Padded Cell

If any digital photographers are seeking a freebie application for editing digital photos, check out GIMP 2.0 or "GNU Image Manipulation Program" (available for Win, Mac, and Unix). I recently downloaded it and I've been extremely impressed.

I was wondering if anyone has tried one of these and their fork.Thanks in advance. tw

Reading the guitar based posts on the hi-fi forum I thought I'd start a thread here to discuss guitars. I'm having a guitar love affair at the moment and I'd be interested in hearing what you other guitarists have & love & want. At the moment chez Bennett has; An 80's Japananese squire strat which I love to death. Very nice indeed and better than some 'proper' Strats I've played. A new Yamaha APX-7 acoustic/electric. This is just lovely, silky action nice, quiet, acoustic tone. A Squire...

I was wondering as I do kind of miss him. I bet even Mike Lacey does deep down... Regards,Steve.

In the last couple of months I have started using MSN Messenger at home and the professional offering from Reuters at work. Are there any good free alternatives if you want to do audio and video conferencing?John

I believed thishttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/arts/archers_20040401.shtmlUntil They played the tune....and suggested Edmund Birtwistle for Desert Island Disks.... Stephen

Man I don't know about the rest of you posters but I am tempted put my replies in an envolpe and post them., it's getting so slow here.Also having connection time outs which can loose all the hard typing from a reply which is a bummer.Wakey Wakey Infopop

No really.

Why is my navel fluff always blue?

Hey allPlease tell me how to put photos in my replies.I can't figure it out.Joe90

My place of work has used an Oracle database for some years now. Our software supplier has so far done all the required database admin for us as we have very limited Oracle skills. However, as this is now proving to be a bit inconvenient we’re moving...

Following on from the Non Alcoholic Beers thread, what are your favourite mineral waters? I favour those with a high bicarbonate content; Badoit for a day to day drink and St Yorre with food.

Hi,I'm off to Paris for a couple of days tomorrow for the first time. What would you reccommend: Things to see places to go if you only had 48 hours?cheers,andy c!

I have managed to damage my Nikon F65 (dropped, I think, at a wedding - beer and cameras don't necessarily mix).It's definitely my 'fault' so I need to send the body (+ lens) to somewhere that can repair at a reasonable cost. Is this a case of any...

I've never considered claiming compensation or sueing as a result of anything before, the concept is a bit alien, but yesterday I was involved in a motoring accident and I'm suffering a bit.The whole of the left side of my body feels like lead and my...

OK - stop laughing at the thought of it !!!Hangovers are no stranger to me at times but with the onset of summer and the neighbourly barbeques being planned (joys of moving to a new house on a new development and everyone wanting to find out who they...

Just saw this on Silicon.com: Prison netWTF!?!?! I thought PRISON was for, err, you know, PUNISHMENT. Why the hell should prisoners be allowed access to the net? This is ridiculous...What do you think?Oh - hang on - could always be an April Fool joke,...

This might explain the frequent trips:http://travel.guardian.co.uk/countries/story/0,7451,1182104,00.htmlSteve

ChapsI suffered a minor domestic crisis tonight. I have a 1.75 metre high larder fridge and when I opened the door to treat myself to some grapes, the bloody top hinge fell out and the door came off.I had milk and goodness knows what all over the...

Over the last 4 days I've had 3 calls from the Carphone Warehouse call centre in Glasgow, advising me that they can save me a fortune on my BT house phone bills. First time(friday) I explained to them that I hadn't been a BT customer for a couple of...

So it appears that Blair is going to sign us up again, no referendum - what happened to democracy? Has this man no shame?I would like your views.Incidentally, this is not meant to be a thread about whether or not there should be closer integration...

This actually happened a while back, but as I wasn't confident in posting pix have refrained from sharing until now. Picture the early morning scene at casa throb - I go and get my breakfast [2 Weetabix with a banana, since you ask] and repair to the living room to drink in GMTV for about 15mins, & marvel at Lorraine's top. I come back into the kitchen to find this. Forget crop circles, Mother Thereasa in a bagel etc. - a chill shiver passes down my spine, and I actually stereotypically rub...

Southern divisional final:Walton on Thames Playhouse 6 PM Saturday April 3rd.Some good (one act) plays (4 in all).

Hi I have tried numerous times to upload a pic but with no success.The best I have come up with was 50k and the size of a postage stamp.I understand 50k is the maximum so how do I make the pic bigger? I have Adobe photoshop and have no problems...

Anyone else watching this PBS series?If you're unfamiliar, for four years the filmmakers followed five US immigrants from Palestine, Mexico, India, Nigeria, and Dominican Republic. Now for the sappy part: It's eye opening and emotional stuff; I can't...