Blog • Robb Knight

The UK lacks some of the stores the US have that are known for having good Lego discounts. This article outlines the methods I use to save as much money as possible when buying Lego.

March 31st

Convert LXF to Bricklink XML

How to use Rebrickable to convert an LXF file to Bricklink XML format to upload to a wanted list.

March 22nd #Lego

2015

Third Party Apple Watch Bands Review

A review of some third-party replicas of Apple's watch bands

November 16th

Game Controller Double Standards

The new Apple TV supports game controllers which is great. What's not so great is the fact that developers can't require them.

November 11th #Games

Tips for Apple TV App Developers

Some tips for marketing your Apple TV app successfully.

November 9th #TV

The Best Apple TV Apps

I've started a new blog to highlight some the best and most interesting Apple TV apps available.

October 28th #TV

My Home Screen (September 2015)

My iPhone home screen as of September 2015

September 11th #Homescreen

New Podcast: Ruminate

A new podcast by John Voorhees and myself

August 24th #Podcasting

Manage Your LEGO Collection with Brickset

Brickset is a great service for cataloging your LEGO collection. This guide will show you how to use all the main features to keep an up-to-date list of the sets and minifigures you own.

April 16th #Lego

Simple Git Deploy

A simple method to git push to deploy.

March 29th #Development

Remove Laravel Homestead Environment Variables

How to delete envirionment variables from Laravel Homestead.

March 27th #Development

Stig Quote Generator

This morning, I was watching Top Gear and decided it would be fun to create the Stig quote generator.

March 26th #Development #TV

UltraViolet: Everything is Not Awesome

I tried to redeem an UltraViolet download code. It didn't go well.

February 20th #Movies

2014

Fix Gmail SMTP Offline Error in Yosemite Mail

How to fix Gmail SMTP showing as offline in Yosemite mail.

October 17th #MacOS

Apple Privacy Statement

Apple issued a statement on privacy and government information requests.

September 18th

Relay FM

Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett have launched their new podcast network, Relay FM

August 18th #Podcasting

An Ode to Bionic

An ode to Bionic. A poem made up of show titles.

July 9th #Podcasting

How to Install iOS8 Beta Without a Developer Account

How to install iOS8 beta without a developer account.

June 3rd #Development

Thoughts on Google Chromecast

The Google Chromecast has been released in the UK, so I had to buy one and try it out.

March 21st #TV

New York

I visited New York for Christmas and New Year. Here are a few recommendations for place to visit, eat and drink

January 5th #Personal

2013

Create a Table in Markdown with No Headers

Markdown doesn't allow you to create tables without a header by default. This little hack allows you to do that.

November 12th #Development

Parents: Take Some Fucking Responsibility

The Telegraph reported this morning that two six-year-olds racked up a £1000 bill through in app purchases because they knew their parents iTunes password. And of course the parents are placing the blame entirely on the developers of apps that include in-app purchases.

October 1st

Pub Hack #1

The first Pub Hack took place yesterday and the theme was post-apocalypse.

September 18th #Development #Hackathon

Thoughts on the iPhone 5S and 5C

Apple announced two new iPhones: The 5C and the 5S will be released on the 20th of September

September 11th

JustDelete.me: One Million Page Views

Just Delete Me was launched just 10 days ago and has already had over one million page views.

August 29th #Development

24 Hours of Just Delete Me

“I’m sure I’ll get a couple of hundred visitors”. That’s what I was thinking yesterday when I launched justdelete.me. I wasn’t completely wrong.

August 20th #Development

Just Delete Me

After seeing a few tweets about how difficult it can be to delete your Skype account and then hearing that Netflix flat-out won’t delete your details I decided to build JustDelete.me.

August 19th #Development

How PF Meet Helped Me Get a Placement

Portsmouth Freelancer's Meet is a monthly meetup and I was able to get a placement through the people I met there

August 16th

Lego Back to The Future Set Review

My review of the fourth Lego Cuusoo set, Back to The Future.

August 12th #Lego #Movies

Instapaper Beta

Instapaper has a new beta version of the website

August 10th #Apps

Automatically Rename TV Shows with Hazel and TVNamer

How I'm using Hazel and TVNamer to save a ton of time renaming files