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Bespoke Golf Trophies You Say?
Nov 10th, 2011 by Simon

Ellinor Atkinson making a trophyThis is just a little plug for my Father and Sister-in-law’s company that makes bespoke golf trophies. They put tons of effort into making these things and they’re all very impressive when you see them in real life. Big and heavy and substantial – just like a trophy or award should be.

 

They design the moulds and make all the trophies by hand. They can also create a trophy or award especially for your event. Check out their bronze sculpture site to see how they make the awards and how you can commission one.

I had a little hand in building the websites – the eCommerce store uses Magento and the scultpure site is WordPress and a theme called Big Blue I think. Most of the words were written by my Father-in-law and my lovely wife (his daughter) Elisabeth.

Go on, but a lovely trophy.

 

Simon

What is it about TV chefs talking dirty?
Nov 5th, 2011 by Simon

Gordon Ramsay Talks Dirty

Nigella Lawson Talks Dirty

I can’t wait to see Ainsley Harriott or Nigel Slater talking about mounting a tiramisu

My Netbook Site Didn’t Sell
Oct 25th, 2011 by Simon

It may be because the netbook market is running away from the tablet market – or that I didn’t communicate to potential buyers how ace owning a niche comparison site is (in terms of getting chicks).

Anyway I offered the co-owner £700 for the half of it I don’t own, which is very generous considering it only makes that a year, and he accepted.

Aparently the netbook market will decline slowly until 2015 as sales are nibbled away at by tablets (shit netbooks without keyboards) and ultrabooks (powerful netbooks/shit laptops).

I want to redevelop the site at some point to be something like this laptop price comparison site but in the near future I want to concentrate on writing a sitcom.

You heard me. A sitcom. Probably about the internet and kittens.

All the tinned food I have eaten
Sep 8th, 2011 by Simon

Well, not all of it, but over the last year or so I’ve been getting a different tinned food for Monday lunch. I’ve been posting the pics to Facebook along with a calorie count. Here they are all together.

Curried Beans




Canned Strawberries




Canned carbonara




Hot Pot




Asparagus




The Full Monty




Fiery Chilli Dogs




Fruit Cocktail




Ravioli




Prunes in Apple Juice




Value Chicken & Vegetable Curry




4Kids Spaghetti with Chicken & Veg Balls




Celebrity Meat Loaf






AOL article featuring this tin


Lunch Tongue




Mackerel Fillets in Curry Sauce




Shrimps




Mussels in Peri-Peri Sauce




Giant Greek Baked Beans




Pease Pudding




Fried Onions




‘Smooth’ Fray Bento Chicken & Mushroom Pie




Sunday Lunch Baby Food




Octopus in Wine








Shetland 498 Family Four For Sale
Aug 31st, 2011 by Simon

Shetland 498 for saleI bought this boat with a mate. Me and him have kayaked for years and loved it. We wanted to upgrade to powered craft. Turns out he gets terribly sea sick if he’s not paddling or steering the boat. Hence we are selling our beloved craft.

More photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/encodingmonkey/sets/72157624725608301/

We’ve spent countless hours and many hundreds of pounds on this boat over the past year. She is a much better vessel since we’ve known her.

Contact me at simon.driscoll@gmail.com if you want to buy it. We’d like serious offers around £4,500.

This is the ideal starter boat or hobby fishing boat. As you can see from the photos the 498 is the perfect balance of indoor and outdoor space that won’t cost a fortune to moor.

This Shetland 498 comes with the following:

- 50hp Mariner engine

- Doel Fins

- Fish Finder

- Rod Holders

- VHF Radio

- CD Radio & Speakers

- Boat cover

- Pram hood cover (to keep you dry in the winter)

- Backup engine

- Trailer

- 2 x new batteries

- Spotlights

- Internal LED lights

- New carpets

- Anchor and drone

- Garmin handheld GPS

- And more….

Buy My Netbooks Website
Aug 11th, 2011 by Simon

The UK’s No. 1 netbook price comparison website is up for sale. http://top-netbooks.co.uk/ makes between £80 and £100 a month with little or no work. It could make a lot more with a little promotion and some integrated advertising on the site.

Full details are here:

https://flippa.com/2632101-the-uk-s-no-1-netbook-price-comparison-site

Poem For Prof. Brian Cox
Apr 28th, 2011 by Simon

My wife has a gallery of Brian Cox pictures on her office whiteboard and she’s just written this poem. Should I be worried?

Ode to Brian Cox

Brian Brian
You’re as brave as a lion
You stand in tall places
And hot ones too
You’re accused of dumbing down
But nothing stops you
There’s billions and billions
Of everything out there
But Brian you’re the real star
When it comes to floppy hair

Want to Buy my 40hp Mariner Outboard Motor?
Apr 25th, 2011 by Simon

Mariner 40hp outboard motor This is a peach of an engine. We bought it with a boat a guy from littlehampton yacht club, who bought the engine off another member who said he got it from the RNLI.

It starts on the button and has some service history. Here’s some of the spec:

  • 2 stroke
  • Standard shaft
  • No remotes
  • Electric or manual start
  • 2003 model

I also have it listed here: http://www.outboards4sale.co.uk/detail/fatherID/35/TypeID/50/ListingID/16/furl/mariner-40hp-ex-rnli-outboard-1000

I got this for my wife this Valentines
Feb 15th, 2011 by Simon

Adopt A Word Certificate

I bought it from www.adoptaword.com

Magento: Setting Abandoned Nochex order to Pending
Oct 16th, 2010 by Simon

We were seeing our abandoned Nochex orders set as status Processing – exactly the same order status as a fully paid up order. The fix is hacky but simple.

In the file app/code/core/Mage/Nochex/Model/Standard.php add the follwoing bolded line into the getStandardCheckoutFormFields () function:

/**
*  Return Standard Checkout Form Fields for request to Nochex
*
*  @return  array Array of hidden form fields
*/
public function getStandardCheckoutFormFields ()
{
$order = $this->getOrder();
/* set order status to pending until they come back from Nochex*/
$order->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_PENDING_PAYMENT, true)->save();
if (!($order instanceof Mage_Sales_Model_Order)) {
Mage::throwException($this->_getHelper()->__(‘Cannot retrieve order object’));
}

/**     *  Return Standard Checkout Form Fields for request to Nochex     *     *  @return  array Array of hidden form fields     */    public function getStandardCheckoutFormFields ()    {        $order = $this->getOrder(); /* set order status to pending until they come back from Nochex*/ $order->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_PENDING_PAYMENT, true)->save();        if (!($order instanceof Mage_Sales_Model_Order)) {            Mage::throwException($this->_getHelper()->__(‘Cannot retrieve order object’));        }

It actually sets the order to Pending Paypal status, but it’s better than sending out an order to someone who hasn’t actually paid for it.

Simon

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