It’s International Talk like a Pirate Day

It’s International Talk like a Pirate Day

Well scrape the barnacles off me rudder, it’s me fav day of the year! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th. To honour International Talk Like a Pirate day, I’ll be serving free mugs of scurvy for anyone who’d like to scrub me kitchen decks!! Yarr!...
Wave a hankie to the Tall Ships

Wave a hankie to the Tall Ships

  Tales of ocean yoyages and the romance of coastal passages have been captivating people for hundreds of years. This Coast Writer has had her own fair share of real blue water sailing and oceanic adventures (but that’s another blog). On September 15th,...
70 years of technology

70 years of technology

It is my father’s 70th birthday this month . . . a  milestone to celebrate, and an era through which communication and entertainment tools have evolved in leaps and gigabytes. My rather astute dad hasn’t always been the first to line up at the electronic goods...
15 seconds of fame with Instagram

15 seconds of fame with Instagram

I’m a bit of a social media junkie and was deeeelighted recently to find that Instagram have introduced a new feature. “All right Mr De Mille, I’m ready for my close up!”. Instagram have just introduced 15 second videos, which can be posted directly to Facebook, so...
Ahoy there clickable hashtags

Ahoy there clickable hashtags

Today we have breaking news from the House of Zuckerberg. Conversations will now become a little more discoverable (if you wish), with the announcement that Facebook are finally introducing a long-missing feature to the News feeds…..clickable hashtags. If like...

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