Henry Cole http://henco.blognuno.com I blog about whatever crosses my mind... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:33:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Moving on http://henco.blognuno.com/2010/02/05/moving-on/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2010/02/05/moving-on/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:33:27 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=54

I gave up Blognuno premium a few months back, as quite frankly, it wasnt getting the users.

I’m re-opening this blog, where I will post some of my thoughts and feelings from time to time, not entirely sure what exactly at this point in time.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the new blog and new design.

Henry

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2010/02/05/moving-on/feed/ 0 Moved. http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/07/22/moved/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/07/22/moved/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:47:17 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=51

This will probably be the last ever post I will publish on this blog, as I am moving to a new location. I now have blognuno premium so will be blogging on my new domain – www.henrycole.eu.

Thanks for reading!

Henry Cole / Henco

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/07/22/moved/feed/ 0 A fire at my house http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/30/a-fire-at-my-house/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/30/a-fire-at-my-house/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:26:25 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=38

A couple of hours ago I walked out of my house, holding a can of coke. I heard a strange spitting/fizzing noise from the left, and suddenly noticed smoke rising from behind the garage. I quickly had a peep, and then rushed back to the house to tell my family. My mum quickly called 999, after which she drove me and my sis up the road, where we watched from a safe distance, and went round alerting the neighbors. My mum and dad quickly moved all cars well away, as the fire was getting close to them. A good 10 or 15 minutes later (Yes, they were really that slow), the fire brigade arrived at our house, and got rid of the fire. However, to spray the top of the trees, the electricity needed to be turned off – so we waited some more time for the EDF Man to arrive.

In the end its all out, but a lot of my garden has been ruined. The flames didn’t touch the house thankfully, as the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. Basically, the fire was started by the electricity wire touching the trees.

Here are some photos I quickly took from my iPhone:

So all in all everythings safe :D

Henry

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/30/a-fire-at-my-house/feed/ 2 Background image changer script http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/21/background-image-changer-script/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/21/background-image-changer-script/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:42:01 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/21/background-image-changer-script/

If you’ve known of Hencogroup  for a while now, you may remember that our old website had all sorts of cool stuff like expand/collapseable sections, and a theme changer.

This theme changer basically Calls an image from a directory and sets it as the desktop Background, then saves the image you rotated to in a cookie so that it remembers your selection. Pretty cool huh?

Well, I didn’t make this script but seeing as it was only sitting in a forum somewhere last time I looked, I decided to spread the word, and give people an idea of how to use it.

First of all let’s go to our <head> tags – in here somewhere, probably just before </head>, you will need the following script:

<script type=”text/javascript”>/*Background Change Script w/cookie persistence
© 2006 John Davenport Scheuer (jscheuer1)
this credit must remain for legal use
visit Dynamic Drive Help Forums (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/) */

//Set expiration in days, use 0 for session only cookie
var exp=20

//Set Background Images Array, use at least two Images.
//Do NOT use =, +, -, or spaces in path or filenames.
//For best results, set body’s background to the first entry
var backgs=new Array
backgs[0]=”photo1.jpg”
backgs[1]=”photo2.jpg”
backgs[2]=”photo3.jpg”

/////////No Editing Needed for rest of Script////////
function bgChange(){
if (backgs.length>2)
backgs.push([backgs.shift()])
for (i = 0; i < backgs.length; i++)
if (document.body.background!==backgs[i]||document.body.style.backgroundImage.toLowerCase()!==’url(’+backgs[i].toLowerCase()+’)’){
document.body.style.backgroundImage=’url(’+backgs[i]+’)’
break
}
}

function get_cookie(Name) {
var search = Name + “=”
var returnvalue = “”;
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) {
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(”;”, offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}

function onloadfunction(){
var acookiename=”abgchange”
var acookievalue=get_cookie(acookiename)
if (acookievalue!=””){
backgs=eval(acookievalue)
document.body.style.backgroundImage=’url(’+backgs[0]+’)’
}
}

