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The Great British Tea Test 2012
That tea review data in full… So we set out to try all the major and supermarket brand teas and decide which was the best this year. The Tea & The Cakes We tried the following teas: ASDA red label...
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(Just over) A fortnight of Windows 8
In which I review the Windows 8 experience so far… So I installed Windows 8 about two and a half weeks ago. In brief – it’s a slightly improved version of Windows 7 with a few quirks and a start-up...
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Christmas Trees & White Balance
In which I mess about with exposure and white balance for some Christmas photographs… So I’m going to cover some basics settings for photographing a Christmas tree and also show the difference between...
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2012 in Review & New Year’s Resolutions
In which I look back on a year (ish) of blogging and look ahead to 2013… That Was The Year That Was! Firstly WordPress have provided this nice summary of my year in blogging:...
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ImageJ and Volume Measurment
In which I describe the complexities of analysing 3D images… 3D image analysis just seems to be one of those things that is harder to do than I’d like it to be. Before starting it is worth pointing out...
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Project Euler
In which I get back into coding in C… I did a programming course* during my undergrad but it’s fallen by the wayside recently. In an effort to improve my coding skills, and my understanding of maths, I...
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A busy few weeks
In which I reassure you that I’m still here… Apologies all I’ve been rushed off my feet these past few weeks :/ Normal service will resume next week (with maybe some bonus posts too!). Tom Out!
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Installing QT Creator
In which I setup an IDE for my coding… As with most of my Tinker posts to do with computers this is a guide to something I might need to do again in the future. You can probably find out how to do it...
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Steam on (Gentoo) Linux
In which I install Steam on Linux… Steam is now officially supported on Linux! I decided to try it out. Hold your horses! Firstly – there are only 78 games supported* at the moment. So just be aware...
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Chrome Problems
In which Chrome causes some problems for once… So my work computer has been playing up a lot recently. It’s been so slow that I’ve even had to hard reset several times. I’ve tried the usual tips and...
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AjaXplorer on FreeNAS 8.3
In which I set-up a nice web GUI for my home server… So I recently invested in a HP ProLiant MicroServer N54L to backup my PC to. Also it should be quite useful as a media server etc. I’ve installed...
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Dear B.T.
In which I moan about BT… Dear British Telecom (BT), Last year I had the pleasure of enjoying BT Infinity. In a student house of five I don’t recall ever experiencing slow internet or any outages....
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Breaking up with BT
In which BT fails to deliver, just like OP… Dear BT, It appears you didn’t take the sentiments of my previous letter to heart. I’m afraid that is going to be detrimental to our ongoing relationship. In...
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10,000 Views!
In which I celebrate… Look what greeted me today: Thank you everyone for reading my ramblings, costume ideas, recipes, geeky computer ideas, airsoft tales, reviews and tea posts! Everyone knows that...
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Word 2010: How to Insert Numbered Equations Properly
In which I run through a useful tip that Microsoft managed to just miss explaining… The Problem If you, like me, are in the process of writing a long scientific document which requires multiple...
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Pulse Sequence Diagrams Using Metapost
In which I use MetaPost to generate publication quality pulse sequence diagrams… Pulse sequences are the series of radio-frequency pulses required to generate an MR image. If you are an MR Physicist...
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Proper Gradients for MetaPost Pulse Sequences
In which I improve upon the previous post… In yesterday’s post I talked about using MetaPost to generate Pulse Sequence Diagrams for MRI documents. I have been using this to make nice diagrams for my...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,700...
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Plex & Pydio on FreeNAS 9.2
In which I revisit my home server… So I’ve previously discussed how to set up AjaXplorer on FreeNAS 8.3 but now that jails are easier and there are new plugins I thought I’d update you all on some of...
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