October 1st, 2004
And so my search for a decent DOS emulator comes to an end. DOSBox enables you to run old DOS games from your PC, Mac or whatever you want really. Not only that but there’s a huge repository of classic DOS games available to download for free from DOSGames.com. So here’s to many more hours […]
October 1st, 2004
I’ve been off radar for the last seven days. I’ve actually been pretty busy doing presentations and video conferences at work on the new Student Services Intranet I’ve been building. Of that more later… In my spare time I’ve been putting together my online portfolio. Not the sorry excuse for a portfolio that exists here […]
September 24th, 2004
Must see TV for tonight: Who Killed Kirsty MacColl? – a BBC4 documentary on possibly the best English singer-songwriter of all time. I’ve always been a huge fan and as long as I can locate the little bijou that is BBC4 amongst the sea of crap on my Sky digibox I shall be watching.
September 22nd, 2004
Six weeks into my new healthy regime and I’m already three inches smaller. I’m quite amazed at the amount of fat thats been burned from my abused body. Mentored by my ex-boss, Andy, the combination of healthy eating, drinking lots of water and exercising lots has left me with a belt that’s too big to […]
September 21st, 2004
I’ve been working out the complete redesign process of this site. It not only involves a visual overhaul to the front end GUI but to the inner workings behind the scenes and under the hood. I’ve now implemented something I’ve been working on for sometime – metadata. Whilst many believe that meta tags such as […]
September 20th, 2004
In just seven years Ian Brown has managed to double the output he managed to release under the Stone Roses banner in ten. Granted none of his solo offerings have been as easily accessible and ‘poppy’ as his former band but he has nevertheless produced four musically unique and diverse long-players as well as a […]
September 17th, 2004
Whilst blogging tools like Movable Type, Blogger, WordPress and Textpattern are exceedingly good for blogging, they all have their limitations. Notably, most do not do true content management. That is, none of them embrace XML as fully as they could. For example, link management, workflow and front-end editing are not utilised at all. The WYSIWYG […]
September 17th, 2004
Having already enjoyed author (and accidental cult leader) Danny Wallace’s previous co-written book “Are you Dave Gorman“, I was eagerly anticipating his latest furore into the world of pulp fact. Join me is the true story of how Danny Wallace got bored and decided to create a “collective” in honour of his deceased relation. He […]
September 15th, 2004
For our weekly visit to the flicks we decided a hard-hitting dose of reality would be just the ticket as the last ebbs of summer trickle away down the MK Xscape wind tunnel. Super size me is a documentary film in the same genre as Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine. Yet the guy presenting this […]
September 14th, 2004
I have been busying myself behind the scenes of this site, tinkering with the inner-workings in order to serve up semantically correct code as well as a greater user-experience that typifies my work on day to day projects here at the Open University. Indeed this site with it’s simplistic navigation and minimalist design somewhat betrays […]