Below are various improvements to the only family photograph that we have.  Bill took it back in 2005, however he must have moved because the image in the original is slightly blurred - that is what I am trying to improve. 

I have tried various techniques in the Gimp and I think that with more work the grain merge technique looks the most promising - what do think?  I know it is too light but I think with more work I can correct this.  Which effort should I spend most time on?  I also tried cropping the image slightly in two of the images to remove the date...again what do you think?  I know that sharpening will enhance even the blurred edges so I think that's out and I will also reduce the reflections in the glasses.

Please note these images are very low quality, so please don't bother printing them.

I just came across this great resource.  It is full of creative commons media - that's film, audio content and books.  You could download old classic radio episodes and listen to them on your media player.  You can legally download all the media in a variety of formats depending on your connection speed and how much resolution you want.  I suggest you download the MPEG4 file and use VLC or mplayer to watch it.

Ian you should definitely take a look here.  There is a vast range of content so take a look.

Yesterday at 12pm I went to St Mary's Church in East Finchley for the Repose of Alisdair's Soul. I think that it has put (as Alisdair would say) closure on his death. I also think that he would have liked the Latin and ceremony of the Mass.

I just read this article and not that I am in any way pro the Olympics, but I think that it will be good for Southend's ambition to become a top cycling town.  By the way Hadleigh is where we sometime go to see the animals.

My parents received a postcard on Friday from Alisdair - it's only taken about 6 weeks to arrive! Anyway it clearly shows that he was having a fantastic time in Bulgaria and I know it has made everyone feel much better.