Exponetic’s first Ruby on Rails development project has gone live! Called Zuzzid it lets users post rants and raves about insurance products and experiences. Okay, it may not sound fascinating, but there’s no other outlet and it’s good to know who might actually pay out on a claim. Personally, I’ve ranted about how poor breakdown …
“The Guolizhuang restaurant claims to be China’s only speciality penis emporium, and no, it is not a joke.” BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Beijing’s penis emporium
Whilst trying to backup a SQL Server 2005 database on Windows 2003 I was given an error which said, amongst other things operating system error 5. That didn’t help a great deal, but the resolution was relatively simple: give the SQL user on the server access permissions to the folder I was trying to back …
As a bit of R&D, and to lead in to some client projects, I’ve had some Facebook applications on the go. I thought it time to hurry one through so that there’s something live rather than just vague promises of “almost finished”. So, my first (simple) app is out there now. It’s an experiment in …
Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun a footballer, according to computer models used to estimate running speeds of dinosaurs. Is that a metric footballer or an imperial footballer? BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | T. rex ‘would outrun footballer’
Eleven extras have been injured after falling off a truck on the German set of Tom Cruise’s latest movie, Valkyrie. Police said there were “no findings to suggest anyone famous was involved”. Thank god no-one famous was hurt! BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Eleven injured on Cruise film set
The SEH Architects summer party went to Paris this year, and I went along with them. Some pictures below: Michael is proud of his work on the champagne: Lots of people looked lost even before they’d reached Paris: Notre Dame cathedral should be a stable of any Parisian visit set of pictures: The Eiffel Tower …
As it says: “Nothing’s as hilarious as a dog in a costume, right?” Dogs in funny costumes
Those whacky Japanese are at it again: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4]
It seems that someone’s stolen the entrance mat to our office over the weekend. It’s about 5 feet by 8 feet, was hard-wearing, fireproof (we know as the local kids gave it a good go) and was a kind of dark blue/grey. If you see someone suspiciously installing a piece of slightly worn carpet in …