After 2 years I’ve finally updated my WordPress plugin and decided on a new name (it started out life as SocialList, but someone else has that name now). Hopefully I’ll keep more on top of things this time!

PopuList allows you to track the popularity of your posts on social bookmarking sites reddit, stumbleupon, del.icio.us and digg. When PopuList is activated, a page is added to your dashboard giving the number of times a page has been saved or upvoted.

I’m currently learning Python, and as I’ve always found the best way to learn a new language is to use it, I decided to write a small script to give me a menu for hosts that I commonly SSH to.

I was roughly aiming to replicate a similar setup I have at work using FMLI on Solaris. My script is nowhere near as useful as FMLI, but might be useful to anyone trying to do similar (particularly as I found a real lack of Python/Curses documentation.)

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I’m very happy to announce the (re)release of my first icon set, titled “Microns”. The full set, which I released a preview selection for some time ago, comprises 72 high quality icons that have a vast range of uses, both online and in applications.

The icons are all 16×16 GIFs on a transparent background and are useful in a wide range of circumstances.

Enjoy (Microns free stock web icon set)

I’m in the process of adding a projects page to the site to give details on a few bits and pieces I’ve worked on in the past. In the meantime, I noticed that he Argumentation Research Group at Dundee University School of Computing have included my MSc project “MAgtALO” on their site.

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