So you’ve got your photos printed and you see one that you think to yourself would look amazing as a painting up on your wall, maybe it’s a landscape or a family picture, but it’s just that little bit something special, so how do you get your photo made into a custom painting.

Well there is a site that will take your photos and create a 100% handmade custom painting, the website is called Paint Your Life and they do all the hard work for you.

Simply upload your photo to Paint Your Life and and they will then start hand painting your masterpiece, once completed your painting is uploaded for your approval, upon approval your painting is sent to you. Ideal for those birthday gifts for you family members and/or those close to you.

So if you have a photo which you would love to have up on your wall in oils and up on your wall then this is the perfect opportunity.

I can never believe how quick the months fly by these days and it’s June already, so it’s that time to post the top 5 blogs that have been hitting Blazing Minds with drops via EntreCard.

So who are the top 5 droppers? I’ll let you know soon enough, first of all I would like to take the time to say a big thank you to all that have visited my blog via EntreCard and other methods and an even bigger thank you to all of you who have been commenting on my posts and even taking part in my Saturday Six meme, it’s all of you who give me the incentive to carry on going…

So without any more bantering on, the top 5 EntreCard blogs are ….. Drum roll please….

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It’s quite amazing how many “lobsters” you see out on the beach and roads when the sun comes out!

No I don’t mean the one pictured, I mean, those type of people that sunburn to a lobster colour!

Living so near to the beach and during half term for the kids or when the main holiday seasons start, there are some truly terrifying sites to be seen when driving up the local coast road, past all the holiday camps, yes I know people have to go on holiday, but surely they should take care of their skin or even dress in a suitable manner.

Usually all you can see as you drive along are a wash of middle aged men in a pair of shorts only, with a HUGE belly hanging out of the the top of the shirts and as red as a “lobster” usually in toe with 4-5 kids which look like they were born one every 10-11 months and a wife that is so skinny and chain smoking while pushing a buggy along.

I mean, come on, just because you’ve gone on holiday do you have to show off your blubber to everyone, or do they do that at home as well, hmmm maybe.

Yes, I know before anyone starts that this is normal in the UK for the “lobsters” to roam the streets, with stacks of kids in toe, but YUCK!!!

There would of been a photo, but I politely asked a man if I could take his photo for a local blog which I write, this one and he replied “R A Our Kid, if you give us a tenner you can ‘ave me kids”, shivers went down my spine at this point and I replied, “If your children are only worth £10 to you then what is the world coming to!” at which point he pulled out a can of Tennants larger from his childs changing bag and walked off, seriously, what is the world coming to.

Hi everyone, back again with another Saturday Six, this weeks topic is Lazy Summer Days, so lets get on with it.

1. What is your ideal past time on a Lazy Summers Day?
2. Do you enjoy BBQs?
3. Sun bathing or lazing in a pool?
4. Chilled glass of wine or chilled pop/juice?
5. If it’s too hot do you try to tan like a lobster or go inside?
6. Do you worry about the risk of cancer when binge sunbathing?

Ok, that’s it, thanks for taking part and I’m looking forward to everyone’s answers.

Anyone using Twitter can be part of the process by tweeting me a theme, I will then pick one randomly and the chosen theme will be used and the tweeter will have a DoFollow link to their website or blog as a thank you.

If you would like to nominate a theme then simply tweet me @RemBeatZ with your nominated theme and the hash tag #Sat6

Also if you are a participant of the Saturday Six you can join the Saturday Six Twibe..

I’ve just been doing my rounds and reading some of my favourite blogs on the net when I stopped by Dragon Blogger and this great post on Custom Twitter Signatures for your Site and Blog,  the site the DragonBlogger is posting about will allow to to have a banner like this one:

To add to your blog, forums, webiste any where you want really, so if you would like a tasy banner like this one then check out the Twitter Signature Styles for you own cool looking banner!

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Originally uploaded by RemBeatZ

An Image I did while training in Computer Aided Design (CAD) many years ago

Recently it came to my attention that a link that was on quite a few posts in my blog was out of date, so I thought to myself, surely there is a better way then editing each and every post to update the old link with the new updated one, and low and behold I found one.

Search & Replace is a simple WordPress plugin that will search through your database and replace whatever you want, it’s simple to install and once installed your are ready to go.

I would mention though, that you will be updating your database, so make sure your back it up before you attempt to run the Search & Replace!

There are several options for you when you have installed the plugin you can search the content of a post, title, comments, comment authors and loads more, so if you have a link, like I did, that needs to be changed site-wide then this is a must.

You can find the plugin in the WordPress plugin Directory or you can use the “Add New” option in your WordPress admin and search for “Search and replace” to find and install it direct.