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Facelift

Right, I’ve finally pulled my finger out and applied a new veneer to this blog. I’ve been playing around with designs on my local server for weeks, but it’s still very much a work in progress; the to-do list still includes:

Set up a pro Flickr account and upload some photos (the nine thumbnails on the [...]

02.06.2008 | 3 comments | Posted in World of Badger | Tags:

Tidy!

I had an unexpected email yesterday, from someone at the Evening Standard who’d read my take on the best british sitcoms (written in 2004) and wondered if I’d be interested in writing a few words on Gavin and Stacey winning a BAFTA and the state of sitcoms in general. Despite not exactly being an avid [...]

Least comprehensive review of 2006 ever

Thought I’d better post something here in case Microsoft has any laptops left to give away as bribes review machines.
I had such good intentions for the Christmas holiday, including finishing the new design for this site. In the end I had a thoroughly lazy, unproductive time, and only managed to catch up on a few [...]

School’s out for Christmas!

Work’s been pretty hectic these last few months (actually the whole year’s been really busy), so it’s a relief to say “That’s it, no more work until 2007!”. As of 5.30pm today we’re officially on holiday, and will only be responding to client emergencies (our definition of emergencies, not theirs – crashed servers or compromised [...]

The new look

In case you’re wondering why things have gone quiet again, it’s because I’ve been working on the new look for the site on my local server. The layout and typography is pretty much done, but I’ve not quite decided on the colour scheme yet. A similar green to the previous look is a strong contender, [...]

10.10.2006 | 2 comments | Posted in World of Badger | Tags:

Making progress – despite NTL’s transparent proxies

The next step, moving World of Badger to the new server, went without a hitch (well, apart from the 20 minute period this morning between changing the nameservers and remembering to actually run the SQL to populate the new database with the old content!). As for the problem of Wordpress incorrectly showing zero posts under [...]

04.10.2006 | No comments yet | Posted in Badger Rants, World of Badger | Tags: ,

It’s only temporary

Please excuse the plain Jane look. I’ve switched from b2evolution to Wordpress, and won’t be jazzing up the default look until I move the site to a new server (same URL though – see below). There will inevitably be a few broken links (I suspect the RSS link is different) but hopefully not too many. [...]

02.10.2006 | No comments yet | Posted in World of Badger |

b2evolution to Wordpress

Well, don’t want to speak to soon, but the migration from b2evolution 0.92 to Wordpress 2.0.4 seems to have gone smoothly (apart from the categories not showing the correct number of posts – there are actually 532 posts in 8 cats, not 240 posts in 3 cats as it’s reporting – but they are still [...]

01.10.2006 | Comments Off | Posted in World of Badger | Tags: ,

Have Legend/Thus killed DSVR?

For once I actually have a decent excuse for not having posted lately — work has been completely hectic, and to be honest I’ve felt totally drained.
A couple of weeks ago, in the early hours of the morning, there was a big power outage at the data centre that’s home to our main server (and [...]

Back to the drawing board

Bit of a spanner in the works as far as the redesign of World of Badger is concerned; I had the bright new colour scheme and layout done, but made the mistake of using the same colours in a mock-up when showing a client some ideas for their new site. I didn’t think for a [...]

28.08.2006 | 2 comments | Posted in World of Badger | Tags: ,

I am a lazy git

It has been brought to my attention that I have been a lazy git for not posting here in a long while. What some people don’t realise is that this blog is like a beautiful swan – calm and serene on the surface, yet paddling away frantically under the water.
I have actually spent quite a [...]

27.07.2006 | 7 comments | Posted in World of Badger | Tags: ,

Risen from the dead

Easter seems like a rather fitting time to resurrect World of Badger, don’t ya think?
There are a few reasons why I haven’t posted any sooner, with the main one being that work is busier than ever, and I’ve probably allowed it to encroach into my free time too much this year. As a result, blogging [...]

17.04.2006 | 1 comment | Posted in World of Badger | Tags:

2005 Quick Capsule Review

I’ve got time to write a little something before getting into my New Years Eve glad rags. Firstly, I want to thank everyone who’s continued visiting despite the updates being few and far between, especially those who’ve taken the time to post comments. Normally I consider it only polite to respond to comments, but due [...]

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