I recently set up PaperTrail on our production server and it’s extremely useful. It basically uploads the log files you configure, aggregates them and let’s you search them. That’s useful but what’s blow-me-away amazing is setting up saved searches and alerts. Now I can easily be notified when a particular user logs it, or when [...]
Picks of the week: TP-Link, Parcel Motel, Staples Arc, WD Passport and Giottos Monopod
Sometimes it’s the things you don’t notice which are the most valuable. I realised this week that I haven’t rebooted our TP-Link WR740N broadband modem since we got it over 6mths ago. Now, obviously, that is how modems are supposed to work but over the past 8 years every single modem from Eircom and Vodafone [...]
Picks of the Week, Bumper-edition: Fast 50′s, How to win friends, O’Mahony’s, TDDium, moment.js
I’ve just moved this blog over to a new host so I held off on creating new posts until the move was complete. Here’s a selection of the things that have delighted me over the past 2 weeks and which I heartily recommend: Fast 50′s — the fast 50mm lens is a favourite among most [...]
Picks of the Week: The Flinch, Yankee Candles, BrowserStack and Palua
The Flinch — I picked up this from the Business Jazz podcast by Roger Overall and Paul O’Mahony. It’s a short read about doing the things that scare us and that, instead of flinching away, we should be flinching forward. It accurately reflected my attitude post-car accident but a good reminder for other areas of [...]
Picks of the Week: Draper, Speedo MP3 player, mails_viewer
I always get a little bit jealous listening to various podcasts (Ruby Freelancers / Ruby Rogues) which ask their guests for “picks” every week. Since no one is inviting me a podcast every week, I thought I’d start to share my weekly picks any way. It’ll be a mix of general life stuff, programming stuff [...]