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July 14, 2013
Corel Draw X6
I drive a 1988 Toyota Corolla because I refuse to throw anything away while it still works. Or perhaps it’s because I’m a keeper, and I do love that car. Anyway, given my penchant for hoarding, you can imagine how happy [sic] I was at having to buy the latest version of Corel Draw. For […]
July 10, 2013
Hungarian rizskók [or rice pudding cake]
Like many traditional Hungarian recipes, this unusual cake evolved from ‘poor man’s food’. You can make it from scratch, or you can make it from leftover rice pudding. My Mum always made it from leftovers because she made rice pudding as often as English speakers would make oat porridge. The only difference was that we […]
July 7, 2013
How to manually transfer files to your Kindle
I have just posted a new page on Meeka’s Mind called ‘How to Kindle’. You can see all the pages at the tope of the screen. The ‘How to Kindle’ page will be a permanent guide to help people transfer any .mobi file from their pc to their Kindle. Of course I’m hoping it will […]
July 6, 2013
The Pirate Captain’s Daughter – by Yoon Ha Lee
I was looking at sites that publish short stories when I stumbled across this gem written by a Korean-American lady by the name of Yoon Ha Lee. YHL lives in Texas, and has become one of my new, favourite authors! Read on : *** ‘The pirate captain’s daughter had no name, although her mother’s land-born […]
July 5, 2013
Now this is what I call an intriguing challenge!
Much as I love being nominated for awards, I just don’t have the time or energy to accept them these days… unless they have a really interesting twist. Marian Allen provided an irresistible twist today when she : a. Nominated me for a Liebster Award, and b. Threw down the gauntlet by saying I/we should […]
July 4, 2013
Metan and the Big Bang Theory
Okay, I just read Metan’s latest blog post and it’s a scream. And the funniest bit wasn’t the Big Bang clip. http://picsandstuff.wordpress.com/201... Filed under: Uncategorized
Diversity and supermarket shelves
Has anyone else noticed how little true diversity there is in our supermarkets? We have a staggering amount of food for sale, but most of it comes from the same, few manufacturers. And the bigger the supermarket chain, the fewer the actual brands they carry. Now I understand that supermarkets are businesses, and to succeed […]
July 2, 2013
Now why didn’t I think of this before?
Okay, I did think of this before, but I was caught up on size… Gotcha! You weren’t thinking about books now were you? But I was, I’ve been thinking about nothing but books for months. In particular I’ve been stressing about book 2 of the Vokhtah series, and the more I told myself that I […]
June 30, 2013
Fifty Shades of… typos?
Forgive the blatant grab for attention. No sex toys were harmed in the making of this post. Sadly it’s all about typos. And spell checkers. I’m so anal about spelling I was sure Vokhtah couldn’t possibly contain any typos. Wrong. I found ‘gawdy’ and ‘tpwards’ over the weekend, and I know how they crept in […]
June 29, 2013
Bananas!
“Presenter [to camera]: Hi there! If you’ve had a tough week, spare a thought for local banana seller Jan Dopeski, who not only lost his business, but also nearly got lynched when he decided to try out Amazon KDP Select’s business model by giving away his bananas for one day!….” I just had to reblog […]
