Relics of a past age. These posts have endlessly broken links, broken grammar and broken points of view.
April 13, 2013
A little run
Since leaving University 13 years a go I’ve been getting fatter. And …
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January 14, 2013
Listening to music in three parts
Part 1 Listening to digital music I have this theory. In fact I have …
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October 21, 2012
Elected Police Commissioners
In 25 days time England and Wales will elect Police and Crime …
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October 9, 2012
iplayer diary and a tool i was never going to use again
A lot of online services have tried to introduce social elements in to …
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July 10, 2012
A play with the Talis Aspire API
I wanted to have a go with the Talis Aspire API and see what potential …
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December 13, 2011
TwaperKeeper archives
TwapperKeeper is shutting down it seems. It’s a popular online tool …
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November 13, 2011
Meta : blogging
There’s a long tradition of bloggers blogging about blogging. This …
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August 10, 2011
Underclass
What’s clear over the last few days is that there is a underclass that …
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August 5, 2011
Things that annoy me with itunes and iphone ipod app
Number 1. Metadata is crap. Not just bad. Not just ‘Jonny needs to try …
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July 15, 2011
MARC Tools & MARC::Record errors
I know next to nothing about MARC,though being a shambrarian I have to …
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March 27, 2011
UK deficit and protest
The large peaceful protests on Saturday were a success. Clearly …
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January 26, 2011
VuFind in 8 minutes using Amazon EC2
I’ve created a screencast showing how easy it can be to install …
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January 9, 2011
Pinboard.in suites me just just fine
About a month a go I wrote a quick rant about Delicious.com and why it …
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November 21, 2010
Personal URL shortener
Back in 2009 I wrote a post about creating my own url shortener. I …
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November 15, 2010
Jisc bid writing
Today I submitted a JISC bid on behalf of a team, as part of the …
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October 15, 2010
Falmer Station
Falmer Station is a rather nice old station, serving the village of …
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October 3, 2010
Wireless music
We live in a mega techno wonderland of always on, access anywhere, …
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August 31, 2010
Talis Aspire, checking if a course has a list
Talis Aspire is a new-ish Reading List system used at the University …
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August 25, 2010
Library Catalogues need to cater for light-weight discovery clients
Way back I wrote a piece about the changing model for library …
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August 15, 2010
html5 and nostuff
It’s hard not to think of nostuff.org and not think of blazing web …
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August 11, 2010
Adverts that follow you
Now one of these days I will finally get my ‘moving flat’ epic …
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May 30, 2010
ircount : update
One Sunday morning in January this year I got an email sent …
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May 25, 2010
Summon @ Huddersfield
I attended an event at Huddersfield looking at their and …
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May 15, 2010
Political reform : some quick thoughts
Suddenly PR is in the limelight and seems to be getting support from …
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May 8, 2010
Voting time
I was hoping to write something insightful for the election. Time …
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April 22, 2010
Nick Clegg’s Fault. Beware the REAL Nasty.
Tonight is the second party leaders debate. As most in the UK know, …
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