Monthly Archives: February 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28
Back from long run. Good but body now protesting; dog caused me to loose timings etc so no idea of time. http://favoriterun.com/302054 # RT @bromsgrove Winner of the best curry award named: spice valley, worcs rd. http://bit.ly/amuzbx <- I agree. # First ice cream van of the year just drove past, and now he's back … Continue reading
Random notes from installing postfixadmin 2.3 deb
Server: Debian Lenny Installed .deb from here # wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/postfixadmin/files/postfixadmin/postfixadmin_2.3_all.deb/download …. # dpkg -i postfixadmin_2.3_all.deb … dpkg moans about missing dependencies Selecting previously deselected package postfixadmin.(Reading database … 38632 files and directories currently installed.)Unpacking postfixadmin (from postfixadmin_2.3_all.deb) …dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfixadmin: postfixadmin depends on dbconfig-common; however: Package dbconfig-common is not installed. postfixadmin depends on wwwconfig-common; … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
pondering a long run tomorrow – http://favoriterun.com/302054 – 19.3 miles. Hope the weather's ok. # UK Drivers – when on the motorway, if there is adequate space on your left, pull over and let those behind through. #fsckingBMWidiotontheM6 # All stop. M42….. # Only 8 hours in the car today. 'should' have been closer to … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
Hmm tesco sell semi invisible diesel too. Needle didn't move after refuel, stopped to put more in and then it caught up. Stupid car. # Random diesel prices : independent 111.9p/l, sainsburys 113.9p/l, tesco 115.9p/l. Tescos were the only one open at 7am on Sunday. :-/ # Hmm weather advisory for heavy snow on my … Continue reading
Starbucks – Free wifi should not cost £5
Today, I went to London to visit a prospect customer – who we’ve done work for before – oddly the people I spoke to had no knowledge of the work we did (they paid for it all about 18-24 months ago… but nevermind), and it doesn’t appear to have been deployed either (“We heard someone … Continue reading
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
Wondering where to run to tomorrow. # Rowan now has a facebook account to go with his Twitter @rowangoodwin and blog … (rowangoodwin.co.uk, Facebook.com/rowan.Goodwin) # Haha msnbot it appears you are enjoying indexing a customers server a bit much. Have you heard of being 'nice' ? # Today I did a total of 132 pushups … Continue reading
Still looking for a PHP contractor….
At work I’m still looking for a short term PHP contractor. Perhaps I’m being unrealistic in my expectations/requirements (rate/location/duration/skills etc), but nevertheless…. As I’ve not found anyone via normal channels (twitter/phpwm user group etc) I thought I’d turn to a random recruitment agency (who I’d spoken to a week or so ago). Yesterday I interviewed … Continue reading
Can you write a web app, like Ebay, for me?
Today I had a phone call which went along the lines of …. Prospect: Do you develop web applications? Me: Yes… <cue sales pitch> Prospect: I’ve got a great idea, it’s like eBay…. I need a programmer…. Me: <thinking: oh not another….> Prospect: I think it’s about 2 developer months worth of work…. Me: Well, … Continue reading
Rate limiting http traffic (mod_evasive and iptables)
A customer has a relatively busy web site, which contains lots of juicy information (business names, addresses, email address, phone numbers etc etc). Currently there is nothing in place to stop people spidering it – unless someone explicitly looks at the log files and does something. Blocking annoying people who spider the site is easy … Continue reading