A visit to Knebworth House
This post describes a visit to Knebworth house which we took as a family visit Sunday 27th June 2010. We choose that day because it…
Using Zend Framework ACL and Auth to control access
I’ve recently started using the Zend framework components to produce a site I’m working on and thought I’d document how I’ve tied the Acl and…
Panasonic HDC-HS9 EB HD Camcorder user review.
This post describes my impressions of the Panasonic HDC-HS9 digital camcorder, which we bought after we lost a valuable recording on our old DV Tape…
Dealing with unwanted Credit card offers
We aren’t so plagued as we used to be, which is probably a sign of the global downturn, but we used to get about 5…
User review of Pioneer DCS-575 DVD home cinema system
We bought a pioneer DCS-575 Home cinema system to go with the Samsung LE40A656 40 inch LCD Television which we bought in July 2008. We…
Compaq/HP 8710W Laptop running Ubuntu Linux
This short post is to answer a question potential Compaq/HP 8710W owners may be asking. Just in case it’s useful to anyone who may be…
Samsung LE40A656 LCD TV
This short post describes my experiences of the Samsung LE40A656 LCD TV. We bought a Samsung LE40A656 40″ LCD TVs about 7 months ago and…
Migrating Linux Distribution
I’ve been using Gentoo Linux for about the last 5 years and I’ve generally been quite happy with it, but over the last few months…
Unix Timestamp Conversion
I use unix timestamps to store dates in databases because I find it an easy way to do maths with the dates. One drawback of…