Many people are interested in working from home, and Internet Marketing seems to be ideal for this. However it is hard to get information on exactly how much is earned. There are loads of sites telling you how much you CAN earn, (often promising £ thousands or even £ millions), but none telling you exactly [...]

It wasn’t just the Marvel stories that captivated me as a teenager, it was also the artwork. Marvel has a very talented crop of artists but my all-time favourite is Jim Steranko.
I first came across him in Strange Tales when he started illustrating Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. The artwork just seemed to be on a [...]

The easiest way to reply to a blog comment is simply to fill-in the blog comment form yourself. However this does pose a couple of problems.
Firstly your own reply is counted as a comment, so the blog statistics are innaccurate having been inflated by 100%. (You would need to half the number of comments to [...]

To understand this, have a look at the diagram below, the orange circles are exactly the same size. If you don’t believe me get a ruler and measure them! This is the Ebbinghaus Illusion.
When large blue circles surround the orange circle it appears smaller, and when small blue circles are surrounding it the orange circle [...]

I am a keen sky-watcher but sometimes I just have to gaze in awe at the moon – it looks absolutely massive!  This usually happens when it is low on the horizon. Obviously the moon hasn’t suddenly changed size, it’s still 3,476km in diameter. So perhaps it has moved nearer to Earth?

The moon’s orbit around [...]

The Silver Surfer (Oil on Canvas)

Most male artists have a beautiful woman as their inspiration, but my muse was Marvel Comics and especially the Silver Surfer. In my teenage years when I wasn’t planning to be the next Lennon & McCartney, I decided to become a great artist. I hadn’t a clue how to paint, [...]

Yesterday the Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully took off on a mission to repair the Hubble telescope, in orbit 380 miles above Earth. This is the fifth repair and upgrade mission NASA has undertaken since Hubble’s launch in 1990.
Hubble has cost £7 billion so far and NASA hopes that this final mission will enable it to be fully operational for another 5 years when [...]

I always advise anyone who wants to train for a marathon to keep a diary and log how many miles they run each day. There is no way you can properly run a marathon without a training plan, and it is difficult to keep track of your training without a simple written record.
Athletes who don’t keep [...]

Don’t write extremely long posts, you may lose readers, and you are wasting effort. If you have a lot to say, split the article into 2 or 3 different posts, each with it’s own title. Ideally each post should be around 200 to 300 words.
Write about anything that interests you, it will be easier and [...]

As a regular runner, walker and cyclist, the last place I want to be is on a busy road. Preferably I don’t want to be on a road at all. Why be on a noisy, dirty, busy road, when you could be in the beautiful countryside? Beats me, but the mistake a lot of people make [...]