St Andrews Botanic Garden is a delightful garden in the centre of the city and one we have visited on a number of occasions. The image here is taken at the large pond area which can be found near the…
The process for moving your site from http to https is in general a very straightforward process but when moving my WordPress site over I encountered some specific issues where the site was reported as not fully secure. Whilst they…
Visualizer (from Imagination Technologies) is a very convenient renderer and one I use frequently. This post describes how to get around the problem of selecting too large a render window then your PC coming to a grinding halt as a…
Sky are now offering a Wireless Booster as a means of extending the range of your wireless network. This is a review of how it performs and what other options are available. Unpacking the Sky SB601 Wireless Booster The box…
Everyone has a problem with their hard disk crashing at some stage and I am no different! In an attempt to anticipate when it might start to become a problem I have been using Acronis Drive Monitor. This post describes…
After sustained use, car keys can start to get intermittent in their remote performance. This post explains how to replace the cover and switches on the PCB, allowing it performance to be restored to when it was new. What You…
Analysing the devices on your network can be difficult at times and this article explains a good iPhone app for carrying that out. Introduction There are a number of ways of determining what devices are on your network and one…
The Isle of Skye is a beautiful part of the world and we were very lucky to have a very warm week there in Sep 2013. Neist Point is on the extreme west of the island and allows some superb…
I need to take pills on a daily basis and it is easy to forget whether you have taken one or not. This downloadable excel file provides a daily checklist and allows the start date to be changed as needed….
As an accessory to a Sky+HD box, it is possible to purchase an on demand connector, which is essentially a Wi-Fi adaptor that allows the router and sky recorder to be linked. This is a review of how it performs…
As I have found out the hard way, not all picture frame sizes match with the common poster sizes. This Photoshop file allows a choice of border sizes to be set up and sets up a trim border so that…
I have just switched my broadband over to sky (from BT) and here is a review of the new router that I received. I have been using it for a month now. Before Broadband Changeover Sky have now streamlined the…
For a while I kept getting the network printer on my home network sometimes showing as “Printer Offline”. Here is how I fixed it. Note that there are other solutions proposed in various forums, the most common of these being…
A favicon is an important element to include on your site as it strengthens your brand and gives your site a unique identity. This post will describe how to take an image and convert that to a favicon for use…
As part of this blog we will be featuring duck based programming images, with an easy starting point here – recursion. Why ducks you might ask? As Michael Caine once said, Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but…
