Tim Almond

I’ve just written a Python wrapper class that uses the Yahoo Spelling Suggestion API to check words for alternatives.
If it’s of use, then download from here. 
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IT Failure Affects 80 NHS Trusts
Pathetic!
Computer services in 80 NHS hospital trusts are down after an equipment failure on Sunday.… 
Failed Sunday morning, to be fixed by Monday evening? Boy, that’s real quick…
This incident was caused by storage area network equipment failure and has affected several other organisations," he said.
"Technical issues following power system […]

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I visited the beautiful town of Lechlade-on-Thames and took some photographs. I’m starting to really enjoy the photography.
First, a panorama of the Thames.
This time, unlike prior panorama shots, I used the panorama setting on the camera, which seemed to hold the exposure settings, thus ensuring consistent light.
There was also lots of wildlife around.
 
On […]

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Here’s a money saving tip for travellers on the train. Next time, before you set out on a journey, there might be a cheaper way to do it.
By a strange twist of logic, it’s sometimes cheaper to buy multiple tickets for your route, than it is to buy 1 ticket.
For example, from Swindon to London, […]

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According to The Register, there’s a plan to target future criminals at birth:-
"According to the Independent, midwives, doctors and nurses are to be "asked to identify ‘chaotic’ families whose babies are in danger of growing up to be delinquents, drug addicts and violent criminals." The plan will be backed up by "research" which "shows that […]

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Does anyone out there have a patch for Wordpress to fix bugs related to implementing it on Windows?
I currently have a test setup running Windows/Apache/Wordpress/MySql and Wordpress has been fine. Except I found a bug in the upload process where it doesn’t like the way that windows sets up URLs (the slashies are the wrong […]

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A friend of mine has 2 general admission tickets for Sunday’s show in Cardiff. She’s looking for £40 each which is about half what was paid for them.
If interested, use the contact button.
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A friend tipped me off, and it looks like there’s some seriously cheap tickets going on eBay for Madonna’s UK tour.
I’ve seen tickets going on there for as little as £60 a pair. Or around half of the original value. If you don’t mind going on your own, I saw a London ticket for a […]

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Iain Dale has written a piece covering Peter Preston’s view of Blogging, which I agree with, and further, Janet Street-Porter’s view of blogging. To quote from Iain:-
She devotes her column in the Independent on Sunday to sneering down her ample nose at the whole concept of blogging. She reckons "blogs are for anoraks who couldn’t […]

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Redgate have released SQL Prompt, which gives Intellisense to SQL Server.
Get it from here and give it a whirl. It’s not time or feature limited.
A day of use, and I don’t think I can live without it.

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