Online Task Planning with the Important Urgent Matrix

Well, I’ve finally got round to doing a new personal project, mostly because I’ll be starting my new job at MindBlip in September, and I was wanting to brush up on CakePHP.

 

Back In Education - MST121

Well, I’m back in education, after a two year break. I’m studying for an Open University degree in Physical Science

 

The Particles of the Standard Model

I’m reading a lot about particle physics lately — this is a nice diagram to help me remember the classifications of the fundamental particles.

 

Getting mechanize to install in Ruby 1.8 on Ubuntu Karmic

Turns out this is a massive hassle.

 

SSH Tunneling Mongodb

I was taught an awesome new option for ssh the other day “-L”.

 

Date Queries in MongoDB

Far too many times have I wanted to do a query on a date in MongoDB, only to find there is literally no documentation on it.

 

(Freedom) Peter Mandelson

To the tune of (Free) Nelson Mandela by special AKA

 

Dear Mandy, by Dan Bull

Here’s an awesome open letter/song to Peter Mandelson, by Dan Bull. Me likes. 

Multiple Screen Profiles

I use screen a lot at work, and I love it. It makes me feel somewhat like Rimmer when he’s doing the tests in Holoship.

 

The factory pattern in Python with __new__

Python’s __new__ function allows you to implement the factory pattern in a nice elegant syntax.