I still keep in contact with friends I made at college. This week we all met in Holmfirth where it was <a href="http://holmfirthartweek.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Art Week</a>. It's always fun to meet up with people who I've known for nearly 50 years (anniversary in September?). The idea for the day was to applaud the idea of the "liberal elite". We milked it for all it was worth. Below are a few of the art pieces I really liked but didn't buy.

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<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-monitorjul18.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5091" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-monitorjul18-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>The new computer has been matched with a new 28" 4K monitor. Now windows (not Microsoft Windows) really come into their own. I can have several windows open and read them easily. The <a href="https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/kits/nuc7i7dnhe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Intel NUC computer</a> is the very small box on the right of the screen.

The Linux operating is proving challenging and I haven't managed to write a blog post on it yet. Manipulating photos using a different graphics package is going to take some time to conquer. I need to tweak it however in the long run it will be the future for me because Microsoft Windows is too prescriptive.

Instead of using Microsoft Office I'm using Office Libre and I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email system. There's probably only a couple of my readers who are interested in any of this but my audience is a broad church...