MySQL Index Improvement

Written by Paul in coding on Tue 19 June 2018. Tags: coding,

I’m very pleased with myself today. I actually bothered to track down what was slowing down my website.

I’d first like to say I prefer the word indices to indexes. Also it’s My-S-Q-L not My-Sequel. Actually it’s MariaDB, but that’s not the point.

There were …

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Fathers Day '18

Written by Paul in blog on Sun 17 June 2018. Tags: images, blog,

Fathers Day came around again.

I got a great selection of goodies :)

Fathers Day Goodies

  • Bike Lights
  • 2x cards (which adds up about right as there are 2x children)
  • Biscuit/Lolly
  • Bottles of Ginger Beer
  • A Fathers Day Keyring
  • A Teddy that Marley seems to have claimed
  • Pyjamas
  • A Cup of Socks
  • A …

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World Cup Day 2

Written by Paul in blog on Fri 15 June 2018. Tags: blog,

So, yesterday’s predictions went quite well, although I did get the only match wrong.

Well, today, there are 3 matches and I am very confident.

Egypt / Uruguay Clearly if Egypt can build pyramids that are still a mystery today - they can win this match.

Morocco / Iran I don’t …

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World Cup Day 1

Written by Paul in blog on Thu 14 June 2018. Tags: blog,

So World Cup starts today. I’m not at all bothered, so I thought I’d make some predictions anyway :p

It’s Russia / Saudi Arabia match first, so I’m going for Saudi Arabia as I like their flag and kit colour better!

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No Electric

Written by Paul in blog on Wed 13 June 2018. Tags: images, blog,

Sadly we were without electric on Monday. It was frustrating to not be able to get on with things that needed doing, but it was quiet!

We had to make piles of candles everywhere when it got dark.

Owl Candle Holder

Candle on a ramekin

Plate of candles

Candle in an eggcup

And sadly everything in the fridge and freezer went off :(

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