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CodeSpaces Project Hosting

Looks like CodeSpaces, the project hosting company, I listed a while back (Free SVN Hosting Providers) is preparing for a beta launch of some funky new features. I wish I knew more but alas I don’t (MASSIVE HINT ). They’re a strong contender in my previous review but I reckon they’d do better with a [...]

Linode and Slicehost

Just as I’m in the process of moving my sites off Slicehost onto Linode completely I spotted a tweet of someone asking about the advantages of of the big green “L” over SliceHost. Well although I did a post reviewing the top developer webhosts a while back I thought I’d jump into answering this very [...]

Freebase – Structured Data

Can’t believe I’ve not spotted this before. Freebase is a freely editable store of structured data. If you want a table of programming languages or Greek poets then Freebase can provide. This has endless possibilities for tinkering and scripting with. If you’ve not seen before then I strongly recommend a visit.

New Mac, Wii and DS

I’ve not been posting in a while as I received a new Wii, DS and Mac over the Christmas period which has kept me very busy – thats on top of working all the hours god sends! I’m not rich – nor is my family. There was a windfall that enabled presents to be bought [...]

Wow – Mysql Site

When did this happen?

AbeBooks UK: Another Netvibes Plugin

I’m loving the Netvibes plugins at the moment and I produced a second one today.  This time I’ve decided to have the body of it as static HTML rather than generating it using the included widget API.  It seems to start faster as a result. The widget is simply a search box for finding cheap [...]

First Netvibes Plugin

Just finished my first Netvibes plugin.  Hopefully it’ll be the first of many to come as I’ve now got the hang of the Universal Widget API (UWA) now. My first widget is mainly for UK users who take a lot of flights.  Its a Lastminute.com flight checker widget so you can find the latest pricing [...]

I’m a Ninja

True fax.  Pirates are rubbish.

Vermont Got Sexy

If you’re a freelance programmer who’s dabbled in setting up your own company then you may like to hear about Vermont right now. Most countries and states require you to have a physical office and solid paper trail to incorporate a company.  Even if you’re a virtual one who’s staff are contracted across the world.  [...]

Saturday Code Quote: 7

Tsk. /* ** The following shit is necessary because Netscape developers don’t ** know how to read the fucking RFCs. */ From the source of the Courier Mail Server.