Archive for the 'tips' Category

Free PostCode to Coordinates - for Mapping apps - from Ordinance Survey

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

For years we’ve been paying for PostCode information from the OS, providing basic data and discarding most of it.  We’ve been searching for free and open licensed postcode which we can use for longitude / latitude (long lat for those of you who prefer the short terms).

It’s available after a few click-throughs on the OS site - take a look

Open Postcode - Code-Point

VIM Macros: Old-School text editing using macros massively boosts programmer productivity - How to Do it

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

.NET ClickOnce Application Issues - won’t update/fails to run

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

iPod Touch: Safari won’t work - keeps showing refresh sign and won’t go further

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

TIP: using GROUP_CONCAT in SQL Server (aka MSSQL) 2005 and above

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Bringing Software Projects Under Control

Friday, September 12th, 2008

TIP: Getting VIM to open files in Unicode (UTF8) format by default

Monday, August 11th, 2008