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I'm a contract Java developer working in Melbourne for the past 10+ years.
More recently I created onmydoorstep.com.au, a place to find out more about where you live in Australia.
I'm also active in the open-source community with several projects ongoing.
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Category Archives: IT
Thoughts on the iPad…
I picked up an iPad (finally) about a week ago. I had to resort to ordering online from Apple, since my preorder at JB Hifi had gone almost a month unfulfilled, and the staff there didn’t seem confident that they’d … Continue reading
Thoughts on the WordPress & Thesis GPL hoo-haa
The blogosphere has been railing back and forth the past week about the assertion made by Matt Mullenweg that themes are covered by the GPL, as is WordPress. This post is a pretty good jumping off point if you need … Continue reading
How-to: Add Code Syntax Highlighting to MediaWiki
Here’s a short tutorial on how to integrate Google’s “prettify.js” (which does automatic syntax highlighting of code snippets) into a MediaWiki wiki installation. This is totally done MacGyver style, we’re going to patch the MediaWiki skin to do it. For … Continue reading
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Back to Dreamhost…
I’ve had to move this site back to Dreamhost temporarily as I FUBAR’ed my Linode instance by executing “yum update”. Fortunately I have regular word press backups happening so I didn’t really loose much, except my temper. I was having … Continue reading
