Posted: December 20th, 2009 | Author: David | Filed under: Makes | Tags: camera bag, cheapskate, duck tape, making, neopreme | No Comments »
Camera bags are expensive. Really expensive. And worst of all, they all look like camera bags unless you’re willing to pay a premium for a good looking bag, on top of the premium that you’re already paying for padding. That said, I’m really really happy with my Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW, with it’s easy access, sling-around, hold-everything-I-have goodness. It’s ace for if I’m out and about and being a tourist, but it’s a bit rubbish if I want something that looks anything less than a back-sized fannypack. So I wondered what it would take to come up with something myself. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 20th, 2009 | Author: David | Filed under: Makes | Tags: cardboard, cheapskate, diy, lapstop stand, macbook, making | Comments Off
Working from home, sitting at my desk can be a bit of strain on my neck, since I’m always looking down at the screen of my 15″ Macbook Pro. Researching the range of laptop stand options available from the Apple store and around, there didn’t to be anything that wasn’t either too expensive, flimsy, a little bit ugly, or all of the above. I thought, at the very least, I could solve the expensive part of that equation, and I get the joy of a make as a bonus. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 20th, 2009 | Author: David | Filed under: Programming | Tags: api, httpservletrequest, java, reference | No Comments »
For such a core object the HttpServletRequest javadoc is a little lacking in the Examples Dept. when it comes to documented output. With various methods returning various parts of URLs, it’s often easy to pick the wrong one, so I thought I’d knock up a little table with the getters which trip me up sometimes. Read the rest of this entry »