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Aug
27
2012

Automatic Panoramic Head – Part 2: Move the Camera

by Skippy

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 [...]

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Aug
13
2012

Out smarted by SPAM

by Skippy

As some of you may know GLaDOS came back, when Steph was stolen I drew parallels between the IQ of the muppit, and a bacon sandwich. However the high IQ shown by the person who stole GLaDOS knew no bounds. The bacon sandwich has been replaced with a spam roll. Why you may ask: Somewhere [...]

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May
17
2012

Installing Lion on my Mac Mini – Part 2

by Skippy

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 [...]

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Mar
21
2012

Tax Reduction – Uniform Tax Rebate

by Skippy

I have been paying my tax like a good person for a large number of years; OK sometimes I have claimed job seekers allowance;  but other than the JSA and the Rebates; I have mostly paid the correct amount of TAX, and got mostly a good service from the public sector; however I found out that I [...]

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Feb
23
2012

Task 72 – Learn to Program

by Skippy

On my Day Zero List is the desire to learn to program; one of the things that people have been playing with in their down time here at Pennant Traning Systems is Project Euler: What is Project Euler? Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical [...]

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Dec
28
2011

I have my hand back

by Skippy

This morning I got my hand back It was nice to have the cast off as it meant I could wash my hand for the first time in five weeks. I have got a thumb support now However I hurt my hand by knocking my hand while packing so am wearing my splint.

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Dec
05
2011

The @Greenbelt Office Christmas Tree

by Skippy

The Greenbelt office Christmas Tree, complete with Baubles, one of which is a Death Star

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Apr
27
2011

Yes to AV

by Skippy

While I don’t agree that AV (Alternative Vote) is the best system; it’s the one we are being offered; it also looks like the official Yes! to Fairer Votes campaign is being run by a bunch of people who don’t get the web. The Arguments put forwards by the group who are telling us to [...]

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