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I posted almost exactly 3 months ago with my opinion of the new season, it’s teams and drivers, new rules, and a prediction for the end of the season. Has any of it changed? Here’s the original post, have a quick read. My prediction then was: 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Mark Webber [...]

Westboro Baptist Church are well known for their anti-homosexual propaganda/pickets, and at a recent picket they received an un-expected visit from comedic journalist Brick Stone. Watch the video, you’ll not regret it. If you’re not familiar with Westboro Baptist Church, read more about them on wiki, or take a look at their hilarious website: Wikipedia [...]

05 Aug, 2010

Basic MySQL commands

Posted by: Rob In: Uncategorized

Some people use MySQL day in day out, some use it sporadically – if you ever play with web systems (blogs, knowledgebase software) or generally anything that needs a good database/backend, you’ll at some point need to know the basic/common commands and syntax. Below when you see # it means from the unix shell. When [...]

12 Jul, 2010

Music taste..

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One of the reasons I love last.fm in addition to being able to listen to pretty much anything for free, and having a good community, is the way it allows you to track your music listening habits. Any music I listen to in my car, on my phone, on my computer is all synced to [...]

Hamilton and Button visit the McLaren garage and take a look at Senna’s 88′ car (the McLaren MP4-4), stunning video – keep them coming McLaren!

Home Button & Sleep Button. Incredibly simple to do, though I realised I couldn’t remember how to do it.. Just press the home screen & sleep buttons at the time, and it’ll make a camera click noise, putting the photo in “Camera Roll” on your iPhone

14 Jun, 2010

Formula One: What is a speed trap?

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A friend recently asked me what a speed trap is, in terms of F1. The speed trap is the fastest point on the racing circuit. It is generally towards the end of the longest straight, and just before the breaking point of the corner. The speed trap is used to obtain and compare the fastest [...]

It’s the 2010 Canadian F1 Grand Prix this weekend, whilst browsing a few F1 sites I spotted this awesome little countdown timer on the McLaren website: (click to see it larger) See it for yourself here whilst it’s still live on the McLaren site

07 Jun, 2010

Pendulum – Immersion

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The new Pendulum album “Immersion” is awesome – i’ve been listening to it all week, favourite tracks are: Self vs Self (ft. In Flames) The Vulture In Flames are one of my favourite bands so I was crazy-excited when I originally heard they were featuring on one of the new pendulum tracks, it doesn’t disappoint [...]

04 Jun, 2010

Sunset in Cambridge

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The sun sets so late this time of year, it’s great to come home and still have a few hours of light after work. This shot was taken from our balcony, the trees overlook the bank of the river cam, the sun peeking out behind them. Click through for a larger size on my Flickr


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My name is Rob, and i'll be scribbling down interesting things, uninteresting things and general thoughts about anything I come across in everyday life. It may just turn into a 'Rant Archive' but hey, everybody needs an outlet. It's better than punching a wall, right?


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