Month: December 2006
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It’s back, again…
My camera is back in my possession, and the shutter button appears to work properly again. So, onwards and upwards to see if the crash issue has been fixed, or whether I’m going to be talking to a certain manager at a certain store.
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Net::Server to the rescue
Some days, programming can be quite fun. Boss dropped a hot rock on the lap of myself and the other developer, saying that a customer (to be?) who had a bit of paper for us wouldn’t give us the paper until a certain feature offered by sales was done. Our task (and we didn’t get…
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Offices, sewage and disaster recovery
Yesterday was an interesting day – a sewage pipe that runs through the office wall apparently got stressed with the amount of rain we’ve had recently, and sprung a rather good leak. One moment it was a nice dry office that didn’t smell too bad, and the next minute the sales guys were moving desks…
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Getting SOAPy without a shower or bath
I’ve been pondering whether SOAP actually has any use for any personal projects I’m thinking of, or for my $dayjob code. Today, I decided to play with PHP5’s SOAP implementation, just to see how weird the SOAPy life is. I read the php.net documentation on SOAP, and to say it’s lacking is like saying the…
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Plastered!
My kitchen, not me. It now has to dry, and I need to decide on tiles vs upstand vs backsplash (or a combination of the above). The plasterer also fixed the spot at the top of my stairs. There’s also a video available – you’ll probably need VLC to play it, as it’s a 3GP…
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Finishing the kitchen
The 4th plasterer (to date) has shown up, looked at the kitchen job, and said he’ll be back on Tuesday morning to do it. Told him there are other bits and pieces to be done if the job is done properly, so hopefully that’ll entice him to come and do a good job.