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Author Archives: TimBobTastic

Raspberry Pi Security Camera – A few changes.

Posted on October 18, 2014 by TimBobTastic

I recently built a rather cool security camera using a Raspberry Pi after finding a very detailed, easy to follow intructable. After having the unit on test for a few day I reviewed the video created by the camera and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Engineering, Raspberry Pi | Tagged Motion, Raspberry Pi, Security Camera | Leave a reply

Spam Email is getting worse.

Posted on August 28, 2014 by TimBobTastic

Is it just me, or is spam email on the increase? It could be that I am getting more because I own a domain name or three, or maybe it is because companies are being less than careful with users … Continue reading →

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Tagged Facebook, Groupon, Spam Emails, Voucher Cloud

New Photo Pages Added

Posted on August 26, 2014 by TimBobTastic

I have just added two new photographic galleries to the website, please take a look. Bristol Zoo 2014 Torquay … Continue reading →

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Tagged Bristol Zoo, Torquay

Lightening Map

Posted on July 31, 2014 by TimBobTastic

I stumbled across a useful little website for anyone who is interested in lightening. lighteningmaps.org uses data from a network of sensors dotted all over the world. Each sensor is assembled and managed by the owner and its data is … Continue reading →

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Tagged Lightening, Weather, Websites

New web page added

Posted on July 5, 2014 by TimBobTastic

I have recently published a new page in the hints and tips section of the website. This will be of particular interest to anyone who has an interest in DIY or general maintenance. Why not take a look…. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Engineering, Website

Cool rope animation in SolidWorks

Posted on June 11, 2014 by TimBobTastic

I was searching the internet looking for a tutorial on producing a complex animation for a product I am designing at work and I stumbled across the video below. Even though the content did not really help solve my problem … Continue reading →

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The South @ Frome’s Cheese and Grain 07-June-2014

Posted on June 8, 2014 by TimBobTastic

One of my birthday presents this year was to see The South live at The Cheese and Grain,Frome. I had a fantastic evening watching what the remnants of Beautiful South. They were one of the the best live acts I … Continue reading →

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Proposal to move the weekend

Posted on June 7, 2014 by TimBobTastic

Have you ever noticed how the weather is usually really nice on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but at the weekend it is either overcast, rainy or worse? This pattern repeats itself week after week, month after month, year … Continue reading →

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That didn’t take as long as expected

Posted on May 30, 2014 by TimBobTastic

Thanks to a rather handy website, https://web.archive.org/ I managed to rebuild my website in less than two hours. I am missing a few images, and the odd page or so, but most of my old website was cached on their server at … Continue reading →

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Well that was a silly thing to do…

Posted on May 30, 2014 by TimBobTastic

For reasons I am not able to fathom, I accidental deleted my website… And I have no back up.. so it looks like I have an opportunity to build something totally new and exciting… It may take me a while to … Continue reading →

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