David Goodwin’s blog

  • PHP Serialization & igbinary

    Recently I’ve been trying to cache more and more stuff – mostly to speed things up. All was well, while I was storing relatively small numbers of data – because (as you’ll see below) my approach was a little flawed. Random background – I use Zend_Cache, in a sort of wrapped up local ‘Cache’ object,…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30

    Hhh: “@madeupstats: Xprts hv wrnd by currnt trnds vwls cld bcm xtnct by 2050.” # Bromsgrove 3rd hockey vs khansa(?) (Warwick). We lost 3-1 🙁 we were winning 1-0 at half time 🙂 # RT: @GeekStats: ~20% of Facebook users state their relationship status. 40% = "single"; 3% = "it's complicated" http://bit.ly/gnuFiH # It seems…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-23

    Slave labour / someone likes cleaning. http://twitpic.com/3spmzo # I <3 chocolate rice crispy cake. # Turbo trainer found. Now what about the bike ? (volare elite esto mag something.) # Bromsgrove 3rds vs West Brom – lost 2-0. I played the second half. Meh. # Must learn to not leave home without my hockey stick…

  • Javascript Linting…

    Suffice to say, my minions write a quantity of Javascript. And testing it isn’t all that easy. While rummaging the internet, I came across @NeilCrosby‘s FrontEndTestSuite which aims to automate e.g. w3c validator checks and so on – there will be more on that later I suspect once I get it working. Anyway, the first…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-16

    Playing for the other team…. #hockey # Nails filed. Breakfast eaten. Hello Sunday…. # Only 3 doors left to open on @rowangoodwin's advent calendar. #festiveSpirit 🙂 # Bromsgrove 3rds 1:7 hampton Arden. #hockey 🙁 # Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. # Neighbours – STFU. Kthxbai. # Not sure why Bromsgrove council feel the need to build a…

  • Upgrading Cassandra 0.6 to 0.7 …

    For one project we use Cassandra as a distributed backend message store (for an email archive, which by it’s nature is always going to grow in size); we choose to use Cassandra as it offered the ability to replicate data over a number of servers – giving us scalability and redundancy. Also, for the project…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-09

    "behave yourself would you, no homework! Watch sone porn!" #supernatural # RT @GeneHunt Gene's 4th law of physics: The more streamlined a woman is, the greater resistance she offers. # RT @GeneHunt There's only one sort of 'man bag' a man should carry and that's the one God gave him. # RT @dick_turpin ipad for…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-02

    When my mother complains I'm really quiet on the phone what she really means is that her phone handset volume is turned down very low. # "They were saying on radio 4 that there's a new iPhone germ" said my mother. # RT @carolinegoodwin so it seems my nephew doesn't want a bath & possesses…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-26

    RT @metofficeWMids EARLY Warning of Heavy Snow for West Midlands valid from 0001 Tue 28 Dec to 2359 Tue 28 Dec http://bit.ly/f2JWlL meh meh # Only another 364 day to go …. # The icicles are falling off the house. I guess this is a good sign (thaw) # Wondering if we should record the…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-19

    M5 around Bromsgrove looks fine. A38 passable (Tarmac visible, slush etc) Stourbridge road – still White and poor. # Looks like @StormySan has a creeper following him. # Tractor stuck and snowed in! http://twitpic.com/3h2q36 # We now have a Spa shop on Broad St, Bromsgrove. Opening hours 0700-2300. # RT @adventbot There are 7 days…

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