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Fitted the low G string to my Gurdy. WOAH. I have been missing out all these years. Video coming soon.

Just integrated @openphoto into WPC via my nice new tagging system! Check out http://waterpigs.co.uk/tags/lutherie and http://waterpigs.co.uk/tags/web

Using box-shadow to draw: Amazing http://css-tricks.com/examples/ShapesOfCSS/#space-invader

A load of my old animations are now on YouTube for your enjoyment: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL577FEA6EB1DF7B95&feature=view_all

I put all the Vio Gurdy info and links in one place: http://waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/hurdy-gurdies/vio/

When you can take a machine to bits and see how it works, you get a clear feeling for the constraints within which it has to operate. - Terry Pratchett

This has always been one of my prime reasons for encouraging the study of engineering and now progra

Trying to read a YUDU ‘magazine’ reminds me exactly why I uninstalled Flash. It’s bloody hideous.

Just did a photo shoot of my latest build: My Hurdy Gurdy!

Ditched iCloud, set up CalDAV and CardDAV on my server. Reminders on iPad works! #indieweb

Woah. My new hurdy gurdy’s piezo pickups are amazing. Big thanks to @Nigel Eaton and @Neil Brook for their advice.

Woah. My new hurdy gurdy’s piezo pickups are amazing. Big thanks to @Nigel Eaton and @Neil Brook for their advice.

I just uploaded a rather large quantity of photos to http://photos.waterpigs.co.uk/photos/list

I’ve been having this problem with OpenPhoto which resulted in having over 90,000 records in my tags table.

To fix this problem, simply run this sql:

ALTER IGNORE TABLE  `database name`.`prefix_tag` ADD UNIQUE  `unique` (  `id` )

@soundcloud @ustream please stop making me fake my UA string in order to view non flash content.

If you’re going to provide html5 representations of a resource, offer them as standard and fall back to flash, don’t UA sniff.

deletes driving theory practise apps moves road sign reference to some subfolder

Theory down, practical to go.

Some great tips on designing for TV screens: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gel/tv/device-considerations/designing-for-tv/display-diagnostics

Actually the whole Gel thing is worth reading.

Great tip for learning UK driving theory: Follow @highwaycodegb on Twitter.

Listening to Big Web Show interviews. None of peoples voices match what I expected!