Jon Simpson’s Weblog

The results of my summer exams & first year at university came out today, a pretty uneventful process but I was very happy with the outcome. I managed to achieve a Distinction from my first year of CS with a Year in Industry at UKC, and it seems like a good way to round out [...]

So the Free Speech Coalition managed to get a block from 2257 investigation of their members, as members seem to fall under the scope of ‘plaintiffs’ in the Free Speech Coalition et al v. Alberto Gonzales case which forms their main thrust against the legislation.
2257 is nothing new, and something the webmasters dealing in ‘primary [...]

Recently, i needed to write some scripts to deal with large numbers of websites that needed screencapped, thumbnailed and uploaded. Not wanting to attempt to get Windows to peform this task, I obviously looked to my powerbook’s bash scripting capabilities to get the job done. In doing this, i was stopped in my tracks by [...]

In a fit of activity, I’ve upgraded this blog to the latest WordPress software, and the change seemed like a good time to change the design to make it more soothing to the eye. Exams are over and the summer break is kicking off, so I’m hoping to post more here in the coming months.