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Making a Yum Repo10 years ago
While trying to install Redland RDF on my Centos 5.3 VM, I decided to create a local yum repo and use yum. This page holds my notes.
Stability & Growth Pact11 months ago
Do the EU treaties inhibit a Labour Government? Much of the debate focuses on industrial policy. Could a Labour Government nationalise an industry? (Yes!) Can it subsidise companies? (Not if this inhibits European companies from entering a market.) Could a Labour Government introduce a minimum wage? (Yes!). A more interesting …
iF THIS THEN THAT6 years ago
The site, “If this then that” offers trigger actions as a web service. I have today, just created a trigger that takes my blog feed and posts it to facebook. Obviously I need to test it. It works with recipes and channels. Recipes are the “if this then that” relationship, …
PC to SMS2 years ago
There are still people who only use feature phones or even simpler. How can one use a key board to send messages via SMS. Here are my notes, Twitter, ICQ and SMS gateways at the moment.
Diaspora1 year ago
I see why virtualisation and serverless computing is so popular. I am trying to create a diaspora pod. Here are my notes,

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