wade womersley – york based software engineer
Engineering notes from the sharp end
wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.
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I’ve just been checking my Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools stats and realised I rank ridiculously high for a term I barely used – anti gravity mice. It’s not just that term I rank high for though, it’s all these: anti gravity mice antigravity mouse antigravity mice anti gravity mouse anti-gravity mice nasa anti gravity … Read More “Google Analytics – anti gravity mice” »
If I still lived in my old house I’d have this – a penis chandelier. Made by a Dutch company called Rock and Royal, it would undoubtedly be a talking point for any guests. The company actually does a lot of weird chandeliers so this isn’t that strange, taking a look at their Impressions page … Read More “Chandelier, Penis Chandelier” »
Yes, the man at work who loves pretty graphs and hover effects has started his own blog at http://restafarian.com. Should be an interesting read on days where we discuss the finer points of hover graphs in 3D with side gauges.
In a word: no. In three words: not worth it. Yeah it was gory, but the second one was better (still not beating the first but that had the advantage of being the first.) It followed the plot of the sequels exactly; people avoid a disaster, guy keeps getting premonitions, one couple refuse to accept … Read More “THE Final Destination (3D)” »
This weekend is my superb fiancée’s birthday (well today it is, but it’s a weekend so it becomes a weekend affair.) Last night we went to eat at Browns in Leeds, I had rare lamb, and I mean rare, I’ve never had it so uncooked before, was good though! It came with broccolli and potatoes … Read More “Food, Theme Park and a day to go still” »
That’s the name of the video “Good News – Windows 7.” The little kid is called Kelly and she believes “seven” is a happy word – it does stand for “togetherness” in China though so maybe that’s the underlying message here – “with Windows 7, we’re together again and I’m stealing your soul.” At the … Read More “Good News – Windows 7” »
The days of true weightlessness on earth are drawing ever closer. NASA has created an anti-gravity field! …just it only works on mice for now. In the picture below, mouse b is floating without the use of anything but magnets – yes magnets. It turns out superconducting magnets can repel water without almost absolute-zero temperatures. … Read More “Anti-Gravity Mice” »
Ubuntu…it’s a great Linux OS to use on servers due to its speed and simplicity – personal preference based on no statistics, only personal use. However, one thing Linux drives me mad with is software RAID. It’s taken me the better part of a day to set up a few RAID partitions, two of which … Read More “Linux RAID, MySQL” »
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Google has a great feature called Google Suggest, if you didn’t know, it’s where as you enter a search term, it provides a dropdown of things you may be searching for – kind of like auto-complete. It is a really useful feature as often people do search for almost exactly the same string. Sometimes however, … Read More “Google loves to help, just not always how you expect” »