Busy Busy Busy

Last night I was up until about 1am sorting out both Mini-MaFt's website and getting my head around setting up a Cron job and associated php script to automatically create a backup of a MySQL database...

It was fun, and we got there in the end with some help from the excellent Support guys at Blackfoot Hosting!

Having said that I'm only up to August 2006 for Mini-MaFt's site so there's still a bit more to do...

MaFt

Changes

I've (rather reluctantly) moved my blog back onto the Blogger hosting to take advantage of some of the new features available which they don't let you use if you FTP to your own host...

Because of this you may need to change your link to the RSS feed, if you use it, to this: http://maftmaft.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Cheers

MaFt

Not Again...

Carrying on from yesterdays mis-adventure I nearly did the opposite earlier on... King of Shaves shaving gel nearly went in my hair...! Luckily I noticed (unlike yesterday) and didn't actually squeeze any out this time!

I blame a long night with little sleep (cheers Mini-MaFt!)

MaFt

Don't You Just Hate It When...

You start using hair-gel instead of shaving-gel...

Animal Farm

Received this the other day:

Dear Reader

Petitioning the Prime Minister seems to be very much in vogue at present, with the media giving a great deal of coverage to Number 10's dedicated website. A new petition has been set up via that website in support of animal research, stating:

Animal research has enabled scientists to find treatments for cancer, vaccines and antibiotics. This does not advocate using animals unnecessarily but animal research is required because sometimes there are no other viable alternatives. In addition it is unrealistic to force animal research to stop by a certain date since nobody can predict future scientific progress in finding other methods that produce accurate results compared with those from animal research. It is for these reasons this petition calls for continued support for animal research.

If you would like to support this petition, it can be found at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/animalresearch/

Thanks again for your continuing support.

Yours

Jo

Jo Tanner
Chief Executive
Coalition for Medical Progress

Go on, do it for the kids!

MaFt

The Verdict.

Anyone else watching this? It seems pretty good so far actually but like most 'reality' TV there's a cynical part of me that thinks that it's not going to actually be that real...

The 12 jurors (some random 'celebrities') have to decide the outcome of a rape case. The case is fictional and is based on evidence taken form actors after an unscripted, ad-libbed 'event'. Because of this then surely the witnesses etc aren't going to be realistic as they know all along what happened and that none of it was real... Also, the jurors know none of it was real so they'll have to be very strict with themselves to treat it as such and not to just have fun with it.

Still, it's good telly and the first proper use of my DVD Recorder too! What would have topped it all off though was if they had got Judge Judy to preside over the case!

MaFt

How Do The Canadians Do It?

Why does Britain come to a total standstill when there's the slightest bit of snow?!

However, the really annoying thing is that, with working from home, I can no longer phone up and say "My bus hasn't turned up because of the snow so I won't be in work today".

MaFt

Mmmmm

There's nowt beats a freshly baked Pork Pie!

MaFt