Interesting article on Backblaze’s Blog. I have generally purchased WD Hard Drives in the past so hopefully I will be ok.
c/o The Loop
Subbuteo – Fond Memories
February 8, 2013 By
The guys at The Football Attic have been doing some sterling writing recently about one of my favourite childhood toys, Subbuteo. Highly recommended reading for those of us that are of a certain age.
Linking PHP includes used in files triggered by cron jobs
January 20, 2013 By
This is more of a reminder than a tutorial, when using PHP Includes in files triggered by CRON jobs you cannot use the normal relative links in your include or require statement you have you include the full server path to the file.
To do this you can use __DIR__ if the version of PHP you are running is greater than 5.3 like so:
<?php require_once(__DIR__.'/path/to/directory/file.php'); ?>
Coventry City vs Preston North End – Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Semi Final
January 11, 2013 By
Well what a night. In recent years having gone 2-1 down after taking the lead from an excellent finish from Steven Jennings we would have rolled over and had our tummies tickled but this new city side is made of sterner stuff under the stewardship of Mark Robins.
The introduction of Franck Moussa in the 74th minute gave us a little more impetus going forward and our pressure finally told in the 92nd minute when Moussa’s cross fell to Jordan Clarke on the right hand side of the box and his deft little touch gave Carl Baker the chance to power home at the near post through the keepers legs to level the tie and then Leon Clarke sent into sky blue heaven by winning it in the last minute after their keeper could only parry Bakers shot back into his path.
So now we progress to the area final to face either Crewe or Bradford for a chance to play at wembley.
Sri Lanka take the spoils
December 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Any team with Muttiah Muralitharan playing in their own back yard are always going to be a difficult proposition but when England dismissed them on the 1st day for only 188 the door was more than ajar. But England’s batting proved fallible and Ian Bell apart no-one performed over both innings whilst Kumar Sangakkara proved what a class act he is with the highest score in both innings.
Mercenaries
November 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Beached Yacht on Manari Beach, Kimberley
November 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
We found this yacht beached about half a mile from where we were camping on Manari Beach, Kimberley, Australia. Dave the guy who owned the yacht had fallen asleep and was brought ashore on an exceptionally high tide.
Despite our best efforts Andrew, Rod and I were unable to refloat it that morning but I am pleased to report that Rod went back the next day and he and Dave managed to get the yacht sea borne again and it is now sitting in Rod’s front yard awaiting some TLC after having been swapped for Rod’s 4 wheel drive.
Kaiser Chiefs
November 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
On Monday Night we went to see the Kaiser Chiefs at the Birmingham NIA.
They were supported by The Little Ones who I only caught a couple of songs of their set and We Are Scientists who I thought were excellent. If you live in the Midlands you can catch them live at Warwick University on Sunday 2nd December.
The Kaiser Chiefs were also very good, they played a tight set and are obviously excellent musicians but I felt there was a lack of connection between them and the audience as at the end of their set they just kinda wandered off stage without really acknowledging the crowd. It may be the Modern Way to paraphrase one of their songs as I have only just started to see live bands again after a long hiatus but I felt it showed a lack of gratitude for the support of their fans.