New face of Astronomy.cjdawson.com

New face of Astronomy.cjdawson.com

Having spend a little time looking around the web, checking out sites, seeing suggestions of layouts and generally having a...

New portal page

New portal page

For a long time I have wanted a good looking portal page.  At first, I wanted to do something “cool”....

Website redesign

Website redesign

Time has finally come.  After having had my astronomy site up and running for over 10 years, I figured that...

Reinstalling Lion

Reinstalling Lion

Reinstalling Lion on my Mid-2009 MacBook Pro. This is not as straight forward as if you buy a Mac today,...

MacBook Pro surgery

MacBook Pro surgery

And so it begins. I removed the screws from my MacBook Pro and lifted the lid.

MacBook pro hard drive crash

MacBook pro hard drive crash

Last night the hard drive on my MacBook pro failed. It didn’t die completely, not yet anyway. The symptom was...

The desk project continued.

The desk project continued.

It didn’t take as long as I thought. Combined my reward point from my credit card, some money that I...

So what happened about the desk?

So what happened about the desk?

That’s a good question. I was talking in a way that might lead you to think I was setting all...

Samsung ML-1520 laser printer.

Samsung ML-1520 laser printer.

A few years ago I purchased a Samsung ML-1520 Laser printer. This is a very basic printer but it’s a...

Sessions

Sessions

Sessions are an essential part of any interactive website.  A session is what a programmer calls the time whilst the...