Author: John
Mac OS X – Changing the default search from google.com
In the tope right corner of Safari is a search box that says Google. Anything you type into this box is searched from google.com (At least on my macbook). There is no way using normal user options to…
Read More »Importing outlook emails into Mac Mail
As part of the transition process from a PC to a Mac, I needed to move all my emails from the Outlook pst file to the folder/file format used in Mac Mail. I came across an incredibly useful…
Read More »Me: Now available in Certified!
I’ve just sat and passed my first Microsoft certification exam making me a MCTS: SQL Server. I spent the best part of two weeks studying for it. My main study guide was the Microsoft Press book: If you…
Read More »A car on a tree stump? – Now on Google street view!
I wrote back in May about a car on a tree stump. Google recently released street view for New Zealand which shows this treestump in it’s full glory. Here again is the photo I took… And here is…
Read More »Backing up SVN to a Zip File
I promised in my post about getting a UTC Formatted Date and Time from the command line that I would give some tips about using it for backups. I use my dateTimeUTC command line application I wrote about…
Read More »My first photo of the International Space Station
The International Space Station passed over London tonight. Yes, it passes over regularly but it can only be seen (easily) when it reflects the sun. Using the website Heavens-Above you’re able to perform these predictions with ease. It…
Read More »More 3D Photos
Here are the 3D Photos I promised. They are from my first test of my dual camera rig. I got off the tube at Piccadilly Circus and walked to the London Eye. Here are some of the highlights…
Read More »So much Detail….
I can’t get over the detail I’m getting out of my 3D Stereo Photographs. The quality of the photos is just amazing. Check out this picture.. Here is a crop from the full resolution version (click to see…
Read More »First Photo with my Dual Camera 3D Rig
I went out a few days back and took a few photos with my new 3D Rig. The most amazing things are the sharpness and the synchronisation of the two cameras. Take a look at this photo. The…
Read More »Easy Formatted UTC Dates from the Command line – PC
I’ve been using the command line to backup my files for a long time, but always used the date and time tools that ship with windows. the way I used to do it was like this (Sorry, long…
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