MacDs was a bit busy, and as I was paying by card anyway, I decided to give the automated machine a go. All I wanted was my traditional two hamburgers and a large fries. You would have thought that was …
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Just updated WordPress, and re-enabled my plugins. Just testing my phone app still works.
Read moreLuggage racks
Every day I catch a bus whose ultimate destination is the airport. Obviously a few passengers will travel with large bags, so the bus has a luggage rack at the front. Once a week, someone puts their wheeled suitcase into …
Read moreThe morning paper
Now that I commute from Croydon, I have to face the daily barrage of people thrusting a free newspaper into my hand. I normally take the City am business news from the man outside the station. I have noticed a …
Read moreSunglasses
Why do people wear sunglasses on top of their head? Why not just put them in a case out of the way? Interesting to note that I could not even find clipart to represent this.
Read moreAt last
I have been trying for ages to get my phone app to talk to my blog. I now the app was updated recently, and I have also connected to WordPress.com, so not to sure what fixed it. That’s the iced …
Read moreOystercard analysis
Herewith, my first Oystercard analysis for May 2016. Bus journeys Route Count X26 11 403 2 Tram journeys Tram stop Count West Croydon 2 Train journeys From To Count Range Average Cheam West Croydon 13 20m-46m 27m South Croydon Cheam …
Read moreSouth, West and East Croydon
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Read moreRegular expression to update the PHP tag
Many moons ago, PHP used <? to denote the start of a php script. This caused a problem with some XML code, so it was decided to use <?php instead. For some time, PHP no longer recognises <?, although there is …
Read moreApache process memory usage
I recently had a problem where a website runs normally all month, but after an “update notification Email” was sent, the website ground to a halt. The first useful command I found was `free` which displays the memory status. total …
Read moreAdding SpamAssassin and ClamAV to Postfix
Installation is easy enough with the package system, but further tweaks are required to get it up and running. Once its running, more tweaks are required to have it running at its best. First task is to have an up …
Read moreJim will paint it
“Jim will paint it” is someone I follow on Facebook.You can see the real me among the 408K followers. People send in requests and he creates a cartoon. Obviously only the best requests get a picture, but they are really …
Read morec# Creating objects with a string
My problem was that a particular system had 4 customers and the possibility that this would expand. Each customer had their own bespoke software to handle the data processing. This caused maintenance difficulties as often a change would be required …
Read moreSomething to eat
I have been ill and have not eaten much this week. Although feeling better, my appetite hadn’t returned. I have to eat something, so I thought I could help by looking at pictures of cod and chips. Not too sure …
Read moreFellow bus passengers
I previous wrote about Agnes, one of the regulars I see on my bus ride to work. Today, I will tell you about a few more of the regulars. Monkey boy I actually see him walking to school most mornings …
Read moreTurn that noise down!
I download a weekly quiz podcast. This week, I had two episodes outstanding, so I decided to listen to it on the bus. I have a bit of tinnitus so I need the volume up so I could hear what …
Read moreAnother game of pool
Further to my adventures on my pool app, I had a interesting situation earlier today. My opponent was solid, I was stripes. The black ball lodged itself right on the edge of a pocket. For the sake of anyone who does …
Read moreEastbourne pier
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Read moreSocial media
Just setting up some social media stuff. Yes, I’m that bored.
Read moreBrazil
To show you how much I care about football, until two weeks ago I had no idea who the England manager was. Then the other day, I was googling in order to find out the current name of my old …
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