function saveBgrnd(){
var abackgs=’["'
for (i = 0; i < backgs.length; i++)
abackgs+=backgs[i]+’”,”‘
abackgs=abackgs.substr(0,abackgs.length-2)+’]’
var acookiename=”abgchange”
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(exp*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = exp? “; expires=”+date.toGMTString() : “”
var acookievalue=abackgs+expires+”; path=/”
document.cookie=acookiename+”=”+acookievalue
}

if ( typeof window.addEventListener != “undefined” )
window.addEventListener( “load”, onloadfunction, false );
else if ( typeof window.attachEvent != “undefined” ) {
window.attachEvent( “onload”, onloadfunction );
}
else {
if ( window.onload != null ) {
var oldOnload = window.onload;
window.onload = function ( e ) {
oldOnload( e );
onloadfunction();
};
}
else
window.onload = onloadfunction;
}

window.onunload=saveBgrnd

</script>

Long, I know, but it works a treat once fully set up….

Now we need to edit the <body> tag – this needs to be changed from <body> into <body background=photo1.jpg>

This can be changed accordingly to the photo you want displayed initially, or to new site visitors.

Finally, somewhere on your page you need to add the button which is what visitors click to change the background image – use this code:

<input type=button value=”Change Background Image” onClick=”bgChange()”>

That’s it! Enjoy your new background switching site!

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/21/background-image-changer-script/feed/ 0 Can’t get Album art on your iPod/iPhone? I’ll show you how… http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/05/cant-get-album-art-on-your-ipodiphone-ill-show-you-how/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/06/05/cant-get-album-art-on-your-ipodiphone-ill-show-you-how/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:05:47 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=31

Recently, I synced my iPhone 3G to a new computer.

I copied my music onto that computer, but when I synced it to my iPhone, there was no album art, even though it was there on iTunes.

I googled the problem, but it didn’t return much help – so I decided to write a blog post on it…..might help somebody in the future :)

I spent some time having a fiddle about with iTunes settings etc., but I eventually found the solution.

Here’s what to do, if iTunes is not transferring album art to your iPhone/iPod:

1) Make sure your device is plugged in to your computer, and make sure iTunes has detected it.

2) Go to the section relevant to your device in iTunes, and click the ‘Music’ tab.

3) Uncheck the ‘Sync Music’ box, and you will be prompted to confirm this – Just click ‘Don’t Sync Music’, then click ‘Apply’.

4) iTunes will now have erased all music and playlists on your iDevice – if it hasn’t, go ahead and Sync it.

5) Go back to the music tab again and re-check that box, then hit Apply.

6) iTunes will now re-sync all your music back on to the iDevice, and you can happily listen with album art, cover flow etc.

Hope it helps :)

Henry

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Hi! I’m henco and this is my new blog on blognuno. I’m still getting things organised at the moment so please bear with me, It will be finished soon :)

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/04/25/welcome/feed/ 0 Home Office Tour March 2009 http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/14/home-office-tour-march-2009/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/14/home-office-tour-march-2009/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:02:34 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=7

A tour of my home office/bedroom:

Enjoy ;)

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/14/home-office-tour-march-2009/feed/ 0 A few brown things http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/04/a-few-brown-things/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/04/a-few-brown-things/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:12:04 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/03/04/a-few-brown-things/

Now, the existentialist would probably drive a volkswagen and teach German. Although personally I would prefer to just say Bon. One famous existentialist is Adrian Brown. He broadcasts a show about junk every Thursday morning and has an ego the size of the moon.

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Hi,

I haven’t done much work on blognuno recently, and that’s because I’ve been working on a couple of new services:

Photoflame – photo sharing network – http://www.photofla.me/

Lopurl – simple URL shortener – http://www.lopurl.us/

Hope you enjoy them!

Henco

]]> http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/02/23/new-services/feed/ 1 hi :) http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/02/14/hi/ http://henco.blognuno.com/2009/02/14/hi/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:26:41 +0000 henco http://henco.blognuno.com/?p=3

Hello,

I’m Henco and i’m the owner and founder of blognuno. This is my personal blog where I blog about technology, food, life and everything in between.

I hope you enjoy reading the content I publish and happy blogging  =D

Henco

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