http://www.brassedoff.net/wp Family outings, Geographing, Linux, Java, RC boats, work... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:09:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was looking for information from one of the services offered by the council, but by the looks of it, they've had some unauthorised bod playing in their database. Needless to say, I've reported this to the Council. One of their people has seen the problem now and hopefully it's going ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=615 ...well, almost :) You may recall that Dan and I provided the seasonal entertainment for the Seth Ellis Santa Special publicity trips last Saturday? It was Dan's first public outing playing and it went very well indeed. I was indeed the proud Dad. I'd passed my camera to James, another crew member ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=613 It should be second nature to most people working with web sites that they need to be easy to navigate around, but there are some very bad examples out in Internet-land. This video from the BBC explains how we view web sites and offers some quick design tips for making ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=612 I wrote a couple of posts back about my famous poker-playing mate. He mentioned he'd been written up nicely on blondepoker.com. After a bit of digging around, I found the post concerned with a rather nice picture here. I'll freely admit to not understanding the technicalities of the posting; I'm ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=611 I'm set to become the proudest Dad in the whole world tomorrow... Tomorrow, we're doing the pre-Christmas publicity trip on the Seth Ellis to drum up support for the Santa specials on the boat over the festive period. These represent a great money-spinner for us, netting a significant sum which goes ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=610 My good friend Mark is famous. He's currently in blackpool playing in a National poker tournament and he's managed to get his mug on the tournament web site. Mark's the one to the right of the cool looking dude in the shades. He doesn't look to have an awful lot ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=609 I was reading ars technica this lunchtime and came across this absolutely fantastic, innovating Nintendo DS application. There's a demo on the web site, but that's nothing compared to this demo from YouTube uploader Denkitribe. I can imagine hours and hours of fun with that application on long flights. http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=608 I've done a couple of road trips recently to see the Scimitars play away. I've been taking my young partner in crime with me for the ride as well. he's happy with the journey if he's plugged in to his Nintendo DS! Last night was a drag though. Milton Keynes, ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=607 You may remember, dear reader, that I wrote a couple of weeks ago that we'd purchased a small telescope, viewing of stars and planets for the use of? Well, now the clocks have changed, there's more night time to go at because it's dark when I get home from work, ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=605 I wonder whether the BBC News Online editors faced a quandary when dealing with this story this morning? The reason? Well, I always thought 'fart' as a word for describing the action of 'outgassing', flatulence, trumping etc was, if not rude, then certainly not a word normally used in polite conversation. ... http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=603