Archive: page 19
I did not realise it but it has been almost 6 months since the last update to this website. So I guess I have been busier than I thought of late! Anyway I created a new design for the site and added some features which I felt were lacking. I had planned to write my own blogging engine, but when I tried the upgrade to Textpattern 4.0.4 I realised that most of the things that annoyed me about previous releases had been fixed and improved. Read more ⇒
I recently had a server go offline, taking with it the DNS for my main email domain. I had long suspected this would be a major potential problem in the setup. When the server went down the DNS settings where not backed up by the hosting company so all of a sudden people emailing me started to encounter bounce backs and I could not work out why. Then it dawned on me that when the server died something must have gone missing. Read more ⇒
This goes straight onto the list of todos (http://www.ramonesmuseum.com/) just as soon as I get those tickets to Berlin! Awesome idea and congratulations to Florian for realising his dream! I only wish I had seen this website/museum before now. Read more ⇒
I have been looking through my hosts logs of late and I have noticed an ever increasing amount of referrer spam. Now whilst this is of no real concern to me as I do not use referrer logs or display them anywhere it is however really quite annoying to see this type of thing in your logs. Apparently its not a new scam even though I have only started see it from the beginning of this year. Read more ⇒
Information below can be used to make remotes for Canon EOS SLR cameras. I built a time delay remote that allows me to take time-delay/interval photographs. Canon wired remote (DIY): http://www.chantalcurrid.com/remoteControl.htm http://www.peeters.com/300d.html Using a Canon TC-80N3 remote on 2.5mm plug cameras (best but expensive): [http://sean.wenzel.net/lists/digi\_astro/18/9438.html](http://sean.wenzel.net/lists/digi_astro/18/9438.html) http://eosdoc.com/manuals/other/TC-80N3/ http://www.deep-sky.co.uk/dslr/dslr.htm [http://www.licha.de/astro\_review\_canon\_300d.php](http://www.licha.de/astro_review_canon_300d.php) Tutorials: http://www.tpub.com/neets/book2/3d.htm http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/555/555.html Delay/Timer circuits (mostly 555 IC based): http://www.benlo.com/kap/shutter.html http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/LM555.html#4 http://www.davidbridgen.com/555.htm http://robroy.dyndns.info/KAP/rig1.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/555/555.html http://www.ladyada.net/make/sudc4kap/make.html http://www.mikmo.dk/cblfo.html [http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A\_30337/article.html](http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30337/article.html) [http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/scratch/tiny\_timer.html](http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/scratch/tiny_timer.html) http://www.zen22142.zen.co.uk/Circuits/Timing/ivt.htm [http://uk.geocities.com/ronj\_1217/rts.html](http://uk.geocities.com/ronj_1217/rts.html) http://circuitos.cl.tripod.com/schem/r34.gif http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/relaytim.htm Read more ⇒
I have updated the sites backend code. Thought I would change the looks at the same time. So a nice simple new layout. Enjoy. Read more ⇒
How does this tripe get 75% at rottentomatoes.com It was obvious from the very beginning that this was going to be a very ordinary movie. The references to the actions of Guy Fawkes were over stylised. Through out the movie I felt like I was being treated like an idiot. Natalie Portman’s character (Evie) is rescued, by a masked man, from the local police (line men) and she follows him onto a roof top! Read more ⇒
These videos are fantastic: Average Homeboy Fight scene from Undefeatable Garbage Day Read more ⇒
They lied to us then. They continue to lie to us now. They did not even bother to plan. They will continue to lie to us in the future. I need say no more. Read more ⇒
Form SPAM (not "HAM") fighting tips
A site that I have up called Alfa Romeo Sprint QV has recently been the target of malicious spammers and/or their robots. The messages mainly consisted of porn and poker sites. Now the script used to generate the Your Sprints section of the site was written a long time ago when spamming forms and blogs was not a common occurrence and my site had a relative small readership and no Google rank or anything like that. Read more ⇒