I was put off from the first time I switched on.

1. Press power button
2. Computer boots to an image of some description
3. Click mouse or tap touch pad
4. Log in screen appears
5. Type in password.
6. Press Return key
7. Search through a maze of irrelevant icons for means to reach desktop

Have used windows Win 3.0, 3.1, Win 95, Win2000, Xp, Vista and Win 7 so not a complete beginner. Most of any advantage in speed is lost by searching for what I want to run. Yes taskbar has MFU.

Slug Salad




Tonight I've given the slugs a good feed of slug pellets

I sometimes get the card error message on the K5 and it is usually "fixed" by ejecting the card and then replacing slow and easy. I know it hasn't gone in right when there is no orange light shown on insertion. Whether this is only with lexar cards (8gb and 16gb I don't know, can't recall this happening with the duracell cards (8gb)

But after a time doesn't their garden start smelling like an Asiatic restaurant

I've noticed it seems to take more mouse clicks to even get to the desktop screen. The only reason I haven't reverted to Win 7 is that the laptop it's on (a sony, I know, I should have known better) loses some of the functions of the keyboard if I "downgrade" according to Sony. I was under the impression that Win 8 was written for the Windows Phone, then put onto laptops etc when the phone was a bit of a flop.

The hosta leaves look like a doily on our plants

Just compared the file size and it saved the file I was playing with to 768H x 1024W res 300pp. That is the size we use at the camera club for PDI's but with a resolution of 72ppi. I don't think this will be a major problem

Just downloaded and installed onto my win8 laptop. Program installed without a hitch and appear to run a lot better than CS6 (no black screen). Only played about with one file, converted a "nothing" image to b&w. lot of features and the software has a familiar feel to it, think Topaz, Lightroom etc. I think I'll enjoy getting to know this program, plus of course it's "free"

Another couple of images from Grosmont Station


Engineer getting steamed up




The fireman taking five

Thanks for the kind comment smeggy.

Thanks for your comment Philip and the enhanced image, as you probably guessed they were meant to be a bit "tongue in cheek"