10 February 2026
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The online music distribution system I have been working on for the training band has been well received but one person did alert me to a file that seemed not to be available. Rather than just fix that problem, I … Continue reading
17 November 2025
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I don’t recall ever using mothballs. These were small lumps of material that would sublimate over time and give off fumes poisonous to moths and other fibre-eating pests. The fumes weren’t great for humans either and, with most people’s wardrobes … Continue reading
10 September 2025
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Recently I’ve been keeping my Python programming skills brushed up by experimenting with the challenge of how to parse ChordPro files, including the ability to transpose them into different keys. As with most programming tasks, there are quite a few … 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
13 September 2020
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I mentioned that, for my worship team rehearsal last Wednesday, I was going to put lyrics and a condensed reminder of the chords up on the main screen. How did it work? It was a qualified success. Simple, well known … 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
30 November 2015
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Is a ukulele chord a ukehord? Maybe not but I am delighted to have found a treasure trove of uke chord diagrams at boldts.net which come in the form of small graphics files that can be easily incorporated into other … Continue reading
4 September 2014
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In the sense of “my head against wall”, banging is the word which sums up most of today. I was working on a web development task that required me to login to a server and extract a “magic” key that … Continue reading
2 January 2014
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First day back at work today so time to get my geek on. I now know that the Bible (*) has 1189 chapters. Furthermore, I didn’t derive that figure by laboriously counting them by hand but I set a computer … Continue reading
29 August 2013
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One of the features I like (and frequently use) in Windows 7 is hitting the Windows key and one of the cursor keys to make a window fill either the whole screen (up), half the screen (left or right) or … Continue reading