Archive | June, 2008

20 June 2008 0 Comments

MySQL search and replace

It’s something that can have you pulling your hair out in frustration but the solution is so simple.
Finding (and replacing) text in your MySQL database tables has almost become a past time of mine recently, converting a foreign database into reading something a bit closer to the English language.
If you use a frontend to your [...]

20 June 2008 2 Comments

Say “nr” to HP Sauce!

This was something I wanted to write about a while ago now but for some reason, never got round to it.  In case you missed possibly the biggest news to rock the UK food industry since they stopped making Wispa bars (the first time around) in May 2006, Heinz announced that they were going to [...]

17 June 2008 0 Comments

No town centre fun for Peterborough

The results of the Peterborough ET’s recent night life survey is in and the results aren’t that surprising when it sometimes feels that the only people that are vocal with their opinions are those that don’t really have anything good to say about Peterborough.
With only 12% of those surveyed rating Peterborough as “Good” or “Excellent” [...]

7 June 2008 2 Comments

Wiked Curry

Spotted on the wall outside my local curry takeaway was this witty retort to what looks like anti-meat protesting. I wonder why with a city, country and world where millions of people are happily munching away on pieces of lamb, beef, goat, whathaveyou, someone’s decided that this kebab and pizza shop is obviously a hardcore [...]