I’m liking my Christmas present. It’s not big but it’s quite clever… More on my Flickr (via the Slideshow in the main menu). EXIF-aware peeps can figure out what I got from Santa too…
Month: January 2009
Sun's MySQL Enterprise Database Helps University Ensure Reliability of Mission-Critical Systems
It’s 29/4/09, but I’m pre-dating this post so that it appears when the article I’m referencing was published… I was interviewed by Sun/MySQL for some info on how we use MySQL. I (nearly) said: “Sun’s MySQL database is the de facto standard of databases. Our staff knows it, and developers with MySQL skills are very…
JISC's a bit animated about IPR
Another animation from JISC. Not embeddable I think – probably due to some sort of IPR issue ;-). Anyhow, here’s a screenshot that I’ve not asked permission to show yet… They’re promoting a site called Web 2 Rights which has various toolkits which may be of some interest. IP toolkit IPR diagnostic tool IPR Flowchart (PDF)
simple pleasures – homemade play dough
Thanks to jennabanana’s comment on this Instructable we made a quick, no cooking required, batch of homemade play dough. Stan requested it first, but they all jumped in for some fun. Here’s her recipe: 3 cups flour 1/3 cup salt 2tbsp oil (veg) 1 cup water 7 drops food colouring. Mix dry ingredients with oil….