More Than Nothing

So I’ve finally gotten around to sorting out a new blog. There were several reasons for wanting a change, it’s just taken me a while to get around to sorting it all out. The old host, whilst having the benefit of being free, that was it’s only real benefit. The biggest problem was not being [...]

Although you won't notice it yet, I now have a new host. A friend of mine has given me some webspace and, as is often the case with space donated by friends, it comes with a lot of flexibility which is good. Currently I have it set up to redirect as before, as I don't [...]

For me academic years are like calendar years for regular people. Each new term comes with the promise to myself that I am going to do better; I’m going to work harder, complete those projects I’m always starting, be more sociable and, most crucially for this post, blog more. And, as with most people, I [...]

‘Tis my birthday today, and I had a great day. Some wonderful presents and managed to pull off cooking a delicious meal. As a lovely surprise to round off the day, I took a quick peek at my FeedBurner stats only to find since I actually got round to posting about my move I have [...]

For a few years now I’ve been an avid reader of Jeff Atwood’s blog Coding Horror (and more recently his and Joel Spolksy‘s Stackoverflow podcast). He’s a good writer and provokes some very interesting discussions. He recently made the controversial move to become a pro-blogger, which means he’s added advertisement to his site like…well…pretty much [...]