Archive for April, 2008

And thus I emerge, blinking, on the other side, having seen things I wish to never see again. Debates on the security risks of chmod 777. Regular expressions. 301 redirects and other such server-side horrors. In all, a testing transition, but one that must surely extend geek cred for another twelve months. Of course, right [...]

Making a few changes here (notably, making the long overdue move to WordPress). In an Agile* fashion I’m just going to put it live then fix things as I go. So, for the next few days, you may find a few 404s or empty pages – these will be fixed once I’ve hacked around with [...]

As with most people, when I get busy, blogging suffers. Instead, I’m unwinding by learning to cook. It’s been a long journey, levelling up on the slopes of Mt. Noob and now reaching the stages where I’m at least mildly competent. Lessons learnt thus far: the sheer ubiquity of onions and garlic. What happens if [...]

Sunday’s FA Cup semi being Cardiff’s biggest game for 81 years, it’s also the biggest game I’ll have been to – and it’s dominating my thoughts right now, even though there are a dozen strange and wonderful things going on around me. It’ll also give me a chance to exercise my architectural fetishism re: stadiums [...]