I chatted with Jess White last Friday lunchtime about the Women In Tech meetup again for my Twine Radio podcast. After getting back to the Tech Nottingham Slack #general channel, Tom asked how I chose the people for the podcast. It’s made me take a step back and remind myself where I was, what I… Continue reading Community builder
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Hack24 2016
The wait is over. Winter may be coming but so is Hack24 2016 and I can’t wait. Clear your calendar for the weekend of 19th & 20th March 2016 because you’ll want to be free to take part in this excellent event. The first Hack24 was such a roaring success I’m sure 2016’s event will build on… Continue reading Hack24 2016
Tech Nottingham springs forward
There’s lots of exciting things going on in Nottingham at the moment. In fact as a city there’s always been a buzz around the place; an ‘anything is possible’ feeling all the way from the City Council down to those who live and work in it. We are also lucky to have a strong technology… Continue reading Tech Nottingham springs forward
Kickstarter: Sinclair ZX Spectrum Bluetooth Keyboard
A novel retro idea of recreating a ZX Spectrum as a Bluetooth keyboard for tablet computers. Personally I’d have thought concentrating on it as a keyboard first, rather than as a gaming device, would’ve had more wide-ranging appeal. It’ll be interesting to see if they meet their goal with the gaming as their first aim.
BBC Video Ident
As another year passes and progress continues towards wearable tech etc. I like to keep reminding myself of how far we’ve come even in my lifetime. As a child of the 70s, you can’t underestimate how revolutionary the synthesiser sound was to fresh ears. And look at these ‘cutting edge’ futuristic graphics. This, ladies and… Continue reading BBC Video Ident
The Lego Movie
The Lego franchise has been branching out in many ways over the years, reinforcing the toy’s position as still the most adaptable and fun toy that encourages children to creative play (ok i’m biased as I’m a big fan). The pending release of a movie could go one of two ways, but from the evidence… Continue reading The Lego Movie
6 steps to update Jenkins Slave Agents on Windows
After having updated Jenkins to the latest Long Term Service release (1.509.4) I wanted to ensure the Windows Slave Agents that we’ve got running were up to date. The Windows Slave agents had previously been installed using the Java Web Start process and then turned into Windows Service slave agents. The blog post contains the 6 steps to help update or upgrade your Jenkins Slave agents on Windows.
Getting Windows Git Bash to Hitch
Hitch is a great little Ruby program that manipulates the Git author settings to properly attribute pair programming work
Foreign Raspberries
The exciting Raspberry Pi project is nearing fruition but it seems their attempts to boost the UK economy by getting the boards made over here has been thwarted by lead times and an insane tax law. It seems UK manufacturers end up paying tax on components, but if they get the boards made overseas and… Continue reading Foreign Raspberries
1&1 domain transfer status: ‘Domain Update Done’
In the process of moving a .co.uk domain over to 1&1 for someone this week, I encountered the undocumented status code of ‘Domain Update Done’. The domain had previously shown as ‘Ready’ in the control panel and I was able to set the server and mailserver for them using 1&1’s nameserver. The gotcha is that… Continue reading 1&1 domain transfer status: ‘Domain Update Done’