Archive for the ‘Coding’ Category
Posted on October 25, 2008 - by Jordan H
Xbox and Rails
Last night, I met up with Josh, Joseph, Mike, Francis and Sam and we had a great time playing Halo 3 together. Francis’ lack of experience was extremely funny - he only ended up killing people on his team - and we all had some Ice Tea. Considering I haven’t played Halo compulsively - in the time since I got my Xbox I’ve mainly played GTA IV and Battlefield: Bad Company - I did quite well. Our team won a lot of times and I got to the top of the scoreboard once.
Last night, I decided to get round to learning some Ruby on Rails. It’s been something I’ve planned for ages, and since I’ve got a week off now I thought I’d see about learning it. I got InstantRails and installed it on my computer and followed a myriad of tutorials to get “Hello, World!” up on my screen. Gonna see if I can make an app by the end of the week, so far I’ve got about 5 different “Test” apps with no apparrent way to delete them. Help? (:
Posted on October 12, 2008 - by Jordan H
Lifestreaming
Well, here’s my first attempt at lifestreaming. I coded it this evening in PHP and it pulls RSS feeds from twitter/flickr/my blog. I’ll be posting up a tutorial on JordanHatch.co.uk soon on how I did it.
There’s some styling I need to do with it, but other than that I think it’s pretty extendable. What do you think?
Posted on July 13, 2008 - by Jordan H
Wordpress 2.6 Beta
WordPress 2.6 is due to be released very soon. The first release candidate has just been released and there are a lot of great features like blog post revisioning, automatic WordPress upgrades and one-click plugin installs.
Posted on March 30, 2008 - by Jordan H
Wordpress 2.5
I reckon this is the most controversial Wordpress release to date. With a complete overhaul of the Admin CP, especially the write page. Tbh, I kinda like it, although the Editor seems a little slow. The new logo is rather nice too. Butfor those who aren’t so keen, check out Fluency Admin by DeanJRobson. It’s a bit like WP-Tiger but for WP 2.5.
Tony Scott has suggested the idea of having a WordCamp in the UK. There’s been a lot of debate on his blog about suggesting locations, with many opting for London, but just as many (including me) opting for somewhere a bit more up north! When we do have a WordCamp though, I certainly will be attending!
I’ve eventually got round to setting up Twitter. I’ll add a link in the sidebar to my Twitter page. Got a bit peeved though when I found out that T-Mobile have blocked Twitter in the UK. Not much of a problem though, as I’m changing my phone and provider next month. T-Mobile have done nothing good for me, and I’m switching to O2. They’ve got an offer for an LG Viewty free on a £30 a month contract. IMO, the Viewty is better than the iPhone.
That seems to be quite a long blog post. Maybe it’s because of the smaller editor text size in 2.5? That’s all for now!
Posted on March 29, 2008 - by Jordan H
Release the AJAXy goodness!
To celebrate the incredibly faster speeds of my site, I’ve AJAXed up the contact form! With CAPTCHAs too! w00t!
So why not try it out? Send me a message! 
Posted on March 23, 2008 - by Jordan H
FizzBuzz Generator
Finished coding this little script you might like
For those who are unlucky enough to do Fizzbuzz in Maths (or any other subject, for that matter), try the Fizzbuzz Generator to make you a little cheatsheet. It’ll work with any numbers and go up to whatever number you like (honestly, try it!).
Comments welcome
Posted on March 9, 2008 - by Jordan H
The New JordanHatch.co.uk
Finished working on the design and coding of my new website today. Don’t worry, the blog’s not going anywhere. I’m just using JordanHatch.co.uk as a portal in a sense, like my corporate site :-).
As I mentioned on the homepage of the site, the design I’m using on there will be reflected in the future designs of this blog and KidChat, so keep an eye out for future updates! I’ve got a full plan for a transformation of my sites over the next year or so.
Anyway, let me know what you think. It’s great to get some feedback about something you’ve been working on! Feel free to drop a comment!
>Jordan
Posted on December 19, 2007 - by Jordan H
Countdown to Christmas
Yes, it’s that time of year! I thought about writing a poem, so stay tuned! But there’s only 5 more days till Christmas and I’m excited, not the least because I know what I’m getting! Our tree is all up (as it has been for the last 19 days) and I’ve finished school. So bring on the festive spirit!
I spruced up the jhSystems website a bit, so have a look at that please! And I messed with the style of the help documentation section and made the theme constant. Unfortunately the site looks absolutely crap in IE. Not surprising for a crap browser though, eh?
Stay tuned and a happy Christmas!
>Jordan