Updated lockscreen for my HTC Sensation. Phone has been through lots of changes since I last posted but here’s the latest.

Uses Widget Locker, clock is mClock, missedit! for missed call and text notifications and unlock is widget locker included Ice Cream Sandwich style.

Currently reading ‘A Practical Guide to Web App Sucess’ which I purchased in the Five Simple Steps sale.

Written by Dan Zabonini the book comes in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats so I’m currently reading it on my Kindle. You can get your copy here.

I’ve had my new phone for over a week now and have wasted no time in changong the design and layout of the screens. Inspired by sites like mycolorscreen.com and the layouts of people like blackbearblanc I’m rocking this at the moment.

Following months of problems with wireless connections being dropped, usually requiring a reboot of the router to regain connectivity, our patience had run out. A friend pointed us in the direction of a website on building small networks which provides reviews and ratings on networking components.

A quick search on there and a look through the Router Charts had sold us on the ASUS Black Diamond Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router. We picked ours up from Amazon. A quick setup to reserve an IP on the Superhub for the Asus router by it’s mac address, and few settings changed and the wireless turned off on the superhub and the Asus is now providing our home WiFi.

We’ve only been using it for two days but it’s a much faster and stable connection and it’s worth the money (at the discounted price we purchased it for) for those benefits alone, never mind the other features we haven’t got round to trying yet.

Liking the new format for Google search on tablet devices as noted by Digital Inspiration. Filters normally shown in a left column are hidden away in a button bar below the main search box. Clicking one of the filter buttons then displays a row of related options in a row below.

Also the longstanding Goooooooooogle image is gone from the page results in the footer.

Robin O'Neill - Deep Summer 2011 Winning Slideshow from Robin O'Neill on Vimeo.

Great admiration for the work of photographer Robin O’Neill who won this years Crankworx photo challenge with the photos shown in the below slideshow.

An enjoyable talk yesterday evening by Magnum Photographer Martin Parr on his career in photography and on his most recent project – Black Country Stories.

Have been playing around with converting some photos to black and white to try to find out what works. Take a look on my photography blog at http://www.chrismarshphotography.com/blog/2011/07/black-white-landscapes/

Well it took a fair while to download, left it running overnight – no doubt Apples servers took a massive hammering.

Installation just finished and already loving ability to resize windows from any corner. Sometimes it’s the little things. Not sure about the scrolling change though – might take some getting used to.

Our favorite team, doing what they do best in episode four of this seasons footage.