick?” Inquired the doctor. “Well, sort of. You see, I have all these ideas; I make plans, get set up and go! But then, after a little while…I find myself right…
Read MoreA Quote I Should Live By I was reading up on Laney’s blog, and came across this quote: “The long-lived books of tomorrow are concealed somewhere amongst the so-far unpublished mass of today.” – Philip Unwin When I sit and think about this quote, I feel inspired. It could be me. But then reality crashes…
Read MoreCharacters: 5 of 12 created A very productive weekend this week…after beginning the outline of the plot and characters in a small workbook, with torn out pages and scribbles everywhere, the pages began falling out. To avoid losing all the work I had done, I decided to move the ideas to another workbook. In doing…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (11): Break vs Brake It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but I’ve noticed this one being mixed up lately… Break – to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments Brake – a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other…
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Mac Tips – Making your own ringtones for iPhones One of the drawbacks of an iPhone is the inability to select your own tracks as the ringtone, however you can make your own by following these steps: 1. Select the track you wish to use. 2. Select the section of the track you wish to…
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Mac Tips – Take screenshots on a Mac Unlike windows, there is no button for taking screenshots. To perform different screenshot types, see the list below: Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save…
Read MoreSubmeg’s bucketlist Following on from my post yesterday, I started thinking about things I want to accomplish. Some may be big, some may be small, but all will be interesting to me. Check out my list, many more things to be added! Submeg inspiration
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