What is the plural of anticlimax? Anticlimaxes? Anticlimii? Anticlimices?
Could somebody please tell me what the attraction of gardening is? To hear people go on about it you’d think they blissfully sink into some zen-like trance whilst delicately pruning a tiny leaf off an otherwise perfect shrub. They certainly don’t mention the delights of carting a trailer load of dead tree branches to the [...]
Yaaargh, it’s that time again shipmates – International Talk Like a Pirate Day is upon us like a buzzard upon a pillaged town. In accordance with tradition, the scurvy Radsies present the best of this year’s Pirate Haikus… dawn on the high seasbeauty beyond words – exceptcutlass in yer guts This stunning example captures a [...]
Hi all, In order to save some money I’ve moved the blog to a new server, hosted off my own broadband. You might notice photos download a little slower, or the site is down for short periods sometimes. If you notice protracted downtime, or the site is not behaving as you would expect, please email [...]
The best recipes come about when you’re in the kitchen thinking “christ, I don’t think I could stand another stirfry.” Enter zingy pie. Take 2 A4-sized sheets of puff pastry out of the freezer. Separate and leave on the bench to defrost. Preheat your oven to 200C. Prepare an A4 sheet of well oiled baking [...]
No, I’ve not been watching seedy films involving vampires, zombies and possibly retired Spice Girls, nor have I been trying to intimidate a computer (for explanation read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) but I donated blood today. Or, more correctly, I made a pathetic aborted attempt to donate blood today. Let me elucidate. … [...]
I tried out a good little utility yesterday – SchemaSpy. According to the site, it’s a Graphical Database Schema Metadata Browser – or in simple terms, you point it at a database and it gives you a navigable graphical representation of the database. I’m integrating it into our nightly builds at work so we always [...]
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