Just a sketch I did in Gimp on my Tablet. I know, It’s not great but hey I’m still getting use to using the tablet to start with.

I’m not use to drawing “human” and was having some problems with the nose so kind of left it out. and This is my first real attempt at drawing a human face.

Ok, So I’m excited about my latest purchase. I bought a Genius G-Pen Tablet. I’m a bit artistic when I can get a chance. I’ve been sketching for a while though at this stage I wouldn’t say I’m a pro. But I found this cheap on Trademe and thought, That would be cool to play around with. I primarily paint acrylic on stretched canvas.

I’m impressed so far. I spent last night just mucking around with it in MSN (playing dot to dot and doodling on the whiteboard)

Ok, Don’t laugh but here a three second attempt in Gimp.  I’m new to Gimp. I can’t afford PhotoShop but found some others who used Gimp and got some really awesome drawings out of it. Check it out at www.gimp.org Hey, it’s free and looks pretty good

I’m still getting use to the pen control and the interaction of it on the tablet. It’s a bit strange compared to using pencils/brushes on canvas. But I don’t think it’ll take me long to get use to the control of the pen. I think the biggest learning curve will be Gimp.  But in any case, I guess the whole point is just to be able to have some fun sketching onto the computer.

I hope to bring my readers some sketches in the not too distant future. Some of which I will no doubt put on canvas at some point.

If you already sketch/draw in gimp using a tablet I’d love to hear from you. Like I said, I’m new to the software and any hints and tips would be greatly appreciated.

I so love having a swimming pool. It’s a gorgeous temperature outside. Not to hot, not too cold. But the pool is sitting around the 20 degree area.

Seeing as there was nothing on TV I went and checked out the pool temperature. Well, that made up my mind, I’m going for a swim. I love this kind of weather, Yes it’s muggy, but hell. When you can jump into a pool it’s all so worth it.

I happened to be playing around with Word 2007 with WordPress again on another website I have setup. While I was playing, I stumbled across the insert category and it had 1 lists (there are at least 5 categories on the site) but the only one listed in Word 2007 was the "Description" of the only one that has a description. J

So, All in all. Word 2007 can deal with Categories from WordPress sites. But for it to do so, you need to have descriptions in each category on the site.

I’m still trying to figure out how or if, I can add tags to posts. Surely there must be a way of doing it. Anyone know? J

Ok this is funny, I don’t think my cat would stay on it, let alone go anywhere near it.

Earlier on I posted about my Logitech V450 nano mouse dying suddenly.

Well, The saga continues. My mouse was purchased at DSE in Glenfield, Auckland (Where my parents live) It was a Christmas present.

When it died while we where at DSE Powerhouse in Palmerston North, on Friday 30th January 2009. I specifically asked if they needed the original receipt in order to get a replacement.

We were told, "No, you only need a receipt number" So I double checked, So if I get my dad to scan in the receipt that would be fine. "Yes" was the response.

So, I thought cool. I can print off the scanned receipt and take it in and get a replacement v450. Well. No that’s not actually the case.

Went in this morning (Monday, 2nd February 2009) with mouse and scanned receipt in hand. The sales assistant tested the mouse on one of their PC’s and it is indeed not recognised. So she starts the replacement process, Get’s another mouse of the shelf and takes my details for "Replacement purposes" which is all good, I have no problem with that.

Then this women walks in from out side carrying what looks to be personal shopping from another shop in the area and walks behind the counter. I thought she was just another sales assistant.

When all of a sudden. She says, I’m the Assistant Manager we can’t process this. Ok, Am I missing something. Friday we get told "you only need a receipt number" and no word from the girl processing the replacement who has the Scanned receipt in her hand said anything about it when we handed the scanned copy to her.

We tell the assistant manager that on Friday, we got told only need a receipt number. To have her say "Head office requires us to see the original, our staff know this" (How does one make that sound rude on a computer ) Then she starts grilling us about who told us that. Fortunately while we couldn’t remember his name we had bought something so we figure, we’ll ring her with that info.

The sales assistant was extremely rude and lacked any form of professionalism.

We get home and found the receipt for the item we bought on Friday and rang DSE Powerhouse Palmerston North to pass this information on. Well, The "Assistant Manager" is busy, so we say we will ring back in 5 minutes. To which we get told, that’s fine. So ringing back, and now it’s like the Assistant Manager is avoiding us. Anyway, we say we would like to be rung back by 11:30am.

To which we are, The Manager rings us and explains, they have had some issues with people making false returns on copied receipts so we need the original, This was discussed with staff on Thursday, 29th January 2009. Ok, Fine, Why the hell didn’t the "Assistant Manager" explain this instead of just being rude and obnoxious, or even the sales staff say anything to begin with. In the meantime the Manager was apologising all the way for his staff.

So, after wasting time I now need to get dad to snail mail the receipt to me so I can get a mouse that works.

DSE Powerhouse Palmerston North, you really know how to waste peoples time. Personally, I think if you want customer service, Go elsewhere. I’ve never had any problem with Manakau in Auckland, but DSE Powerhouse Palmerston North is a very big disappointment.