Powershell detect and delete a registry entry
I'm sure this will be better documented elsewhere on the web, but I like to add snippets here which may help a person with the same query as me. I wan...
I'm sure this will be better documented elsewhere on the web, but I like to add snippets here which may help a person with the same query as me. I wan...
OK, Teams is a pretty good product, and when it's working, it's great. However in a domain environment, particularly with roaming profiles, it's horri...
Had to resolder a friend's Garrett coil connector as the wire had broken. Couldn't find a reliable pinout online so from my dismantling, he...
College PCs in our art department all have Epson V700 scanners, and up til now we've been manually installing drivers from the Epson download. But thi...
There are hundreds of Google results with this subject, but after a day of trying various solutions and tearing my hair out I finally managed to get t...
Home-made solution for a tripod support ring for my Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm lens HFS100300. My camera body is the tiny GM-5 so it alread...
Map of a walk I made around the route of Norwich's mediaeval city wall, of which there is quite a lot remaining. I took in Pull's Ferry and Cow ...
Background - my work (a college) migrated to a centralised printing system using about 15 multi-function Samsung printers. As a support tech I w...
My daughter was told to learn her times tables over the summer holidays, and I wanted to come up with a way of helping her remember, and a project for...
I wanted a little extra carrying capacity on my bike (a Yamaha TDM850) so have been looking at panniers. I hate the look of topboxes as they spo...
UPDATE - As from version 6.4 there are official install switches, listed in this article: https://developer-support.wacom.com/hc/en-us/articles/...
Just got a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet thingummy for Photoshop shenanigans, and was constantly annoyed by the Windows feature whereby you tap and hold to ...
When adding a network printer to a Windows PC (in our case Samsung X7600s by Group Policy), sometimes the printer doesn't appear, and when attempting ...
My friend and aerial photographer Mark (YouTube - TheMarkyShow) bought the latest DJI Phantom 4 quadcopter, and it's an amazing thing. He want...
As lead singer in my band Hot Cold Ground I'm hopeless at learning lyrics, so I always have a music stand with a big book of printed lyrics (and...
Regular listeners will know I like using Cat5 cable (of which I have an inexhaustible supply of scrap lengths), so having successfully used it for aud...
This is not my original idea, but one I stumbled upon on the internet. Someone posted a hack (this one) so I thought I'd have a go myself. I d...
Now available in hand made carbon fibre from Jolly's Carbon click here The latest in a series of home-made things to do with a tablet, I wanted to mak...
I found I wanted to mount my smartphone to a tripod base to try some time-lapse photography (as you do). There are some nice ones out there to b...
Here's another 'I Googled this problem and found another solution' post. My wife's phone (HTC Desire X, running ICS) refused to connect to the ...
My blues band Hot Cold Ground love to do 12-bar blues standards like this one, but we decided there were too many songs about places in America and th...
I recently bought a Pickmaster plectrum punch which is a great way of making your own free plectrums from unused plastic cards, and if (like me)...
Regular viewers may remember my tablet case made out of a book, and you'll know I like to make stuff out of things I already have laying around...
Only this - the screw in the base to open the mic is a left-handed thread, so righty loosey.
OK, so I've upgraded my tablet from the crappest tablet in the world (see here), to a slightly less crap one. It's still the cheapest of the ch...
I was asked by a student with limited mobility how he could use the Windows On-screen Keyboard (accessed by Windows+U from the login screen) to send t...
When trying to find the words to describe a girl without being disrespectful, may I suggest that any comparison to the neighbourhood whore, however fa...
As an atheist, as far as I'm concerned a church is a big pile of stones which uses up valuable land, gets in the way and causes old people who only dr...
I am the (proud) owner of the world's crappiest Android tablet, a Scroll 7" with resistive screen. Most of it doesn't work, since I rooted it an...
Here's the latest knocked-up-in-my-shed invention... My son, a keen photographer, particularly of BMX and skateboarding folk (linky here), wanted on...
As mentioned in the previous post, this is the reason I was looking for a Haynes manual font. The principal of the college where I work recently...
