For years I purchased stands and various contraptions to hold my real Christmas tree. Unfortunately, these can become unstable, so I devised a way of having…
Great fun in creating this. The figures were 3D printed and purchased from eBay, while the Balrog was an Etsy purchase. The base was made of…
Mortgage broker. The first step in getting a mortgage when you are 50, with very little deposit and not the best credit record is probably through…
An easy to change this page is by hooks and filters. One example is to show featured products, plus a slider at the top (after the…
Arcade machine made from a coffee table shell. The controllers, which were created using 165° cabinet hinges, which were positioned at an angle on a timber…
An old Lenovo, all-in-one, was used with RetroPie to create an arcade machine. The joystick was actually a USB bare-bones joystick, with multiple buttons added. The…
The Sassco.co.uk website was established in 1999 (under different names), but evolved from an original PageMill website, to Joomla and then to WordPress. All historical articles…
We needed a feature where a user was automatically informed if their role changed on our eCommerce site. An example was that a user signs up,…
When WooCommerce is added, the main search facility is still finding posts and pages. To change this so the search returns product information, the following code…
This simple snippet within functions.php will add ALT and TITLE tags to the images. I haven’t discovered how to add the same to the product category…
On occasions where plug-ins such as WP Rocket cause issues when using minification, then a simple minification can be added in functions.php while being disabled in…
A fantastic model kit to work with. Not a traditional plastic kit, but a wood and metal kit, which required a huge amount of woodwork to…
A site complete with a contact form, customised for the client’s requirements. Blossom Pamper Parties
I completed this furniture site almost from scratch to an urgent deadline (after the client had been let down by a previous web designer). All products,…
Atari 2600 complete. Essentially a modern computer system within a 2600 shell. Controller #1 is connected via a network cable and the unused “B” button is…
Explosion simulation and floating models in the famous Star Wars Trench Run. All complete. 5 x #Revell 1:112(ish) scale models, painted and weathered. #StarWars trench base…
From the classic Stanley Kubrick motion picture. Entirely 3D printed from brilliant files provided by Metaform 3D via Thingsverse The spine was created using a single…
An entirely scratch built model using an MDF lower and a cardboard frame. The panels were added using foam paper and card paper. Wheelbase complete using…
L11 Zeppelin (LZ41), 3D printed and some detailed scratch-built parts. The reason for this one, an unusual camouflaged Zep, is that on 1 April 1916 it…
Completed it in record time from 10th December to a completion on the 24th December. This Diorama is the opening scene from David Fincher’s Director Cut…
Website work for Ed’s Shearing’s Dog Grooming Studio involved a complete site design, as well as logo and downloadable PDF leaflet design
Work was recently completed Gordon’s Groundworks website. This was an all encompassing site, including videos, case studies and more. Work was also completed on separate TV…
Custom made tripod lamp, actually made from a Schiedel Chimney System test point component, which is a single wall steel tube, with openings on the side.…
Product Information Finder A Word Press / WooCommerce site designed entirely from scratch to match an existing design. The idea was to finally get all product…
The 415 Clinic website was designed in WordPress and uses a masonry grid. The site is secure and also ranking within Google, using Search Console. The…
The Star Trek Galileo Seven diorama, including Spock and McCoy figures was relatively easy in comparison to previous models. The shuttle was made entirely out of…
My most ambitious scratch build effort to date was the Original Series USS Enterprise model from the Star Trek series. I’ve always been a huge fan…
This article shows my Star Wars X-Wing fighter model, which was scratch built using a variety of simple materials. It isn’t physically exact to the genuine…
A few photographs of my beloved USS Enterprise model, which is residing above the cupboard in the kids’ room. The model was constructed over a course…
A Titanic model, built in the late 90’s during my uninteresting stint as a self-employed shopkeeper. I actually built the model behind the front counter during…
As an avid reader on various subjects, fiction and non-fiction, here are my reviews on Goodreads of the recent books.