Scientist: “We can live to be 1,000 years old”

The BBC have published an article by Cambridge University scientist Dr. Aubrey de Grey who claims that someone aged 60 years old today could live to be 1,000 years old.
Of course, many have claimed such science fiction will turn to fact in the past, but this guy appears genuinely convinced. And since he leads some [...]

Chelsea 4 – 0 Wycombe (Agg: 5-1)

Andriy Shevchenko shone tonight in a powerful performance against brave Wycombe who had no answer.
In an apparent attempt to silence the recent barrage of criticism leveled at Jose Mourinho’s squad, the speed of the game from start to finish was far faster than recent games in which the opposition, smelling chances, have taken points off [...]

Why recycling is still a bit pathetic

I asked recently when would be a good time to empty our now full shredder into the recycling bin outside, which I’m sure to most people in today’s environmently conscious world would be a natural job.
I was told I couldn’t. Stopped in my tracks, I asked why. Apparently it screws up the recycling machines so [...]

TinyMCE and Scriptaculous – Grr

Thought I’d post this as a reminder, having spent an hour staring at web page source code wondering why TinyMCE wasn’t turning my textarea in a full editor for non-technical staff to use.
It seems that if you use Scriptaculous on the same page, TinyMCE must come first in your ordering of script tags, else you [...]

When is a coat, not a coat?

I set out today to get three things done. The first, a haircut, not a problem. The second, look for coats, became complicated thus I left to do more research. The third, get a UV filter for my new Sigma 105mm macro lens, which I forgot to do due to other distractions in Jessops leaving [...]

Fun with text_field_with_auto_complete

I’ve spent the past few hours trying to get my head around Rails‘ text_field_with_auto_complete. Rails, from a PHP background is totally different paradigm and text_field_with_auto_complete illustrates this more so than usual.
So I have a web site home page /home which has a controller named ‘HomeController’ amazingly enough. I also have a complete MVC ‘WebSite’ for [...]