Michael S. Clark

Further to the original rollout of FTTN, Arbroath is on the list of exchanges to be upgraded in 2012. w00t! [Via: BT Plc.]

I’ve been working on a project where I have to maintain data in a SQL Server database. In order to prevent different users updating the same data at the same time, I’ve also employed optimistic locking by using a “timestamp” field called OLToken on each table which is binary. This field is read out and [...]

The Pro Shop that I developed at Computa Services for the Carnoustie Golf Links, is now live. It uses concurrent AJAX, calling a lightweight PHP+XML web service layer to communicate with a Microsoft SQL Server. The management application that the staff at the Links use to administer the bookings is written in C#, using C# [...]

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday. Thai police told the BBC a hotel maid found the 72-year-old naked in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body. [Via: BBC News]

This is getting ridiculous now. During a time when many people are losing their homes, nevermind their jobs, the members of the Westminster Parliament are still being exposed for making the most outrageous expenses claims on top of their already overblown salaries. It seems that during the interviews, in which it sounds like they have [...]

Baffle your coworkers with an "Insert Coin" message on the office printer using the HP Printer Job Language (HPPJL) command set. [Via: Lifehacker]

Clever network admin Pete decided to mess with his wifi-piggybacking neighbors by flipping all the images they’d see on web pages upside down. [Via: Lifehacker]

The online tee-time booking system that I developed at Computa Services for the Carnoustie Golf Links, is now live. It uses concurrent AJAX, calling a lightweight PHP+XML web service layer to communicate with a Microsoft SQL Server. The management application that the staff at the Links use to administer the bookings is written in C#, [...]

I recently came upon a situation where a client’s website was hosted by their ISP. They wanted it to be updated, so as always, I looked at using WordPress. Unfortunately, the hosting package they had chosen supported PHP, but database support was beyond their price range. That set me wondering if WordPress actually required MySQL [...]

As I type this Mozilla, the company behind the groovy Firefox browser, has just created a new world software download record of over 5 million downloads in less than 24 hours. You can get your 7MB download here and track the download progress here. I got a certificate too! (You can get yours here.) [Via: [...]