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If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!as you can see the blog looks really crappy again. I’ve just moved servers and took the opportunity to upgrade to the current version of blogcfc, so when I get around to it I’ll modify the templates again to Related posts:New Blog Move over Digikam [ READ MORE ]
In the last 7 years, my coffee machine as it turns out has made 9,869 coffees. That’s… a lot of coffee. Bought in September 2000 it’s one of my favourite purchases, and even though I’m drinking more tea than coffee lately it’s still awesome to have a machine that makes great coffee from No related posts.[ READ MORE ]
Bah. I’ve been talking to people about plans for a talk at webdu involving magic tricks (and the odd bit of relevant content) and along with that I was going to rebrand my business and get business cards done up in a deck of playing cards to use for magic / business cards / Related posts:WebDU 2008 [ READ MORE ]
After 8 years or so I finally got around to taking the Coldfusion developers exam this morning. I am now an Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer and an Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Trainer! So probably in 6 months time I’ll be listed as such on the adobe websites… Flex exam in jan then my No related posts.[ READ MORE ]
There are lots of little stupid things that irritate me. One of the highest on the list has to be people calling Lego “legos”. For God’s sake people – the plural of Lego is Lego. There is no such thing as Legos. It’s Lego. L-E-G-O dammit! /rant Tweet This Post Related posts:It’s a love / hate thing [ READ MORE ]
Bah. I stupidly put a simple password on a temporary user I was setting up for someone to ftp to my server and it happened to be just the right timing for some script kiddie to be running brute force dictionary attacks across my ip range. I’ve had to rebuild the whole darn No related posts.[ READ MORE ]
Wahey! My little boy just took his first solo bike ride, and did a brilliant job of it He had an absolute ball, and it was a real thrill to watch. I knew it was a special sort of moment but it was very heart in mouth when he first did it, Related posts:Crouching Muppet, Hidden Buddha [ READ MORE ]
A brief escape – kicking the football around with my son, B (real football, you know – with a round ball) having lots of fun I managed to slip over in some dry dirt. Which was fine. But getting back up I overbalanced, being the smooth, suave individual that I am, and managed No related posts.[ READ MORE ]
As you can see I’ve changed the blog design again – I got this one from open source web design, a fantastic web site giving loads of templates for web layout which are totally free. This one I’ve modified slightly is called “Deliciously Blue” by Super J Man. Nice and clean, and will No related posts.[ READ MORE ]
Rumblebuffin our new cat, or “Mr FurryPants” as R has taken to calling him, is a gorgeous little thing. Well, he’s not really little as he’s only 6 months and already enormous. A British Short Hair, he’s the classic “blue” colour and has the most beautiful features and markings. He’s just such No related posts.[ READ MORE ]