Here's the pile of cruft my webpage has become over the years. I don't throw things away in the physical world either. If you think this is bad, you should have seen the pre-organised version.
Howard Jones (howie@thingy.com)
Random Tech Stuff
What I do for fun and what I do for work are very similar. If I end up spending a while figuring something out, then I'll try and write it up here too.- Network Weathermap - visualise your network traffic, using data from MRTG, Cacti, and almost anthing else. Optionally fully integrated into Cacti.
- Cacti, MRTG, RRD, SNMP stuff including my php Network Weathermap, stripgraphs/sparklines and SNMP intstrumentation of various apps. UPDATED 18/May/06
- Getting SpamAssassin, MailDrop, VPopmail and qmail to play friendly - several people have mailed me about a mailing list post regarding this, so here's what I learnt. 20/11/02
- DIY Macro Lenses for digicams. Just fooling with my camera. 7/10/01
- Some FlashPix related stuff, including the Open Source FlashPix SDK
- Keyboards Ain't What They Were 4/2/01
Software & Tools
Little hacks, services and whatnot.
- iCal/VCALENDAR feed for Upset The Rhythm. iCal feed for this excellent UK promoter.Added 31/Dec/09
- iCal/VCALENDAR feeds for Stargreen's events listings. What's On guide for the UK, updated at least daily. Added 27/Jul/04
- x0rfbserver patches for x2vnc 14/01/02
- Dreamcast development - miscellaneous notes and tools for writing free software for your DC. Updated 23/9/01
- Stupidity piled upon stupidity - HTML Image Compression Updated 26/1/01
- The thingy.com Acorn ARM power-on self-test error decoder. Stuii was having a problem with his A5000, and with decoding the binary flashes it gives when it starts up, so here's a handy decoder. Note: I don't have an Acorn machine, so I am trusting the info in the FAQ for this. (please feel free to sell me an A3000 cheap - or an R260).
Other Sites
- wikiwiki.thingy.com - the Thingy wikiwikiweb. Currently under test. I like the idea of wikis even though I haven't really got a use for one.
- WankySpanky.com - I got the domain for a bet. I did a site design for it aaages ago (actually, two), and never got much further.
Personal Stuff
- Reno, January 2001 Updated 16/1/01
Things I Own
- My CD collection and how MP3ed it is so far. I know you care. Updated 06/Jul/03
- My MP3 Jukebox where all the above are going. Updated 23/11/01
- My old computing junk Updated 18/4/01
Misc Junk
- Manual for Cambridge Audio m500 - I lost mine, and when I found it, I scanned it. Maybe you lost yours too.
- Manual for Korg Pandora PX2 guitar effects unit - I lost my one of these too, and when I found it, I scanned it. Maybe you lost yours too. 11/Feb/05
- Manual for Korg Pandora PX1 guitar effects unit - scanned and donated by Roelf Backus. 30/Jan/06
- Sales Training slides - a useful diagram I made a few years ago for training our sales guys. - 29/5/01
- Old Home Micro Ads Updated 5/2/01
Historical stuff
I used to work at a regional/national UK ISP called Voss Net, which is dead now. This stuff dates back that far.
- My old Village/Vibes page. Pretty lights, but really old.
- My even older Voss Net staff page
- The Today Page - 5 years, and still going strong. Due for a major update soon, when I get the time.