David’s talk illustrated how drones, even the type that are available to a domestic market are finding applications in all walks of life. The basic rules and features of the drones were described. The talk finished with examples of some of the images that can be taken using the vantage point that a drone offers.…
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We had a look at Pages tonight. We looked at the use of templates, styles, columns and flowing text around objects then finished with a quick look at how Pages could be used to lay out and print different sized photos on an A4 sheet.…
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By popular request, John Lemon gave a reprise of his talk on ViewRanger he first presented four years ago. At that time, you could download maps or just portions of maps to the device you'd be taking with you to guide you on your pre-planned route by foot or bike. However, lots has happened since then, principally that ViewRanger has been bought by German company OutdoorActive. The takeover has not worked to John's liking…
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Not much to say really except there was a lively discussion about all things Apple are releasing, especially the new iMac, and about what we'd buy and why as well as what we won't buy and why not! If you missed the broadcast, it's available to watch (about an hour) here:
Apple's April Event
Of course, the Apple Store has all the latest launches available to buy even though it may be "…
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It's surprising how many of our group actually have trail cameras and/or cameras in bird boxes. Mick showed the sort of cameras he uses in both situations and then some footage of hedgehogs, foxes, cats chasing foxes(!) and a blue tit in a newly installed nest box. Tricia then talked us through her setup which is slightly different so a wide variety of possibilities was covered. A pleasing number of attendees were then able…
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Rick now has over 100 apps on his phone so is well placed to offer a selection of some that we may not know of yet may find useful. He made a selection of these and took us through how each of them worked and how he used them. There was naturally a bias towards his interests of cycling and bird watching but plenty of others ranging from the very useful to plain entertaining.
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Euan wanted to open up the standard “A4 Portrait, Times / Helvetica” page by looking at page dynamics. The terms ‘Design’, ‘Art’ and ‘Beautify’ were discarded in favour of the populating of a village or town with visible and invisible networks, relationships and facilities. Paul Klee’s “Pedagogical Sketchbook” (the Weimar Bauhaus) offers insights which Euan used to open up the subject. These, with short…
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David, wearing his Positive Money hat, explained how money is created when banks make loans and is destroyed when loans are repaid. Borrowing creates savings rather than vice versa. He stressed that it is private debt not Government debt which is the cause of financial crises.
He explained the differences between Central Bank Reserves plus Cash and Commercial Bank Deposit Money (Commercial Banks IOU’s). QE is new money but, being mostly…
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This talk was solely for iOS users - how to use the Shortcuts app. Trevor took us through several of the many supplied shortcuts and how to adapt them to your own version to do what you want. We looked through the various categories and at the workings of some that Trevor had already changed and a brief look at how to set one up from scratch. He also went through how shortcuts can be added…
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Sixteen of us attended an absolutely fascinating talk by Barry Guyer. The hour we spent went by in a flash! There were lots of medical terms etc. so as I was not wanting to give a précis of the talk with incorrect information, Barry has supplied the following:
Barry traced the history of botulinum toxin from multiple deaths from poisoned sausages more than 200 years ago through its first therapeutic…
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