January 2012
3 posts
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December 2011
7 posts
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Varnish Cheat Sheet →
syslog » WordPress + nginx + Varnish + Apache 2 →
gzip on; gzip_disable msie6; gzip_static on; gzip_comp_level 9; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
November 2011
5 posts
Landscape Astrophotography Tutorial - First Night... →
iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) -... →
October 2011
5 posts
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New iOS 5 Music.app Features
Apart from the name change from iPod to Music, there have been some significant improvements to the music player in Apple’s latest version of iOS.
Smart Playlist Updating
Firstly, it appears that Smart Playlists actually update in real time on the device. This means that a track on my Unplayed playlist moves into my Recent playlist once I’ve listened to it. I may have been doing...
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September 2011
1 post
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Unicode Encode Error on Django Admin File Upload
I love tracking down a good UnicodeEncodeError through a web app or any Python code for that matter. I thought I’d share the solution to one of the more low-level exceptions I’d triggered.
Essentially, the test is to upload an image to the Django Admin with a special character in it. My example was this:
bib_fortüna.jpg
If you can upload an image with this filename and it works,...
August 2011
3 posts
Creating Your First iPhone Application with... →
iOS Integration Testing →
Victoria line, London, UK - 1964 - Halcrow Group →
February 2011
2 posts
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Git… My new favourite SVN client
My friend and former manager Simon Jones, Technical Director of the talents at Studio 24 challenged me to post my experiences with Git. So, I have cobbled together the commands and concepts that I’ve found most useful in transitioning from Subversion. Here goes, Si!
Intro
Git is fast, unfussy and seems beautfully adapted to my workflow. Subversion is centralised, slow and usually makes me...
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My other Editor is Textmate: my current Eclipse...
Eclipse, the legendary Java-based IDE, is a big beast and probably not designed for a quick Apache conf change. TextWrangler, Textmate or Vim are my choice here . But if I’m going to be spending more than 15 minutes on a task, I will eagerly spin up Eclipse.
To keep Eclipse starting up and working efficiently, it pays to be judicious in the extra modules you install.
Here’s how I...
June 2010
1 post
Web Search Graffiti
The new Ceramics Study Galleries opened to the public at the Victoria and Albert Museum today and I went to have a scout around. They are packed floor-to-ceiling with the V&A’s massive collection, acting like a “live storage” system.
Here’s an artist’s impression because my phone ran out of battery:
V&A Ceramics Study Galleries.
Because the objects are...
April 2010
1 post
How open is your mobile phone?
I am a freedom-hating iPhone owner. This means I tolerate DRM-encumbered films from the iTunes Store. I also enjoy Audible audiobooks, which I can only play back on a maximum of 5 computers. The development of the iPhone operating system is a closely-guarded secret which is then protected by litigation after release. I don’t like these things much at all. Yet, I am better rewarded than my...
March 2010
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Bernard Bresslaw, at home and at work
I love it when collections of web data make the unlikely connections.
My colleague and I were delighted to see the Harry Hammond photography collection fully digitised on the V&A Search the Collections database a couple of months back. This is a collection worth exploring…
There are some extraordinary photographs from the fifties and sixties here. Update: I just realised I should link to...
I’ve written a proper blog post about being a n00b to RPG games and gaming. What do you think? http://bit.ly/dAuBev
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In Praise of RPGs
The experiences of a mostly casual gamer, tackling the RPG genre. A kind of newbie introduction.
Background
Looking back on games that have consumed me over the years, I notice many of them have elements of role-playing. I think of Championship Manager 93-94, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Outcast (a much overlooked gem).
Exploring RPG Options for the uninitiated
I approached the RPG genre...
Mrs. Blackbird gathering nesting material.
I seem to have written some Javascript that inadvertently tries to print the page.
Great achievement here RT @portableant http://www.finds.org.uk has gone live in full β
This is a really lovely 1000 year old sword pommel http://bit.ly/bOqFfU which I can enjoy because of @portableant’s graft!
Went for a routine blood test in Tottenham. Grab a numbered ticket and wait your turn. Bit like a trip to the deli. Civilised.
One for @miaridge - as if she needs more work to do! http://adactio.com/journal/1651/
Brothers and Sisters… You know what time it is. #teaearlgreyhot
And this is what #teaearlgreyhot looks like, if @maxrushden was wondering: http://flic.kr/p/7N2C1z
Enjoying Wonders of the Solar System but in this and other recent BBC docs the music is too high in the mix and intrusive.
I like the cheek of this… ♺ @martingoode: My Opera - Opera Mini Countup http://is.gd/aU8g6
Any game, streamed to your computer, graphic processing done server-side. US only but could be huge http://www.onlive.com/
Right, museum night-owls, to bed with you! Am looking at you @portableant and @jottevanger. @lucyinglis stop leading @pekingspring astray.
This is HUGE. Finally, DNS is set up to point at http://vam.ac.uk/ without the www! Phew.
Another boring Foursquare tweet (@ The Angelic) http://4sq.com/6tiHo9
Hearing sounds of the Finsbury Park Kurdish Newroz celebrations on a warm afternoon.
Just at the end of London Film Day at Wood Green. Note to self: kids LOVE stickers. I mean jumping up and down with excitment.
I’m at Caffe Latino (86-148 High Rd, Wood Green). http://4sq.com/9xoGBR
Presumably it’s an old joke in rugger circles that the 6 Nations logo looks like an anatomical diagram of a testis.
