Posts about computing and computing related matters
Warning: This post contains material of a technical nature, if you start reading and feel dizzy or nauseous then stop reading immediately and go and lie down. NOTE: The code and some of the details in this article have been superseded by a later post There are a lot of clients for the PC/Mac/Linux which […]
Wigan Pier
Warning: This post contains material of a technical and mathematical nature, if you start reading and feel dizzy or nauseous then stop reading immediately and go and lie down. Google Latitude is an interesting little app which allows you to advertise your location. On the Android G1 the GoogleMaps application comes with the ability to […]
Kathy and I spent the weekend on the boat on the moorings. We couldn’t go any where because the canal is closed due to a breach on one of the embankments and so they’ve closed all the locks to stop boats moving and hopefully to keep the water levels up until they can get some […]
I’ve had an Adroid G1 on T-Mobile for quite a bit now and I quite like it, its got a lot of good features but one huge problem with it is the damned battery life. Like its terrible. I found I can make it last longer by turning off 3G unless I know I’m in […]
It’s a never ending task really. Most of the core server components update automatically, as long as I remember to kick off an update process once in a while, its everything else that you need to keep a eye on. The server has a WPMU installation on it which has to be upgraded, as do […]
So what have I been up to? I’ve been working on code for Pubnight and really just adding a few features to make things easier for people editing and adding information, basically Richard who has been hard at work on updating the site. Part of the enhancement was easy, actually two bits were. I added […]
Pub Night is a website that I set up for a group of friends who go out drinking once a week in Cheltenham. We’ve been doing it for years and a few years ago now Nick and I came up with the idea of building a website for it. I went for a Wiki based […]
Well I’m still sort of offically employed : my last pay cheque arrives this Friday but I’m laid off. So I’ve been using an old Toshiba Satellite SA30 laptop running Ubuntu and its OK but its only a 640*480 display and it was getting a bit unreliable. You know when the disk drive starting making […]
I’ve just upgraded this to support the “Include Friends Listening Now” on the Recent Tracks option. Version 1.7 can be downloaded here
NOTE: Kieran has made a newer version of his plugin which works with WordPress MU and integrates by using an embedded Calendar tag to display the calendar. So basically I’m abandoning this plug in and suggest you get Kieran’s new version instead. That is what I’ve put on this site. This is basically Kieran O’Shea’s […]