I’ve just come across Rafflecopter, the perfect example of something I never knew we needed until it was there. The ‘easiest way to Create, Run, & Enter online giveaways’, Rafflecopter helps bloggers and site owners create competition entry widgets, with entrant earning extra entires just by sharing the competition on Facebook or following the blog on Twitter. Then, when the closing date comes, it allows you to easily separate the fans from the cheaters and picks a winner at random. Not just great for the organisers, Rafflecopter also seems pretty nifty from the entrant’s point of view, with it easily linking to your Facebook profile or just [...]

Today we spent a long afternoon at Cardiff International White Water, photographing the dozens of people who were brave and/or stupid enough to don a wetsuit and climb into a kayak in mid January. I took many a shot, but as yet I’m not sure if any are really good enough to put into a competition. If I manage to salvage any, they will appear in the photography section soon. In the meantime, I’m going to go and get my hot water bottle, put on at least one dressing gown and sit by the fire in what I fear may [...]