Author: karlbunyan

Leyton Orient top of Division Two

Leyton Orient top of Division Two

Since Orient are the only side in Division Two to have won both of the first two games of the season we’re now top. Two games into the new season is certainly too early to tell anything, since football is ‘a funny old game’, but it’s a good start. Enjoy it while it lasts! BBC …

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More JavaScript haiku

More JavaScript haiku

I first published a JavaScript haiku called ‘Fear of tomorrow’ here. Well, I’ve written some more. Apparently these are more likely to be classed as Senryuu, but what do I know. Anyway, here are some others that I’ve written, with the code first and the way it’s supposed to be read following it, and then …

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A decent motorbiking road out of London

A decent motorbiking road out of London

Hiring a motorbike in London always has the disadvantage that you have to go quite a way to find a decent road to ride down. Well, I’ve found one now with the route from north-east London to Saffron Walden. The ‘easy’ way would be to take the M11, since Saffron Walden is only a couple …

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Review of Honda CBR600

Review of Honda CBR600

I’ve ridden Honda CBR600’s quite a few times now and I have to say that I think for riding pleasure I enjoy this bike more than the others I’ve tried. After riding the Blackbird recently, which is an exceedingly well balanced bike for its size, the CBR600 felt extremely light. That is the real benefit …

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Leyton Orient 2 -1 Macclesfield Town

Leyton Orient 2 -1 Macclesfield Town

The first match of the season, and the first match to watch from the new West Stand. The building is pretty much complete, give or take some ‘finishing touches’, and the new central block of padded seats are a great place to watch the game from. Leyton started well, scoring in the second minute, and …

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Jasmine B&B, Southwold

Jasmine B&B, Southwold

I stayed last night in the Jasmine B&B in Southwold. It was actually closer to Reydon, an adjoining town, and about 20 minutes walk from Southwold high street and seafront. The B&B was tiny, with only 3 rooms (en-suite), but a friendly welcome. In fact, the whole thing is more like staying in a friend’s …

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The world is getting weirder

The world is getting weirder

This story of a boy fascinated by rubbish trucks and wants to be a dustman when he grows up is just too weird. Gordon, who has a growing collection of toy refuse vehicles, said the best part of the trip was “putting the bins on the back of the dustbin” and “pressing the big button”. …

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Kerala Indian restaurant, Central London

Kerala Indian restaurant, Central London

I’ve been to Kerala (Indian restaurant near Oxford Circus in Central London) again and it’s just as good as it was when I first went and wrote about it here. I just want to make sure enough people go there to keep it open (it seems busy enough) so hopefully this should appear in some …

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PHP 4 foreach as references

PHP 4 foreach as references

PHP 4 doesn’t seem to create references for objects in foreach loops. e.g. the following will not change the original objects: foreach($placeholder as $contentBlock) { $contentBlock->setPosition(1); } The value of the position property in the original object will remain unaffected. This is quite rubbish. To get round it you need to get all the array …

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PHP 4 annoyances ( = rant)

PHP 4 annoyances ( = rant)

After working with PHP 5 for quite some time now, I’ve had to go back to PHP 4 to develop a CMS for a client’s site where we don’t have much over the hosting environment. Going back to the old version has annoyed me quite a few times already and it’s probably made worse by …

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