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Every
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My Internet-Enabled Cat Feeder invention... the world's first to support IPv6. The page went up in 2009 and, as of 2014, has been viewed over 90,000 times and still ranks #1 on Google's search results for 'internet cat feeder' out of over 250,000 other results! |
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Having seen my cat feeder, the BBC's Natural History Unit commisioned me to design and build an automated bird trainer/feeder in support of an animal behaviour research project being undertaken by them and the University of Bristol. The project was based on 'operant conditioning' and involved training crows to drop litter into a bin in order to receive a food reward. The feeder was fully automated using light beams to detect deposited litter and could also be triggered remotely to aid the training process. |
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Despite how pervasive digital cameras have become, and the 'photograph-absolutely-everything' manner in which we use them, we seem to be merely building collections of unsorted images that rarely see the light of day. This section is my attempt to address this by at least publishing some 'highlights' and sharing these with others. Of course, I've started this more than 10 years since getting my first digital camera so it could take a while for me to go back through the archives... the published highlights might therefore all seem rather recent!
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Whilst I
can see from the logs that the
site gets quite a few hits I don't know who from (and why!) so
it's great to
know who is visiting and to hear any comments you might have! Don't be
shy - tell me what you think! |
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Any
questions, suggestions etc? You can contact me directly via
this page. |
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Bored with
just a homepage, I created a housepage to chart the progress (or otherwise!) of our house renovation project. It
started in 2002 when we moved in, and I had every intention of
stopping at some point however as my Dad always kept telling me; it's
a never-ending task and will never actually be 'finished'! He was so
right... [Edit Aug 2010: Actually, we did eventually 'finish' and have now moved on but have kept the old pages up lest we forget what we went through! ;-)] |
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If
the diverter/diaphragm in your Worcester Bosch
24CDi combi boiler (or similar) is on the blink then this page is
possibly for you -
judging by the visitor count and number of e-mails I receive it seems
there are quite a
few of you! Whilst never intended as a 'HowTo' guide it seems the
photos of the various stages gives some people the confidence to give
it a go themselves... and others to not go near it so either way it
seems to be useful! |
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IPv6 - The
so-called next
generation
Internet Protocol. As the pool of remaining IPv4 addresses diminishes
something has to come in to fill the gap... For better of for worse it
looks like IPv6 is the only viable candidate to choose from. This part
of the site details my experiences of it, or at least how I have
brought it into use in my otherwise IPv4-only corner of the Internet.
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Various service manuals for all generations of the Hyundai Coupe along with a number of guides and walkthroughs on subjects such as brake overhauls, engine removal and cam swaps. |
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As per the Coupe above but for the Ford Fiesta instead! |
