Blog

I've made numerous attempts to keep a blog over the years, with mixed results. The problem is, I'm a risk-averse developer, favouring reliable, tried n' tested technologies that get the job done rather than pursuing this month's new shiny buzz-word. Now, I keep an eye on what's happening in the software world, but I don't jump on every industry trend in the interests of trying to appear current. I guess I've been doing this long enough to see the same old ideas reappear time n' time again under a different name... (grrr, get off my lawn!)

As a result, I don't blog opinion pieces on the latest industry happenings, or interesting technical articles on the latest new hotness. But when I do feel inclined to ramble on about something, this is where I do it.

In case it isn't entirely obvious, what follows are my personal views and opinions, not those of my employer...

2018

• Summer 2018 round-up
• Blogocide: A Year on the Micro Tweets
• Despatches from the Codeface: Don't rely on identity column IDs in SQL Server
• Thoughts on the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal
• Resurrecting the blog: Despatches from the Coalface/Codeface

2017

• Out with the old...

2014

• Log all the things!

2013

• Salary Timer, Tax Calculator and Raise Calculator updated for 2013/14 tax year

2012

• Goodbye PubliSite, hello Sitesuma
• Dropping the BOM! or: Who's the BOM King?
• Salary Timer, Tax Calculator and Raise Calculator updated for 2012/13 tax year - deleted
• Happy Birthday, MrCeri!
• Backup forecast - still cloudy

2011

• Cloudy with a chance of backups
• Latest freelance project: T&RS Engineering
• Mini feed hypocrisy or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the micro-blog - deleted
• SalaryTimer .NET released!
• Don Knuth and the age of programming
• Things to look out for in 2011

2010

• Merry Christmas from MrCeri!
• 2010 – Where did it all go right(ish)?
• Restore quarantined ClamWin files
• You know you’re a geek when…
• How Secure is Secure?
• Ambiguous sums just don't add up
• MrCeri, Platform Geek
• Software Update – Salary Timer
• Beating the odds – Part 1
• Work In Progress - deleted
• Wot, No SSL?
• Goodbye WinMo
• Things to look out for in 2010

2009

• RSS - deleted
• Under Stephen King’s Dome
• Model City Zen
• Spring Cleaning - deleted
• Software Update – Salary Timer
• My Twitter experiment is over - deleted
• Twitter - deleted
• Donations - deleted

2008

• Site update - deleted
• Major site update - deleted
• Software Update – Salary Timer - deleted

2007

• Software Update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Raise Calculator and Tax Calculator - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• MrCeri Sponsorship - deleted
• Adventures in PovRay, Part 2
• AGFC website - deleted
• New site content added – General FAQs - deleted

2006

• Site maintenance - deleted
• Site maintenance - deleted
• Hosting update - deleted
• New software added – Download Link Generator - deleted
• Money, money, money - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Software update – Simple Encrypt - deleted
• Bandwidth leeching – new article - deleted
• Bandwidth leeching - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Raise Calculator and Tax Calculator - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• The hosts, they are a changin’ - deleted
• Ramblings - deleted

2005

• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• POV-Ray - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update – advertising - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Ramblings - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• New software – Movie Name Hangman - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Tax Calculator - deleted
• Software update – Raise Calculator - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - sponsorship - deleted
• Name generator - deleted
• Site update - deleted

2004

• Site update - deleted
• Site migration update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Hosting migration - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• About YOU - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Hobo Boxing - deleted
• Software update – Tax Calculator - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Pocket PC development…? - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted

2003

• Countdown Timer update - deleted
• Tax Calculator update - deleted
• Site maintenance - deleted
• Mobile Salary Timer…? - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Hobo Boxing update - deleted
• New software – Tax Calculator - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Software update – Hobo Boxing - deleted
• Software update – Raise Calculator - deleted
• Site update – new logo - deleted
• New software – MrCeri Net Send - deleted
• Site update - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Tribute to Field - deleted
• Software update – Salary Timer - deleted
• Software update – Hobo Boxing - deleted
• New software – Hobo Boxing - deleted
• New software – Disk Prodder - deleted
• “Artwork” - deleted

2002

• MrCeri Walks the Circle Line Multimedia Extraveganza! - deleted
• Salary Timer update - deleted
• New software – Raise Calculator - deleted
• New software – Simple Encrypt and Countdown Timer - deleted
• Salary Timer update - deleted
• MrCeri is born! - deleted