Author: Oliver Jobson
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SkullCandy (SkullCrappy?) headphones
The saga continues: So eventually after much debate, I was eventually sent a replacement for my crap SkullCandy headphones that kept electrocuting me (really not fun, and then, to top it off, they died)… they didn’t have the same model so
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Penne Rosse
Ingredients (for 4 people) 500G Dry penne pasta 400G Beetroot (chopped) 75G Mozzarella 50G Spring onions (white parts only) Extra virgin olive oil Salt/Pepper 2G Fresh Oregano 80G Salami Milano (thinly sliced strips) Method In a pot bring to the boil 1.5 ltr of water, add a pinch of salt and then add the pasta…
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OS X Snow Leopard WiFi issues..
My MacBook Pro has been misbehaving of late – whilst other computers and my iPhone can faultlessly connect to any WiFi network, my MBP seems to grow tired of networks over a time period; First it started dropping connection to my Netgear wifi access point at home. Sometimes it would connect and wouldn’t get an…
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Brilliant explanation of REST to the non-technically minded!
Just read this post on REST architecture (the stuff that runs the web) and I think It’s fantastic. If you’re a web designer getting in to more complex ground and looking at building increased functionality in to your sites with web-services, or perhaps looking at developing web-applications, then I recommend you read the above –…
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MP3 Cue file splitting on a Mac (Snow Leopard)
I still run into one of these occasionally, although I cannot fathom why – what would you actually use one for? Anyway – it’s quite difficult to find a splitter program if you are using a mac – you’ve probably found that cue-splitter is no longer supported and you may have stumbled into MP3 trimmer;…
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Embed flickr slideshows into your site
I’ve recently discovered the joys of flickr (yeah I know, but I had 12 giggs of photo’s with Fotki, it was hard to move!) and I’ve been looking to integrate my use of flickr with my blogs and for use in my clients websites. First up is flickr slideshow using javascript – it’s nice and…
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Ham in Coca Cola
Ingredients Ham 2kg mild-cure gammon 1 onion peeled and cut in half 2 litre-bottle coke The glaze Handful cloves 1 heaped tbsp black treacle 2 tsp English mustard powder 2 tbsp demerara sugar Serves 8 Directions 1. If you know that you’re dealing with a salty piece, then put it in a pan covered with…
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Inbound Leads: Troubleshooting bad performance
A great post here that reveals some interesting insight in to why a certian part of your online activity may not be generating the leads you expect or want. The contact forms I manage will be changing shortly!!
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Return lat & Long for Postcode (use with Google Maps)
This has a really nifty bit of PHP for use with the UK Postcodes website API. You could use this with google maps to load a map on your web page as specified by the user.