2008
Slow Safari? • Saturday, 29 November 2008
Apple recently introduced Safari 3.2 via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature, somewhat surreptitiously adding a new anti-phishing feature in the process.
Death Of An Ikon • Thursday, 13 November 2008
The Ford Ka is about to be replaced after an incredible twelve years in production. Incredible because to my eyes it still looks as fresh as the day it launched.
RailsConf Europe 2008 Day 1 • Wednesday, 03 September 2008
I’m in Berlin attending RailsConf Europe 2008. Today was the first day of the conference proper, following an optional day of tutorials yesterday. Following a welcome by Ruby guru David A. Black, the conference started with an hour-long keynote from Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH).
Separated At Birth? • Saturday, 23 August 2008
The Peugeot 308 and “Glove” from The Beatles’ film “Yellow Submarine”.
Database IDs Have No Place In URIs • Tuesday, 19 August 2008
I’ve been beta testing Jeff Atwood’s and Joel Spolsky’s latest venture, Stack Overflow. In case you haven’t heard, Stack Overflow is a new site where programmers can go to get their programming questions answered by other programmers.
What’s In Your Wallet? • Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Continuing the “What’s In Your Wallet?” meme started by my good friend John Conners, here are the contents of my wallet at the time of writing.
How To Run A National Blood Service • Thursday, 03 July 2008
Rightly or wrongly, the National Health Service in Britain receives a lot of criticism. My own family’s experiences of state provided healthcare have been mixed, to say the least. However, in my experience one area that we have got right is the National Blood Service.
Rails Tip #12: Easy HTML Input Validation • Thursday, 19 June 2008
Not really a Rails-specific tip this one, more of a Ruby tip presented in a Rails’ context.
Paul Thurrott’s Hallucinating Again • Saturday, 14 June 2008
I just don’t understand Paul Thurrott. Although I now prefer Apple’s products, I occasionally visit his site because I’m still vaguely interested in the latest news from Microsoft. Much of what Paul writes is balanced and fair, but sometimes he comes out with some complete tosh!
Does Buying Apple Gear Turn You Into A Snob? • Monday, 31 March 2008
The question is, does buying Apple gear turn you into a snob? It’s a question that I’ve been thinking about lately. It’s led to me examining my own attitudes and thinking about how they’ve changed over the years.
Happy Birthday LEGO! • Monday, 28 January 2008
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the humble LEGO brick. Apparently there are 2,400 different LEGO brick shapes and did you know that LEGO are the world’s largest manufacturer of tyres? LEGO was definitely one of my favourite toys as a child, particularly LEGO Technic.
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