Wednesday 3rd February 2010 – 20:23
Just got a nice email in repsonse to some code I submitted publically:
“jon -
just a quick ‘thank you’ for the code you posted re: parsing csv files.
i have a gi-normous excel csv file with individual records spanning multiple lines because of multi-paragraph ‘notes’
fields in each record.
your solution of counting the fields and then parsing subsequent data […]
Saturday 14th November 2009 – 16:39
I can’t wait to see more of this.. a 3D map made from photographs and laser measurements
Friday 2nd October 2009 – 11:56
Taking last month as an example (September 1st — October 1st), one of my more popular web applications was used by 332,174 unique visitors, spending an average of 6 mins 37 secs.
Working from that figure, 3.971 years are spent using the applications per month!
Wednesday 12th August 2009 – 18:51
DreamHost now offers one-click Trac and Subversion hosting. Trac is a web-based revision and bug tracking system allowing you to roll back and share your source code in a team and as an individual, track bugs and development goals, and much more.
You can read why you should always use a source control system like Trac/Subversion in […]
Thursday 6th August 2009 – 19:30
If you’ve ever run out of disk space and faced the difficult decision of what files to delete or offload to DVDs or an external hard drive, this program may help you.
Space from AndyH Software
This software creates a visualisation of your hard drive so you can see how much space files and folders are using. Click […]
Thursday 30th July 2009 – 16:30
I recently posted that I was trying out ClickHeat, and that I would write an installation guide to help others install it.
However, the installation was so simple that I have nothing do add to the installation notes from the official site.
I have been using ClickHeat on my personal site and a few high traffic web sites. […]
Wednesday 29th July 2009 – 03:37
I am trialing ClickHeat. ClickHeat is an open source project licenced under GPL. It records the position of the user’s mouse on web pages, and creates a heatmap.
I previously tried a few different free trials of commercial heatmap systems. I dismissed a few as unreliable, and many were more than adequate. However, I’d like to […]
Wednesday 1st July 2009 – 02:25
My entry for Dreamhost’s API competition won! I created a web application that shows visitors on a world map in real time.
I used PHP, CURL, SQLite, AJAX and Google Maps.
If you are a Dreamhost customer, you can use the Dreamhost Real-Time Hit World Map here.
Screenshot:
Wednesday 1st July 2009 – 02:24
I installed a new Virtual Private Server, and tried out Virtualmin, the latest incarnation of the Usermin/Webmin family. I’ve found it to be very stable, and great for Linux administrators that are used to configuring servers via configuration files and command line, but wish to save time. It remains as flexible as manual configuration, but […]
Thursday 18th June 2009 – 02:28
Fantastic news… my ‘Doodle On Your Friends’ application has reached 50,000 Doodles! My scalable file store and caching image resizer have worked perfectly, which is very rewarding.
Saturday 13th June 2009 – 02:28
I’ve been working on an application for the Dreamhost API competition. My entry allows Dreamhost customers to view hits to their web site on a world map in real-time.
If you are a Dreamhost customer, you can use the Dreamhost Real-Time Hit World Map here.
Thursday 28th May 2009 – 14:28
Gyron Internet have undergone final commissioning works for their new Centro datacentre.
“Conveniently located close to the M1 and M25, the facility is set within a secure 50,000 sq ft compound and has 3MVA of HV power through redundant supplies, and multiple fibre providers on-site. The facility has been fitted out to a high specification, with […]
Tuesday 26th May 2009 – 02:30
I discovered Campaignr, an open-source project for sampling data from the various sensors on a cellphone, including camera, microphone and GPS. I’m having some issues with it connecting to a wireless network. If anyone has any ideas, please get in touch via the contact page. I’m also looking into manipulating the files it produces manually. […]
