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A Lovely Spring Day in York
OK, so I messed yesterday, but this post is only a few hours late, and is about yesterday, so that counts. It was a gorgeous day in York yesterday, so we wondered into town, did a very small amount of shopping (I bought a soft toy for our baby – going to be the first […]
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Not Long Now
Wow, day 3! Just after I wrote yesterday’s post, we got a new delivery! No, not the baby yet, but the pushchair, car seat, cot bed and mattress. This means we now have pretty much everything we need for the baby (except a few small bits which should be delivered soon). We have got a […]
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I think I’m more suited to Micro-Blogging
Well, here I am – I made it to Day 2 of writing a post a day! Recently I’ve discovered Twitter. I’m sure everyone knows about it by now – it’s a bit like posting a Facebook status to a public page. This means it can be searched and read by anyone, and is described […]
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A Post a Day – Day One
Anyone reading this blog regularly (which I’m fairly sure isn’t many) will notice I haven’t posted for a while. To be honest I just haven’t got round to it. I have been inspired however by comedian Richard Herring (who we went to see on Sunday) who posts exactly one post a day on his blog. […]
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Homepages Friends Stopped Paying
[Update:] I’ve now heard they are going to stop paying completely! Full details. I’ve posted before about Homepages Friends (formerly My Search Funds) – a service which pays you for the internet searches you make. Up to now they’ve been pretty good at paying when they say they will, and I’ve been paid just over […]
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Dell offers huge 20 foot monitor!
While updating the latest voucher on the Dell Offers site I maintain, I noticed a monitor with a rather impressive statistic – it’s 20 feet! This is of course a typo (I presume), but it’s a nice idea – especially for less than £150! Read More
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MySQL Optimisation Trick using EXISTS
One for the geeks I’m afraid. I’m developing a site with quite a complicated menu system getting details using equally complicated database queries. In various places in the menu, I needed to find out whether to display a particular sub-menu. To do this I had some SQL to check whether any products existed at that […]
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Touchscreen Proof of Delivery – Why Bother?
I’ve received a few parcels recently where I’ve been asked to sign a touchscreen device as proof of delivery rather than a piece of paper. Not one of these time has the squiggle on the screen looked anything like my signature. This isn’t because it’s hard to sign the screen, it’s just the sensor doesn’t […]
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One of the funniest things I have read in a while
I’ve just finished reading the BBC’s report on the Best Bushisms. I’m sure everyone know’s the term by now – amazingly ridiculous comments from George Bush. I’ve heard a few of them before, but reading them all together was laugh out loud funny! It’s also pretty worrying that this man has been running the most […]
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Merry Christmas!!!
Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to all! We didn’t post cards I’m afraid. I’d like to say it’s because of economic/environmental reasons, but if I’m honest it’s because we didn’t get round to it. We will be donating some money to a suitable charity instead though. We’re off travelling to country to […]