Matthew Simpson.net Blog
Modernising my Blog Part 2: Technologies
Now that my tools are in order, it's time to introduce some fresh technologies to the browser
Modernising my Blog Part 1: Tools
My site hasn't been updated in a while, time for a spring clean
Moving my site from DigitalOcean to Netlify
It turns out that moving my Jekyll site over to Netlify takes no time at all, here's how
My Instagram Hell or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Wind Up Help Center Robots
It turns out it's incredibly difficult to get an Instagram account reactivated...
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon famously sung that there's 50 ways to leave your lover. He never listed all 50, so I've taken the liberty to list them for him.
Writing Prompt One - The Hike
I picked some Rory's Story Cubes and decided to use them for writing prompts. Here's the first story.
Carol - Therese
Therese is anidder een wha comes ta be in a dwam whin missin hame
The Card Game
A poem about a particularly intense card game
One Day More (To Aberdeen)
My parody of One Day More from Les Misérables
Does Varnish Make Jekyll Sites Faster?
I've read a lot about Varnish and it sounds like it could speed up a lot of sites, but what will it do for statically generated sites?
Central Intelligence - My Review
I’ve just been to see Central Intelligence at Mareel so I thought I would give it a quick review.
Love and Friendship - My Review
I’ve just been to see Love and Friendship at Mareel so I thought I would give it a quick review.
Project Octagon - My Experience Commemorating the First Day of the Battle of the Somme
This Friday (the 1st of July, 2016) I got the opportunity to perform in Project Octagon, a nationwide art performance commemorating those that fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
This Week's Movies, 14th February 2016
I haven’t posted for a while so I thought I’d do some quick reviews for the movies I’ve seen this week.
Personal PayPal Links
PayPal have released a new link system so you can send people links for quick payments
I Got Another Domain
I picked up another domain today since it was on sale.
How many 3D films has Mareel had on?
Another table I’ve made showing off how many cinema showings in Mareel have been in 3D.
Getting Substrings in MySQL
I recently had a bit of trouble with substrings in MySQL so I thought I’d share my findings
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everybody!
How many movies has Mareel had on?
I got bored and decided to fire out a quick table to display how many films have been on in Mareel since the 21st of June (since I started collecting the data).
Fallout RPG Character Sheet
I found the proper V2.0 of the character sheet.
Kamen Rider Fourze Henshin Sound
I made a ringtone of Fourze’s henshin sound.