Over the past few days, we realised that, for various reasons, our Sphinx search process (searchd) would occasionally not be running. As Sphinx is pretty much the backbone of our sites, we couldn’t have this happening. I wrote a small script that runs permanently, checks if searchd.pid exists (you can have it check anything) and [...]

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Why do the guys behind jailbreaking iPhones need to make their information so difficult to understand? More people would jail break if they knew how easy it was to do.
For the record, a jail broken iPhone (or iPod Touch) is one that can install software from sources other than iTunes. This has many advantages that [...]

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@shanmoorthy Nice, I'll check them out. Thanks in reply to shanmoorthy #
Really good 'screen' basics tutorial: http://bit.ly/4SjYWW #
Watching the all blacks, barbarians replay. Beautiful team the baba's. #
@Talej Was trying to look that burger up on the macca's website. I clicked on the 'heart tick' section and chuckled to myself. in reply to Talej #
Natural [...]

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@Warlach How about some cheese with your WHINE?!? in reply to Warlach #
@Warlach Should I call you a waambulance? in reply to Warlach #
@zlot I just use the bookmarklet, which is pretty good. Also their native application is nice also (including an iPhone app) in reply to zlot #
According to my 2 year [...]

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8 weeks ago I embarked on a journey that would change my life. Little did I know at the time just how much this journey would affect me physically, emotionally and psycologically.
Lets go back a further 2 weeks. I started a new job as Senior Developer for OMG. We have a ‘legacy’ codebase for our [...]

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This week I decided that I’d really start pushing my blogging again. I’ve been slack, mainly because I have had a lot going on, but also because I have been lazy. I dont spend much time online on the weekends anymore (on purpose) and I dont have time at work to stop and write for [...]

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Almost 1 year since being made redundant from REA Group – Was a blessing in disguise, much happier now. #
It is really time to ramp up my blogging. I reckon I have made about 2 or 3 posts to my 3 blogs in the past 6 months… So slack. #
Stunned by the Wallabies losing to [...]

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@matmurray hahaha, yes I feel a similar weekend is in store for me too. in reply to matmurray #
@zlot That looks awesome, I'm concerned about battery and bandwidth with the amount of tweets I receive… in reply to zlot #
Melbourne announced as 15th Super Rugby license holder!! http://bit.ly/1YgoP8 #
RT @junal: Another player in [...]

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RT @Zee: YouTube, Last.fm mashup is pretty good, very illegal http://tnw.to/3MjW by @MartinSFP #
@warlach – Agreed, New graffiti laws are ridiculous. 6 months imprisonment? Way to help the youths.. http://bit.ly/21g0y0 #ihatenathanrees #
@Warlach ooooh, link me, link me… That sounds like something I'd be pissed off by too. in reply to Warlach #
Just watched Australia beat [...]

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Looks like Microsoft Poland have fixed their site. That was pretty quick! Good thing I got some screen shots first. #
RT @kevinrose: WHOA, Microsoft: http://bit.ly/nHOeq and Microsoft Poland: http://bit.ly/slQuQ – spot the difference? horrible… #
@sienareine That or crying. Whatever is easiest. #
@sienareine There's an app for that. #
FYI – Hiring the first applicants [...]

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