31 DECEMBER 2018
It’s now the end of December 2018 and it has been another busy year for me and Andrew with our businesses and hobbies.
Our website design business Apexweb LTD has been running along in the background as we are concentrating...
01 NOVEMBER 2018
When out cycling either on my cyclocross bike or mountain bike, I use Strava to record my rides and routes. One useful feature on the Strava website is the heatmap https://www.strava.com/heatmap#11.43/-2.13253/50.66380/hot/ride...
29 JULY 2018
Over the past 2 months there has been a heatwave in the United Kingdom and so we haven’t been doing many electronics or new projects due to the high temperatures in the loft workshop.
We have been spending time working...
04 APRIL 2018
I don't normally write personal posts about myself but with 2018 being the 20th anniversary of starting my own business Apexweb, I thought I would write about the ups and downs of the past twenty years of being self...
22 FEBRUARY 2018
I have decided to remove the disqus comment system from my blog posts. I have had a few issues with the disqus system including:
Post order – oldest posts not always on top.
Links to other sites and spam.
Long...
12 NOVEMBER 2017
Over the past few weeks we have been working on some of our own websites to rewrite the code and pages to use Bootstrap which is an open source toolkit for developing with HTML, CSS, and JS.
In the past we have always...
14 SEPTEMBER 2017
We test websites using tools such as Google PageSpeed Insights or GTmetrix to check the speed of their websites and find any potential issues with the content or other issues.
One problem we often find about regarding...
28 AUGUST 2017
We converted our Axminster SIEG Super X1 micro mill to use ballscrews back in 2010 and every few months of use we have had to adjust the bearings to eliminate any backlash on the X and Y axis drives.
The original drive...
16 APRIL 2017
With better software support for more than two Oculus sensors being released a couple of months ago, I decided it was time to buy a third sensor so I can use the rift in a larger play area and have full 360 tracking.
To...
21 FEBRUARY 2017
I was sorting though some old folders today and I found a photo album of my first cars and motorbike from when I was first driving in 1991. I thought it would be a good idea to make a collection of all my vehicles to date...