Author Archives: Martyn

Getting help from twitter, just ask @walkermartyn

While trying to figure a way to test some twitter response code I thought it would be fun to get twitter to answer questions, any questions. So if you have 5 minutes to kill try out my mini twitter responder.  … Continue reading

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Phone spam, Arrrgh! I thought this stuff stopped in the 80′s!

This morning my phone rang. “Hello, Martyn speaking” I said in my posh phone answering voice. After a seconds silence I hear a click and a thick accent begins to speak, what it said at first I am unsure but … Continue reading

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BBC Is Pulse Enabled? Whatever Next? Advertising?

What’s changed at the BBC News site?  There must be something because I spend more time at Sky or the papers instead now.  On the rare occasions I do visit something about the site irritates me. As I read an … Continue reading

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How many people are connected to the Internet?

1.6 billion reasons to start an Internet business in 2010

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Last of the British Seagulls to ride the waves again

My last Seagull is up for sale on eBay (see http://bit.ly/myS3agu11 for details).

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Is there another word for thesaurus?

I got stuck today so grabbed my thesaurus (the old fashioned version with words printed on paper) and started digging around for a few alternatives. I found what I needed, only I don’t think many people would have heard of … Continue reading

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Whatever floats your boat, this will push it

Introduction It’s an ugly thing but its cheap and its cheap to run, and run? Sure it runs, it runs and runs and runs, will sift through silt and throw up shingle, will ride HUGE waves with the audacity of … Continue reading

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Are you happy with your backup strategy?

As a software developer with hosting development and management experience its not unusual for me to be asked to help someone who has lost a file. There are three places a backup can sometimes be found:- 1. There is a … Continue reading

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It’s Official: Google Apps Suck, here’s Zdnet’s top 10 list Google should kill

Zdnet found 10 projects Google should kill after the demise of the Wave beta yesterday. Google Buzz. What was that anyway? Orkut.  I honestly never visited the site unless by mistake. Friend Connect.  Not sure I have heard of this … Continue reading

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The RealCall Specification Circa 1995

SMS and mobile phones were not as popular in 1995 but from this short (and excellent demonstration of how a demonstration should be done) you can see a modern incarnation of the service, one we were told would never find … Continue reading

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