Joe's Blog

I’m working on a Django app which is able to serve content on a number of subdomains.

Came across this when deploying a Django app to a fresh VM, installing with Python PIP from a requirements file.

I have been banging my proverbial head against a brick wall (or my actual head against a proverbial wall) for the best part of a few days, on and off, trying to find the cause of an inconsistency in behaviour between Safari and Chrome in a Facebook canvas…

In the week after the engine came out, I was left with access to my bilges.

I come from an engineering family.

I’m developing a Facebook app at work and was stuck on an issue for a bit.

Music in the bandstand in Brighton.

The BBC love their esoteric, obscure electronic music.

I’ve had an allotment since November, but I came into possession of it just in time to wind up the year’s efforts and withdraw indoors.

A friend asked on Facebook why there were no documents penned by animals.

Some bizarre ancient ritual that takes place in the last week of March?

My first cruise of the 2012, the first Torchbox cruise of 2012 and the first outing for the new decking.

After coming back from a team-building trip, I started to notice things were going a bit slow on my work laptop.

When visiting Umefolk recently we came across a snow castle in the city centre.

Play the MP3 and imagine this.

I spent the last week at Umefolk, a folk music festival in Umeå in the north of Sweden.

I’ve just been on a call with a client.

I am sorry to announce that the 0736 service to Manchester Piccadilly is delayed by approximately 40 minutes due to engineering works.

I love Spotify.

I have a couple of WordPress installations running on Apache (on a non-80) port, and I’m reverse proxying them through nginx.

I’m not normally given to taking photos of my commute, but in the case of the snow I made an exception.

I’ve just been bitten by scoping in Python.

Whilst going over (and deleting) unwanted content on Facebook, I came across a few bits and pieces.

I put my rubbish out on the deck last night.

Má Vlast is a set of pieces written by the composer Smetana in the late 1800s about his homeland, Czechoslovakia.

There’s an old sailor’s trick that comes in useful when on the high seas, when stuck with safety matches and no box to strike them on.

This was a facebook comment that got out of hand.

The thing about living on a boat is that there is more than likely a hatchet to hand.

On Monday 9th January 2011, version 4 of FolkTuneFinder.com went public.

When searching FolkTuneFinder, you may find search results that you don’t agree with or can’t understand.

The first version of FolkTuneFinder was written in a combination of Java and PHP.

It’s annoying leaning a bike up against something, especially on a train, only to have the handlebars rotate and for the bike to fall down.

I started FolkTuneFinder as a student project back in 2008.

I don’t drive, but being a passenger and a cyclist, I imagine dazzling lights can be something of a problem to drivers.

I strike a match to light my oven or stove, and blow it out within a few seconds.

I’ve been looking into Redis.

There are few events more sought after and exclusive than the annual Balancing of the Squash.

Today is Day of the Dead.

After success with a pizza, I’ve decided to try cooking in my wood burning stove.

It’s that time of year again.

I’ve seen a number of special computer keyboards.

There’s no hiding musicianship.

Back in the day I used to do a lot of sound and lighting for student theatre.

Back in the day I used to do a lot of sound and lighting for student theatre.

Back in the day I used to do a lot of sound and lighting for student theatre.

Haptic feedback is still an area where real books win over e-book readers such as Kindles.

Like most, I grew up in a house.

Don’t ask me what this does.

Today I chanced upon some logs.

Immediately after leaving university I joined a software company, and stayed there for 2 years and 8 months.