Author Archives: Matthew Wilcoxson

Laser eye day

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Just a few hours till my Laser eye surgery… and yes I’m a little nervous. It’s been booked for about a month, but I’ve been so busy I’ve not really given it much thought – but as it’s a approached … Continue reading →

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Keep Calm and Carry on Coding

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I’ve had a change of name, well the blog has. It is based on the poster which displays the text “Keep calm and Carry On”, this was originally created back in 1939 by the British Government and was intended to … Continue reading →

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Yes to AV

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Today’s the day we find out of Britain is the sensible country it believes it to be, or one controlled by unbelievable scare stories. Yes, it’s a referendum, this one about the “Alternative Vote” voting (AV) over the “First past … Continue reading →

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Amazon Kindle Support – impressive

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

In the last couple of days I’ve been very impressed with how the Amazon Kindle customer support is handled – in fact I’ve been thoroughly surprised at how efficient it is. I’ve been using my Kindle since September with no … Continue reading →

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Kindle Formats, Calibre, Conversions and “The Last Ring-bearer”

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I came across a book called “The Last Ring-bearer” (by Kirill Yeskov) recently, and decided it would make a nice addition to my Kindle collection. It’s not sold by Amazon so there’s no Kindle specific format – in fact it … Continue reading →

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PhpGedView, SourceForge and the US Government

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I originally installed PhpGedView back in 2007. It’s an open source and free web program for managing family trees and based on the universal Gedcom file format commonly used in many genealogical websites and applications. I’ve been using it on … Continue reading →

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The Forestry Commission, OpenData and Ordnance Survey

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

At the start of the week I decided to try to collect some information together regarding the Forestry Commissions’ owned woodland and map that data so we can see the scale and find out which ones are locally owned. (Jump … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.10 – OS for all

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Just installed the latest Ubuntu version, 10.10, from the Desktop CD. It took about half an hour to install and then after a quick restart everything was up and running.

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10:10 Carbon Footprint Reduction

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Back at the end of 2009 I signed a pledge to reduce my carbon footprint by 10%, called 10:10, here’s my results. Well, it was close… depending on how you calculate it… although in another sense I totally failed. Electricity … Continue reading →

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What Star Trek species are we?

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Star Trek, a TV show that began in the 1960′s, is one of the most popular TV shows ever. Last years big box office movie release showed that it is still a show that many people want to watch and … Continue reading →

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