I’ve written a little utility using the NPE Maps data, a great project designed to geocode the UK. I needed it for something experimental, but I’m happy to share my utility.
The idea of the utility is to take each of the records that is in the NPE Maps outward + 1st inward database and create […]
It shouldn’t really need saying, but I think that people often opt for Amazon without shopping around…
I occassionally buy technical books. They are often large (the one I bought is only a few less pages than War and Peace) and very expensive.
I was passing my local Borders store, and I called in and found the […]
I’ve been reading and working with Simon Collison’s Beginning CSS Web Development. It’s a book that a recommend to anyone who is interested in learning Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
I’m not a web designer, but a web developer. I don’t really have the aesthetic mind that comes up with the amazing things that designers create. But […]
If you’re into gaming, you’ll love this. Even if you’re not, you may be amused.
Thanks to the Game Over project.
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Irish Pubs on the Decline
"In 2005, almost 440 fewer pub licences were issued. In the year up to November 2006, more than 60 pubs shut down in two of the bigger counties - 20 in Clare, 42 in Cork."
Your starter for 10: In which year was a smoking ban in pubs introduced into Ireland?
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I was pondering on Pootergeek’s post about Linux (cue my own bit of Hovis music). How when I first tried Linux, it was Red Hat. It didn’t install very well and crashed frequently. That was a few years ago.
Today, I’ve got a laptop running Ubuntu Linux, and many of the sites I have built have […]
I’m currently redesigning this blog and I’m trying to find the right sort of font for the title. I’m looking for a font that I’ll call "fat". As I’m not a trained graphic design person, I’m sure there’s a proper term in typography, but what I mean is a font where, for instance, the white […]
The 50 Most Innovative Companies
For the third year in a row, the design-driven masters in Cupertino, Calif., lead the pack of creative firms on our list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Apple manages to dominate any would-be contenders, beating out two-time runner-up Google with more than twice as many votes.
I don’t share their opinion […]
I’ve been going to the gym for some weeks now, and apart from a brief break due to a very heavy cold, I’m doing OK. It’s all helped by the large screens showing pop videos of disco tracks sampling 80s MOR tracks by Steve Winwood or Don Henley.
And this is a good thing. You wouldn’t […]
From The Adver
A breakdown in the wireless voting system meant electronic results were delivered two hours late. Earlier today the connectivity system, a secure server that collects on-line votes, failed completely at polling stations in Covingham and The Lawns.
That’s progress for you. It probably took a man with a van about 10 minutes to deliver […]
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