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Yosemite + M83

Submitted by matason on Wed, 08/02/2012 - 19:04

Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

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Writing tests for core PHP

Submitted by matason on Fri, 17/09/2010 - 23:03

I recently attended the Manchester PHP TestFest 2010 event where I discovered that writing tests for core PHP is surprising easy! All you need to know is a little PHP because tests for PHP are written in PHP... here are my notes from the day.

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Software Freedom Day 2010

Submitted by matason on Wed, 08/09/2010 - 09:47

I heard about the "Software Freedom Day" - http://softwarefreedomday.org/ just recently, it's a global event where free and open source software is promoted and demonstrated. This year it's taking place on Saturday 18th September from 10am to 4pm.

Details of the teams and where events are taking place can be found at http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CategoryTeam

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IBM ThinkPad 600

Submitted by matason on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 09:10

When my Mum said she had an old laptop at home somewhere gathering dust and that she thought it looked like my IBM, I got quite excited (I am a geek and I get especially excited about IBM ThinkPads)...

Sure enough, it was an IBM, an old ThinkPad 600 in pretty decent condition!

I couldn't wait to boot it but hit this error screen, it's actually an awesome error screen, as you move the cursor, the duck flaps its wings! They don't make them like they used to! In fact, IBM don't make them at all any more but hey...

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stdio.h : No such file or directory

Submitted by matason on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 08:07

I've just been following a getting started with C tutorial, the first task was to write a "Hello world!" program, the suggested code was:

#include < stdio.h>

void main()
{
  printf("\nHello World\n");
}

But when I came to compile it with gcc I got this error:

Tarn Hows and Scout Scar

Submitted by matason on Mon, 16/08/2010 - 09:37

We took a trip up to the Lake District on Saturday and did two walks, Tarn Hows and Scout Scar. Details of the walks can be found here - http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/index/visiting/outdoors/mileswithoutstiles/

Tarn Hows was quite quiet when we arrived at around 11am but when we got back two hours later it was bedlam in the car park and people were waiting for us to leave to take our parking spot.

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Riceboy Sleeps - Jónsi and Alex

Submitted by matason on Fri, 13/08/2010 - 16:41

Riceboy Sleeps - About the Album (full version) from Jónsi & Alex on Vimeo.

Interviews with Jónsi and Alex about their album Riceboy Sleeps and each song. Features audio/video clips by Jónsi & Alex.
www.jonsiandalex.com

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Le Tour de Drupal - London to Newhaven Route

Submitted by matason on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 13:44

About this time last year I rode from London to Paris on my 3-speed Brompton folding bike, it was a truly FAB experience and I would love to do it again some day!

One of my main worries about the trip was the route to take from London to Newhaven, I emailed several cycling groups and some nice folk over at www.cyclechat.net sent me some route suggestions, all of which were really helpful and I finally came up with this route which starts from Trafalgar Square and takes you to Newhaven: