Author Archives: Thea Stainsby

Finding Water

Hayden’s latest iPhone app “Water Water Everywhere”, which he wrote for Ben Kay’s water project, is up and running. It is primarily designed for the UK market, however we have decided to contribute as much local content as we can. … Continue reading

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Water Water Everywhere

Hayden’s newest iPhone project is an app for Ben Kay’s Water project (refer:  If This Is A Blog Then What’s Christmas). Drinking water is a must for me, I don’t feel well when I am dehydrated. I really hate buying … Continue reading

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Eldy – empowering our older family and friends

A good part of my computer career has been working in cutting edge technology. My first job as a computer operator was in the days when “computer” was a magic word.  I loved showing family and friends around the Control … Continue reading

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More on NextGEN Gallery

After importing photos from my iPhone on the iPhone app to NextGEN Gallery and finding they were not correctly oriented, I went about experimenting with photos that had hit Windows XP using the Windows Live Photo Gallery and Adobe Photoshop … Continue reading

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NextGEN Gallery from the iPhone!

The photo gallery plugin that I use now has an iPhone app to load a gallery. If I am lucky, what you see below came from there!

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New blogger in the Stainsby family

With Hayden’s help, I have set up a blog site for Evan and Steph and I hope they spend some time recording their adventures on it whilst they are away. Updated March 25th 2011 This is not a temporary site … Continue reading

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Going and Gone

Hayden has come and gone. I think this is the last time he will return home to us for a couple of years – time to knuckle down to study. No one else he knows is getting married. As always … Continue reading

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Under Construction

For my birthday Hayden gave me the book Smashing WordPress by Thord Daniel Hedengren, and Bruce has just recently designed a header for this blog. That means that this site is “Under Construction” as I work out how to adjust … Continue reading

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Vietnamese Roads

The first experience on a road in Vietnam is horrific. As an international visitor you are likely to be in a modern bus or car with a little grunt therefore most other vehicles travel more slowly than you. There are … Continue reading

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Cleaning Up – 2010

 What happens when you are not rushing off to work every day? You notice that this could be cleaned and that could be cleaner and oh… look at that over there, it needs a dust. And so that was how … Continue reading

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