Autumnal Colours
I really love this time of year, when the trees display their whole array of glorious colours
TV Quality
They sell you a TV in the shop with a bright, sharp picture then when you get it home it turns out that the home mode is inferior to the shop but recommended due to energy consumption differences!
Akismet for Zenphoto Fixed
As a user of Zenphoto for my gallery of photographs I’m pleased to report that I’ve corrected an issue with the long standing Akismet plugin for the platform allowing it to work with the latest version of the application, thus restoring anti-spam functionality to comment forms on both… [ Read More ]
Anti-Spam Effectiveness
What website are you looking at? Sounds a simple enough question right? Well for a human maybe but perhaps not for a CAPTCHA reading online bot. A problem that’s plagued bloggers and forum administrators for years is how to stay ahead of the comment/post spam that invariably results from… [ Read More ]
Jack Kelly’s Sailing Dream
A friend of mine, Jack Kelly, whom I met at Leeds University while studying in the School of Computing, has taken it upon himself to join the crew of a tall ship, Windeward Bound, for a 6 month stretch. As a fellow sailor I was delighted to find… [ Read More ]
Final Sail Of The Year
Today saw me return from my last sailing trip of the year before hanging up my oilies and hunkering down out of the cold for the winter. As luck would have it we couldn’t have had a better weekend for such a sail and despite the lower than preferred… [ Read More ]
On London Driving
These days I’m often in London and despite the generally held opinion that London is the last place in the world you’d want a car, I’m usually behind the wheel on my visits. While my motivations for picking up the car keys are largely financial as well as a… [ Read More ]
Daily Blogging
Many years ago (and yes I do mean years) I used to find time during the year to write an average of one blog article per day. As is quite self evident from navigating through the blog archive I’ve not been achieving this posting rate for quite some… [ Read More ]
JOG Race to Guernsey
While taking part in the JOG race to St Peter Port, Guernsey with members of the OCC on Overlord I managed to grab a few snapsLast update: 01 September 2011
Push e-mail on an iPhone or iPad
When you search google for a similar phrase to the title of this post you usually get a fairly stock response; use exchange, mobile me or gmail and you can have push e-mail by simply activating it in the mail settings. The thing is, most people who search for… [ Read More ]
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