Ebuyer – maxing out the result limit

This might be useful to someone, somewhere, out there. Those who’re into tinkering with things they shouldn’t will notice that Ebuyer’s search pages include a “limit” GET variable in the results page URL. The upper limit appears to be 30, but going negatively causes a different kettle of fish: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=a%25&x=0&y=0&limit=-3000 (That URL is not for […]

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Cloud-Bible progress

Two blogs in one weekend. Impressive for me! I’ve made a lot of progress with the Cloud-Bible project (the name is growing on me, slowly). Switching from the simpler-to-follow (but very assuming) big “switch” clause which was previously handling reverse-engineered tags (oh, I didn’t mention the XML I have is not precise OSIS format did […]

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A poem I wrote

Regarding safe hex, on Linux – a topic at work today: “A wise man once said to me, ‘The root account, you should not be.’ Alas my pride, for great it was, ‘I shall be root, just because!’ Rename this, move off that, Getting rid of some old tat. Then, behold! A stray forward-slash… My […]

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Traffic light safety feature

While driving home yesterday, I encountered a large round-about on the edge of Bury (where the A14 slip roads converge), where the lights were literally offline. Confusion seemed to be reigning. Nobody knew what to do. Some people just pulled out blindly – treating it as though the lights were “on green”. Others simply waited, […]

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Camp day 1

Aye, so the peeps turned up, network coverage is at a minimum, but the weather is good (praise the Lord). Thank you to all those who baked cakes, the chocolate digestive was superb – thanks Elane! Hopefully the campfire pic uploads, hello to all you from East Dean!

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Covies camp 2010

Jumping on the band wagon of all things gadgety, I’ve grabbed myself the WordPress for Android app. Fear this technological stuff! So on the way down here… (the only thing I have to comment on so far), I really wish people would learn to drive! From the lane hangers to the woman in the Mercedes […]

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Henry Olonga visits Isleham

We were recently graced with a visit from Henry and Tara Olonga, preaching and singing at our outreach event for 2010. I cannot thank Henry and Tara enough, their dedication to the gospel – their confidence to preach Christ and Him crucified, sin and Hell. I was fortunate enough to find opportunity to take some […]

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