Getting your stance right when skiing
I’ve been using this diagram on a ski forum a fair bit recently so decided to post it up here, it’s a very useful visual aid for getting the skiing stance right, not too far back, not too far forward….
Getting iTunes Playlists onto a USB Stick for a BMW 3 series
I just came across this great utility for Mac and Windows which allows you to export your iTunes playlists and optionally copy music over to a USB stick to then play in a BMW. Just tested and works fine! http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/
How to UEFI boot a 32 bit Windows OS
I just got a HP Pavilion x2 and wanted to install the Windows 10 32 bit technical preview. Everywhere I searched said I could only UEFI boot a 64 bit OS. So I tried a different partition option in Rufus and I am pleased to say it worked. The secret […]
What to do when your stuck in a skiing rut?
I’ve skied for some 30+ years, I’ve been through many phases inc “find the biggest resort” and ski every run part of my ski development, then I started skiing more and more offpiste and trying to track down smaller less well known resorts. About 5 years ago I felt as […]
Coast to Coast in a Day 2014 Training
About me: I am currently 47, I was ok fitness wise at the start of the year, I play hockey regularly and was doing 2 or 3 tough circuit training classes a week. I used to road bike lots when I was younger. I had mountain biked a fair bit […]
Converting from imovie on Windows
I’ve recently migrated off a Mac onto Windows. After the event I found all my home video files were encoded with the Apple Intermediate Codec and couldn’t be played or edited on my PC After lots of trial and error I found ffmpeg could convert. A created a simple batch […]
Stopping Office Upload center running when using SkyDrive
I’ve been moving files over to Skydrive which appears to be working fine, then I’ve had all these notices about Microsoft Upload centre failing. Seems to me that two apps were trying to do one job and getting in each others way. So I’ve disabled the upload centre. Simply by […]
Unknown Device driver Windows 8 and Folio 13
I just installed Windows 8 onto my HP Folio 13 and one unknown driver. After some trial and error I narrowed it down to the Intel Smart Connect Technology Driver. I downloaded the driver from here. Attached picture of the device properties of the unknown driver prior to me installing […]
Syncing Dropbox to an SD card on an HP Elitepad
I’ve now managed to get Dropbox syncing to the SD card on my HP Elitepad, following the same instructions I used for SkyDrive, namely: Format the MicroSD card as NTFS (otherwise this method will not work). Create a Folder C:Data Create a mount point for the MicroSD drive as C:Data on the fixed […]
Backing up my Solar Pogoplug
I’ve been running 123solar on my Pogoplug for almost a year now, and started to get concerned about loosing the historical data. So I started to look around at options for an automated backup. I simply followed the instructions here http://www.opticality.com/blog/2011/07/16/installing-crashplan-on-a-pogoplug-pro/ After doing so, I had some java issues, with […]