Author Archives: richardbenson

Hotmail enabling spammers

Posted on October 31, 2011 by richardbenson

I’ve had a spate of people complain to me recently that they are receiving spam from my address.  My first reaction was to change my email passwords, which are different from any other passwords I use, and even set up … Continue reading →

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Another crackpot scheme

Posted on October 12, 2011 by richardbenson

Whilst development of YAMS continues apace (and there’s actually people using it!) another Minecraft idea has wormed its way into my head and just won’t get out; What if I generated every possible Minecraft world and put them all up … Continue reading →

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When did Apple stop innovating?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by richardbenson

I’ve only recently got around to checking out the new iOS 5 features, and as I’m due an upgrade, whatever is in there is going to make a big difference to my next phone purchase. On paper, the list of … Continue reading →

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The music service I really want

Posted on May 3, 2011 by richardbenson

Now that Spotify have completely ruined their free offering I have been wondering how to fill the void.  I could always upgrade to premium, right?  Well, no;  I don’t want to spend £10 a month on a service where albums … Continue reading →

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Now Playing: Maybeshewill – Sing the Word Hope in Four Part Harmony

Posted on April 21, 2011 by richardbenson

This sits firmly in the “post-rock” genre, instrumental and epic in places.  There’s some excellent riffage in there without a spot of widdling, although some of the voiceovers can be pretentious, what else do you expect from an instrumental post-rock … Continue reading →

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Now Playing: The Contortionist – Exoplanet

Posted on April 11, 2011 by richardbenson

This is exactly the kind of thing thing I love, described by Last.Fm as “Progressive Deathcore” (even though I have no idea what that actually means) it’s loud but sweeping and beautiful in places.  Second track of the album is … Continue reading →

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Goin’ through changes

Posted on April 7, 2011 by richardbenson

If anyone is still paying attention here (and Google hits say there are still people coming here) then they may notice some changes going on. A lot of what most people would consider “useful” content is being moved to my … Continue reading →

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Jumping Ship

Posted on April 6, 2011 by richardbenson

After years of evangelising MoveableType, I’ve found it less and less suitable for a simple personal blog, so I’m trying out the competition. I’ve used MT since v3, and still believe that MT5 is the best solution for my work’s … Continue reading →

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Holy Smokes

Posted on February 21, 2011 by richardbenson

So, yeah, I last updated this site in May 2009, whoops! Coming back here because I’ve always wanted to get more stuff out but didn’t want to alienate the people who came here just for the YUI stuff, but since … Continue reading →

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YouTube lightbox

Posted on April 2, 2009 by richardbenson

For a while now I have been toying with making my own JavaScript libraries built around the YUI libraries, as there were things out there I wanted but didn’t seem to exist in a YUI flavour. I since found that … Continue reading →

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