Author Archives: Andy Roberts

Action Research Cycles MediaWiki Template

We need to keep better tracking records for the various types of ongoing experiments that are constantly getting set up as part of daily online life. That’s a problem I’m trying to solve, and the aim may be to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Action Research, Mediawiki | Tagged Action Research, action research project, Coding, Mediawiki, parameters, reflection, templates, variables, Wiki |

Embedding Videos from Facebook

Posted on 18/05 by Andy Roberts

If your video camera operator (thanks to Linda) has turned their apparatus sideways, the resulting portrait styled video works better uploaded to facebook and embedded than it does on youTube. As discovered over on http://andyroberts.me/havering-folk-club/the-rowan-tree-song-at-haverfolk-for-cloudstreet-guest-night

Posted in Andy Roberts, Facebook, Havering Folk Club, social objects, video | Tagged Andyroberts, embedding videos, Facebook, Folk, Linda, Music, rowan tree, song, upload, video, video camera operator, youtube |

Mid May Time Capsule

Posted on 15/05 by Andy Roberts

Here’s the mid May time capsule including photos from the Kew temporary garden outside the British museum, goslings at Alexandra Lake, Wanstead Flats and the London Orbit Tower. Last year the themed garden from Kew at the British museum was … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, London, wildlife | Tagged british museum, canada geese, chicks, goslings, greylag geese, greylag goose, mallard ducklings, olympic games, Olympic Park, Orbit, time capsule, wanstead flats |

WordPress Child Themes Installed in One Click?

Posted on 14/05 by Andy Roberts

I’ve been requested to make a tutorial about how to install WordPress child themes so here goes. WordPress Child Themes Explained A WordPress Child Theme is a Theme which inherits some or most of its workings from an existing theme … Continue reading →

Posted in wordpress | Tagged appearance, Cascading, Child, Child Theme, Child Themes, cpanel, Custom, dashboard, footer files, Install, original theme, Plugins, stylesheet, theme, themes, Tutorial, webhost, wordpress |

HMS Ocean Helicopter Warship at Greenwich

Posted on 12/05 by Andy Roberts

There’s a bloody great helicopter Warship moored in the Thames at Greenwich! When I surfaced at Greenwich on Thursday, there were two remarkable ships on view. The newly reburbished and reopened Cutty Sark is looking great now, with all the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, London | Tagged aircraft carrier, army and navy, cutty sark, dry dock, greenwich, hms ocean, london 2012 olympics, lynx helicopters, navy ships, river thames, superstructure |

London Cable Cars Crossing The Thames

Posted on 11/05 by Andy Roberts

It was back in 2010 that I reported the London Cable Car Thames Crossing may go ahead, and now here it is. stretched over London’s River Thames between North Greenwich ( The O2 Millennium Dome) and The Royal Victoria Docks … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, London, Transport | Tagged 2012 olympic, cable car crossing, cable cars, excel exhibition centre, gondolas, london 2012 olympics, north greenwich, O2, olympic games, olympics venues, paralympics, passenger, photographers, river thames, suspension, thames barrier, Transport |

Queen Elizabeth 2nd

Posted on 09/05 by Andy Roberts

Queen Elizabeth 2nd, a photo by AndyRobertsPhotos on Flickr. I must have been in a funny mood when I stopped to photograph this damp patch on the pavement just because the shape of it jumped out at me for looking … Continue reading →