Ultra Fast Broadband
I have never been a great fan of the Ultra fast Broadband rollout, at least not for the general public. Schools, some businesses fine, but at the moment the speeds I am getting over ADSL2+ both at home and here …
Author: Dave
Electric bikes – second bike
I had a few hours to spare so I put together the second bike for my wife. Lynn is only 1.53m tall, and has a comfort bike with 700C wheels like mine. This has thrown up all sorts of problems. …
Electric bikes – First Ride
I have been a bit slow blogging about these bikes, mainly due to the frustrating build, but last night I got my first ride on my electric bike under its own power! It’s not a perfect build yet, but it …
Electric bikes – Batteries
I spent last weekend building the batteries for the two electric bikes we are building, which took a lot longer than I thought it would. Firstly the packaging. Sending LiFePO4 cells by air demands very special packaging. No more than …
SEO and Logos
Boy am I getting tired of people ringing me up and telling me I can’t design web sites. It may well be true, but it’s very rude! Just fielded a call from a total idiot (from a unknown company based …
Electric bikes – Stuff is arriving
In fact, all the expected parcels are here, and I can start to see what is missing! The battery racks arrived yesterday, and one went straight onto my bike, but the one for Lynn’s bike is taking a little sorting. …
DPC Watchdog Violation blue screen
A customer (or rather their young son) had a blue screen with DPC Watchdog Violation error showing, and a request to scan the computer. This is normally something to do with an SSD in Windows 8, but sometimes just with …
Electric bikes – delivery progress
The battery packs arrived a week or so ago, which was a real surprise. Just the cells though, no bus bars or holders, so I can’t actually get on with building the batteries. They were repackaged to conform with the …
Electric bikes – It starts
The backstory Lynn (my better half) and I want electric bikes. I have wanted one since I was 12, when I used to live in one of the few towns in Cheshire in the UK with a reasonable number of …
Anatomy of an LCD screen
Have you always wondered what’s in an LCD screen? Reading on the web, there are a lot of different ideas on what it is made up of. As part of what I do I replace LCD screens in laptops, when …