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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Donald Trump is always there to provide amusement. His most recent outing is him reminiscing about 9/11 and the people there; however in his mind I think he was shopping for cheeto’s to mind up and recover his face with. I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen, down on 7-11, … Read More “Donald Trump mistakes 9/11 for 7-Eleven” »
NASA recently released a video of the Aurora Borealis from space and it is beautiful. What’s more it’s in 4K so you can really enjoy the clarity and beauty of this wonder of nature/science. It’s not just the aurora that gets a view too – as this is a video of space from earth you … Read More “Enjoy the Aurora Borealis from Space in 4K Glory” »
In a move that will increase users of Microsoft’s newest browser, Edge, by around the population of the ISS; you can now place voice and video calls from your browser without plugins. From the Skype blog Today, we’re excited to announce that Skype for Web, Outlook.com, Office Online and OneDrive now support real-time, plugin free … Read More “Skype comes to Edge without plugins – internet remains unchanged” »
Amazon currently have £10 off the rather impressive 26,800 mAh portable charger that supports Qualcomm’s quick charge 2.0 specification for rapid charging. For those of you with an iPhone 6 you’ll get 10 full charges, with a Macbook 3 full charges. Samsung Galaxy S6? Seven full charges. Buy one at Amazon now for £39.99 (£10 … Read More “Quickcharge 2.0 portable 26,800 mAh charger – under £40 deal” »
In what will surely spark controversy and complaints around the world, Canada has just become the latest country to allow assisted suicide from a doctor for those who are terminally ill or in severe pain and will be for the rest of their lives. On Thursday, 14th April, 2016, Justin Trudeau introduced legislation to move … Read More “Canada Legalises Assisted Suicide” »
Our Russian exchange student, Suckmeoff, approves. Do not fall asleep if you’re Ontop. Pray to god you don’t catch Herpes in the corridor.
From what I can gather, the best deal in the UK at the moment for HTC’s flagship for the HTC 10 is from Carphone Warehouse via Vodafone due to their £50 check cashback for pre-orders. But it’s not just that, it’s the £52 cashback if you go via TopCashBack.com that makes it the £102.50 off your … Read More “Best deal on the HTC 10 in the UK so far – Vodafone 4GB 10GB 2.5 months free!” »
When is a brick in a washing machine not enough? Why when you can put a brick in a washing machine on a trampoline of course! It almost feels like a cartoon (not quite lifelike but lifelike enough movement).
I love my Pi2 and my Pi3, they’re amazing pieces of cheap kit I can do anything with – although to be honest I don’t use them anywhere near as much as I should. So here is a compilation of things I found useful this last week when I finally got around to building my … Read More “Useful tidbits for Raspberry pi users on Raspian – aka things I wish I knew quicker/easier” »
I’m sure a lot of you have heard our sorely out-of-the-times member of parliament Theresa May wants to give UK police to request users internet history + search queries without a warrant at any time. I for one am not a fan of a nanny state and especially not one that believes this is somehow … Read More “How to make the governments attempts to view your search history that bit harder (in Chrome)” »
