Category Archives: Computing

Posts about computing and computing related matters

Getting to grips with Latitude

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Internet on the Boat

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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TasKiller

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Keeping things up to date

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Steve

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. … Continue reading →

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Hackety Hack

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Pub Night

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Things to do when you are unemployed

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Last FM Widgets – updated

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Steve

I’ve just upgraded this to support the “Include Friends Listening Now” on the Recent Tracks option. Version 1.7 can be downloaded here

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Tweaking a Calendar for WPMU.

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Last.FM Widgets Plugin

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Steve

Well I’ve got version 1.0 of my Last.FM Widgets Plugin working. I’ve trimmed some of the extra bits out that Last.FM include in their plugs (just to make things tidy) but retained about 95% of what was there. It supports … Continue reading →

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