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2012 To Do List Update

Back in December I posted some ideas for my 2012 To Do List. I wanted to add a bit more detail on the ideas and update the current status. Travel more for holidays than for work (aka, do not get … Continue reading

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Radio Controlled Car

Ewan (and I) got a radio controlled car for Christmas! This post covers some of what I’ve learnt about setting up the car and repairing the car from burnt out cogs and serious head on collisions with brick walls. It … Continue reading

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2012 To Do List

About this time last year I posted my to do list for 2011. It was pretty successful, my pizza making was pretty awesome, I did sort out my work situation, I rode on a segway. I was very happy with … Continue reading

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JNCIE-M #876

My plaque arrived!

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Time lapse how to

Recently I posted a time lapse video and I’ve had many people ask me how I did it.  I thought I should write a post to explain my process and equipment. I didn’t need much equipment for this, just my Canon … Continue reading

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2011 To Do List – update

It is nearly halfway through 2011, so time for an update to the To Do List I set out in January. Take more pictures (aka learn how to use my Canon 550d) I have taken loads of photos with the … Continue reading

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Using Blackberry features to maintain your sanity and create a better work life balance

In my previous blog post I talked about how I deal with lots of email on my PC, now I am would like to share some thoughts on how I manage mobile email. I recently read an article called “Don’t … Continue reading

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Managing large amounts of email with Entourage and Apple Mail

I deal with a lot of email at work, somewhere between 150 and 300 per day. Managing this amount of email can be quite a challenge. Over the past years I’ve become a lot better at dealing with it, and … Continue reading

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2011 To Do List

Not resolutions as such, just a list of things that I want to do or achieve in 2011. Take more pictures (aka learn how to use my Canon 550d) Find a simple way to manage all the photos I take … Continue reading

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Automating FTP file transfers with Mac OS X

I was recently giving advice to my brother on updating a website and the discussion turned to automating a task that was very repetitive and quite time consuming. For each update a file was edited on the local PC it … Continue reading

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