Author: Oliver Jobson
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Web Slideshows in XHTML
I didn’t even know you could do this, let alone how, but it’s beautifully simple. All you need is the JS file and some mark up in xhtml. The ‘incremental’ class allows elements to be revealed as you press the right arrow or click to move forward. You can specify a footer and number the…
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No more planes (for a while?)
It wouldn’t be unexpected for this icelandic volcano to carry on erupting for months – this is mother nature after all – and looking at the jet stream forecasts the wind direction won’t change until at least next sunday when some more westerly atlantic winds might shift the ash further east.
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Skullcandy In-Ear Electric shocks: not fun.
Gemma bought me a pair of Skullcandy Full Metal Jacket headphones for Christmas which were gratefully received – they sounded great and they had a mic / button to control my iPhone. A couple of weeks later and they weren’t going so great: I was being electrocuted by my headphones! One of the buds would…
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Apple Tart
Ingredients For the pastry 250g/9oz plain flour pinch sea salt 125g/4oz unsalted butter, diced, at room temperature 1 tsp cold water 1 medium free-range egg For the filling 15g/½oz unsalted butter ½ tbsp lemon juice 65g/2½oz caster sugar ½ tbsp Calvados 3-4 Cox’s Orange Pippin, Worcester, Russet or Braeburn apples, peeled, cores removed, each cut…
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Load Balanced WordPress
We run two load balanced servers that host our organisation’s public websites and we recently switched to WordPress having used a static site before this. Whilst WordPress offers significant gains in flexibility and functionality, we now have to write changes to two separate WordPress installations when updating a site – which is a bit tiresome…
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3D TV.. the future?
Theres a lot of hubbub about 3DTV at the moment – Sony are pinning their hopes on 3D TV as the product that will increase their market share in a market that is getting increasingly competitive. The TV market, having had few major innovations in this category for some time (most consumers were pretty passe…
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Goat’s cheese and red pepper tart
Ingredients 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled 3 red peppers, halved 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 75ml Cabernet Sauvignon red wine 1 tbsp olive oil 2 small red onions, thinly sliced 2 x 100g rounds Somerset goat’s cheese Small handful shredded fresh basil 2 medium eggs 142ml carton double cream For the pastry…
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Spiced vegetable curry
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 5 tbsp mild curry paste 400ml can coconut milk 150ml vegetable stock 125g fine green beans, trimmed 1 large sweet potato, cut into chunks 175g baby corn, halved lengthways 1/2 small cauliflower (about 375g), broken into small florets 100g ground almonds 410g…
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Tomato and goat’s cheese tarts
Ingredients: 375g packet ready-rolled puff pastry Plain flour, for dusting 150g goat’s cheese 250g punnet vine cherry or pomodorino tomatoes, halved 1 egg, beaten with a little water Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling Large sprigs basil leaves, to garnish 4 slices Parma ham (optional) Rocket, to serve The Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.…