Category Archives: Tool

Apr
08
2013

Leaving WordPress

by Skippy

I have been thinking about moving Skippy.org.uk and my 365 away from WordPress, as WordPress is a bit overpowered for myself as a lone user, and causes my server to run hard when hit with a lot of users. I am poking my 365 at the moment with a view to making it more automatic. I am looking [...]

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Dec
13
2012

Artisteer for Mac Review, and Why no Version 4?

by Skippy

A fair while ago I picked up Artisteer for Mac, it looked like a useful tool: Artisteer is the first and only Web design automation product that instantly creates fantastic looking, unique website templates and blog themes. Design awesome blogs and cool web templates in minutes Export to Blogger, Joomla, WordPress and other CMS products [...]

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Oct
17
2012

Review – Black Speck SeeThru Satin for 13″ MacBook Pro

by Skippy

At the same time as I was sent the Ballistic Hard Case (which I have reviewed here) I was a received a Speck SeeThru Satin for 13″ MacBook Pro in Black to review from GearZap.com. When I bought the MacBook Pro I looked at slip cases and couldn’t really see the point of them, and to [...]

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Oct
14
2012

Review – Ballistic iPad Hard Case

by Skippy

For the past two and a half weeks or so I have been thoroughly testing a Ballistic Hard Case for iPad that Skippy was sent to review by GearZap.com. As the iPad is mine I have been the one using it most therefore I am the one writing the review. Since I bought the thing [...]

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Aug
19
2012

Thoughts on a new ‘Car’

by Skippy

With FiFi (my brothers girlfriends old Ford Fiesta) being expensively broken fuel leak (out, air leak in) on the injector side of the top of the engine, and the gear box having lost Fifth and Reverse (push rods are moving at the gearbox end). With estimates for fixing FiFi ranging from £500 to £2k, GLaDOS [...]

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Aug
15
2012

My 3D printer

by Skippy

I have got the first parts of my Tantillus 3D printer, I got the outside parts lazered by Sham Glam (1st post). Here is the unboxing photos, these were taken at Swindon Hack Space, at the Swindon Museum of Computing: Just need to order some printed parts, and get the vitamins. I will keep my blog [...]

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Mar
20
2012

Tool Review – Dremel Gas Soldering Iron

by Skippy

I first used my Dremel soldering iron (Dremel Hobby VersaTip 6 in 1 Heat Tool) when I was fixing my Ignition, I have subsequently used it for soldering a load of corroded wires together to try and get Steph to work more consistently, and have been using it on my Affordable Accessible Mouse. When I [...]

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