“A kind of weblogged almanac of assorted interests to keep my hand in with writing, SEO, design, ads, analytics, Gen’ AI and other technologies…”
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Dolphins & Navigation
Got back in to Falmouth on Friday after a trip to Fowey; We set sail at 11.30 on Thursday and got in to Fowey for 3.30 in the afternoon. I’ve got to say that Fowey…
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Day Skipper Theory Exams
Well this week I’ve passed my day skipper theory exams, which mostly involves using some big charts, a compass and divider and plotting bearings, headings, waypoints, Fixes, water tracks, ground tracks, finding out estimated positions,…
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Unemployed and homeless!
Well, I’ve finished work and moved out of Bournemouth – it had to happen eventually, but the start of summer seemed a pretty good time to do it! My parents have recently moved back to…
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mySQL on a mac
Some things to note: Uninstall cd /usr/local ls –l Delete file /library/Receipts/mysql**.pkg sudo rm –R mysql…. Then delete the other one too. Locate directory locate *mysqld* Change directory: cd /usr/local/mysql Connect to test database: /usr/local/mysql/bin//mysql…
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Online Real Time HTML Editor
Does exactly what it says on the tin: Square Free HTML editor is a great little lightweight tool that allows you to input html and see the results in real time.
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Link Strategies
As an SEO, I restle with link building and its ethics (viewed as if by Google), but here is a great forum post about the main methodologies and their associated pitfalls as well related discussion.…
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Sailing!
I’m still on a high at the moment having just got back from sailing Wazobia, my parents new Beneteau Oceanis 40 on its maiden voyage from the Hamble, near Southampton to Falmouth, in Cornwall. The…
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Web analytics
A great post about analytics and how to solve some of the problems that come with it.
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Turning a colour photo into a black & white photo!
I used this technique to produce this image: This technique is particularly elegant because it allows you to apply any of the entire spectrum of color filters just by dragging the hue slider. This allows…
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