Category: WebDev & Code
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Building an automatic infrared remote control for the shop
My second Arduino based project has been to build an infrared remote control that will turn on a TV when the TV is powered up and defaults to standby mode. Here the background. I have a showroom that sells kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms. On the second floor one of the displays has a TV that…
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A quick review of WordPress comment and trackback spam
One down side of running a blog has got to be the amount of comment spam. I’m going to have to put in place better systems to stop it but before then, here’s a brief unscientific analysis of the last 23 spam comments (they all get held until I approve them) and what I think…
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BT Openzone, Mac OS X connection problems
I’ve had a problem for a while connecting to BT Openzone from my mac. I get an IP address. I can ping the gateway, but I can’t get online. Using my android phone the connection always worked first time. I read one forum post that the problem for one mac user was the DNS not…