Category Archives: Programming

I was continuing testing with the Arduino to get communication happening with the car – there is a requirement to test data against known values to confirm findings. I was aiming to use the hardware driven serial on the Arduino’s … Continue reading →

I spent the last few weeks attempting to determine what 5 bytes are necessary to initialise the connection to the car ECU. I tried a few methods of discovering just what the ones and zeros were telling me, and tonight, … Continue reading →

I’ve got a few sensors I’d be keen on moving data wirelessly between. The first is the Solar Hot Water system, which is where I wanted to start – wirelessly read some temperature sensors, and send them to the server … Continue reading →

.. I left the damned interior light on, trying to get the MP3 player remember the “Random” setting when playing from USB. I didn’t see it was on as it was raining last night and I was too focused on … Continue reading →

I have been toying with a “TI Launchpad” recently, something I’ve been trying is to get it to work with the popular HD44780 LCD. The LCD supports loading of custom characters in addition to the standard character set – with … Continue reading →

… so the ancient Charles Babbage once authored. Data Validation is a very, very, very important aspect of any user facing application, be it a website, be it a program, be it a simple calculator. The data must be validated … Continue reading →

There are many various languages about, and which one to use for a particular purpose is a decision in itself. I’ve got many choices when it comes to putting something together for a particular purpose, for example, recently, I’ve been … Continue reading →

I hit a small problem tonight, I wanted to make it possible for a GreaseMonkey Javascript running on one domain, to publish data to another site using GM_xmlHttpRequest. The problem was cookies. In order to recognise the person posting, the … Continue reading →

After my last post, I attended the interview, and have remained on the edge of my seat waiting for a result. Then, after a short week wait, a response. It’s not a disappointing reply, but it’s not successful just yet. … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve put a lot of progress into completing my studies for the course I’m studying (Diploma in IT – Sys Admin). Much of the items are as I described several months ago, mindless paperwork describing something that you have … Continue reading →

I don’t find the end of a day providing client support rewarding. It’s actually quiet tiresome. It’s more fun providing support than it is assisting with product selection and sales enquiries, but client support doesn’t really leave one feeling the … Continue reading →

I’m currently developping an application, to allow for fast import of data, which is going to stem from a larger project to allow for better online service delivery. The accounting application used is one of the known brands of accounting … Continue reading →

Today I was fixing a credit card gateway issue with someones website. What seemed to be the case was that a cart system was purchased, and just on the fly someone decided to break away one of the existing payment … Continue reading →

We took the car to the auto electrician today, and low and behold, the parts recycler gave us the wrong dang size electric window mechanism. So, tomorrow is going to be spent tracking down the right part, and then seeing … Continue reading →

I host a trivia room (well, two) on an IRC network, it gets a few visitors, and has a host of regulars and is a great room. I don’t have much involvement in it, it’s just running there, my partner … Continue reading →

Google Analytics is a great Google service (from the company of “Do No Evil”), but, how useful is it really? They don’t seem to have much in the way of Adwords integration with Analytics for testing a complete visit from … Continue reading →

I’m amazed when I see this sort of items appear in front of me. Some one paying thousands of dollars for a ‘web site’ and getting what amounts to automatically generated rubbish, or unplanned scripting errors and the like. The … Continue reading →

There are 3 ways to do things. Homer: The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way. Bart: Isn’t that just the wrong way, but faster. Homer: Yes. I’m reminded of that episode of The Simpsons each time … Continue reading →