Paul Maunders | Web log

As we are thinking of going on a cruise for our honeymoon next year, I thought I’d do some research into the different cruise ships in use today. Of course there are many factors you could compare, but to start with I’m interested in just one thing: the size!
Cunard Line Limited

Maiden Voyage
Name
Gross Tonnage
Length
Height
Passengers

2004
Queen Mary 2
148,528
345m
72m
2,620

Royal [...]

Historic Farnborough is a new site that has been set up to document the history of Farnborough, with everything from its famous Landmarks to its worst eye soars.
Residents past and present are invited to submit their photos, memories and any other historic facts about Farnborough.
My favourite feature is the Gone but not Forgotten section where [...]

If you get a e-mail/password error when you try use Google’s Desktop Video Uploader, then try going to this page, which displays an captcha to unlock your account. I’m not quite sure why my account was locked in the first place (as I was able to login to other Google services), but going through [...]

I looked high and low in Yahoo’s developer centre to find a link to view your existing application ids, but I couldn’t find one. In the end I signed up for another id, and it showed me the link to view them all at the end.
View your current Yahoo app ids

BT have recently launched an API for their 21CN network called Web21C. The API allows developers to access various BT network functions via a HTTPS interface. Amongt other things you can place calls, send text messages, geo-locate mobiles (currently only BT mobiles).
During the beta phase, usage limits per account are as follows:

SMS Text Messages – [...]

It started just over a year ago when Goog launched G-mail for your domain. This allowed individuals and organisations to host a domain with multiple users on Google’s G-mail platform. No longer were you limited to a @gmail.com or @googlemail.com domain, as now you could bring your own and still get the full power of [...]

I just found a useful file on Dan Huby’s website where he has compiled a list of all the neighbouring postal regions in the UK. This is useful if you want to build a postcode based search script, as you can match the actual searched for postcode as well as adjoining postcodes.
For example, from this [...]

As part of its national telephone numbering plan, Ofcom will be introducing 03 numbers later this year as an alternative to chargeable 08 numbers such as 0870. These numbers will cost exactly the same as geographic 01 and 02 numbers, and therefore be allowed as part of any inclusive minute allowances or call discount schemes [...]

I installed Ubuntu on my Toshiba laptop tonight. Unfortunately the DVD drive had broken, so I had to use PXE to network install from another server in my house. That went fairly smoothly, but once Ubuntu was installed the integrated Atheros wireless network card wasn’t working. To fix it I had to install some [...]

I always like to make sure that my friends and family are getting the best deals for the communications services they use in their home, and so often they will ask me to go through the options available to them. Since I do this quite regularly, I thought it would be worthwhile publishing it on [...]