Google is shuttering its URL shortening service, goo.gl

by MMS | May 9, 2018 | Tech Stuff

New users won’t be able to use the goo.gl service after April 13th Google announced that it is shutting down its URL shortening service, goo.gl. The company says that new and anonymous users won’t be able to create links through the goo.gl console as of April 13th,...

Deliberate rest: Why you should spend a day a month connecting, learning, and avoiding “urgent” tasks

by MMS | May 7, 2018 | Community, General

For most people, taking a break means 15 minutes to grab a coffee or a weekend out of town. But more research is showing that to do our best work, we need to do less of it. And not just in a cram-more-into-the-workday sense. Instead, the key to successful, productive...

You have until July to Install SSL or Google will mark your site “Not Secure”

by MMS | May 5, 2018 | Tech Stuff

Chrome 68, due out in July, will warn users about HTTP sites and the need to install SSL. The time has come for all websites to migrate to HTTPS and install SSL. You have until July when Chrome 68 releases. If you’re a regular reader you know that we’ve been talking...

Fence panels and gravitational waves

by SDM | Feb 14, 2016 | Bit Of Fun, General, Web

The long anticipated relaunch of the Flexi Solutions website is now live! It has a fresh new look and an array of new products, including hand crafted, bespoke Indian Fire Bowls which can be used as unique, statement BBQs, and a wide range of garden sheds, log cabins...

Guernsey harbour webcam back online

by SDM | Nov 20, 2015 | Bit Of Fun, Community, Web

Enrapture have sponsored the Guernsey Yacht Club webcam since the development of their website in 2009. Recently, the original Axis network camera stopped working so we have replaced it with a new unit that supports a much a higher resolution output. The wider angle...

WooCommerce is literally taking over the Internet

by SDM | Oct 6, 2015 | Web

We’ve been working with WooCommerce a lot over the past couple of years due to its popularity, abilities and clever integration with modern POS systems. It is interesting to see that the eCommerce platform has now reached 10 million downloads and powers 30% of...

WordPress 4.3 – Billie

by SDM | Aug 20, 2015 | Tech Stuff, Web

We utilise the WordPress CMS system for a majority of the web sites that we build so it always interesting to see what changes each time there is a big release. WordPress version 4.3 has just been launched and has a number of new features as well as an amazing number...

Give.gg and the Jersey Hackathon?

by SDM | Apr 6, 2015 | Bit Of Fun, Community, Tech Stuff

Until recently I’d never been to a hackathon. Beyond the basics, I had no idea what a hackathon involved; a bunch of people with ideas trying to make something. I knew enough to tell people that no actual hacking would take place and that instead, a bunch of geeks...

Live blog of our trip to the Jersey Fintech Hackathon

by SDM | Mar 13, 2015 | Bit Of Fun, General, Tech Stuff

We’re going overseas by Shane Marriott | Mar 4, 2015 That’s right. We’re taking a small team to Jersey for the Fintech Hackathon. Not too sure if we’ll get anything built there but we certainly have enough enthusiasm to try. If you’re going to be there… come say “Hi”....

Blackfire.io profiling made things 93% better

by SDM | Feb 10, 2015 | Tech Stuff, Web

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working with Adrian Ritchie from the recently formed Kodo Ltd. I’ve known Adrian for years and since he’s just started out on his own here in Guernsey and my own schedule was a bit hectic, I gave him a call to come...

Dataisland – Technical excellence, hosting and file sync

by SDM | Feb 5, 2015 | General

Over the past 12 months, Enrapture has been working in partnership with Galaxy Computers to design, develop and bring to market a cloud-based file syncing service with a great USP. The service is 100% based in Guernsey. We soft launched the service a few months ago...

Happy New Year to all our clients from Guernsey to Washington

by SDM | Jan 6, 2015 | Bit Of Fun, General

For us, it feels like the calm before the storm as we have an action-packed year of surprises and new products instore. We’ll be making some announcements soon so why not subscribe to our very occasional newsletter to hear about things as they happen? As usual,...

Christmas biscuits for Offshore Ltd

by SDM | Dec 27, 2014 | Bit Of Fun, Marketing

Guernsey based financial experts, Offshore, have used a snowflake version of their logo that we designed to decorate biscuits as a festive gift. We’re really pleased at how well the graphic works for this purpose… they look so good; they probably...

Create CentOS bootable USB installer on Mac OSX

by SDM | Oct 28, 2014 | Tech Stuff

When you have downloaded the CentOS ISO image that you’d like to run from USB, there are a few simple commands to run from the terminal so that you can create a bootable USB key. This has only been tested on the CentOS 7 download but it should work for any...

Little planet of Hanois Lighthouse

by SDM | Oct 15, 2014 | Bit Of Fun

Going through five year old project folders can lead to finding some interesting lost treasures. In this case, a draft version of a “Little Planet” photo of the Hanois Lighthouse off the South West corner of Guernsey. This was made using our robotic...