T-Shirts
We bought a T-Shirt press last year, second hand from a chap who was closing down his souvenir shop. A good, solid very old fashioned device. It came with sundry transfers and letters which he had left over from his …
Author: Dave
Electric Bikes – did I say spring?
It was a dark and stormy night, and it didn’t promise well for the day either. At 6:25 Lynn left for work wrapped up in balaclava, gloves, water proof jacket and trousers, still dark outside, windy, and still a bit …
Electric Bikes – spring again
As I post the updated odometer reading to the e-bike blog, I realise that I have done 1000 kms during July, August and September – a New Zealand winter. It’s not been a particularly harsh winter, nor did it seem …
Windows 10 – anniversary updates
Over the last couple of weeks, I have fielded quite a few calls about windows 10 doing big updates without any notice and without being asked, and the problems caused by the updates. Obviously I mostly hear about the ones …
Electric Bikes – another motor gear broken
Yesterday Lynn mentioned that the noise from her wheel was getting worse, but she couldn’t figure out what it was or when it happened exactly. I did a few tests, and heard a knocking when the motor was powering the …
Word Press – HTTP error uploading media
While creating the previous post, I was happily updating the diagram in the post and fine tuning it, when all of a sudden the diagram would no longer load, giving the HTTP Error. I tried different formats (jpg, png, bmp) …
Smart TV – some interesting settings changes
At long last our ancient Samsung 32″ LCD TV threw its final wobbly, going ultra-high contrast with weird colours. It started on the final stage of La Vuelta a Espana, at the end of the stage I remarked to my …
Samsung Tablet Cyber Police lockout
A customer has had this twice now, so I am documenting how to get rid of it. It presents itself as a locked out tablet, with a message from the local police organisation telling the user that they have been …
Windows 7 & 8 update issue
The last half dozen Windows 7 clean installs I have done have had issues with updates. It appears to come about when automatic updates download and install an update to the Windows Update Agent. Following this update, updates no longer …
Electric Bikes – odometer
7th February 2017 – 7631 kilometres 4th November 2016 – 7432 kilometres 18th October 2016 – 7245 kilometres 5th October 2016 – 7080 kilometres 20th September 2016 – 6910 kilometres 7th September 2016 – 6803 kilometres 22nd August 2016 – …