hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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That post-a-day-in-March thing
So, I was going really well. I had two weeks under my belt and I’d only missed a couple of days. Then it all went wrong. It wasn’t even for lack of material. I still have a list here with … Continue reading
Moving and what physical object means home
I moved on the weekend, which is as good an excuse as any for my three-day lapse in posting every day of the month. I moved in with Andrea (that’s my girlfriend for anyone who stumbled upon my page from … Continue reading
Brian K. Vaughan’s Saga
A number of years ago I got into comics by reading the entire Marvel Civil War event that got passed to me. Marvel’s events are basically big stories that involve many of the members of the Marvel universe and have … Continue reading
You work how much?
Today I read an interesting article on how the 40-hour work week came about and its demise in recent years. The first thing that I thought, reading this article was, what demise? Then I thought about my parents and what … Continue reading
My push notifications don’t work in production
This isn’t so much a post as a I-wish-I’d-read-this-somewhere. When you distribute an iOS app, you do so via a provisioning profile. Distribute in this case means anything from putting it on your own iOS device connected to your Mac … Continue reading
Posted in iOS Development
Tagged Blog a day in March, Provisioning profiles, Push notifications
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Obligatory new iPad post
So, there’s a new iPad. The same day that it was announced I had someone asking me whether it was worth having. Which of course begs the question, what is an iPad good for. I’m in the position where I … Continue reading
My first piece of furniture
I’ve been living out of home for a bit over 7 years now, and lived in as many different flats, apartments and share houses. But they’ve always been furnished, and I’ve managed to go through all this time without buying … Continue reading
The free education revolution
A couple of days ago the free Cryptography course (run by a Standford professor) over at Coursea went live. When I first heard about this course I signed up straight away. There are a lot of universities (specifically in the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mathematics
Tagged Blog a day in March, Coursea, Education, Open Courseware, Open Learning Initiative, Universities
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Why I CAN test my own code
Once upon a time someone told me that programmers can’t test their own code. I can’t remember who told me this, but I’ve been repeating it ever since. Most of the work I do is as a solitary programmer. This … Continue reading