NEW SERIES: Live from My Phone

After months of grey hairs, blood, sweat, tears and the odd nervous breakdown, I’ve finally managed to add a new feature to the site: the ability to post via email. Sounds really harmless, and Blogger does it with minimal effort– but on WordPress it’s one of the meanest things to get going. I wanted a …

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The Totally Mental CRISP WEEKEND on www.versluis.com

You heard the man – this weekend EXCLUSIVELY at http://www.versluis.com I’ve got something special for y’all: I’ll be sitting here eating one crisp packet per hour and will post the empty packet right here on the site, every hour on the hour (until the server crashes). Each time this happens, I’ll send our a tweet …

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Careful what you Tweet for – How Twitter changed my life

Ever mentioned something casually on Twitter, and got replies and help from people you don’t even know? Here’s what keeps happening to me – it’s impressive! I’ve signed up to Twitter in 2008, ever since it became apparent that all the internet hipsters are on it. Thought I shouldn’t miss out on something that could …

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How to upgrade PHP on CentOS 5

I’ve learnt a lot since this article went up – including how to do this properly. This article is left here for historic purposes. Read how to upgrade PHP on CentOS 5 on my other site The WordPress Guru Original Article: An account of events – not dramatized yesterday, 09:12 Idea: The need for amazing …

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How to shoot at 30.000 ISO and still see pictures

The other day I spoke to the biggest source of knowledge himself, Mr. Paul Weston. We were chatting away about all things darkrooms and photography, when he told me a fascinating tip I can’t wait to try out: develop a film to become incredibly sensitive to light. Films like Delta 3200 or HP5 allow you …

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