Formatting USB drives in Xubuntu
This morning I needed to format a USB drive in Xubuntu, but I couldn't find the disk utility software. It turns out that it is not installed by default in…
Playing with Jekyll
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been looking at my WordPress sites and trying to work out which ones I can convert into static sites. Handling 10+ upgrades each…
Redirecting and displaying standard output and error
Most Linux sysadmins will know this little trick for redirecting standard output and standard error (i.e. 'all' output from a command) to a file: make &> /tmp/build.log However, sometimes you'll…
All about Mojolicious
Mojolicious is a web development framework for Perl, similar to Catalyst but with fewer dependencies and a gentler learning curve. Josette's blog has a two part interview with Sebastian Riedel, one of…
Find Git commits by email address
Often in Git you'll want to find a list of commits from a given author or organisation. Fortunately this is a simple enough task with two arguments to git log: git…
Hello World in Node.js
Recently I've been playing around with Node.js at work as the Mozilla Open Badges reference implementation uses it. After a while we realised it would be easier to deploy a…
Full time freelancing from July
I recently handed in my notice at my current employer and I'll be going freelancing full time from 1st July. If you'd like to hire an experienced professional with a…
PHP developer at Lets for Life
Lets for Life are looking for a PHP developer to work on their internal back office systems. They're set up to let properties to people with disabilities and are part of…
Static sites with Templer
I run a lot of personal and professional sites for my own activities, and until recently I'd used WordPress to manage the content on them. However, this felt a bit wasteful…
All about Dancer
Dancer is a web development framework, similar to Symfony and Zend but written in Perl. Josette’s blog has a three part interview with Sawyer X, one of the core developers on Dancer.…