MySQL search and replace
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in web, work | No Comments »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 ...
GTA IV Review
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in entertainment, web, xbox | No Comments »After what seems like forever, quite possibly the multi-format game of the year is here! The hugely anticipated, new instalment in the ground-breaking Grand Theft Auto series has landed and is going to be the game to tear gamers away from ...
Bank Holidays
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in web | No Comments »Historially, public holidays in Britain are called "Bank Holidays" as they are days when banks are officially closed and therefore (traditionally) other businesses would close as they could not operate. Bank and Public Holidays in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland The ...
Venezuelan Black Chocolate Recipes
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in entertainment, me, web | 5 Comments »Since my earlier post on Willie Harcourt-Cooze's chocolate exploits proved so popular I thought it would be appropriate to post up some of the recipes mentioned in the Channel 4 TV show including the much sought-after, Venezuelan Black Chocolate truffles! All ...
Venezuelan Black Chocolate
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in entertainment, web | 39 Comments »Any TV addict out there will probably be suffering from an intense chocolate craving right about now thanks to one Wonky Willie and his slightly crazy mission to bring the ultimate cacao to the UK. I'm not convinced that chocolate as ...
V-Maxx Suspension Website
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in automotive, me, web | No Comments »Only a few months ago I was at the Autosport International show fondling a set of V-Maxx coilovers, deciding whether I should take the plunge and get them for the Fabia. Sadly, their UK website was under construction whilst V-Maxx in ...
We have a new contributor!
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in entertainment, web | No Comments »Ranting about the world at large can be a full time job so it's always nice when someone offers to lend a hand and has the same kind of views and opinions as you. Bullshit introductions aside, I'd like to welcome ...
How IKEA name their products
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in web | No Comments »You probably thought that IKEA's naming convention for their products was a random procedure whereby an untrained chimp would choose a word from a Scandinavian dictionary but no, it's a lot more structured than that. In Nancy Friedman's blog, she discusses ...
