"The Horse's Mouth" is an online magazine - the ramblings of Graham Ellis. I'm very fortunate to come across a lot of interesting people in my work, and they inspire me to think and to write. You'll find a mixture of technical tips on the subjects we teach, things we have learnt from our own website and wider, and pictures, thoughts and wider comment.

The beauty of the net is that you can search and read as much - or as little - as you like. You can even add your comments if you wish; although we can't offer you the same anonimity nor a "freedom of speech", I'm going to encourage you to post of views that don't agree with mine and only in what I consider to be exceptional circumstances will I remove or modify your material.


Should we get an AA or Visit Wiltshire hotel assessment?
No cold sales calls please - but delighted to hear from others!
Course Schedule - October 2015 to June 2016
Open source programming courses - October to December 2015
Black dog day - and Bobby still seeks his new home
Looking ahead on the blog
Why has the hourly Chippenham to Trowbridge train been withdrawn?
An update - and my absence in recent weeks
Yesterday, Weymouth
The Weymouth Wizard - Saturdays in August from Wiltshire
The Royal Albert Bridge as you do not normally see it
Learning from the others - Community Rail
Throwing a die - exercise in Ruby
Melksham to London by train - dont buy more than you need
In favour of adoption rather than puppy purchase - dogs!
Peak weekend - where there are still rooms near Melksham
Regular Expressions for the petrified - in Ruby
Where does Ruby load modules from, and how to load from current directory
Separating your code for easier testing, understanding and re-use; example in Ruby
Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
Defining the behaviour of your web site and testing that it works
The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor
Significant work - beyond helloworld in Ruby
Ruby - where one statement ends and the next begins
Around the world from Melksham
Sunday train times - 17th May to 6th September 2015
Swindon to Westbury train services - Saturdays from 23rd May 2015
Monday to Friday / TransWilts train times from 18 May to 11th December 2015
Forgotten / lost MySQL root password
Almost so wrong, but perhaps it's right for some?
Web Server Admin - some of those things that happen, and solutions
What and where are the Azores?
Election results - what if we had a party list system?
Election day, 2015
Starting MySQL. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file - how we fixed it.
Newark to New York - the PATH suburban railway
Misusing statistics? - the seedy side of election campaigning
TransAtlantic crossing - the starter
Moving from mysql to mysqli - simple worked example
People in New York