August 24, 2010
by Mark Wilkinson in General Tags: Apple, iPad, Wall Mount, Wallee
I have been look for a while for a good wall mounting system for the iPad so that I could almost use this as a 3rd monitor in my office, probably to watch video on whilst working etc. I came across The Wallee through a Tweet on twitter and though that it was perfect. It was delivered yesterday and I mounted it just now.
The kit consists of a plastic case for your iPad which can stay on the iPad all the time and act as a suitable case and a wall mounting disc which is the patented wall mounting part. The idea is that you fasten the wall mounting disc to the wall and then this slots into the back of the case on the iPad.
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August 13, 2010
by Mark Wilkinson in General
I would like to welcome you all to the long overdue new blog of Mark Wilkinson – equalmark.net. It has been a while since I have done some serious blogging but I really want to get back into it over the coming months, to post some of the many things that I have been doing over the last few months in particular.
For a long time I blogged over at penny4them.com. On that blog (designed by me) you will find all sorts of posts about anything and everything. So why move the blog over to this new site and start a fresh you might be saying? Well that is an excellent question so let me try and answer.
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August 2, 2010
by Mark Wilkinson in General Tags: Browser, Server, Website
As a web developer and designer I often get asked the same question over and over again, how does a website actually work? I mean when you type the domain name in how does it find the right website? Well I thought that this blog would be a good place to try explain it in simple terms how it works.
Firstly for all you true techies out there there will be in accuracies in my description here, but what I am trying to do is to simplify the process and enable people to understand how it works and not necessarily all the little ins and outs.
Lets start at the end where the website is stored. Web sites are stored on something called a server. This is essentially just a computer that is connected to the Internet. This server has an address, just like your house has an address so that you can find it. In fact every device that is connected to the internet has an address called an IP (Internet Protocol) address. At a very basic level if you type that address of the server which holds a website into your browser you will be able to access the website. An example is the IP address 209.85.135.103 which will take you to the Google homepage.
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