Random thought for the day
Don’t appear to be too smart. People will expect more from you. It’s amazing how many people are getting really good at this deception.
Fly Spray – non-toxic
We have screens on doors and windows so don’t often see a fly inside the house. Occasionally one will sneak in when a door is open. Years ago we used Raid branded fly spray but I noticed that it had lost its “knock down power”, so we switched to Mortein […]
LED lighting
Next we have LED lighting – after compact fluorescent – after halogen – after incandescent. Following are some of my thoughts on lighting. Any experts or professionals who disagree, feel free to comment, but you are wrong. Incandescent and Halogen Incandescent worked but was not very efficient in that a […]
Plasti-kote – spray cans
I don’t know what they’ve done but it’s gone from being great to being a waste of money. You buy a full can and the thing blocks up and fails about half way through – Even when you follow the instructions for clearing the nozzle after each use. It used […]
WordPress problems
The combination of WordPress and the plugins WordPress Wiki 1.0.2 and File Gallery 1.7.4.1 don’t work properly together. There is also a problem with Suffusion and the bbPress plugin. I think it’s something to do with templates not being supported in the theme. Individually, the plugins seem like a good […]
Firefox – comments
Update – March 2017 – problems with Firefox It seems like there have been a a lot of changes to Firefox lately; maybe it’s just my impression. Recently all of a sudden I could not use Paypal on Ebay. The Paypal login whirly circle just went round and got nowhere, […]
Radio Tracker Update
This is the lost model tracker I’ve been working on for RC aircraft and other applications. Real World Testing: I’ve retrieved it from a period of testing in a plastic bottle hanging in a tree on the hillside about 3KM away. It was there for almost 4 weeks, running on […]
Old LCD Monitor Repaired
I got a couple of cheap second hand 15″ Philips 150B LCD monitors recently just to use for testing and working on PCs that don’t normally have a monitor connected. Both cleaned up like new but one had a faint wavy pattern in the background of the image. This indicates […]