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November 22, 2008
Barcelona Photos
Sorry about the photo quality, I only took my compact with me on this trip.
July 13, 2008
Ping.fm in Perl
Using the fabulous ping.fm? Want to use your own Custom URL? Want to use Perl? Use this!
The attached script takes only status updates from ping.fm and writes it out to a file. In my case, this file is then "included" by apache dynamically on the front page of my site.
Bit rough and ready, but hey, it only took 60 seconds :)
1: #!/usr/bin/perl 2: 3: use strict; 4: use warnings; 5: 6: use CGI qw/:standard/;7: use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
8: 9: my $file = '/path/to/my/file.include';
10: 11: open my $FH, '>', $file or die "Unable to open $file\n";
12: 13: if ( param() ) {
14: 15: print header;16: my $method = param('method');
17: my $title = param('title');
18: my $message = param('message');
19: 20: print $FH "$message";
21: 22: } 23: 24: else {
25: 26: print header; 27: #Do nothing 28: 29: } 30: 31: close $FH;June 26, 2008
Nike+ Sportband Problems
It'll teach me to be an early adopter but I've had nothing but troubles with my Nike+ Sportband since I bought one a few months back.
My first one suffered a "bleeding" crystal display:
I sent this back to Sweatshop and they sent me a new one. A week ago, lo and behold, the bleeding display was back. I dropped them a quick mail and they replied saying that there was a known issue with the very first batch of devices and would I like another one or my money back.
So, I've gone for third time lucky! I can't say enough how good Sweatshop have been in sorting all this out.
The Nike+ utility also seemed to have difficulty in realising that not everyone used Pacific Time on their computers, which meant the time on the device was always -8 hours out. v1.1 seems to have fixed this though.
I've heard some other complaints about the calibration not working, but I've not had much trouble with that.
Anyway, I shall hold onto my wallet next time :)
June 21, 2008
The SM Café
Not only does it have a funny name, but they suggest that you "Drink Yourself Happy"...
April 19, 2008
Domain Registry of America
The DROA are at it again and I'm the lucky recipient :)
For more information take a look at http://www.synuk.com/droa/ but definitely don't sign up with them!
I'm half tempted to stake out MBE on Gloucester Road to see if anyone picks up the mail, but I assume it's just a forwarding operation. Scum.
April 10, 2008
Nice ASUS kit
Leaving aside the awful Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee PC I really like the Aiguru S2. It will certainly go well with the as-yet-unreleased Essentio CS5110 which I'm rather drawn to as a new HTPC and Blu-Ray player.
Nike Sportband and Garmin 405: first impressions
I went to the London Marathon expo last night to check out the Garmin 405 primarily. I have to say that I wasn't impressed. Even though the actual diameter of the bezel is quite small, the initial part of the strap (closest to where it joins the bezel) is rigid - I'm guessing to hold some electronics or the GPS antenna. So, on someone with small wrists like me, it looks pretty stupid as it sticks out the side of your arm!
Also, the touch sensitive bezel seems overly sensitive and a bit clunky to use and reacts to you brushing it (I'd probably knock it against my leg a few times a run!).
All in all, I wasn't impressed so I didn't splurge.
All was not lost though, as Nike were there in force and I had a nice demo from a lady on the stand for the new SportBand which interfaces directly to the Nike+ foot sensor, so no iPod needed. And at £40, I couldn't resist so I've bought one. They do look very sexy indeed and definitely suit the more petite of us.
April 6, 2008
Olympic Torch
Pictures of the police presence in the gallery...
March 30, 2008
My first HDR
I had some fun making this HDR photo of Canary Wharf this afternoon - hope you like it :)
March 9, 2008
RAF Welford
I passed a very well built sliproad on the M4 just before J13 today. What really caught my eye was the trusty enigmatic sign "Works Unit Only" albeit done in the military red pattern.
A quick check on Live Maps found me my sliproad - following it up the hill reveals RAF Welford, the largest munitions dump in Europe (apparently).
Cool :)
March 6, 2008
My first WebSlice
You can now subscribe to my status updates via a WebSlice if you're brave enough to use an IE8 beta. Head over the front page if you are and give it a go :)
February 21, 2008
New Nike+ "watch"
So, it's not guide the Aero+ we were expecting, but Nike have released a device that neatly sidesteps the need for an iPod Nano to use Nike+ foot sensors with.
Looks like fun, but I think the Garmin 405 may well be the one for me when it finally arrives.
[via engadget]
February 1, 2008
Skins
I'm so glad that Skins is coming back to E4 in a couple of weeks. I'm even happier that the first episode features Maxxie, whose Dad is played by Bill Bailey. Can't wait :)
January 21, 2008
Crazy Stairs
A cheap, but very cool way of building stairs out of some square packing cases set at angles. When I build my own house, I'll be doing this.
Below The Clouds » Trappa av TAF Arkitektkontor
January 14, 2008
BBC digital terrestrial test card
This, frankly, is the coolest thing ever: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=728920
The result?
