As a child I used to enjoy building, painting and playing with scale models. Airfix, Revell, Matchbox. Those were the brands that made the kits that would provide hours of fun and frustration. I mostly built planes. I think the first one I ever built was a Tiger Moth. It was a biplane, which was cool, but didn't have any weapons, as it's a trainer. Scale was 1:72, which is … [Read more...] about Trying my Hand at Scale Models Again
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Taking a Greenhouse to a new Level
Making use of a greenhouse can make a lot of sense, but one family have taken that to a whole new level. They've put the greenhouse around their house. It's a very interesting concept, though you'd either need to be doing a new build or have a lot of space around an existing structure to even consider doing it. Here's a video that explains how it all works: Love the … [Read more...] about Taking a Greenhouse to a new Level
Fixated With Hooks and Other Solutions for Hanging Towels
I moved into the new house this day last week. Yes, I'm still surrounded by boxes and no, I still haven't finished moving everything from the old house. I have, however, been trying to bring a bit of order to the chaos in the new house. My current fixation is hanging things up. I haven't developed a weird fetish or anything. This is a pragmatic attempt at resolving a real … [Read more...] about Fixated With Hooks and Other Solutions for Hanging Towels
Fixing the OpenGraph Image Displayed in XenForo
I've been moving some of my vBulletin installs over to XenForo. There's a multitude of reasons why I've decided to make the switch, but suffice to say that XenForo offers a lot of very nice features "out of the box", while vBulletin simply doesn't. One of the things that was annoying me a little was the way that it seemed to be pulling in a rather ugly default image for any … [Read more...] about Fixing the OpenGraph Image Displayed in XenForo
DotNGO T-Shirt
I love t-shirts - they're like my daily "uniform" so I was delighted to get this t-shirt from the guys at PIR. They're launching .ngo / .ong in the next few months and have been working on some marketing material. Love this design … [Read more...] about DotNGO T-Shirt