28 August 2024
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I’ve been reacquainting myself with MS Access recently. Since I seem to be mainly in a Windows mode at the moment and since I have an Office365 subscription, I’ve got access to Access and it provides tools for building an … Continue reading
26 August 2021
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I’ve generally been quite good about work / life balance. Work fits into work and, as I progressed to more senior roles, you’d be willing to get in a bit early, stay a bit later or do some extra work … Continue reading
22 January 2020
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Don’t worry – nothing scurrilous about this post. Instead, I’ve been learning a bit more this morning about controlling page spacing in Lilypond, my musical typesetting system of choice with commands such as ragged-bottom. I had a song I’d scored … Continue reading
16 January 2019
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One of the attractions of my new job, and one that I’m beginning to realise now I’m getting a few months in, is that I’m getting to hone my programming skills. For example, one thing I discovered yesterday was the … Continue reading
23 October 2018
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There’s a part of programming which is wrestling with ambitious plans to create a fully fledged application; I’m used to the end of the pool which is more about scratching itches. What I mean is when you realise you are … Continue reading
6 March 2016
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Back in the 1980s I got my hands on several of the consumer computers that were available. We had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum as a family computer and a fair amount of time was spent playing games, loaded from cassette … Continue reading
12 October 2015
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I came across an interesting website the other day called Code Combat. The concept is that you can learn to code not by solving traditional programming challenges but as a way of controlling a character in a dungeon quest with … Continue reading
23 April 2015
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In preparation for tomorrow’s String Project gig at The Cellar (advance tickets still available today – otherwise £5 on the door, which is still excellent value for the strength of the bill), I am getting my music in order. Last … Continue reading
23 October 2014
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Another day, another task involving wrangling a text file to extract data and another chance to wield the might hammer of Vim to crack the problem. My starting point was a database extract with two columns of related identifiers which … Continue reading
25 February 2014
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Mining the Social Web (2nd Edition) by Matthew A Russell is a book for a relatively small niche. Most users of the social web (Twitter, Facebook, etc) won’t have the programming expertise to follow the technical details and most programmers … Continue reading