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Timelapse Workflow Update
We’re on holiday up on the stunning Holy Island, and it’s a perfect opportunity to make some improvements to my current Timelapse workflow. I’m now using my old Desire XE as a dedicated time-lapse...
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Terminal Velocity
I had one of those problems to solve, that initially had me toying with blowing the dust of some Python, but in the end it struck me as the perfect time to get more in touch with my Mac’s Command Line...
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Node.js : hour 1
During half term, Em and the kids were off visiting family for a few days. The Big Storm caused chaos to the trains, and so I hadn’t done my usual Monday commute to Shoreditch. The combination meant...
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The Apprentice Bowl
During our anniversary trip back to Ireland we went back to Waterford Crystal. After the initial confusion of us returning to the factory which they apparently shut down in 2009, we had a fantastic...
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Over Engineering : 800 years of Operation
The Hook lighthouse on the south coast of County Wexford, Ireland is the oldest operating lighthouse in the world. There has been a beacon in this location since the 5th century, with the current...
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Screen Video Capture of non-rooted Android Tablet
My Android Tablet is NOT ROOTED, but I needed to capture some video of the screen footage from my son’s Pocket Minecraft based project. The Google Play store appears to have stacks of apps which will...
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Practical Responsive Images – Crop to point of interest
Following on from yesterday’s Practical Responsive Images post, the next example use of the < picture > element (and using Picturefill), is to apply a point-of-interest crop to an image to...
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Azure Like It : Getting started with Microsoft Azure Websites
A current pet project runs on IIS, and having found too many restrictions with the IIS instance on my shared hosting accounts I needed to look for alternatives. Digital Ocean and Linode are great...
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Healthy Working : Standing-Desk Edition
Are you sitting comfortably? … I hope that you won’t be for long. At the start of the year I decided to make a concerted effort to work in a more health conscious manner. No gym promises, or exercise...
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Practical Responsive Images : Book
The power of images isn’t just about improving website conversion. They can transport us. Sometimes in space, sometimes in time, often in perspective. I was still teaching Physics back in 1997, at a...
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