Category Archives: Work

Why did we start at IPv4? What happened to IPv5?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Andy Callaghan

This article aims to clarify the history of IP and answering potentially difficult about the version numbers. Continue reading →

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Computer Science wiki for Revision now up!

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Andy Callaghan

Yes revision has begun, and I had a novel and possibly unique idea in regards to a wiki – I could use it to formalise my revision work, by slowly adding my work up as a wiki. Okay. Maybe it’s … Continue reading →

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A while has passed

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Andy Callaghan

Here’s the thing… I’ve been busy of late, very busy.  Unfortunately, this blog has suffered because of it! Anyway, rant over! Another thing… I didn’t get past the second interview with Google (yeah, I may as well use names now!). … Continue reading →

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In the matter of only 2 hours…

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Andy Callaghan

I have been looking frantically for ‘internships’ for my next University year. I spend a year in the computing industry working for a real company on a real project, earning real money and hopefully setting me up for my career … Continue reading →

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Andy Callaghan: Pythonian

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

I have recently found myself deviating away from C and C++ towards a newer, cleaner, smarter and much less annoying programming language - Python. I was knocked back from it’s sheer simplicity in code and the vast selection of built-in libraries … Continue reading →

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Coursework Hell, Convex Hull.

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

I feel overwhelmed that my Convex Hull algorithm coursework is complete. We got just over 4 weeks to complete this work, but along with another 4 pieces of coursework that were due in before this one — most people didn’t start until the last … Continue reading →

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Buried in coursework

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

I probably shouldn’t be writing this, but never mind! I’m currently up to my neck in computer science coursework, a total of nine pieces in all. 1st: Essay on trends of computer architecture development (done, tomorrow) 2nd: ‘Disscussion’ to contrast … Continue reading →

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MacBook is on the way

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Yes, I’ve finally gone and done it… I’ve bought an Apple MacBook. The deal was far too tempting and actually not as expensive as I once thought. For just over £700 I’m getting: A White MacBook 2.2Gz Intel Core 2 … Continue reading →

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New host, new version, new job, new uni year.

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

A lot is happening behind the scenes at the moment with my life… I have been developing a major project for my sister, involving e-commerce, secure multimedia downloading and streaming, RSS jiggery pokery – all under a new CMS called … Continue reading →

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Facebook App v1 complete

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

After a good coding session, I've completed version 1 of the Microplop.com Feed App. This is it's main canvas page: As you can see, the layout is not completely polished, but it does the job quite nicely at the moment. … Continue reading →

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