I like taking photos (although I seem to have rather got out of the habit of doing so). I like it even more when people want to use my photos. For that reason, all of my photos on Flickr are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike licence. This means that anyone can do… Continue reading Licensing Photos
Month: June 2012
Week Notes 25
Blogging One blog post this week. I got angry about the ridiculous way that politicians refuse to have an intelligent discussion about drug policy. Training and Speaking Still trying to plug Perl School. It’s amazing how much difference a fee (even a small one like £30) makes. I’ve started to plan next years courses. Looks… Continue reading Week Notes 25
Talking About Drugs
There are many things that make me angry in British politics, but I don’t think any of them make me angrier than the way that most British politicians refuse to have an intelligent conversation about drugs. Here’s a case in point. The Commons home affairs select committee are holding an inquiry into drugs policy. Yesterday,… Continue reading Talking About Drugs
Week Notes 24
Blogging Two blog posts this week. One reviewing places I had eaten in whilst in Edinburgh and one related to this week’s big training announcement. Training and Speaking A few weeks ago, I announced a free training course I will be running in August. As it was so popular, this week I decided to run… Continue reading Week Notes 24
Modern Perl for Non-Perl Programmers
Normally I keep my Perl posts over on my Perl blog. But although this post is about Perl, the regular readers of my Perl blog aren’t really the target audience. That’s because I’m running a training course that is aimed at programmers who don’t use Perl. If you’re a programmer who is interested in learning… Continue reading Modern Perl for Non-Perl Programmers
Eating in Edinburgh
There are some great places to eat in Edinburgh. And some less great ones. Here are capsule reviews of some of the places we ate at on our recent trip to the city. Rendezvous We usually arrive in Edinburgh on Friday evening and this is a good default choice close to the place where we… Continue reading Eating in Edinburgh
Week Notes 22 & 23
Holiday I have an excuse for not writing week notes last weekend. I was on holiday in Edinburgh and was deliberately staying away from the internet as much as possible – not that that’s really possible with a smartphone in your pocket. Health Bit of a mixed bag this week. Being on holiday meant that… Continue reading Week Notes 22 & 23