Tag Archives: Tech

The moving of Projects

I have recently rethought about how I want to lay out my on-line presence. Since getting a job where I can do awesome things, and get paid for them, I am going to start putting more time and effort into keeping PhilipMcGaw.com updated. I have already uploaded and plan to keep up-to-date the write up of FACTs “Art [...]

Testing Zpanel CP

I have picked up a Xen VPS to test Zpanel Control Panel out on, at the moment I am with Bytemark using there Symbiosis control panel; which while lovely for my interfacing with my server, makes it harder to offload some administration of it to people who also use the facilities; (like 1st Swindon Sea Scouts) the [...]

Automatic Panoramic Head – Part 2: Move the Camera

Following on from Part One, I have come across a number of ways of changing the focus ring via a servo, and if I was to use a Telephoto (Zoom) Lense on an SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Camera The Focal Length as well: Shoulder Rig Geared Follow Focus labeled lensgear-set for Geared Follow Focus With [...]

My 3D printer

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 [...]

Installing Lion on my Mac Mini – Part 3: Lion Server

Following  on from Parts one, and two, I now have a mac mini running OS X Lion, and will now be making Lofn into a Fulla replacement. Two small changes need to be made first though to make it less desktop like; and more Server Like (yes before installing Lion Server App). Power The single [...]

Home Made Keyboards – Part 2: More Ideas

I have been looking around the internet for more ideas on Chording keyboards; and have come across more examples that I can use to refine my plan: The AgendA The AgendA is a British-designed organiser from the mid-80s. Its most striking feature is the microwriter keyboard. As if to encourage the use of the microwriter, the conventional [...]

Installing Lion on my Mac Mini – Part 2

Following on from Part One, I finally got round to playing with this a bit more; however I still have not had any luck with running Mac OS X Lion on my Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz Mid 2007 Mac (an A1283) with only 1 Gig of Ram  however I have bought 2 Gigs from Crucial with [...]

Task 51 – Start my Own Business

On my Day Zero List is to Start my Own Business; I have been toying with the idea of this for a while; and while I do poke Just Vigilantes for a while I have always been running it via a VM with Bytemark. I have also been trying to install Mac OS X Lion on my [...]