What is it? 3rd December is the Global Day of Coderetreat, with events happening all over the world in almost every timezone! The point of a coderetreat is to escape the confines of work and to hone the craft of software developers and engineers by trying to solve a problem together. Learning from each… Read More Global Code Retreat – Manchester Episode
On the 28th November we’ll be holding the very first Preston Codejo! We plan this to be a monthly meetup where the Magma Digital office on Winckley Square in Preston tranforms into a Coding Dojo. Developers will meet to hone their skills by performing coding katas. Katas are taken from the Japanese martial art practice… Read More Preston Codejo
I realise that I’m turning into a stereotype here by my last post on Lancashire Cheese and now ferrets, however, recently I’ve had a few people approach me as they’re thinking about keeping ferrets and want to know how to get started. I thought I could turn this into a nice blog post. Why Ferrets?… Read More So, you want to keep ferrets?
Ingredients: 6oz Self Raising Flour large pinch of freshly ground sea salt and black pepper 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder 1oz margarine (room temperature) 3oz Crumbly Lancashire Cheese (crumbled) 1 medium egg 2 tablespoons milk Method: Heat oven to 180-200C Grease baking tray or silicone sheet Mix flour and seasoning Rub margarine into flour (cold, dry… Read More Lancashire Cheese Scone Recipe
On 15th October we held the third barcamp in Blackpool at the Pleasure Beach. It. Was. Epic!!!! I say we this year, as for the first time I had help! @biglesp was the man behind the scenes this year. He basically sorted the whole thing out. Sponsors, swag, equipment, promotion… Everything. This year I was… Read More Barcamp Blackpool
For those of you who didn’t know, after 1.5 years in Nottingham, it is with deep regret that I leave Esendex, my new friends and home to come back to Lancashire. Although I am very sad to leave everyone and the lovely city behind, it’s bloody good to be back. I’m back in my little… Read More Hi honey, I’m home!
On 17th September my Roller Derby Team (the Nottingham Roller Girls) will be making their Debut against the Sheffield Crucibelles at Sheffield’s Skate Central Roller Rink. This bout will be followed by the UK’s first EVER mixed sex bout! That’s right girl on boy action! How could this get any better you ask? Well after… Read More Dodgebrawl
Sunday 14th August I skated my second marathon. It. Was. Awesome. Last year I struggled. I managed one lap in my quads and it HURT! So I switched to my inlines. I don’t mind telling you that if I didn’t have over £300 worth of sponsorship then I would have thrown the towel in. I… Read More Goodwood Roller Marathon
Background Tonight we had our first coding Dojo at GeekUp Nottingham. Last month we had Peter Cooper (author of Beginning Ruby) along to teach us some Ruby in preparation. The idea was that we would all be on an equal footing to perform dojos. The problem Brucie’s play your cards right! Poor Brucie is getting on… Read More GeekUp Nottingham
This weekend saw the second Hack camp in Leeds. It was absolutely epic. In 24 hours my team of four managed to churn out not one, but TWO native smartphone applications, a new, meaty form of currency and started a rails app. I turned up at 7am Saturday for an iOS course with THE @daveverwer… Read More Leedshack
Gemma Cameron 