Out of the corner of my eye
Blog URL http://www.dave78.com
Located Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Tags politics, activism, history, literature, culture, technology
A blog mainly focusing on politics, current affairs, history and activism in the UK, with some technology posts.
Latest Blog Posts
- Jen in Cambodia (VSO) on Oct 21, 2009 in Uncategorized
Just writing a quick note to let anyone who reads this know about one of my colleagues blogs, Jen in Cambodia - she’s gone over there to work as a VSO recently and has already written some thought provoking pieces on the legacy of the Khmer Rou...
- Where have you been? on Oct 8, 2009 in Travel Web dev google world
visited 19 states (8.44%) Courtesy of Douwe Osinga (go there to make your own map), via Matt Cutts.
- Scaling PHP apps on WAMP/WIMP on Sep 29, 2009 in Technology Web dev php wimp wamp scalability scaling
Things I’ve learned about deploying a busy PHP application on Amazon EC2 WAMP/WIMP stacks (the hard way) In no particular order: APC and __autoload Rasmus said __autoload doesn’t play nice with APC. This might have been true in 2006 when...
- Rails fails… again on Jul 29, 2009 in Web dev fail rails ruby
Actually this is Ruby I guess, not even got as far as Rails! Main Rails page says “We recommend Ruby 1.8.7″ but there’s no installer for it. I think over the years I’ve had more installs of Rails fail than succeed. Back to PHP...
- Launched new internet radio station playing dnb, house, techno on Jun 29, 2009 in Culture Personal djing dnb house internet radio techno
So, I’ve taken the plunge and launched an internet radio station playing a selection of electronic dance music. Inspired by seeing my friends playing on SubbassFM, Afterdarkradio etc. and wanting to see our group of friends do something with ou...
- Budget woes incoming… on Apr 22, 2009 in Politics current affairs budget
From the BBC: He is expected to unveil soaring public borrowing and details of the worst recession since World War II ended. Tax rises and spending cuts from 2011 are likely as Mr Darling sets out his plans to restore public finances. Meanwhile, the...
- Donate your TV Licence Fee to Gaza on Feb 4, 2009 in Personal current affairs dec gaza humanitarian palestine tv licence
It’s that simple. Donate your TV Licence Fee to the Gaza DEC Appeal. I have.
