March 2008
48 posts
"landmark information group" - Google Search →
chrisjroos posted a photo:
These guys were jointly responsible for the activeplaces.com website. I’d trust them with £1.1million, wouldn’t you?
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch
Firecookie :: Firefox Add-ons →
An extension to the firebug extension that adds some nice cookie management features.
Swimming Pools: 10 Mar 2008: Written answers... →
Some data on the type and number of pools opened/closed since 2004
Ordering a new toy - indoboard.com
Been for a swim, now off to play golf.
Just found out that I can receive SMS messages on my Skype In number. Seriously considering not getting a new mobile.
House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10... →
Some data on the type and number of pools opened/closed since 2004
Swimming Pools: 15 Dec 2005: Written answers... →
The number of 50 metre swimming pools in the UK as at 15th Dec 2005.
Olympic and 50m Swimming pools, Lidos and Outdoor... →
A site by a swimmer that had the intention of maintaining a list of UK pools. It’s now quite out of date (2003) but may still contain some useful links.
Swimming Pools: 18 Mar 2008: Written answers... →
“This Department does not produce a national standard for public swimming per head of population.”
Active Places →
Nice idea but pathetically poor implementation. Allows you to search for sports facilities in the UK.
Not sleeping. Grrrr.
Free SIM Unlock Nokia online →
This site generated a code that allowed me to unlock my Nokia 6100. The code was #pw+409267636734667+7#
Wondering whether giving my phone away (after a few beers) was really such a good idea.
Obie Fernandez: Big Name Companies Using Ruby on... →
A large list of people, companies, “enterprises” using Ruby/Rails.
Just looked at my blog for the first time in IE6: Wow, it’s bad. I wonder if that’ll spur me on to change the design…
Updating DNS to point to my new VPS.
Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer... →
A nice idea but I can’t see it making a big difference unfortunately
Denis Hennessy » Blog Archive » Using capistrano... →
I followed these notes to allow me to deploy my static sites using Capistrano
Open Source Software: 2 Feb 2007: Written answers... →
David Gauke asks the Secretary of State for Scotland about open source software use. David Cairns refers to the Scottish Executive and in doing so doesn’t answer the question.
Apache 2.2 client denied by server configuration →
I ran into this problem when deploying my blog to my new VPS that has Apache 2.2 installed.
Accueil - Reevoo.fr →
Our French site, apparently. I didn’t realise this was up.
Group Files don't open in Safari, Webkit and... →
My message to the google groups group mentioning the problem caused by the lack of the Location header when requesting files. I’ve referenced the webkit bug report.
Reevoo Gets More Money, Launches French Site →
Commentary on our recent cash injection.
Configuring my new VPS
Retrevo Raises $8M More for Aggregation of... →
I wonder if/how this will impact us at reevoo?
Kampyle Closes The Feedback Loop →
I always wonder what’s wrong with good old email. I guess if you have too many customers it could be a problem but it’s a good start. Alternatively, use google groups or getsatisfaction.com to allow…
User Agent Switcher →
A useful little firefox extension that allows you to change your user-agent (see how sites look to mobile browsers for example). Unfortunately, it appears to conflict with the del.icio.us extension….
Saw a female terrorist (or photographer, it was definitely one or the other) taking photos of Waterloo station. Naughty terrorists.
New version (0.2) of del.icio.us domain tags extension - http://tinyurl.com/37lm4m
New version (0.3) of del.icio.us trackbacks extension - http://tinyurl.com/2q27km
It would appear (although I’m not counting on it) that I’ve overpaid HMRC by £1900. I blame the nonsensical statements they send out.
YouTube - District B13 1/9 →
The film containing parkour action that Ricky recommended.
Broke the bar to my kite because I stoopidly attached the front/rear lines the wrong way round. Bugger.
Diddly diddly dee, off to Ireland we be.
chrisr 2.0 - the same but better →
chrisjroos posted a photo:
The logo that Adam very kindly created for me.
Epson warning →
chrisjroos posted a photo:
Why do I get the feeling that the printer will suddenly start playing up now that I have non-branded cartridges installed. Oh, and do you really need to tell…
Naughty, naughty characters →
chrisjroos posted a photo:
Using crossloop.com to give remote pc support - appears to work well: exactly like joel’s copilot (no firewall changes) but free!
Welcome to del.ishli.st! →
A site that tracks/displays things you’ve tagged as wishlist in del.icio.us. Looks pretty smart, and adds to my suspicion that del.icio.us can actually be used for anything. ever. period.
Rail statistics - : Office of Rail Regulation →
Data from the Office of Rail Regulation, including number of passengers per station per year. I seem to remember wanting this data recently but I don’t remember why…
Changes to remote command invocation in 2.1.0 -... →
This was the fix we needed to get solr:start to work on remote machines using capistrano 2.2.0.
h3h.net - Leading is not Commanding →
This pretty much sums up the way I feel about work in general.
YouTube - Dreamcatcher →
Some very impressive rock climbing.
Off to the local micro-brewery - http://tinyurl.com/2mczmr
Ryanair need help with their maths. 2 x £1.49 does not equal £132.64.
Should Google, Yahoo, Mahalo, etc. ban affiliate... →
Interesting, and relevant to reevoo, discussion about affiliate links. “We wanted to make clear … if you’re being paid, you should disclose that.”