Phil Wylie

January 23, 2009 — 0

Looking for a 12 month web development placement

Wow! Long time since my last post. So what’s going down you ask? Well I’m working hard at university, taking more web based modules this semester, so it should be a little more fun.

~~I’m looking for a 12 month placement for sometime between June 2009 and September 2010, so if you’re looking for a keen web developer – get in touch and I’ll send you a copy of my CV.~~

In other news…

You may have noticed my Flickr stream has been dead for a while, that was my fault – I smashed up my camera whilst out and about. I have now replaced it with the model up, the Canon Ixus 70 – nothing extra special but still an excellent compact camera.

Until next time, stay safe and remember to subscribe to my feed!

Update – 09/12/2013
You’re looking at an ancient post! I ended up spending a year working with the web team at Experian QAS. I wrote up the experience for anyone interested.

August 5, 2008 — 0

PhilWylie.co.uk launched

I’ve been working on a personal site to bring together my web presence. My blog used to be a wholly separate site; however this reshuffle included streamlining the blog’s theme to match the unified look and feel. No easy task when you’re restrained by the limitations of WordPress.com’s hosted blogging service.

Stockxpert

My aim was to be representative of current design trends; the artwork was sourced from Stockxpert and carefully mashed together to create a simple, easy to follow site. For once, I’ve tired to leave the rounded corners and gradients behind!

Through the magic of Apache’s mod_rewrite module all the old URL’s are permanently redirected to their new homes.

Hope everyone’s enjoying their break, take care and talk soon 🙂

June 27, 2008 — 2

Nope, I’m definitely not dead yet!

Wow, almost half a year’s passed since my last post.

You may have noticed my blog’s theme has changed, very observant! I’m using WordPress.com’s “Custom CSS” tool to rip apart the Benevolence theme so that it looks and feels identical to my new website. When will the rest of my new site be ready? Come on, not even I know that 🙂

Sport Relief

We ran the Sport Relief mile in Plymouth, raising £80 in total. Big thanks to everyone who sponsored us. We didn’t raise our £100 target but every little helps and all that… We had great fun, that’s what’s important.

Why in Plymouth? We were caravan holidaying in Devon and it was the nearest “flagship” run.

University

I’ve finished the first year of university; I’ve got the results too. I’ve passed everything, just scraped the maths module mind you. But it’s still a pass!

Got to say, the second semester was a little dull, for a web development course, it seriously lacked in web modules. Not to worry though, next year I’m making up for it with a number of web programming modules.

I’ve moved in with my girlfriend, we have a nice flat in Stafford, excellent location… there’s a 24 hour ASDA just a quick walk away and Staffordshire University’s only a short walk in the opposite direction!

Belated birthday celebrations to me!

It was my 19th birthday in May, Tasha and I travelled to Shrewsbury to spend a few days with the family; we all went out to The Riverside Inn for a meal, nice place… the steak and kidney pie even came with my name written in pastry. Awesome 😉 I’m sure you’ll agree.

Thanks for checking out my blog, I’m going to make an effort to keep it a little more up to date, so please subscribe to my feed if you’re interested in my dull ramblings!

January 28, 2008 — 0

Sport Relief 2008

Two years ago Nick and I ran Sport Relief in Birmingham, raising just over £80 in the process. The event has come around again, and I will be running another sponsored mile, however this time I’ll be in Plymouth and running with Tasha.

We need your support! Together we aim to raise more sponsorship than before; we’ve set our team target at £100.

Unlike last time, the Sport Relief website is fully operational; you can sponsor me at www.mysportrelief.com/pwnet

January 26, 2008 — 7

Big boys and their little toys!

Everyone and their brothers talking about it, and I’ve seen a few around the uni, I even hear my old mate Adam has one too! I’m talking about the Asus EeePC, I thought I’d document my recent purchase as taking photos of it gives me an excuse to clean up my desk!

It’s a small, inexpensive laptop which I thought might be useful while at university. It’s in no way intended to replace a desktop computer, but it’s very handy at getting on the internet while out and about. No messing around with mobile phone browsers when I can get free WiFi around the university campus, at home and at my girlfriend’s house.

Still not decided what operating system to run on it though, the default install was too limited, so I replaced it with XP, since then I’ve installed Mint Linux, and now I’m considering going back to XP.

My main concern is related to its screen size; some windows become inaccessible as their height is fixed meaning some of the content is out of sight, and without scrollbars it becomes impossible to use. Most frustrating 😐 The solution? In Linux, Alt + left-click to drag the window up to reveal the out of sight content. In Windows, you can use the bundled utility to up the resolution, allowing you to “pan” up and down.

There isn’t much more I can say, so until next time, I wish you all the very best.

Phil Wylie

WordPress developer, Code Club volunteer & Staffs Web Meetup organiser

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