Safe UK

You may recall my post about the RIAA mass-suing that's started in this post. You've probably also heard about it in the news recently. Well this Q&A, if it's right... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on July 22, 2003 07:15 AM

Firewalls

This place has been invisible since sometime Friday night. It was still running, but an admin error with a firewall meant visitors weren't allowed in. There's no point me getting... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on June 30, 2003 07:17 PM

MT Upgrade

I've upgraded the CMS widget here to 2.61. If you notice any new problems (as opposed to existing problems), do let me know.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on February 17, 2003 07:05 AM

Daynotes Changes

You may have noticed that Brain Bilbrey recently changed the Daynotes.org listing for Daynotes memebers. Segregating those not currently posting from those who are, will hopefully make it easier for... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on January 07, 2003 07:41 AM

Sort Order

I pretty much guessed this would happen. Some of you prefer the entries in a given day in ascending order, some prefer it in descending. As some sort of compromise,... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on January 02, 2003 07:02 AM

Ordering

A very helpful tip here allowed me to reorder the entries in this diary. As requested, they're now sorted descending overall with entries ascending within a given day. Hope this... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 31, 2002 11:28 AM

Perma

Ok, so I lied, that wasn't my last post for the day (blame it on the cider). Below each article is a few details of the post, who, when, category,... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on November 02, 2002 08:15 PM

MovableType 2.5

The blog system I use to keep this place working, Movable Type, has a new version out. The new version has a fair few changes, enhancements, fixes and so on.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on October 09, 2002 06:52 AM

Comical

I laughed very very hard when my ISP told me what was causing me to not be able to connect to their system. Turns out, they'd not allocated me an... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 25, 2002 06:02 PM

Smiley

The 20th aniversary of the smiley today. Some like 'em, some hate 'em, but they've been around for 20years today (apparently). Here's the details of it's creation, and subsequent recovery.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 19, 2002 07:00 AM

Blog'd to death

The scene-of-crime officer didn't think there was much point dusting the car for prints. I tend to agree with them. So it's just waiting until tomorrow for a new bit... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 17, 2002 08:49 PM

Hits

I'm not one to normally be overly bothered by how many visitors there are here. After all I've been popping stuff up here for over two years now, the novelty... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 17, 2002 07:38 AM

ASP Sessions

First an apology for posts which sometimes seem, perhaps, a little irrelevant. The main reason is that they may be of interest to some of you (otherwise I'd not even... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 13, 2002 07:25 PM

Skinning

You might have seen that this site has the ability to chose a colour scheme (light or dark), menu over on the right. This morning I found a system, which... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 13, 2002 07:47 AM

More tinkering

Ok, nice lazy morning. What I have done is further refine the styles used here. No I've not changed the colours, or layout, just the way it's used. Before today... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 08, 2002 12:01 PM

Gone

My email and webhosting has vanished. It started with me getting email, and being able to see this place, but not edit any of it (hence the lack of entries... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 24, 2002 09:15 PM

Internet

Newsnight had a brief slot last night with a debate between Bill Thompson (an "Internet Journalist") and John Perry Barlow (someonein the EFF). The argument settled around the way certain... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 23, 2002 07:39 AM

Tweaks

A few more tweaks the light colour scheme, remove the lilac, change the link colour and so on. I'll get round to the font size issue real soon, I promise.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 20, 2002 09:40 PM

Changing Rooms

Half my readership complained about the white on black nature of the site (see the comments in the post below). So in an attempt to please you all, I've added... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 19, 2002 09:26 PM

ADSL

I'm still using an old slow modem at the moment. Have been for quite a while. Recently I've started looking at ADSL. The biggest stumbling block so far has been... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 19, 2002 06:24 PM

Backups

Well that's sorted. It's not quite as automatic as I'd like, but I can backup the DB now (and from the DB recreate all the pages). I think the lack... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 14, 2002 07:45 AM

Bugs

Intel got back to my query on the missing refresh rate in their latest drivers. Apparently they're able to duplicate the issue, and have passed it on to their engineers... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 14, 2002 07:36 AM

This place part 2

The old diary still exists by the way, you'll find it at http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~phil4/olddiary/ Like I said, colour schemes may change, I've just not figured out what a good colour scheme... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 13, 2002 06:55 PM

This place

For a long long time I've wanted to move this diary over to a DB based place. Partly because I work with DB driven websites, and often feel inclined to... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 12, 2002 06:52 PM

Technology in action

I'm up early to beat the rush to the supermarket this morning. I'd usually go on a Sunday, but I’ve got to go to Halfords to get my car stereo... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 03, 2002 06:19 PM