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  • Slimbox2 Slideshow – WordPress plugin to add image lightbox and slideshow

    Slimbox2 Slideshow is a WordPress plugin that implements a lightbox style affect to images using Slimbox2. Functionality The main advantage of Slimbox2 Slideshow plugin is being able to show a slide show of ALL images in every single post. Click here to see it in action (notice the slide count). Additional functionality; automatically add rel=lightbox’…

  • Slimbox2 Lightbox clone with automatic image resizing

    I recently moved from Lightbox 2 to Slimbox2, whilst it is a little outdated, Slimbox2 offers many advantages; jQuery language – no need for Prototype/Scriptaculous page doesn’t need to be loaded completely before being run has its own API Unfortunately, it is missing automatic image resizing, which I love. With the help of Example 9…

  • Online RSVP form and database with PHP, JavaScript and MySQL

    Requirements Recently, I needed an online RSVP system for a reception I was hosting, all the options out there didn’t meet my requirements; Customisable and able to self-host No need for tracking codes/numbers to be sent with invitation Able to RSVP additional guests Able to modify an existing RSVP Implementation As usual, I decided to…

  • USB Wireless Presenter with Mouse and AutoHotkey

    I bought this USB Wireless Presenter for 12 USD from eBay as I needed to control the music and slideshow at a reception. It turned out to better than I expected, some of the reasons i purchased this was; Radio Frequency technology – no need to ‘point’ it at a receiver. 25m operating distance –…

  • Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – Maintenance

    Maintenance, what all landlords dread, even so, it needs to be done. Even before the house was tenanted, I needed to clean the mess the previous non-paying tenants left, my property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA dropped me this email; I haven’t seen it since and your In-laws have.  However I believe some cleaning needs doing…

  • Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – Introduction

    I thought I would share my experience with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA. I have a 3 bedroom, single bathroom property in Cloverdale WA that’s currently tenanted, initially my in-laws offered to manage the property and it was fine for 6 months with a lovely tenant. Then her contract expired and a new tenant…

  • Bad review – Budget Car Rentals (Doha)

    I’ve rented a number of cars from a number of companies, Budget is the first one I have come across that has this policy. I rented a car on the 21st May on a 1750QAR monthly rate, returned it on the 2nd September. All other companies have worked out the remainder days (12 days in…

  • VBA/VB6 functions to return folder or file type and date modified.

    Here are two quick functions; The first getType takes in a path of a folder or file and returns the type. The second function getDate takes in a folder or path and returns the date modified. getDate references getType.

  • VB6/VBA functions to convert binary string to Base64 string

    Here are some functions to convert a binary string, to a byte array, to a Base64 string and then back to a byte array and binary string. Run tester to see it in action, enjoy. Thanks to Tim Hastings for the Base64 functions.

  • Tips for traveling Egypt

    Having recently traveled Egypt, I thought I would share my tips for being safe and not taken for a ride; Never accept the first offer, always bargain (unless it’s for a few Egyptian Pounds). Don’t be afraid to walk away, there are 80 million Egyptians, you will find another. If an Egyptian asks you to…

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