Author Archives: Howard

Wonderful Weavering WordPress

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Howard

After just a bit of juggling, I’ve successfully replaced my blog software from the (basic) version I wrote 5+ years ago, with a much more modern and flexible set of software using WordPress (from www.wordpress.org ).  So many configuration options … Continue reading →

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Big News

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Howard

The big news is that Astraware is shortly to be acquired by Handmark, once the inevitable paperwork has finally gone through The more interesting news is how some of the reporting draws attention to one of my… features… Pocket Info … Continue reading →

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More Howard Tomlinsons

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Howard

So far I’ve found a total of 4 other Howard Tomlinsons!Using some of the US census data, I worked out the relative likelihood of both Howard and Tomlinson and came up with an expectation of there being around 4 in … Continue reading →

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Trebuchet Inspiration!

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Howard

Over the Easter holiday – while our children were off school, Kirk noticed that Warwick Castle was advertising a number of events over the holidays, including firing of a large trebuchet. For those that don’t know, a trebuchet is a … Continue reading →

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Spam blast appearing to come from howardtomlinson.com

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Howard

Within the past 24 hours, it seems that one of the spammers has been connecting to some open mail servers (not mine!) and sending tons of spam emails out, with the headers to make it look like it was sent … Continue reading →

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A brave man

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Howard

Yesterday, I heard reports of the Zimbabwean opposition party MDC’s leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. He had been beaten, according to reports, after a rally in opposition of the ruling regime in Zimbabwe. I heard reports that the beatings of some of … Continue reading →

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Two Cool Video-Audio Links

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Howard

Two things that really caught me as cool: First – a guy who can’t play drums or piano, making a really good sequence out of tiny video fragments of him (otherwise) abusing the instruments: See him on YouTube. . Impressive! … Continue reading →

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Pic Of The Week: Pop Art Maria

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Howard

Maria Plays Piano I had some fun trying out a great photoshop tutorial – Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstein, with a pic from earlier this summer of Maria playing the piano. Making the Pop Art version of her was fun … Continue reading →

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The Mac Honeymoon

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Howard

Well, much of the weekend was spent playing with the Mac… and the question is, what’s the verdict after the honeymoon? So the wedding service (buying it) was great, and the honeymoon (installing and registering and trying everything out) was … Continue reading →

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Once you go Mac?

Posted on September 10, 2006 by Howard

Yesterday, the inevitable happened. It started with buying an iPod while in Seattle earlier in the year. I had been deliberately looking not just for the qualities of the device, but the whole experience – browsing in the store, getting … Continue reading →

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