Horse's Mouth http://www.wellho.net/horse/ Musing, events and thoughts from Graham Ellis en-us Copyright 2012 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:06 +0000 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:18:33 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss QR codes with marketing logos embedded I've been rather interested to notice a number of QR codes turn up recently in which there's an icon representing the site. Turns out not to be part of the standard library we use, but achievable through a handful of... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003734 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003734 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:06 +0000 More hazards of modern life http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003733 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003733 Tue, 15 May 2012 08:15:42 +0000 Ten more visitors to your premises every day? Are you a shopkeeper in Melksham? Would you like another ten visitors to your premises every day? Over the past 6 to 8 weeks, I've been helping to enhance the diary pages on the Melksham Chamber of Commerce's web site,... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003732 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003732 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:33:50 +0000 Now Open - A Museum for Melksham. Come in and see us. Yesterday morning, 11 a.m., "The Well House Collection - a Branch of the Museum of Melksham" was opened by the Town Crier, taking over one of our smaller meeting rooms as Well House Manor. The room has been fitted out... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003731 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003731 Sun, 13 May 2012 07:27:18 +0000 What is a metatable? How do I set one up? How do I use them? Lua What is a metatable? In Lua, you can hold a whole bundle of information about something in a table, which gives you a convenient "handle" to that information - be that information in the form of values, or behaviours (i.e.... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003730 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003730 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:33:38 +0000 Then and now pictures of Melksham - on show through the summer Are you intrigued by the same view taken many years apart? Two pictures of Melksham station (roughly from the same spot), dated "Circa 1940" and Friday, 11th May 2012. There are many more old pictures of Melksham, and new pictures... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003729 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003729 Fri, 11 May 2012 22:13:15 +0000 The future needs for rail services to Melksham - change needed; current service an insult Do you want to attend an event in London on a Sunday? There's museums, sporting fixtures and so much more, and what better way than to go by train to London. The requirement was rather proven by last year's trial... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003728 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003728 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:10:26 +0000 Using Lua tables as objects Since tables in Lua can hold data members of different types, they can be used as the base structure for an Object Oriented design approach, where each table represents an object with numbers, strings, other tables ("objects") and callable blocks... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003727 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003727 Fri, 11 May 2012 06:40:14 +0000 Press Release - Museum to explore the story of Melksham Press Release: 01/05/2012New museum to explore the story of MelkshamOn Saturday 12th May 2012 a new and exciting museum will open in Melksham. The Well House Collection will explore the story of Melksham through a series of themed exhibitions.The Well... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003726 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003726 Fri, 11 May 2012 05:39:14 +0000 Lua Tables http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003725 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003725 Thu, 10 May 2012 07:53:26 +0000 Learning to Program in Lua - public / open training course / class Yesterday was the first day of our public "Learning to progam in Lua" course. Lua is an open source language, with a very open license indeed which allows it to be incorporated into other products without raising complex onward licensing... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003724 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003724 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:01:03 +0000 Bank Holiday Monday, so it was pouring with rain. We have visitors staying at the hotel who arrived over the weekend from China, and wanted to see Stonehenge today. It's when you get a request like that that you realise just how impractical this is - especially on a... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003723 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003723 Mon, 07 May 2012 23:24:53 +0000 Walking by the wiver The doggies and I went for a walk down by the wiver towards Twowbwidge today. And we took some lovely pictures. There were lots of twains wunning by today - the main Bewks and Hants line being closed for wepair.... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003722 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003722 Sun, 06 May 2012 20:19:03 +0000 Naming blocks of code, structures and Object Orientation - efficient coding in manageable chunks Soon after you start to program, you'll learn that you want to re-use code. And that re-use will sometimes come in the form of loops, and at other times in the form of named blocks of code which you'll call... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003721 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003721 Sun, 06 May 2012 11:09:05 +0000 Melksham ATC - freedom of the town Pictures from this morning in Melksham - Melksham ATC is awarded freedom of the town... http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003720 http://www.wellho.net/archives/2012/05/index.html#003720 Sat, 05 May 2012 11:42:23 +0000