Escape to Hong Kong – a tram ride
I rode the tram, literally from one end of Hong Kong island to the other, taking a photo every few seconds.
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A lot of folks complaining that they have to go buy yet another set of USB leads, thanks to this newfangled USB C plug that’s come along. So what’s it all about and why do practically all new smartphones come equipped with it? Main reason is that it allows suitably equipped mobile devices to charge…
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Vista woes might lead us to better things
We bought a couple of IBM Lenovo 3000C200 laptop PCs in 2007 May. These are fairly average 1700MHz laptops purchased from a UK supplier called eBuyer for around 300 quid a throw. These came preloaded with the basic version of Windows Vista. To describe Vista’s performance as dismal would be understatement of the year. Problems…
Lisbon, Portugal, day 11 Cascais
Today we wandered down to Cascais.
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Joomla 1.5 Bugs
Editor’s note: We became so sick and tired of Joomla’s bugs and upgrade issues that we eventually dumped it altogether in 2018, in favour of WordPress. It actually took less time to move to WordPress than it did to perform yet another Joomla upgrade “migration”. Upgrading from Joomla 1.0 to version 1.5 must be one…
Shefford, a small English town in Bedfordshire
Driving back from seeing a client, I stumbled upon Shefford, a small English town in Bedfordshire.
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A surprisingly straightforward studio flash repair
Back in 2015 I bought 3 pairs of studio flash heads (one pair 400 joule, one pair 360 joule and one pair 200 joule). They were supplied as bargain bundles, complete with stands, brollies etc. via sellers on eBay. They were quite a bargain. Each flash head worked out at approximately £50 per unit, They…
