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Thoughts, experiments, and creative ideas.
Wordpress Visual Editor buttons missing and solution
When editing a post in Wordpress 3.1 recently, I found that the visual editor was missing the formatting buttons which usually appear at the top…
Damage to EX300 light kit
I purchased the Interfit EX300 twin studio flash kit which comes with a softbox and shoot-through umbrella through the Amazon Marketplace from Hawks Photo Video…
VMWare vSphere evaluation downgrade
VMWare make their vSphere Hypervisor free to download and use which is an amazing deal, they also offer a free evaluation of VMWare vSphere which…
Tunes 10 - Installation problem and solution
When attempting an automatic upgrade of iTunes from version 9 to 10, I got a pop-up saying "Service 'iPod Service' (iPod Service) could not be…
Server Gate Cryptography secrets
Padlock photo by Ralph Aichinger Certification Authorities (CAs) offer two types of SSL certificate, one type includes Server Gate Cryptography (SGC) and is often…
Android on three.co.uk
Today I changed my mobile provider after a number of problem-free years with T-Mobile to Three who have a good deal on at the moment…
Domain Renewal Scam
When I came home from work, an official looking envelope from the 'Domain Renewal Group' was waiting for me. Inside was an equally official…
Invasion of the Not Quite Dead Trailer released!
IndywoodFILMS presents: 'Invasion Of The NOT QUITE Dead' teaser promo... In August 2009, a special teaser promo was created to raise awareness for a horror…
Time Travellers
#IcanChangeThePast2 Comments # Chris: Are you a time traveler? Chris: You did the hashtag the researchers had asked to be placed prior to August 2013…
Edinburgh Winter Festival
(10" F/9 iso100 92mm) Yesterday, @rich_dyson invited me to join him taking some long exposure photos of the Edinburgh Winter Festival in Princes Street…
Chomp! Descends on Edinburgh
This evening I was doing the City of the Dead Underground City tour at 9pm, but I was on the Royal mile from about…
DDOS on Twitter - happening now!
Twitter.com is currently down. Status.twitter.com reports that they are currently fighting a DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack which has been running by my estimation…
My second chain attempt
Having made my own jump rings from silverplated copper wire, I decided to put them together into something that looks a bit more like some…
Moo mini-cards
My second set of Moo mini-cards arrived a few days ago. I'm delighted with this set too. My last set featured photographs of Greyfriar's Kirkyard…
First attempt at jump-ring making
I found a shop on St Mary's Street in the Old Town which sells jewelery making supplies and picked up a 10m length of…