Month: February 2010

  • A long overdue refactor

    For the last couple of weeks, my time on Witter has been spent refactoring the code to be more managable. And hopefully allow easier addition of things like multiple account support. 

  • Guest posting

    A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would like to write a post for TestingBlues. It is a blog by a bunch of IBMers, but represents their own thoughts and opinions on subjects around about software testing. It is not an official IBM blog. This week I put up my first guest…

  • Proposal ring

    It seems that if you are looking for an engagement ring that isn’t a diamond, then options are a little limited. I was apprently left with the option of picking something I wasn’t sure about, or letting on and getting Kat to help pick.So I hit upon the idea of just turning a wooden ring,…

  • My second commission

    A couple of months ago I wrote about turning a doorbell surround as my first paid commission for a colleague at work. Turns out there is some small market for doorbell surrounds, as I recently got a comment on that post asking if I’d be prepared to do another.I guess the metal parts of these doorbells has…

  • Fixing sofa springs

    For some time I have been aware that my sofa has had at least one broken spring. Generally it was feeling a little too soft, and it sagged in the middle where there was one spring missing. Turns out replacing a sofa spring is easier than I expected.