Love the spammers

Love the spammers

One post on this blog gets a significantly higher proportion of spam comment hits than any other. Today provided a little gem in my moderation list. hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot [...]


Desert Island Geek Ep2 with Paul Parkinson

Desert Island Geek Ep2 with Paul Parkinson

One island, one geek, and just five of their cannot live without geek items. Paul Parkinson turns up at the island’s customs office with an unusual request: to trade his choice of website for an additional gadget. Will he manage to persuade our customs officer to approve his request?Main Site www.desertislandgeek.com PodShow site RSS iTunes [...]


The longest one ever

The longest one ever

For a few weeks now I’ve been rediscovering a previously mothballed artisticaly creative side, much of which has utilised one or more of my growing army of Moleskines. See someof the work on my flickr here. Jen, gratifyingly full of encouragement of – and taking inspiration from – this creative activity, came up with a [...]


Patton Oswalt (alias, Spence from King of Queens) on horror standup

Patton Oswalt (alias, Spence from King of Queens) on horror standup

Normally I post about my limited standup comedy experiences, but this one surpasses anything I experienced. Patton Oswalt is a comedy actor and comedian – if you’ve seen the US sitcom King of Queens, you’ll recognise him as Spence. You will need to scroll about two thirds down the page to the post entitled : [...]


Code Igniter projects in progress

Code Igniter projects in progress

Code Igniter has proved to be a valuable tool in helping to get some of my personal code projects off the ground. Here are the three which are currently in development. WriteRelief (http://writerelief.co.uk) WriteRelief is designed to help freelance writers track their submissions to magazines, publications and publishers. The database enables creation of projects from [...]