Archive - Feb 2006

I popped in to the Reading & District Bantam show this weekend which was held in the Northcroft Leisure Centre in Newbury. This was my first chicken show and I wasn't sure what to expect. The birds were in what I presume is normally the badminton / indoor football hall. On opening the door in to the hall I was met with an overwhelming and deafening array of chicken noises. There were so many different shapes and sizes of bantam it was hard to believe. I only had my phone on me so snapped some slightly blurred images on it.

This is quite an impressive video clip as well as an opportunity to embed a google video.
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A little while after we got the chickens, the evenings were starting to draw in and we realised we'd soon be back from work in the dark. We were keen to allow the chickens a free range in the garden as they don't like being 'in the cage' all day. A technological solution was required...

Surely there would be plans for a project like this on make? Unfortunately not. If time had allowed it would have been great to build a system from scratch but the evenings were drawing in too fast. We therefore opted for a commerical model from the rather limited range available. Phase I of the ultimate chicken house is a simple description of the installation of the light sensitive automatic door and a review of its operation.

Version 0.8.1 of squash ladder PHP has been released. The changes include:

* Major code overhaul to comply with e_notice errors
* Automatically writes .htaccess file (requires Apache mod_rewrite module)
* Several 'behind scene' changes to make hosted ladders easier to manage
* Centralised image management (no need for subdirectories)
* Improved content management system
* Better support for different sports/gaming types
* Fixed bug where deleted players displayed as resting
* Fixed the incorrect 'From:' email header
* Added customisable text for non logged in user
* Fixed duplicate results recorded when page refreshed/reloaded
* Added automatic MySQL backup feature
* Admins can backup database to Excel
* Various bug fixes
* Supports recording of set results