An ongoing Photoshop project is to mock up a Haynes manual (finished article is here), but I've had hell and all trouble finding the right font to m...
A colleague has bought their partner an iPad for xmas, along with a Wacom Bamboo stylus. I loved the stylus, and wanted one for my smartp...
Done some testing in a 'real' environment now, and it's a qualified success. It handles the FX send and return plus the channe...
The stage end now looks like this: In a metal box for protection from drunken dancing audience members with uprated jack sockets. Inside view: Next we...
Moved into phase 2, here's what I have now: Basically a Cat5 socket connected to 4 bits of guitar cable with jacks o...
My stage guitar rig can be a bit of a bind when setting up and breaking down – it's configured thus: Guitar plugs straight into amp Effect...
As requested by my friends at Carpe-TDM here's some more pics of my handguards. They're Acerbis Rally II's whose website is HERE. They were an ...
Here's some piccys & words following my installation of fog/spot/aux lamps on my MK2 TDM850. I originally fitted some cheap LED units, but the bul...
I'm often accused of being a grumpy bastard, and that's probably quite fair. Here's an ongoing list (in order of when I though...
Friday 9 July Saint Quentin to OnRoad Cafe, Germany Mileage start:24419 end:24643 miles travelled:224 An early start for day two (mostly since ...
EDIT: 27 April 2011. Just heard from Trev that John was sadly killed yesterday in a crash on his Hayabusa. These holiday memories become a...
Saturday 10 July Just bimbling about, really Mileage start:24643 end:24702 miles travelled:59 Finally a good night's sleep. Slight blip at 2am w...
Monday 12 July OnRoad Cafe, Germany to home Mileage start:not sure end:25335 miles travelled:597 (less about 80 on the previous day) This was it, last...
Monday 12 July Cochem and Burg Eltz Mileage start:24738 end:forgot to record it miles travelled:not sure - see tomorrow's entry Sightseeing day - of c...
Sunday 11 July Lap of the 'Ring day! Mileage start:24702 end:24738 miles travelled:36 Today was the day! On Sundays the 'Ring is open all day to...
I built a shutter release switch for my Fuji S200EXR out of an old mouse. This is the circuit diagram. The idea came from this website www...
This is my original DC logo, dating from 1978 and my first art lesson at secondary school – we had to design a logo for our folders, and a...
The heiroglyph logo is (I hope) a representation of my name. If you're a proper Egyptologist, please feel free to correct me... Years ago I got ...
Samson is mentioned (ok, not directly, but it is him – paragraph 7) here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/06/tom-cox-cat-man-pets
Harry Hill Big Face This makes me laugh till I'm sick. Every time.
Tom Jones is a bit odd. Here is a list of 7 words which could also be names of dwarves. That is all. trashy sleazy slimy greasy curly oily creepy pant...
Proof that the settling-in process is going well - here's the whole gang on the sofa. Key: (1) Daisy. (2) Ellie. (3) Rosie. (4) Samson. (5) Mum...
We have adopted Samson the cat - for his background read The Little Cat Diaries. Here are some pictures of him, having quickly settled into his new h...
Horses d'oeuvres to start, naturally, with a de-canter of wine. Mane course: Paddock & Chips Welsh Rare-bit Mince Piebald Shetland's Pie Appalloos...
Labrador & Chips Pekingese Duck Beagle Baguette Border Curry Chihuahua Chow Mein Sheepdog En Croute Collie Coriander Yorkshire Terrier Puddings Ge...
I woke up this morning (dah der dah dah dum)... sorry, the blues is upon me. It occurred to me that during the course of a working day in my office we...
Things We Have Mostly Been Talking About: A pet rabbit called Bunnica, leading nicely into a discussion about show-jumping rabbits in Denmark Mauritiu...
Exhibit A: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ltd8aUEXFK8 I keep ranting about this - people just look at me in a "you're a bit mental, aren't you?" kind o...
To be sung to the tune of 'Edelweiss' Cable Ties, Cable Ties Used for tying up cables Small and white, ties them tight Use in your roof or your gables...