Month: February 2006

  • Date::Parse and str2time

    While working on the web-proxy component of $dayjob’s software, I ran into a silly glitch with Date::Parse’s str2time() function. str2time converts string formatted timestamps (Thu, 13 Oct 94 10:13:13 -0700 for example) into epoch seconds (the number of seconds since a certain point in time in 1970) – very useful when working with the Last-Modified…

  • More bathroom upgrades

    This weekend has been quite productive. Mum and Dad came up to give me a hand with doing the panelling in the bathroom. 16 panels, the capping trim and 3 tubes of silicon sealant came to about £200, and the associated wood, screws and N0-Nails was probably an additional £30. Saturday saw the removal of…

  • Cardboard t-shirt folding machine

    Ever find yourself folding lots of t-shirts by hand, and wished there was a better way? There is… Courtesy of Boing Boing, I give you a cardboard t-shirt folding machine. I’ll be making one this weekend 🙂