Alamy Stock Pictures

Have over the past 4 months been uploading pictures to Alamy in the vain hope of getting a sale. This is quite a frustrating process with the quality checks and the sheer effort involved in adding metadata to your pix. I've now reached the dizzy heights of 150 images on sale, but will likely need to be near the 1,000 mark before any likelihood of a sale - that'll be about 4 years time then!

27 Inch Monitor Madness

Gone Completely barking and have just taken delivery of a 27" dell 2709W monitor. In this age of financial uncertainty - have given up worrying and feeling guilty, what the hell!! Bread and water for the next few months.

After weeks of almost buying a Dell 24" Ultrasharp, finally plumped for the 27" version after Dell went mad with their discounts. Found an offer that was not only 25% off, but also managed to bag another 10% + free shipping, bringing final price down to £395, cheaper than the 24". Cheapest I could see on Internet from 3rd party supplier was £450, and a whopping £200 offthe non-discount Dell price.

First impressions - it's bloody big!! Picture though is superb and editing photos is better given the greater screen size and resolution particularly after my old 17".