100th Blog - Not Out
Today we are celebrating our 100th Blog post since we started, thank you all for your comments and feedback about the blog and more importantly voting for us as well at the Blogger Awards in which we won Best Blog Design which makes it all worthwhile.
So after careful thought of what we should write about in this epic moment we thought why not about our favourite subject, which is blogs.
Blogs have taken over from the diary to a certain extent but still have the same purpose and that is to express a view that your thinking at the time or to share something that might come in useful.
There are so many out there so how do you follow a good one and what should you look out for.
Well for starters the blogs you follow, you must have to have an interest in, but it doesnt stop there, the best blogs are the ones where the viewpoint is an original idea or concept, it must also be kept up to date and relevant with the world as it is now as well.
It must inform and share knowledge and not dictate, and most of all not go on and on like a chapter of war and peace. So on that note I am going to sign off but please keep reading and keep blogging, after all in a 100 years somebody might find this in an internet archive somewhere and think wow Im glad someone took the trouble to record this, just saying.
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The QR Code Garden - Chelsea
Its always great to see the natural world and the technical world come together and stretch the boundaries and this week showed what it could look like, At the RHS Chelsea show there was a garden that encompassed the 21st century technology of QR Codes and the natural landscape of a garden.
The results are breathtaking and just goes to show that they can both work in harmony with each other, to see the garden visit http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2012/Gardens/Garden-directory/The-QR-Code-Garden
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Fresh Help Comic Book Event To Be A Success
Always the one to help local creative talent, we jumped at the chance to be involved with Ian Hines Dead Universe Comic Book Event. What it did was showcase local comic book illustrators to a wider audience while raising money for Japan Comic Aid.
Our part in all of this was to digitally print various comics for the event and how spectacular they looked, what it hightlighted was not just the illustrative creative artistry within the comic but the quality and the tones of the print using our Xerox 700 digital press.
If ever a job was made for this machine this was it, as the colours lept off the page as you can see below.
Andy Gerlack from Fresh summed it up. ' What a great event, Ive known Ian for years as we grew up together and I am really proud of what he has done here today and that we could help in our own little way. I was blown away by the exceptional quality of the illustrations and then what we did was the icing on the cake to showcase it, what a fantastic result.'
Ian Hine from Dead Universe Comics said, ' Andy and Fresh were fantastic, we wanted to use somebody local and when Andy showed me what they produce I had no hesitation in choosing them, the print quality is exceptional and worthy of what we were trying to achieve, they handled everything so smoothly, a great bunch to work with and will do again.
If you want to visit Ian's store then pay them a visit in Friars Square Shopping Centre where they not only do comics but trading cards and memorablia as well. Or visit their facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead-Universe-Comics/411695270458?ref=ts
or visit there website which you can have a sneak preview at http://gu-7084-ng.shopfactory.com/index.html
If you want to find out Fresh can creatively help your business then call us on 01296 489998 or 01442 345088 or email us at hello@freshdps.co.uk or visit us at www.freshdps.co.uk
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May 4th be with you
Sorry we couldnt help ourselves, We think this should be a National Holiday for all the Star Wars fans out there - ahem like me.
Happy May 4th
May the force be with you
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Happy Mayday
We know how you like to know where things come from so for this one we thought instead of the usual Mayday celebrations we would bring where the rescue call sign Mayday Mayday comes from.
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m'aider, meaning "come help me".
It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and aviators, but in some countries local organisations such as police forces, firefighters, and transportation organizations also use the term. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual Mayday call from a message about a Mayday call.
Mayday calls can be made on any frequency, and when a mayday call is made no other radio traffic is permitted except to assist in the emergency. A mayday call may only be made when life or craft is in imminent danger of death or destruction. Mayday calls are made by radio, such as a ship or aircraft's VHF radio. Although a mayday call will be understood regardless of the radio frequency on which it is broadcast, first-line response organisations, such as coast guard and air traffic control, monitor designated channels: marine MF on 2182 kHz; marine VHF radio channel 16 (156.8 MHz); and airband frequencies of 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz.
A mayday call is roughly equivalent of a Morse code SOS, or a telephone call to the emergency services. When they receive a mayday call the coast guard may launch lifeboats and helicopters to assist the ship that is in trouble. Other ships that are nearby may divert course to assist the vessel broadcasting the mayday.
Making a hoax mayday call is a criminal act in many countries because of the danger to the rescuers' lives that a search-and-rescue operation can create, the potential for real emergencies elsewhere, as well as the very high costs of such rescue efforts. For example, making a false distress call in the United States is a federal crime carrying sanctions of up to six years imprisonment, and a fine of $250,000.The coast guard can be contacted in situations that are not emergencies (out of fuel, etc.) by calling "Coastguard, Coastguard, Coastguard, this is (name of vessel)", on VHF channel 16. In many countries special training and a licence are required to use a mobile radio transmitter legally, although anyone may legally use one to summon help in a real emergency.
Happy Mayday Everybody
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TFI Friday
Ever had one of those weeks when you just go yes its the weekend, well we've had a few months like that and I think everyone here is saying the immortal words TFI Friday
But where did this come from originally, we had a scout around and the only thing we could come up with was the TV show hosted by Chris Evans on Channel 4, can the Ginger Whinger really be responsible for this saying, if you know more about the source then let us know.
Happy Friday everyone
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Fresh Invest In New Polar Mohr Guillotine -
A Cut Above The Rest
As part of our continued growth and investment we have invested in a new guillotine.
Its a state of the art Polar Mohr, which is a high quality programmatic machine with airbed and digital positioning.
We strive to improve our quality and this is another piece that will help give you a perfect job
Ian Swannell from Fresh stated, ' We're always looking to improve our quality and this will not only help improve our quality but speed up production as well, we're working 6 day weeks now and we need a good, reliable, quality machine that can handle our sort of workload.'
Here are some images of if being installed - it was quite big!!
If you want to find out how Fresh can help your business then call us on 01296 489998 or on 01442 345088 or email us at hello@freshdps.co.uk or visit us at www.freshdps.co.uk
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