July 2009
96 posts
I don’t understand geeks and vending machines. Why not just buy a 6-pack of Coke from Tesco and spend the saving on WoW subs?
RIP Bobby Thousands
In the queue to see the Now Showooo.
Looks like @rmorg might get an hour of creekit #ashes
I just said “tempted to stack slugs in denormalised fields” . Kthxbai.
I love how building a search index is like a big dirty denormalisation project.
A quick look at Rhythmyx (our aging CMS) then on to more fun fun fun integrating the wonderful Sphinx search.
Deeply appreciating Sphinx search http://www.sphinxsearch.com/ so far, so awesome
Django 1.1 is out http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.1/ #python
A chap tap-dancing on the piccadilly line train today. Didn’t want any money.
Kind of enjoying the “Championship Manager with cheat on” vibe coming out of Man City.
So have there been loads of disappointing pear ciders (erm, perry?) that weren’t 100% pear? Tweet if you’ve been affected by this trauma.
And thus I leave 8 cores of my Mac Pro running concurrent database imports and head to the pool.
Just come across my P60 in a place where I would NEVER have found it… if I’d needed it. Now where’s that P45?
Oh and I’ve reduced the museum data import time to under 24 hours - down from around a week for 1.1 million records.
Thoroughly invigorating chat with @jwdstephen to start the week. Database normalisation and related searches on the menu.
And that invigorating chat was with @waarg actually.
Thanks to @dimitrivh and @simonrjones, I’ll be trying out a couple of new IRC clients - Colloquy and Adium beta. I use X-Chat.
I feel bad - I left a couple of teabags in a shirt pocket at the dry cleaners. Spoiled someone else’s shirt but not mine.
Futurism at the Tate - mostly flat but very good selection. Frozen margaritas now!
Elevation exaggeration in Google Earth really helps UK mountains feel realistic.
rt @HubbleTelescope What you all have been waiting for - Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision: http://hbbl.us/cef692
Boring real-life tweet: I’ve hoovered and cleaned the bathroom tonight so I can chill after jogging tomorrow. Time to chug some wine.
All your database are belong to us.
Iz bord waitin 4 half-gig dayterbase inport. I can haz kusterd kreems.
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
Animal encounters: moved a slug on the way home. Soap and hot water does not shift slime from fingers.
Animal encounters: yesterday saw a large gull fly off with a whole flattened pigeon from the tarmac on Roseberry Ave.
Hardcore Python programming over SSH with Vim.
He’s pwning MySource Matrix designs is @jwdstephen
PuTTY is the greatest piece of Windows software.
Now installed at Squiz Towers with a working SSH tunnel back to the V&A.
Bit of DB benchmarking: it seems MySQL MyISAM is way quicker on ubuntu than Mac OS X. InnoDB about the same.
“Cawfee!” demanded Al Swearengen.
rt @simonrjones tip-toeing through someone else’s PHP code [anyone been there?]
Went round my Kiwi neighbour’s house to watch cricket. Frustrating afternoon/evening for both of us. Good laugh though!
Me in my Mac Mini. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richbs/3732814497/ Home made jumpers and new DVD Drive.
Is there a better name than Sir Jock Stirrup?
Newsnight review: consensus emerging that Grapes of Wrath is a not a very good story. Who on earth are these critics? Soon forgotten.
Lolz. I made a jumper out of tin foil and gaffer tape (not one that you wear) and the CD drive is now importing music!
Lolz. I made a jumper out of tin foil and gaffer tape (not one that you wear) and the CD drive is now importing music!
Replaced CD Drive in Mac Mini. Mac Mini not interested. #fail Think I need to set the HD to slave. Off to Maplin tomorrow then.
Get out, Punter, get out.
Pears, eh? They either shred your gums or ruin your tie.
Tuning MySQL Database server to increase import speed of museum records.
IE6 Must Die Harder
Been jogging. Now a glass of cheap claret and the cricket’s morning session on the telly. #ashes
Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto really is a terrific Rachmaninov tribute.
Henry Blofeld @blowersh getting to grips with Twitter http://twitter.com/blowersh
I love Chuck Bass’ outfits.