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writing about it.

Web experiments, LEGO builds, 3D printing adventures, JavaScript curiosities, and occasional opinions. No schedule, no algorithm - just stuff I actually wanted to make or figure out.

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iPhone 8 and iOS 11 issues I experienced

iPhone 8 and iOS 11 issues I experienced

This may be an isolated case, I don’t know, but may this be a few words of warning if you intend to get an Apple iPhone 8 with iOS 11 at the moment. Over a 4 day period, 3 apple store visits, several support calls to various senior engineers, and a number of online...

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Web Design tips from a pro web developer

Web Design tips from a pro web developer

What follows are my top 10 web design tips from me (a professional web developer - amongst other things). A quick synopsis of my web design process A quick synopsis of my process is to the the UX design, or wireframes in Balsamiq, and get the structure, navigation and...

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SXSW 2017 visit, work and merriment

SXSW 2017 visit, work and merriment

So I went to SXSW, the three party tech, music and film conference in Austin, Texas. What made it this year, and some of my highlights were not the sessions themselves but the networking opportunities and the people I attended the conference with and new people I met....

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Underwhelming Apple Store visit

Underwhelming Apple Store visit

Being in New York, I couldn't miss the opportunity to pop in the Apple Store in Grand Central station. It's quite an impressive store. I was somewhat underwhelmed by the visit as I went there looking for several things. Basically because I couldn't buy any of the...

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Raspberry Pi Model Railway update – how to setup

Raspberry Pi Model Railway update – how to setup

The raspberry Pi model railway has brought me hours of fun, both coding it, and using it! This is a supplementary blog post about how I got it all up and running again, I hope you find this useful! How I re-setup the Raspberry Pi model railway So I took up a friend's...

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Technology projects, new, for a new year!

Technology projects, new, for a new year!

New technology projects for a new year, this blog post is all about some of the technology projects I plan to start, do or complete in 2017. I hope you enjoy. As a bonus, I would like to do some app dev too.... New technology projects Website design and builds - using...

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Technology predictions for 2017

Technology predictions for 2017

Here is a short blog post on some of my technology predictions for 2017. Also, I wanted to do a final blog post of the year on a positive note! Here are my top 10 technology predictions for 2017 Someone will get hacked on a big scale. I predict one of the big...

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Credit card payment adventure

Credit card payment adventure

So, I tried to pay my credit card. Apparently, this is not a simple task with HSBC, because the card was new, I had to 'set it up' as a payee first. What follows are the instructions in full from HSBC chat, and then the credit card payment adventure that I went on!...

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