Improving REST performance is all about negotiation September 4th, 2008
Ceci n’est pas un objét… nécessairement.
Random ordering of query results in Django September 3rd, 2008
Those who can, Google; those who can’t, teach Google.
If all malicious crackers were like McKinnon, we’d be safe September 3rd, 2008
Everyone’s searching the US government computers for hidden secrets about UFOs except me, it seems. Or maybe that’s what they’d like me to think.
Music is my hot hot CSS August 29th, 2008
The last person in the audience who historically doesn’t enjoy an Oxford Geek Night—me—is finally relaxing and having fun at them.
Playing with Django: a fretless experience August 25th, 2008
I’ve been trying for twenty minutes to shoehorn a joke about Grappelling into this excerpt.
No more SMSes from Twitter in the UK August 14th, 2008
If you’re twittering from the UK and wondering what happened to SMS push: it isn’t merely down; it’s gone.
Successful musicians write songs that other people like August 12th, 2008
By all means be careful what you invest in: whether you’re paying with your time or with your money. But thinking about the needs of your fellow man can reap rewards too: not just for your moral integrity.
OGN8 has become the musical OGN August 8th, 2008
Oxford Geek Nights #8: Rockin’ Rabbit. Because home socializing is killing public speaking.
I’m with Ignorant → August 8th, 2008
Never ask someone how stupid they are; conversely, don’t be surprised if they buy books explicitly meant for dummies.
Remember, remember July 23rd, 2008
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, and that includes civil liberties.