GRRR! I'm vexed . I've just tried to repair my camcorder, a JVC GR DVL 150 with a spare part called a zoom unit that took me ages to track down and cost me £30. I broke the new piece in exactly the same place as the…
Technology
A lab, a workbench and look-out post. A documentation of Matt’s observational and experimental forays into the avoidance of doing himself any lasting damage with technology.
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- GRRR! I'm vexed
NASA TV is one of my favorite sites on the webNASA TV is one of my favorite sites on the web. In fact I've got a permanent link on this very page "Live TV from Space. Now that's what the internet was made for!". I've been watching live space missions via this for…
Fantastic photo-taking gadgetSo I forgot to mention the fantastic photo taking gadget I got for Christmas.. The story of Photos/DragonDrop so far... First - there was the black and white watchcam (b/w gallery) , then the colour watchcam (what is a…
- BBC NEWS | Technology | Flotation phone cuts off the world
BBC NEWS | Technology | Flotation phone cuts off the world "Stupid, just plain stupid" Sent in by Who? . I really must agree... but a little part of me really wants a go.
- The Bongo Project - Yep - I've seen it all now
The Bongo Project - Yep - I've seen it all now... a system has been developed - tcp/ip over bongo drums - the drums are being used to transport packets of data. Thanks to Jim for that one.
- Amazing 3D website
What an amazing website - a live 3D view of - Where is the International Space Station? . Think about how this information got form a to b.
= A busy weekWell -= A busy week. The AV tech job was cool. I also got a new camera. A Nikon 5700 - it's cool. I dare say I'll be shooting a fair few DragonDrop adventures with it. It's like, DragonDrop - Watcham - super low res,…
- = I've been busy
Well -= I've been busy. I have been on a bit of a road trip to Cambridge, then Guilford an back. I've just been out and got a new PC. It's a beefy new workstation. I'ts very fast. Half way through installing all of my…
- Thanks, Nick!
Many thanks indeed to Nick Button for solving the DD dodgy template saga. It's all sorted now. Not sure what the root cause was, but he managed to do exactly the same thing via his work connection, that I could not do…
- Still got problems with the template for DragonDrop
Still got problems with the template for DragonDrop. The problem seems to be with blogger.com - the content managment engine I use to publish content to this site. It will not accept the template that I have created -…
- Temporary template
temporary template by the way - the DD template has fallen to bits.. here's the forum... here's the watchcam
- Had a family day today. All our love to all who visited
Had a family day today. All our love to all who visited. Started a 'camblog' off today - some watchcam stuff, some phone cam shots, with my 7650. Check it out click here
- Upgraded to XP.
So - I've now upgraded both machines to XP (about time really) and I have tried to sort out the network - not to hard yet - but still there is problems. I'm hoping that the problems go soon so that I can get on with…
- Problems with machines
Still got problems with my machines - trying to sort them out! arrgh. why can't they just work ??
- Growling at computers
SO - since my last blog, I have been mainly growling at computers trying to get rid of the virus. Touch wood - it's now gone, and I have not lost anything. It's set me back about 4 working days - something that's not so…