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June 14th, 2007, by Rich, in Music, Questions, Tech.

This is one of those “maybe it exists but I can’t find it” ideas. Something that I’d find very useful would be media player plugin that could use the ID tag from mp3’s (etc) to nip off to the WWW and find the relevant guitar tab so playing along is thus a very easy process. The idea could be taken further for different instruments, of couse, but it’s generally something similar to the usual “buy this album” button which is purely commercial. So, what’s out there, anyone know? If it doesn’t exist someone please write it!
November 10th, 2005, by Rich, in Questions, Tech.

I find I work better at night: not just a bit better; a lot better. My code output seems to skyrocket between the hours of 23:00 and 04:00. Can anybody tell me, why? There must be a reason. More…
October 25th, 2005, by Rich, in Questions, Website.

How can I tell my Apache server that MSIE prefers JPEG files over PNG? More…
October 19th, 2005, by Rich, in Questions.

Portsmouth is blessed with interesting skies, in an aircraft sense, and we keep being overflown by three aircraft today (and yesterday too, but it was cloudy). More…
October 12th, 2005, by Rich, in Questions.

Has anyone else used Koralcrete? Korakcrete is a two-layer spray-on swimming-pool coating.
When Boakes senior (aka Dad) dug himself a pool in the back yard last year, he selected Koralcrete for the lining because it’s visually stunning (and everyone who’s visited has been thoroughly impressed by its inviting lustrous qualities). More…
June 22nd, 2005, by Rich, in Questions, Science.

I’ve been intermittently toying with the idea of fitting an Anti-Limescale device to the water supply in our home. More…
February 28th, 2005, by Rich, in Questions.

Many years ago, in the bar where I worked in Mumbles (Wales), there entered a bloke who sported a bandana. It wasn’t common for locals to don such headgear, and coupled with the tour dates on his tee shirt that were all for gigs in US cities, I figured he may not be a local. More…
December 6th, 2004, by Rich, in Questions.

Does anybody have a digital copy of the (ahem) arthouse classic “Intrepid Michael: Traveller of Time and Space”? More…