David Goodwin’s blog
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18
Sanders park is busy. Lovely day # Hmm. Lidl almond ice cream things. # Hockey match done. Lovely day. # The coffee which has been keeping me alert/awake at work turns out to be decaf. A definite #wtf moment. # I love chilli. # RT @carolinegoodwin they're a rough lot in Bromsgrove http://bit.ly/dg8Tzt (woman banned…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-11
You'd think rubbing 24 miles would mean the dog wouldn't need walking again. Apparently not. # God. Can't put it off any longer. Must shower and cut the lawn, else it'll become hay. Hoping body works again. # Body now rebelling against 3hr 20 min run (bromsgrove -> Birmingham and back). Hope it was about…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-04
Latest farm health and safety device 'promise' (this is real… Hang it on broken stuff so others know) http://twitpic.com/1d5w0u # Reason 501 that religion is bad – http://nsfw.myconfinedspace.com/2010/04/03/whip-it-whip-it-good (page decorations are nsfw, image is ok) # Good run – shame tripod couldn't keep up and had to be left behind. Dog seems to be going…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-28
work meeting over; time to go shopping or something. # Dear #Lazyweb I'm looking for 400-600sq feet of office space in/near Bromsgrove town centre (enough for 4 desks etc). # Google Chrome Still The Unhackable Browser http://thenextweb.com/google/2010/03/28/google-chrome-remains-unscathed/ are ff's days numbered? # the free @digg app is here for iphone! they're giving out 1 tricked…
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Running routes
I’ve used http://www.favoriterun.com for years now (See e.g. http://favoriterun.com/account/public_user_profile/5369 ). However, today Chris pointed me at http://gb.mapometer.com/en – which does a far better job of plotting routes (e.g. auto-follow road; calorie guess-timation etc). Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to allow the public to see who plotted a route – or see any other information about a…
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zencart security crapness
Today, I logged into one server to have a rummage and see if I could free up some disk space… on a whim I do an ‘ls’ of /tmp and find a file called ‘att1.txt’. Hmm. Lets take a look – ‘head att1.txt’ gave : #!/usr/bin/perl # ShellBOT # 0ldW0lf – oldwolf@atrix-team.org # …
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21
What a beautiful day. # Need more sleep. 4am is not wake up time toddler. And just leave me be while you play with Lego. /please/ # The dog has had bacon and mince for tea. I hope I eat as well. # Looks like the funky new car park crap at asda #bromsgrove is…
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Python script to backup mysql databases on Debian
Here’s a short python script I must have knocked up some time ago – and totally forgotten – hopefully it’ll be of some use to others…. Purpose: backup all MySQL databases, one in each file with a timestamp on the end. You’ll probably want to have a secondary cron job which does something like :…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14
Tcp over Dns seems a success – just slow, really slow. 33kbps old skopl slow. Hurry up bethere I want those 10mbps # And no real golf involved either in last tweet. Not sure I'll visit all the watering holes. Getting to 3 holes would make me happy. # Beer and running don't mix too…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07
Sweet. The now show is back. Good times. #nowshow #radio4 #BBC # Lovely run up Lickey hill; http://favoriterun.com/294345 – 7:45mins/mile; 12.57 miles. Now to eat breakfast and visit/annoy @carolinegoodwin # Congratulations Rowan. You've slept well. Don't rush to get up; I don't mind. When you do wake, we'll eventually go and have Lots of fun.…
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