Posted on July 5, 2000
This article was first published in mid-2000 on Bealers.com, but this is a few years before a blog existed here. [Nokia 7110, Palm III and a BTCellnet SIM with Data enabled] What I did: Upgraded to
Posted on January 20, 2003
The document describes the steps that I took (minus all the wrong ones, and there were many) to get a successful GPRS data connection using my Sharp Zaurus PDA, a Nokia 6310i, a Socket Bluetooth card
Posted on July 29, 2007
On Thursday, I presented to around 30 developers attending the July Bristol Skillswap at Bristol's Watershed. It was my first-ever public speaking gig (if you ignore some sales presentations), and I'm
Posted on December 16, 2007
I've just uploaded a blank Wordpress theme called Naked that I built to assist those (like myself in the past) who have a need to quickly roll-out a Wordpress theme with a custom look and feel but may
Posted on June 22, 2009
Since starting my beginner's cabinet-making course, I've been intrigued by the differences between modern woodworking techniques and the more traditional methods such as Green Woodworking (like chair
Posted on April 6, 2014
TL;DR - I can't find a tool that gives me high level scheduling overview AND individual finer detail on each project going through my little studio. Below I review a bunch of tools that don't fit my
Posted on September 28, 2014
For as long as I’ve been paying the rent by selling my skills in the web industry I’ve thought that I had a product in me. Back in the late 90’s I was a wannabe .com ‘founder’ working on terrible
Posted on October 19, 2014
I had an epiphany this week. In fact it's been a month or two of epiphanies but this one was particularly important. Embarassingly it's one of those 'No Shit Sherlock' realisations, the ones we all
Posted on May 16, 2015
I recently came back from my second canoeing expedition in the highlands of Scotland. The first trip was fantastic but felt too short so we vowed to come back again but do it for longer. Fast forward
Posted on May 21, 2015
You know that stock job interview question where you’re asked to specify a weakness and you flip it to become a strength? Well, if you're like me then the next time you have a job interview (which for