Deptford High Street Art
Deptford High Street is a vibrant area …

This one captures Deptford’s nocturnal mood perfectly.
Enjoy 🙂
Deptford High Street is a vibrant area …

This one captures Deptford’s nocturnal mood perfectly.
Enjoy 🙂
«Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.»
— A. A. Milne (Winne The Pooh)

«Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said “Do you need help?” and the man said “God will save me”. Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said “God will save me”, then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, “God, why didn’t you save me?” and God said “I sent you two boats, you dummy!”»
— The Boy Christopher Gardner (to his dad) – The Pursuit Of Happyness 2006
My business partner called me a few months ago. “We’ve been hacked” he said, and “the hosting company has shut down our hosting account”. Wow I thought, it can happen to us … Hackers can really make you have a bad day !
Continue reading “How To Survive A Denial Of Service (DDOS) Attack On A WordPress Site”
«Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.»
— Oscar Wilde
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Hopefully a botanist will correct me on this, but I think the full name for these is – “Rubiaceae Ixora Coccinea”

This species of flowers are popular in Thailand … The plant itself makes great hedges, the blooms come in a variety of colours.
Enjoy 🙂
Loved capturing this one on the steps up to the big Buddha …
These flowers are so pretty !
Enjoy 🙂
I “inherited” a hosting account with Greengeeks via my business partner. Our sites used to be hosted with them, but we’re currently moving away from them, because, to be blunt, they are awful in so many ways.
Robert Lee had this to say, which pretty much sums up how I feel about them :
“Poor customer service. Slow Servers. DDoS Attacks. Customer Support SUCKS” – Robert Lee @ trustpilot.com
Continue reading “Greengeeks are … Crap, Rubbish, Awful, Terrible, Horrible, Slow, Waste Of Money”
I was too focused on the sunset to find out what this guy was looking at …

Something, or other, up there !
Enjoy 🙂
This one jumped out at me from my new camera …
It’s a figure of the Thai king captured at big Buddha hill …
Enjoy 🙂
I imagine it’s not a totally free life … but …

Imagine the freedom of living on a canal boat, with an Enfield motorcycle for road trips … green I am !
Enjoy 🙂
I like this effect of the silhouetting with overhead foliage …

The people on the beach are collecting shells to eat …
Enjoy 🙂
Something pretty awesome about this place in the midday sunshine …

The expansiveness of the greenery … and of course it’s a spiritual place for Buddhists …
For many years I was led (or misled ?) to believe that our greed in burning fossil fuels (to keep us warm and have light at night ?) and releasing CFCs from Fridges (to prevent our food rotting quickly ?) … Continue reading WTF ? Artic Ice Cap Is Growing NOT Shrinking ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion
Captured this one recently from the big Buddha hill …

Enjoy 🙂
I’m led to understand that this kind of vehicle is called a “tuk tuk” in Thailand …

Annette sells ice cream from hers …
The beer man counting his loot !

Or is he counting the change to give his thirsty customer ?
Another sunset that turned out well, straight off the camera …

The colours on this one I really just can’t get over …

Got to be one of my most vivid sunsets, so far …
Fairly straightforward, Kim Davis was supposed to issue marriage licenses to same-sex marriage couples, as is “the law”, but refused to, due to her personal beliefs being in opposition … now she’s in jail, and refuses to comply …

Continue reading “Kim Davis – Bigot Or Hero ? – Don Charisma’s Opinion”
I’ve received now a second email from an unknown source that masquerades as an official PayPal email. The idea of the sender is to get me to disclose my login details of my PayPal account, so that they can rob me, basically.

Usually my iCloud email puts these straight in the spam folder, but for whatever reasons iCloud doesn’t recognise these emails as spam.
Continue reading “WARNING – Beware Of PayPal Phishing Emails”
I’ve no idea how much one of these costs …

But sure looks cool … like a back to front tricycle …
Cheers
Don
I’ve been using the same WordPress.com theme ever since I started my blog, the “Titan” theme. WordPress “Retired” my old theme some time ago, and I’ve just done the same today.
Researching current WordPress.com themes I came up with a short-list. And, erm no, I didn’t try out all 384 themes, really only the latest ones.
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Thought this looked a good angle on my way out for a walk …

As for the latin botanical names for all the plants … hmmm … I’ll get back to you …
Cheers
Don
Walking past a nice sunset lit alfresco scene … Enjoy … Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, all rights … Continue reading Summer Evening Drinks @ The Trafalgar
The bubble man from a different angle … Enjoy 🙂 Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, all rights are … Continue reading The Bubble Man Sunset
It’s amazing how a badly painted surface can look good … Given the right lighting conditions, obviously ! Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated … Continue reading Sunset Reflections
Now then, I didn’t know there was such a thing … A cake baking school, what will they think of next ! Cheers Don Resources & … Continue reading Fair Cake
They make hamburgers … However, I just liked their sign from this angle … Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) … Continue reading Byron
When I was five there wasn’t much more fun than bubbles … Enjoy “bubbles in Greenwich” by Don Charisma … even if you’re not still five … Continue reading The Bubbles Man
Walking along the river in London as the sun is setting …

And I get treated to views like this 🙂
Cheers
Taken a couple of weeks ago … By the river in Greenwich, London. Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything here is (c) DonCharisma.org, … Continue reading Anchor Sunset
It’s an amusing story, thanks for a very good laugh 🙂 Whatever next, not liking quickly enough on Instagram grounds for justifiable homicide ? Within that, Cosmo reports this ever so slightly differently – http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a45394/poor-speller-keys-the-word-wore/ or at least that’s the … Continue reading Woman stabs boyfriend for not liking Instagram selfie fast enough
I was asked a while back for a photo of bamboo … So here it is 🙂 Cheers Don Resources & Sources Unless otherwise stated everything … Continue reading Bamboo
Not an acronym for a minority group … MG is the manufacturer, B is the model and GT I think stands for “grand tour”, which actually … Continue reading MGBGT
On visiting a friend and his wife back in London, I was offered some of “Steve’s Sugar” … I said, yeah, sure, why not I don’t know Steve, but if you reckon it’s good stuff I’ll try it … when … Continue reading Steve’s Sugar