Leekworld

Posted on November 29th, 2009 under geeky. Tags: google apps, google mail, kill lotus notes kill it DEAD, lotus domino, lotus notes. Comments: None

http://ff.bluebones.net/ – it’s like arguing about football. Only with more tickboxes.

Posted on July 26th, 2009 under geeky, utter drivel. Comments: None

I admit it, I am a bad person. I am a foolish person. I let my wordpress install lag behind on leekworld.
I encountered a bit of a bug all of a sudden with advanced-cache, and decided to upgrade rather than work around it – I was on WordPress 2.2.
Utter disaster.  I tried all sorts, but [...]

Posted on August 17th, 2008 under geeky. Tags: wordpress, wordpress 2.6.1, wordpress upgrade. Comments: None

I’m really liking the whole mixed media thang at the moment. Created a couple of watercolour headers that display based on GMT sunrise and sunset. Never realised PHP had sunrise/sunset functions, you larn a new thing every day, huh?
Still very much WIP, but I’m loving the paint. I’ve gone all painty.  I painted the [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2008 under arty farty, doing stuff, geeky. Comments: None

Dojo Toolkit and Regexp monster child runs amok. Citizens terrified. Where will it stop??
I want to put ‘>=2 ‘ in a combobox.
Dojo master say no.
In fact, it seems to be escaping any even vaguely ‘dodgy’ characters. I can’t put < in, fair enough. I can’t put & in. I tried ‘<‘ even. It converts that [...]

Posted on January 12th, 2008 under geeky, utter drivel. Comments: 3

xubuntu how I love thee.. let me count the ways.
 Now don’t get me wrong, Ubuntu is marvellous.  Point and shoot wondrousness, especially good for putting on the PC’s of those that wot not a lot.  I have however been swearing and crashing about a fair bit recently, trying to fudge some working things out of [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2007 under geeky, utter drivel. Comments: None

Great for chatting with your mates, utter utter hell if you are trying to use it for business.
For instance, I am trying to repair a knackered timesheet for some freelance work. I just want to see all the relevant mails by date. Can I do that? Not on your nelly. I have to go through [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2007 under geeky, utter drivel. Comments: 2