Chris Hardcastle

Techical developer for websites in London

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Bradford College Junction mills get together!

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I just got talking to my friend Gareth Wyld on Facebook. It seems a plan is a-foot to organise a Bradford wide drinking binge. I, for one, have not seen many other people from the course since we graduated in 2003. Everything was concluded with the Batch One end of year degree show. Of course there was the after party in Ilkley. I have a vague memory of crashing through a head to get there in time.
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Baby Photos

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Please note that there’s a new page just for baby photos. A link is provided in the main navigation.

youTube / Wordpress integration

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Every time I sit down to work on my youTube – Wordpress plug-in, I think of a alternative way to use it. And of course, there’s probably a whole load of existing plug-ins to do the job. But where’s the fun in that? At first it was all about making a list of videos appear in the sidebar. This works all very well but the video ids are hard-coded for now.
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Luke Hardcastle: Birth time-line

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Our son Luke was born on 4th March 2009, the following is an extraction from twitter as the events unfolded.

  • We are being dismissed from hospital, yay! Photo coming soon8:59 AM Mar 10thfrom twidroid
  • Introducing to the world, Luke Alan Hardcastle #hardcastlebaby1:49 AM Mar 9th from twidroid
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youTube data API

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Google provides an API for access to video data that they host under youtube.com. It’s available from Zend, the PHP company. The package can be downloaded and used for a range of different services. I have been trying it out by pulling in a video and showing it in the sidebar.

My Twitter updates

  • hardcastle There's new examples I've not seen already on the #raphaeljs framework website. Pretty cool!
  • hardcastle Wow, couch.io just got a new design and content! #couchdb
  • hardcastle @mark_xDDD it feels very stable. Installation was perfect. It's only good if it fits your needs!
  • hardcastle @mark_xDDD I'm installing kubuntu 10.04 tonight!

youTube videos

Luke gives a half smile

Luke gives a half smile

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Duration: 00:23

Views: 85


Lukes first rattle holding experience

Lukes first rattle holding experience

This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

Duration: 00:44

Views: 26