Blazer tricks and tips
Posted on March 27, 2008 in Palm and Software. - No comments
Palm’s Blazer is far from everything you’d hope a web browser would be and it looks extremely unlikely that the situation is going to get any better any time soon. There are, however, a number of tricks and tips that can improve your user-experience.
This article contains information about using Optimised mode, Fast mode, disabling javascript, using Google’s mobile search, compressing webpages using transcoder websites, general Blazer maintenance, offline content and what to do when Blazer freezes while trying to access a website.
Webcam astrophotography
Posted on March 24, 2008 in Astrophotography. - No comments
I’d long admired the impressive images that had been captured by amateurs using an inexpensive equipment in every more creative ways. Having had my appetite wetted by some fantastic images on the net I decided to have a go myself.
Interactive fiction
Posted on March 20, 2008 in Commodore 64 and Interactive Fiction. - No comments
Back in my youth I used to spend many hours play “adventure games”. There was something about the text-only descriptions that inspired my imagination and created an atmosphere that you just didn’t get from the rudimentary graphics of the time.
My first encounter with text adventures or Interactive Fiction as they are now known, was with a VIC20 title. My dad persuaded my brother and I to buy VIC20 cartridge called Pirate Cove by Scott Adams. The interface was very simple with just “verb noun” commands and incredibly terse descriptions. I didn’t go down very well with my brother, who preferred traditional joystick twiddling, but for me there was something rather magical about the idea of creating an alternate reality within a computer’s memory – even if that computer only had 5k of memory!
Long exposure picture of Orion
Posted on March 17, 2008 in Astrophotography. - No comments
Here is my first attempt in using my new Canon EOS 400D to do some long exposure images of the night sky. There’s nothing fancy about this shot. I literally opened the front door, shoved the camera and tripod out side and clicked on the shutter button. I didn’t even use the timer to avoid camera shake. This was purely a quick experiment to see what was possible.
Website makeover
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Comments [2]
With the rain pouring down outside and a few moments to myself I thought it might be nice to give the website a make over after all I’ve never been that satisfied with the old look as it was the product of necessity and limited time. This time however it would be nice to sort out some of the problems.
So what were the objectives of this re-design? The first objective was to simplify the layout and reduce the overall screen clutter and reorganise some of the sections.
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