This Wordpress plugin essentially provides a quick and easy way to insert photos from Picasa while editing a Wordpress page. It additionally provides plenty of options and settings which should suffice for most users.
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Last week I became the proud owner of a 2005 Mazda 3 SP23, including the leather seats and Bose sound system with 6 CD changer.
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After trialling a dozen Picasa plugins, I found Adam Brown’s KB Easy PicasaWeb Wordpress plugin to be the most elegant solution and easiest to implement. However, the key feature I required was Lightbox/Slimbox support. After a short crash course in PHP, Wordpress plugin API and the Picasa API, I somehow managed to get it working.
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Here are some photos of my modified Losi Micro-T charger. Flicking the switch left or right will change the power source to either batteries or a 12v wall adaptor. Instructions came courtesy of DarthRacer.
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While searching for a 12v power supply for my R/C battery chargers and equalising trays, I came across this article which details how to build a lab power supply from an ATX computer power supply.
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While waiting for my partner to pick up some extra prepaid credits at the local Optus store, I noticed a demo model of the Samsung C170 lying on the front counter. My initial reaction was surprise at how thin it was. I assumed it must have been expensive and was subsequently surprised a second time when I learned it was AUD$80 on prepaid. Three days later, I became a new owner.
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A few new end-of-financial year toys have made their way into my home last month. One of which is a new desktop PC to replace my four year old watercooled P4. The heatsink is massive, a few hurdles involved to make it fit on the DS4.
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Another day, another monitor colour calibrated. This time it’s my 3 week old HP nx8420. Like the AOC 210V, the notebook displayed too much emphasis on blue and suffered from an overly bright image. Calibration resulted in a definite improvement in colour.The rest of this entry is really a cut and paste job. Please excuse my laziness.
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