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PHP fixups completed! 24/5/2020 14:16 My hosting-service upgraded the PHP version ... and that broke all my rotten PHP code that accessed MySQL databases! It's my own fault, really. They've given repeated warnings that it was going to happen, but I've always had something 'better' to do. So this should fix-up the front page (wot you are reading now) plus phpArcScan, the RSS generator, and one or two other bits. Though it's quite telling that this has been broken for weeks, but no-one has mentioned it. Almost as if no-one uses phpArcScan any more ... (sniff) I'm now selling on Tindie! 27/11/2017 08:33 I've been asked a few times by readers about whether pre-made PCBs can be purchased ... frequently enough that replying with "there's no demand for it" is patently untrue. So, as an experiment in could-I-quit-my-job-and-design-kits-all-day I'm testing the water with my Simple EEPROM Programmer kit. Back after hosting service merge 3/2/2017 13:00 My hosting service (Ariotek) has merged with hosting service Krystal, so they've migrated all my content over. This has generated a few hiccups - mostly regarding the address of my MySQL server, and so on. This has affected Wordpress blogs, my website frontpage, phpArcScan, and so on. Should be all fixed now. Back after hiccup 15/10/2014 20:35 My hosting service have finished migrating over to new servers, so I've had to fixup some SQL server names. Hopefully everything should be working again now ... Some free GDF fonts now available! 30/8/2013 21:03 Need a bit more variety from your fixed-width bitmap fonts? Text embedding into autogenerated bitmaps looks a bit lacklustre? Have no fear! A few hundred fonts from !Zap are now converted for your printing pleasure. Geek Blog now active 13/3/2013 22:38 My blog for documenting electronic and computery things is now active. Actually, it's been active for ages but I've only just got around to finishing anything for it ... [phpArcScan] Archive 23.5 now added 13/3/2013 22:35 Archive 23.5 (October 2012) now added to database. [phpArcScan] A few bugfixes uploaded. 5/6/2012 21:19 Following feedback from some users, I've fixed some bugs relating to searching, allowed provision for extending the maximum number of search results, enforced some data's sort order ... and one or two other minor things that most people won't have noticed. :) [phpArcScan] Data for issues 23.2, 23.3, 23.4 now available. 5/6/2012 21:11 [phpArcScan] Data for Archives 22.11, 22.12 and 23.1 are available 26/6/2011 09:47 Actually, they've been available for ages. I just forgot to announce it here!	From my ranty blog: 11/5/2023 - Incontinent pets and the joy of the Surveillance State 7/8/2020 - Noot Noot! 9/12/2017 - Christmas Traditions 6/7/2017 - Father's Day 2/4/2017 - Sunday Morning 6/2/2017 - Second Time Around 5/2/2017 - The New IT-Guy 31/12/2016 - "Moving On" (1 comment) 21/11/2016 - The Teachings of Guru Ravensburger 13/11/2016 - Fostering (2 comments) From my geek blog: 1/12/2021 - Driving an ILI9340 display from a Pi 1/12/2021 - RasPi Desk Clock - Introduction 30/10/2021 - Using the EEPROM programmer without the utilities 13/3/2021 - "Funny" story 12/12/2020 - EEPROM Programmer Project update 7/6/2020 - Teletext Experimenter's Board - Tutorial 6 - RISC OS 7/6/2020 - Teletext Experimenter's Board - Tutorial 5 - Raspberry-Pi and Linux 10/5/2020 - Teletext Experimenter's Board - Tutorial 4 - Page data 9/5/2020 - Teletext Experimenter's Board - Tutorial 3 - Decoding 2/5/2020 - Teletext Experimenter's Board - Tutorial 2 - Adding colour

PHP fixups completed!
24/5/2020 14:16
My hosting-service upgraded the PHP version ... and that broke all my rotten PHP code that accessed MySQL databases!

It's my own fault, really. They've given repeated warnings that it was going to happen, but I've always had something 'better' to do.

So this should fix-up the front page (wot you are reading now) plus phpArcScan, the RSS generator, and one or two other bits. Though it's quite telling that this has been broken for weeks, but no-one has mentioned it. Almost as if no-one uses phpArcScan any more ... (sniff)

I'm now selling on Tindie!
27/11/2017 08:33
I've been asked a few times by readers about whether pre-made PCBs can be purchased ... frequently enough that replying with "there's no demand for it" is patently untrue. So, as an experiment in could-I-quit-my-job-and-design-kits-all-day I'm testing the water with my Simple EEPROM Programmer kit.

Back after hosting service merge
3/2/2017 13:00
My hosting service (Ariotek) has merged with hosting service Krystal, so they've migrated all my content over. This has generated a few hiccups - mostly regarding the address of my MySQL server, and so on. This has affected Wordpress blogs, my website frontpage, phpArcScan, and so on. Should be all fixed now.

Back after hiccup
15/10/2014 20:35
My hosting service have finished migrating over to new servers, so I've had to fixup some SQL server names. Hopefully everything should be working again now ...

Some free GDF fonts now available!
30/8/2013 21:03
Need a bit more variety from your fixed-width bitmap fonts? Text embedding into autogenerated bitmaps looks a bit lacklustre? Have no fear! A few hundred fonts from !Zap are now converted for your printing pleasure.

Geek Blog now active
13/3/2013 22:38
My blog for documenting electronic and computery things is now active. Actually, it's been active for ages but I've only just got around to finishing anything for it ...

[phpArcScan] Archive 23.5 now added
13/3/2013 22:35
Archive 23.5 (October 2012) now added to database.

[phpArcScan] A few bugfixes uploaded.
5/6/2012 21:19
Following feedback from some users, I've fixed some bugs relating to searching, allowed provision for extending the maximum number of search results, enforced some data's sort order ... and one or two other minor things that most people won't have noticed. :)

[phpArcScan] Data for issues 23.2, 23.3, 23.4 now available.
5/6/2012 21:11

[phpArcScan] Data for Archives 22.11, 22.12 and 23.1 are available
26/6/2011 09:47
Actually, they've been available for ages. I just forgot to announce it here!

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