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43 years in IT

ROSS User Group 1975-1976

43 years ago, at the tender age of 16 years and 11 months, I entered the IT industry. My salary was £1690 per annum; £65 a fortnight.

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Categories: programming, Work

Published: June 30, 2018 | Last updated: July 1, 2018

bucket list – WordCamp London: 17-19 March 2017 (#wcldn)

I’m volunteering again at WordCamp London. I have a shorter bucket list for 2017 than I did in previous years. Basically, I need to find some paid work. [Read more…]

Categories: WorkTags: 2017, bucket list, London

Published: March 12, 2017 | Last updated: March 14, 2017

Celebrating 2 years of WP-a2z.org with a long overdue upgrade

For a while now, I’ve been developing a replacement for my WP-a2z Dynamic API Reference. Today, just over two years after wp-a2z.org was first revealed, I’ve switched over to the new version. Here are some notes about the new version. [Read more…]

Categories: Sites, WordPress, WorkTags: Dynamic API Reference, WP-a2z

Published: July 9, 2016 | Last updated: July 9, 2016

Google Maps once again requiring an API key

I’ve been porting a site from Drupal to WordPress recently but it wasn’t until I loaded it onto hosting with 1&1 that I noticed some problems with my [bw_show_googlemap] shortcode. I’ve fixed the problem in oik v3.0.2. The new solution requires you to obtain a Google Maps API key, and enter it in oik options. [Read more…]

Categories: plugins, programming, WordPress, WorkTags: API key, bw_show_googlemap, Google maps, oik

Published: June 27, 2016 | Last updated: June 27, 2016

40 years ago today: me, IBM and Caravan

At the tender age of just short of 16 years and 11 months, I received confirmation of my first full time employment. Starting on the 30th June, I would be employed as a vacation student, in the ROSS users group, part of RESPOND at IBM Havant. 4 years later, having studied computing science at Imperial College, and working my summer holidays in various roles in operations departments, I was re-employed full time as an IMS / PL/I programmer.

I celebrated 25 years in 2004. Had I not left in 2009, I would now be in my 37th year. [Read more…]

Categories: Play, WorkTags: cunning stunts, IBM

Published: June 25, 2015 | Last updated: June 25, 2015

bucket list – post WordCamp London 2015

I attended WordCamp London 2015 from 20th – 22nd March. Prior to the event I wrote my bucket list for things to achieve before I left. Now I have an even longer list of things to do. If you want to help me complete my bucket list, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Abbreviated version: work on www.oik-plugins.com/oik-plugins/oik-clone-clone-your-wordpress-content/ before (nearly) all the others in the list.

Full version: [Read more…]

Categories: WordPress, WorkTags: #wcldn, bucket list

Published: March 24, 2015 | Last updated: April 8, 2016

H2GD Part 42: Battling 100% CPU performance issues

I’ve had some performance issues on one of my sites. In this post I discuss some of the solutions to the problems; determining the cause, then applying the pragmatic fix. [Read more…]

Categories: H2GD, programming, WordPress, WorkTags: 100% CPU, bingbot, spam

Published: March 16, 2015 | Last updated: March 16, 2015

bucket list – WordCamp London: 20-22 March 2015 (#wcldn)

WordCamp London 2015 ( Twitter hashtag #wcldn ) promises to be a great weekend. [Read more…]

Categories: plugins, WordPress, WorkTags: #wcldn, bucket list

Published: March 16, 2015 | Last updated: April 8, 2016

bucket list – WordCamp Birmingham UK 2015 (#wcbrum)

Here is my bucket list of 10 things to do before I leave WordCamp Birmingham UK 2015 ( 7-8 Feb 2015 ) on Sunday afternoon. [Read more…]

Categories: WordPress, WorkTags: #wcbrum, bucket list

Published: February 4, 2015 | Last updated: May 14, 2015

Problem Solving – verse 30 – Problem Size

I'm going to skip the questions
the PM may well raise, like
"When'll you have a fix for it,
are we talking hours or days?"

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Categories: Poems, shortcodes, WordPress, WorkTags: paginate_links

Published: December 24, 2014 | Last updated: January 5, 2015

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