I recently (well, a few months ago) started working for online retail company prettylittlething.com. Â Since then I’ve been getting back into the Magento way of doing things (along with managing their IT infrastructure… but that’s a whole other set of posts) and decided I might as well publish some of the minor tips and bits […]
Pretty big update today, I’ve finally (after like…a weeks worth of struggling) managed to get modular building working. This means you can construct ‘modules’ (ie: parts of ships), export them, then import tham and attach them to other ships. Here’s how it works: I use the ‘White inverted corner block’ as an attachment point (this […]
Quick bugfix, added warning about quick load stability Download from github
After a month or so of effort in my spare time, the new version of ‘Extended Life’ launches today. From an original site running joomla with the Hikashop plugin, I’ve migrated to a Magento based store with an integrated wordpress site. A responsive theme is used to enable a decent mobile experience, and the increased […]
I’ve just realised that my contact form hasn’t been working… probably since I implemented it. So if you’ve been trying to get in touch with me with offers of riches beyond compare, or just to say hello… try my new, improved (ie: actually working) contact form: http://www.tall-paul.co.uk/contact-m/
I got a bit bored of playing with node.js over the weekend, so I dumped some time into my home security system (which is a grandiose title for what’s basically a couple of cameras and some software) and have now got it into a reasonable state, so I thought I’d write a quick post about […]
So, I sometimes get random ideas and then never develop them… I thought I might as well write them down somewhere so next time someone makes millions from an idea I had ages ago I at least have something to back me up 😀 Anyway, here’s the idea: A service that provides encrypted data storage […]
My simple node framework now supports password protected areas, with a username / password authentication scheme based on passport.js. You can see this in action here Next on the to-do list is an automatically generated admin framework, to enable simple manipulation of the database backend based on the models your app defines. I’m also going […]
I’ve started running a test site for the new framework here There’s not much there yet, a couple of pages (dynamically loading content from the database, ooooh!) and not much else… but I’ll add more to it as I add features. It’s currently running on an old laptop in my front room, so don’t expect […]
One of the perks of my job is that I get to work from home and, as a result I managed to talk my boss into forking out for a new laptop for me. Â After some consideration I went for the Asus UX32A, which is a halfway house between an ultrabook and a standard laptop. […]