Ok, it’s not the newest of news, but I only just saw this for the first time this morning. It appears to me the eruption cloud itself is even faster than sound as you can see the shock wave overtake it early in the eruption as the cloud rises. Easy maths challenge for the partners: How …
Tag Archives: video
Magnus Effect
Pretty cool when things move (or fall) whilst rotating!
How to Fight a Baby
This is one of the coolest baby video’s of all time
Gutter Mind
Removing “Powered by WordPress” from the default Twenty Fifteen Theme
A short video tutorial showing how to use Simple Custom CSS (a wordpress plugin) to inject custom CSS into your blog. This CSS will remain in place even after changing themes so that if you want something to remain persistent across multiple themes, then this is the way to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7wjPZ6lDQ
A short video tutorial showing how to use Simple Custom CSS (a wordpress plugin) to inject custom CSS into your blog. This CSS will remain in place even after changing themes so that if you want something to remain persistent across multiple themes, then this is the way to do it.
reCAPTCHA
I spent the day yesterday installing reCAPTCHA to help combat spam I’ve been getting on this and some other websites. I’ve known about the technology for a while, but I really hadn’t realised how far it had come. Quick History: The term “CAPTCHA” was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. …
Waterproof cameras… What to select?
I want a waterproof camera, and an old friend of mine once borrowed a Lumix (pictured) and it worked great. But at one point it got condensation INSIDE and as a consequence, no longer worked. It was repaired under warranty, but since he’d borrowed it, he bought his own anyway. On another trip, this one …
Fake guitars dropped into real volcano
A tow job gone wrong
I don’t normally post random videos, but this one is GOLD! What a winner! (I do like how when the woman get’s back into the car, the tow truck driver just checks to make sure the rear wheels are secure. I can imagine him saying to himself “She’s not going to get out of this!” …
Flashing LED Microcontroller Project
A few years ago I got into microcontrollers and had grand plans to change the world with my micro projects. For one reason or another I stopped working on what I was doing and pretty much dropped them overnight. Well, I’ve picked up the ball again and starting from scratch (since I’d seemed to have …