Hemington 10k 2013 results

Yes, that’s not a typo, these are the results from 2013. I’m just posting them here because I couldn’t find them on the internet. Managed to find a copy in my email though so thought I’d just post them here in case anyone else is interested: Surname First Name Gender Race Category Race Number Finishing Time Position Position within Category Running Club Ryman Paul M M 157 36.48 1 1 Frome RC Sage Rich M M 114 38....

March 23, 2015 · (Updated March 23, 2015) · 5 min · matt

Using an SSL certificate on a custom domain with Google App Engine

This post is more a reminder for me. Sorry. Get an SNI certificate from Gandi. And download the certificate It will have a name like: certificate-123456.crt You need to create public and private pem files for google like this: openssl rsa -in cameraforensics.key -text > private.pem openssl x509 -inform PEM -in certificate-123456.crt > public.pem (cameraforensics.key is my private key from when I created the SSL certificate from Gandi) In Google Apps domain manager, upload those files under “Security > show more > SSL for custom domains“: I was upgrading my certificate so I see both the current and the new certificate:...

March 4, 2015 · (Updated March 4, 2015) · 2 min · matt

Garmin forerunner 620 verses the 205. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I previously had the (very popular) forerunner 205 so this review will be based on comparing it to that. I bought the 205 when it came out in 2006 and it’s still going strong. I love tech though so decided to treat myself to an “upgrade”… The Good Wifi and bluetooth data uploading. This is really handy. Saves getting the computer out. The live tracking is also good, but it requires you to take your phone on your run....

January 14, 2015 · (Updated January 14, 2015) · 2 min · matt

Ugly business practices at Facebook

Facebook have broken its messenger feature into its own app. Lots of people freaked out thinking Facebook wanted to use it to spy on them as it requires excessive permissions etc. In reality, it probably needs all those permissions, I don’t really care about that, privacy died years ago. What bothers me is that people use it instead of emailing me. I strongly prefer email. It’s searchable and owned by me....

November 5, 2014 · (Updated November 5, 2014) · 1 min · matt

Running the 4K AOC U2868PQU and Intel HD4000 graphics…

Ok, I just bought a 4K display, whoop! I knew when I bought it that neither my late-2012 Retina Macbook Pro, or my Ubuntu desktop machine would actually drive the monitor at 4K because they both rely on Intel’s HD4000 graphics which is built into their Ivy bridge CPUs. I did however expect to get at least 2560×1440 (if only at 30Hz) which is fine by me, and then I’m ready when I next upgrade…...

September 30, 2014 · (Updated September 30, 2014) · 2 min · matt

How to download Chromecast background images

Google’s friendly little chromecast has some great background images. If you want to download all of those images so you can have a nice high quality screen saver on your laptop/mobile etc. just do this: git clone -b patch-1 https://github.com/mattburns/chromecast-backgrounds.git cd chromecast-backgrounds/ npm install lodash q request nopt chalk node cli.js --download=images --size=1024 --load=backgrounds.json Change the size from 1024 to whatever maximum size you want to download. I had to tweak the source from this project on github....

July 10, 2014 · (Updated July 10, 2014) · 1 min · matt

Using Java 7 on OSX

Does your current version point to JDK6 even though you’ve installed JDK7? matt$ ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 59 21 Nov 14:43 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK -> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents The do this: sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk/Contents/ /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK If it’s not already, set JAVA_HOME accordingly in your ~/.bash_profile: export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home Test it worked: matt$ java -version java version "1.7.0_51" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24....

May 16, 2014 · (Updated May 16, 2014) · 1 min · matt

Using a UK mac keyboard on Ubuntu

If you’re using a UK edition usb keyboard with Ubuntu, you may be swearing every time you want a relatively common characters like £, # or |. I’ve been suffering with a poorly mapped keyboard for months. I’ve no idea why, I just assumed I must have tried when I installed the OS and deemed it impossible. Anyway, I’m an idiot because it’s really easy. Open up your keyboard settings and pick “Layout Settings”:...

April 17, 2014 · (Updated April 17, 2014) · 1 min · matt

How to install R on OSX

Install Homebrew (if needed) ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL \ https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)" Install R brew tap homebrew/science brew install r

February 18, 2014 · (Updated February 18, 2014) · 1 min · matt

Will you be our 1000th customer?

Before OddPrints… A short while ago I wanted to print some photos for a little frame (4x4cm). I don’t own a printer and so I wanted to get it printed online. However, the smallest size offered by most online labs is 4×6". I’m a programmer and amateur photographer, if anyone should find this easy it should be me. How hard can it be? Somehow, I needed to resize and re-save my photo so that it had just the right border around the edge so that when the new image was printed at 4×6" my picture would be in the middle at exactly 4x4cm ready for me to cut out....

October 3, 2013 · (Updated October 3, 2013) · 3 min · matt