Flog Gagets – another Internet fraud?

Posted by phil Published in Ripp off, Shit Happens...

A couple of weeks ago I ordered some earbuds from a what look to be a reputable local company (Flog Gadgets of Portsmouth) and got conned out of £20. I should have known better really, looking in the small print they operate from a PO Box and the PayPal button is disabled, the only payment [...]

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Aug

Tracking commercial airliners – update

Posted by phil Published in GIS, Radio, Tech

Back in May I mentioned about how I was tracking commercial airliners by direct reception of the mode-S transmissions used in many (but not all) aircraft. I’ve since discovered that you can now track many aircraft online using a free site called planefinder.net. I have no idea if the tracks are time delayed (I hope they [...]

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Jun

Mario verses Pacman – (Humour)

Posted by phil Published in Personal

I especially like the mooning scenes in this clip, Mario is clearly a man after my own heart.. .

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Jun

Free Windows PC screen capture software

Posted by phil Published in IT Related

If you are looking for a freebie quick and simple way to capture both the screen and audio output from a Windows PC have a look at oRTipa . It lacks the bells and whistles of the paid for screen capture software but is absurdly simple to use and will output to most popular video standards.

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May

Vote Conservative?

Posted by phil Published in Everything else..., lifestyle

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Mar

Best flash demo ever?

Posted by phil Published in IT Related

Probably the best flash demo you’ll ever see in your life. Click here to view it, turning your sound on will enhance the experience further

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Mar

Perfect Alibi’s singer last gig Saturday evening…

Posted by phil Published in Rock

If you’re a fan of the Pink Floyd Tribute band Perfect Alibi singer/Acoustic Guitarist Rick Gauntlett is playing his last ever gig with the bank at the Brook in Southampton tomorrow evening. See you there…

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Mar

IE6 RIP my friend..

Posted by phil Published in Tech

I find it quite baffling that many organisations (including the UK Government) are still using Internet Explorer 6 despite the howling security gaps and support dropping by the day. I could understand it if was because people wanted to use it with their internal intranets to retain compatibility …. but to allow IE6 to be [...]

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Feb

An easy way to convert a web page to an image file…

Posted by phil Published in IT Related

Recently I did some work for a friend that involved capturing the whole of a web page as an image rather than just the visible section inside the browser window. Along the way I stumbled across a great Firefox add-on called Screengrab which makes this a doodle and is platform agnostic. Click the example below [...]

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Feb