Less than a fortnight after the property was tenanted,  property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA sends me an email; “The tenant has informed me that crackling noises are coming from the power point in the main bedroom when plugging any appliances in.  Also light/fan to dining is blinks and switches off after a while.  Can I…

Slimbox2 Slideshow has been updated to automatically at the rel=’lightbox’ tags to WordPress Gallerys. Download it from the WordPress Plugin Directory Remember to enable “Link thumbnails to: Image File” on the WordPress Gallery settings page, and to enable “Automatic Gallery Image Link Tagging” on the Slimbox2 Slideshow Options page.

A few week’s ago I got reacquainted with an old friend MATLAB, to solve a computer image manipulation problem. When I blog about my travels I liked to Geocode my photos and reference them on a Google Map with a marker (see here), on the photo thumbnail I had previously stamped a circle marker on…

Having recently executed a very successful wedding reception, I thought I would share my experience, and also provide a thorough review of Tawarri Reception Centre. It all started September 2010, we got married and decided we must have a reception next year.  We browsed through a number of well known venue brochures, Matilda Bay Restaurant,…

The release of Goole Map version 2.1 supports KML files which once displayed can even be downloaded as GPX files. Download from the WordPress plugin repository. The following example uses the included example.kml file. tgooglemap(example.kml) The following examples use the included example.xml file. Marker Z – no HTML, nonclickable. Marker 1 – standard maker with…

Here is a quick post on converting from KML files used in Google Earth/Maps to GPX Exchange Format (GPX) with PHP. Code is quite explanatory, change $u with the location of the KML file, code will output GPX XML. Alternatively, download the code here. Let me know if you find any issues.

Here is the Service Manual for the Canon 400D, also known by the names; EOS Kiss Digital X EOS Digital Rebel XTi EOS 400D Digital canon-service-manual-eos-kiss-digital-x-eos-digital-rebel-xti-eos-400d-digital.pdf (20mb) Other manuals are available here.

Here is a quick post on how to find and replace relative links with absolute links using PHP Regular Expressions (regex).

On 12 July property manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA sends me a tenant application, the first I have received; I have an application to the above property.  Single dad with a 9 year old son.  Great! I thought, finally back making some rent. A Residential Enquiry Database Report from TICA was also included in the…

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’…