Author: David Goodwin

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07

    Bromsgrove 4ths lost match. Perhaps 3-1. Well done Ludlow. #hockey # Clearly to balance out the karma (lie in), @rowangoodwin is having many wee-accidents. Two sets of clothes now used :-/ # I have the cleverest son ever. He didn't wake till 830am (on a saturday). Result. # Now @aypok has finally learnt how to…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07

    Bromsgrove 4ths lost match. Perhaps 3-1. Well done Ludlow. #hockey # Clearly to balance out the karma (lie in), @rowangoodwin is having many wee-accidents. Two sets of clothes now used :-/ # I have the cleverest son ever. He didn't wake till 830am (on a saturday). Result. # Now @aypok has finally learnt how to…

  • This afternoon on #phpwm

    PHP Security, people still don’t get it right…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03

    I sweat. A lot. # I think minecraft is overtaking the office. There's already an internal server. *sigh*. # Hello orange shop and xperia 10 mini thing. I'm glad it wont be my phone (horrible keyboard) # It wouldn't be the Post Office if there was no queue. # Once were warriors #oneofmyfavoritemovies # Mystery…

  • Some good news

    This morning I ran 3 miles. This is good. I can now run again. Stupid Achilles tendon appears to be fixed again. I’ve felt like a fat slob over the last 11-12 weeks, missed a marathon and rediscovered cycling. Lesson learnt: Next time my Achilles tendon goes (as no doubt it will knowing my luck), carve it out with…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19

    Welcome @LeaseDeskDotCom to Twitter. They have a very nice looking application (PHP/MySQL etc) *cough* # Php / mysql performance blog post – removing the need for a separate 'count' query when searching. #mysql http://bit.ly/caEXlx # Swinging in the park. # You know you're going to have "fun" reviewing code when you see foo.php foo.20090101.php foo_old.php…

  • Late to the performance party

    Everyone else probably already knows this, but $project is/was doing two queries on the MySQL database every time the end user typed in something to search on to get the data between a set range (SELECT x,y….. LIMIT n, OFFSET m or whatever) and another to get the total count of records (SELECT count(field) ….).…

  • August 2010

    I would start with saying that not a huge amount happened in August… but then having thought about it, I’d be lying. My right ankle is still in a state of disrepair – after hurting my achilles tendon … so no running, and I’m feeling fat / unfit as a result. I have got my…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

    Time to praise @Rowangoodwin for not waking up till 8am. What a clever considerate toddler. Shame I dozed on and off after 6 :-/ #

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

    Hammer and chisel = superior fridge de-icing 🙂 # Well the new office's dsl connection seems to be 80% working. Just no dhcp response. :-/ # Looks fun 🙂 What's your role @schwukette ? (@schwukette)http://yfrog.com/n1x5ejj # Wish the Chav family here could resist smoking in the playground. Grr. #arrowvalley # I have swingers shoulder. #…