Andrew Taylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:02:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Buzz off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/I_5qOGidkLk/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/buzz-off/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:33:45 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=254 Continuing on the theme of similarities, just noticed the both Yahoo! and Google have a product called “Buzz”.

Is there no creativity and originality left?!

]]> http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/buzz-off/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/buzz-off/ …Player logos http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/xvu0tmqXLyY/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/player-logos/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:26:06 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=250 Couldn’t help noticing a distinct similarity between LOVEFiLM Player and BBC iPlayer earlier on. ITV and Sky also seem to have the same ideas.

At least 4OD and Demand Five could come up with an original name and logo!

]]> http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/player-logos/feed/ 1 http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/player-logos/ Lotus evening drive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/Qw9vtg67PHw/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/lotus-evening-drive/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36:56 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=242 Went for a drive in the Lotus last night, spur of the moment decision as I had nothing else to do!

This was the route:


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And a picture taken at (C) above!

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A J Taylor van

]]> http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/change-of-career/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/04/change-of-career/ Sneak peak at new BBC homepage? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/JWZ2TZ9QlT0/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2010/02/sneak-peak-at-new-bbc-homepage/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:44:58 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=225 Seemingly if you go to http://id.bbc.co.uk/ a new version of the BBC homepage is returned. Not sure this is intentional, but interesting to see the development nonetheless. The give-away being the “The new BBC homepage”  link on the right hand side!

Old

New

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This named.conf config entry proved most useful. I’ve posted it here so that everytime I need to do this, I don’t start from scratch trying to figure it out again - three times now! Hopefully other people will find it useful.

logging {
  channel simple_log {
    file "/var/log/named/bind.log" versions 3 size 5m;
    severity info;
    print-time yes;
    print-severity yes;
    print-category yes;
  };
  category queries {
    simple_log;
  };
};
]]> http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/11/bind-dns-server-request-logging/feed/ 0 http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/11/bind-dns-server-request-logging/ Lotus servicing in Sussex http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/8KisI89Ya1I/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/09/lotus-servicing-in-sussex/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:02:05 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=197&iphone=true Just thought I’d post a link to the website of the independant Lotus mechanic I use now their new website is up and running. Highly recommended for servicing, body work, odd jobs and general advice.

Classic Modern Sports is based in Horam, just south of Heathfield.

http://www.classicmodernsports.co.uk

]]> http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/09/lotus-servicing-in-sussex/feed/ 1 http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/09/lotus-servicing-in-sussex/ Slow news day at the BBC? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewtaylor/~3/LIj_O_MgWyA/ http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/blog/2009/09/slow-news-day-at-the-bbc/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:59:52 +0000 ataylor http://www.andrewtaylor.me.uk/?p=194 I imagine there were probably more important issues to make the Breaking News ticker on BBC News than this. Or maybe not.

bbc-man-forced-into-thames

You can read the full article here. If you want.

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M25

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or thereabouts!

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