chained

chained
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.

Rode Procaster in the Wild

Rode Procaster in the Wild
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.
Via Flickr:
A rare example of the normally nocturnal Rode Procaster in the daylight. Here it is in a tree presenting its characteristic "end on" pose.

Safari 6, tabs and Fitt's Law

Since the introduction of version 6 of Safari the tabs behave somewhat differently. A single tab will now extend across the entire width of the browser window apart from a small portion to the right which contains the " + " symbol to open a new tab. As successive tabs are added they occupy the largest space and keep the " + " target small. This breaks Fitt's law which is a shame. Particularly annoying, as the previous approach left the largest space to the right of the active tab and therefore the largest possible target to click and generate a new tab.

New Wales Based Photographic Site

Head over to petermorganphoto for a collection of my favourite photographs ranging from people to landscapes, the images can be ordered as high quality prints directly from the site, using the services of good UK based labs.

Here's an example gallery of landscape pictures taken along the dramatic coastline of Wales:

Evening Esplanade 20120711, Porthcawl RNLI

Evening Esplanade 20120711_83
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.
Porthcawl RNLI station, lifeboats and crew, evening in summer.

High Speed

High Speed, a set by alan_sailer on Flickr.

Cloudy seafront 20120714_93

Cloudy seafront 20120714_93
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.
Cloudpron

James St., Porthcawl: SUSSED new shop upstairs

James St., Porthcawl: SUSSED new shop upstairs
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.

http://www.sustainablewales.org.uk/

storm front

storm front
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.

Porthcawl Rock Club perform on Seafront

Porthcawl Rock Club perform on Seafront
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.

Clueless Dogs by Rhian Edwards

Rhian Edwards is the winner of the 2011 John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry and Audience Prize 2011“An astounding Welsh poet with performances that get you in the emotional gut…” – Ian McMillan on The Verb, Radio 3.Clueless Dogs is the first collection of poetry by Rhian Edwards. Already a noted performer of both her songs and poetry, this book confirms her startling talent.Poems like ‘The Welshman Who Couldn’t Sing’ chronicle a fraught childhood in Bridgend, south Wales, where the sensitive child escapes through imaginative games of ‘Playing Dead’ and ‘Broken Lifeboat’. Full of verve and humour, with a spiky syntax featuring hard-edged consonants, her language has a winning honesty and intensity. Later poems chronicle teenage lusts, student rivalries, damaged peers and tense situations. Although the author doesn’t flinch from ruthless depictions in which we are often implicated by her use of the second person ‘You’, there is an underlying sweetness, an elegiac thread most evident in the poems of maturity, like ‘Back to Bed’ ,’Safe’ ,’The Wrong Season’ full of both the sensual rapture of love and a clear-eyed realization of its inevitable disappointments. Witness the poet in performance and it is impossible not to hear her distinctive tones when reading her work. Clueless Dogs is a brave and beautiful first book.

Tools for Self Reliance 20120307_147

Tools for Self Reliance 20120307_147
Originally uploaded by Mooganic.