I've just completed a major migration of all my old blog posts to WordPress. There's still a lot to do, but I'm hoping that using a publishing tool with more features than my home-grown scripts will make updates and maintenance much easier going forward. If you're that way inclined, please update your feed subscriptions to … Continue reading Migrating to WordPress
Jonathan Coulton in London
Wow, hey! Jonathan Coulton is coming to London!. I've already booked tickets for a friend and I. I heartily recommend that anyone else come along to see the Godfather of Geek Rock.
Updated CruiseControl Presentation
I just done a minor update to my Introduction to CruiseControl slide show. A huge "thank you" to Siegfried Goeschl, who sent me his changes.
Postfix SpamAssassin and SELinux
I've just had three very long nights in a row, configuring a new mail server for Lillifoot, and trying to get SpamAssassin working. It's finally working very sweetly, but I pulled a fair amount of hair out getting there. My configuration is as follows: Xen Hypervisor: Dual Core 3.0GHz Intel Pentium 2Gb. I'm currently only … Continue reading Postfix SpamAssassin and SELinux
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton's music has been playing pretty non-stop on my music player for the last week now. It's great music, and the lyrics often have a perverse humour based on maths, science fiction and other geeky subjects that really appeals to me. Who else can sing about the Mandelbrot Set without sounding lame? I've known … Continue reading Jonathan Coulton
Test Driven
This is one of those strange examples of synchronicity. I was moderating a message on the JUnit discussion group, when I came across a message by Lasse Koskela, which reminded me of his upcoming book: Test Driven. For a long time I had been planning to go and buy a copy, because I'm very interested … Continue reading Test Driven
Lillifoot Website
As I've hinted previouly, my wife and I opened up a new shoe store last month: Lillifoot. A major reason why I haven't been blogging as much lately is because I've been so busy with Lillfoot. We've effectively set up a complete retail business from scratch. It's been an incredible learning experience, as we've had … Continue reading Lillifoot Website
phpMyFlatSite
Nicolas Seriot wrote to tell me about how he has adapted the exubero stylesheet for his own software: phpMyFlatSite. Not that I'm biased, but it looks very good. 🙂
Nautilus Scripts for Subversion
I'm in the process of helping my wife start up a new business venture (more on that later). As a result, we are hiring people to help us. At this stage, there is a large amount of planning involved, and so I have set up a subversion repository where we can share and collaborate on … Continue reading Nautilus Scripts for Subversion
The Business Case for a Blog
The Cluetrain Manifesto struck a chord with me when I first read it. In the eight years since it was published, I sometimes see signs that companies have paid attention to that message. More often, the same old closed shop business practices are seen. A friend recently started a new business installing and servicing domestic … Continue reading The Business Case for a Blog
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