July 2009
70 posts
“Nothing is out of my skill set, my ego wouldn’t allow it”
Sir Bobby Robson, you will be missed. RIP.
First day of my notice today (which was given yesterday, for those catching up) and things are looking good.
RT @MissEdw: Giant jellyfish http://bit.ly/2CFHZQ. I would not like to come face-to-face with one of these bad boys. (Me Either!)
Finding the service at @vpsnet excellent so far now I’ve discovered the managed migration service (which I’ve purchased).
Have just handed in my 28 days notice at Juno. Leaving at the end of August. If anyone needs a freelance PHP developer, let me know.
Thanks @DRB @RickDT @RobertMills and others :)
Gravatar needs a spin off site called ‘grrravatar’ dedicated to only things that growl.
Looking forward to next weekend - it’s my birthday.
Just had 10 minutes on the phone with @rackspace support and it’s immediately clear why they’re rated so highly. Excellent.
Just clicked ‘delete all’ on my spam folder in GMail before realising there were two leads in there. James, if you’re reading this, re-send.
IE6ify Bookmarklet →
After years of observation and reverse engineering I am proud to say I have been able to reproduce the IE6 algorithm to break even the most standards-compliant websites.
Schumacher back in Formula One? This season of Formula One is just getting better and better http://tr.im/uCOO
Looking for someone to help with server migration. Ideally someone who can put PHP 5.3+ on CentOS
“What I like about Krusty is that he’s always on. But to find out what he’s on you have to test his pee” “Seriously, test his pee”.
“99% of success is turning up on time. So sorry I’m four hours late” #simpsons #krustytheclown
Well, 45 pages… and still around 5 pages short of explaining everything. That’s going to be one hell of a good read once finished.
Sat down for a day of writing. Cleared out a room and sat on my favourite desk/chair for the first time in nearly six months. #amazing
Just saw a guy approach anti-animal testing protesters and start arguing. Police running past me, smartly, to the scene.
Twitter 101 for Business →
One of the cool things about Twitter is that it gives you a way to have friendly, public conversations with customers. You’ll make the most of those casual conversations if you do a little planning…
University of Nottingham to build a Micro-brewery for “teaching and research” purposes. http://tr.im/tRZ7 (I don’t believe them)
Greatest lunch ever. Brown Bettys (http://tr.im/tR0z) chicken+rice, chocolate milkshake, and a walk through of Nottingham city centre.
I don’t understand why after all these years Basecamp can’t auto-assign a username and (especially a) password for a newly created user.
Looking into guest writing for other publications. If you’re running a blog/magazine and want me to write, get in touch :)
RT @ryancarson: “Web Design is a Journey” - 30 screenshots of the process of designing the new @carsonified site http://bit.ly/cmWHZ #tv
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity: http://tr.im/tEVD #excellenttalk #tedweek
J.J. Abrams’ mystery box http://tr.im/tFhr #tedweek #greattalk
Twitterverse - can you recommend any TED talks that are completely unmissable?
“The time to worry about flying is when you’re still on the ground” - Denzel Washington
Go @RobertMills! #latetotheparty #giverobajob
Two labels on the packaging: one says Huskisson, one says Juskisson - Juskisson!!
Wow, that’s a lot of words for “of course”.
Working on some incredibly complex Buddypress work. It’s getting to the really challenging (and therefore fun) stage now :)
Hold up: http://tr.im/tj5f - “Wesley, who spends about 20 hours a week on his passion of watching and photographing Jupiter”.
Sven linked with Notts County? What is football coming to? http://tr.im/tj4Z
Looks like I’ve had no sparks from @feedafever for 3-4 days, with 3-400 feeds set as sparks… odd.
“Your e-mail address and password do not match” is a ridiculous log-in failure message if you really think about it. #errorfail
“Hi, I’ve been looking for someone of your ability for some time”. If all leads came in this way, my ego would consume Nottingham altogether
Hoping to get back on the book trail later today, I missed writing for it.
Considering a self-hosted open source release, then moving to a github/google code etc. placement if it gets too much.
Need a Google Code type project hosting service for a freely released script+CMS. Any suggestions/recommendations?
What's the point of a company blog that no one... →
Why business blogs should focus on cheerleaders, not lead-generation
Pixus →
A handy Adobe AIR application for web and interface designers which allows them to measure objects in pixels and preview design.
Just noticed @pantstopoverty (a client of mine) in my girlfriend’s Closer magazine, page 12. Excellent :)
Now this illustrators, is phenomenal: http://bit.ly/LeYAS
Not sure how my feed got changed to summary only - apologies to any feed readers that were annoyed trying to read it today.
My review of Magento: Beginner’s Guide written by @williamrice and published by @packtpub has just gone live: http://tr.im/sB1z
Magento: Beginner’s Guide, a solid introduction to... →
Often enough when you’re a Magento developer you can find yourself in a position where by a client is overwhelmed with options. They don’t know where to click, what all the fields are or mean and…
Two great blog posts queued up and awaiting the go ahead from two separate parties before going online.
The first night in weeks I’ve come home positive wanting to do something. Think I’ll get that book review out the way first…