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Things change

Posted at 18:00:59 on Mon, August 20th 2007 by graham
in: bullet points django new site

In amongst all the programming (for money), programming (for free), writing a second novel (still not convinced that I'm actually doing that yet but it's a nice journal so I better flaming had be), amateur photography, sleeping, eating and having a life that I seem to be doing at the moment, I'm in the mood for some changes to the site.

So to that end I've got a list of things that I want to change:

Style - the templates are dull and boring, even if I did used to think they were quietly understated. They aren't, end of story.
More Stuff, dammit! (As in more than just a blog, at least).
Integration of external stuff - Flickr, Twitter et. al. - so that you good people don't have to ferret around for it.
Possibly - though I'm not sure yet - putting the source up for download so that all you schmuck who want to use the same code that I use can do. Of course, you could also take the opportunity to point out where I went wrong and improve on it, which is also welcome (though don't expect me to always be cheerfully happy about it).

If you've got any ideas that you want to add just drop a comment here.

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In passing

Posted at 00:26:27 on Fri, August 17th 2007 by graham
in: bullet points django new site posts that started out differently religion

I have much that I want to blog about but I've had less than eight hours sleep in the last two days and it's making things a bit blurry about now. I will get round to the bit about religion and how it can cause problems in conversation. And now I think I'll shut my eyes and ponder whether or not to integrate Flickr and Twitter and all the other e?rs with the main posts feed on the blog.

Which is probably too much for this time in the morning, but whilst I'm alive I can but think, can't I.

Or I might think about fairy tales. Yes, that seems more likely.

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Bullet points, etc.

Posted at 00:05:04 on Fri, June 08th 2007 by graham
in: ben templesmith bullet points django_xmlrpc flickr graphic novels news the bible violet blue warren ellis, internet jesus wormwood

I've been saving up a couple of things to post. No, that's a lie. I've been meaning to post about a couple of things but keep finding other things to do. So I'm going to do bullet points instead for the sake of brevity. I might expand upon them later.

Flickr is playing silly buggers with Violet Blue's photo stream.
This doesn't affect me much since I use Flickr infrequently at best, but provides yet another example of social networking sites screwing up when it comes to censorship.
[Edit]: Some people complaied that Violet's site isn't Work Safe. I'm semi sorry for not warning you (be thankful this isn't warrenellis.com).
Modern parents are wrapping their kids in cotton wool (figuratively speaking).
We knew this already, of course, because the world is Much Worse than it was in my day (i.e. around 1991). Strangely, my friends and I managed okay. But the media must be right, mustn't it?
The Bible has been attacked as "obscene" in Hong Kong (via Warren Ellis ).
I'll be honest: this one just amuses me.
Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse looks, and is generally, amazing.
More on this and Sandman and graphic novels in general to come.
Cool things are coming for django_xmlrpc, including some excellent work by Reza Mohammadi. Well, I think they're cool anyway.
Oh, and I set a date for starting Novel-the-Second. Isn't that exciting?

That's it for now. Off to Manchester tomorrow for the cricket. Take care in the meantime. Don't get eaten by anything will you?

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.